Sunday, April 4, 2010

QOD & Trivia Sun 4/4

Question of the Day - 28 years ago today, what hockey player (known as "The Great One") ended his NHL season with a record 212 points? Wayne Gretzky

Kristy Swanson played Cathy Dollanganger in Flowers in the ________. Attic

Unlike many famous businessmen, Donald Trump has never been forced into bankruptcy. False

Who played the title character in Carrie, the 1976 fright flick? Sissy Spacek

Who was the director of Clint Eastwood's innovative Italian Westerns? Sergio Leone

Will Smith turned down the role of Neo, in The Matrix, to make which film? Men in Black II

Johnny Depp was: Edward Scissorhands

Marlon Brando starred in A Streetcar Named ______. Desire

What songwriter's mother wrote the Elvis hit, "Heartbreak Hotel"? Hoyt Axton

"On Top of Spaghetti" was a spoof of a traditional song called: "On Top of Old Smokey"

Who has starred in the movies Kate & Leopold, X-Men, and Van Helsing? Hugh Jackman

What '70s horror film revolved around a "666" birthmark? The Omen

"Funny looking" is a line in Fargo, used to describe which actor's character? Steve Buscemi

Who designed the coveted Oscar presented at the Academy Awards? Cedric Gibbons

Grover Cleveland is the only President: To be married in the White House

Norma Jean is the real name of which star? Marilyn Monroe

In which 1994 movie did Tim Robbins play Andy, a man convicted of double murder? Shawshank Redemption

Who plays 12-year-old Mathilda in The Professional? Natalie Portman

King Henry VIII was well-known for: All answers are correct

Noel Gallagher and his younger brother Liam Gallagher became the dueling bad-boy mainstays of what Manchester rock band? Oasis

Who hosted the 2005 Academy Awards show? Chris Rock

Muhammad Ali is an aerophobic (person who has a fear of flying). True

According to Jim Croce, who was the "baddest" man in the whole damn town? Leroy Brown

Who bought 7000 acres in Utah and turned it into a ranch, ski lodge and film festival location called Sundance? Robert Redford

What Saturday Night Live alum wrote and co-starred in Mean Girls? Tina Fey

Who grunted Lt. Col. Frank Slade's "Hoo-ah" in Scent of a Woman? Al Pacino

The boxing film, The Great White Hope, was about which fighter? Jack Johnson

What rapper recorded the song "Puppy Love" when he was just 13? Lil Bow Wow

What group's drummer, Dennis Wilson, drowned in 1984? The Beach Boys

In Jingle All the Way, who is desperate to get his son the season's hottest toy? Arnold Schwarzenegger

Who said: "Don't confuse being 'soft' with seeing the other guy's point of view"? George W. Bush

On January 21, 1968, Jimi Hendrix recorded his version of what song from Bob Dylan's John Wesley Harding album? "All Along the Watchtower"

Who had the solo hit "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts"? Merv Griffin

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