MOVIE TRIVIA
What surname is shared by the actress who plays Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games film series, and the family that Mary Poppins works for in Mary Poppins?
BANKS
ohn Clayton, Viscount Greystoke is the birth name of what orphan and protagonist of popular adventure novels created by Edgar Rice Burroughs in 1914
TARZAN
A bar mitzvah, literally meaning "son of the commandment," is traditionally celebrated when Jewish males turn what age?
13
Which brand of bottled water has a pink flower on the label and is sourced from Viti Levu?
FIJI WATER
Which Star Wars movie directed by J.J. Abrams was the first film in the franchise that didn’t have a video game tie-in when it came out? (Fun Fact: It did eventually get a video game…but just the Lego version).
THE FORCE AWAKENS
Known for his distinctive bald-on-top, hair-on-the-sides hairstyle, what evil wizard is the main antagonist of the Smurfs in the cartoons and movies?
GARGAMEL
What hero of medieval literature fights and kills a greedy dragon, the third of his major battles after defeating a terrible monster, and then the monster's mother?
BEOWULF
At the Council of Clermont in 1095, Pope Urban II called for the first of what actions which became a recurring event throughout the Medieval period?
THE CRUSADES
Somewhere between a coffee and a dessert, an ‘affogato’ contains espresso poured over what other star ingredient?
GELATO
What Star Wars movie was the first to be released in the 1980s?
Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
The Best Picture-winning film "Driving Miss Daisy," was mostly set in 1960s Georgia and featured a Best Actress performance by what English-American actress in the titular role? Also,what famous actor played her driver? NEED BOTH FOR THE POINTS
JESSICA TANDY and MORGAN FREEMAN
What science fiction-infused anti-war novel by Kurt Vonnegut published in 1969 opens with the line, “All this happened, more or less”?
SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE
WHAT DO TOM CRUISE, JOHN TRAVOLTA AND KIRSITE ALLEY HAVE IN COMMON?
THEY ARE ALL famous scientology followers
What is the four letter word for the paste made from fermented soybeans and barley or rice malt which is commonly used in Japanese cooking?
MISO
What is the name of the character played by Laura Dern in The Last Jedi whose namesake "manouevre" is essentially kamikaze attack done at lightspeed?
AMYLIN HOLDO
WHAT DO THE MOVIES BLUE VELVET, MULHOLLAND DRIVE, DUNE AND ERASERHEAD HAVE IN COMMON?
THEY ARE ALL DIRECTED BY DAVID LYNCH
Lilly “Shug” Avery is the free-spirited singer known for both her beautiful voice and scandalous lifestyle for the 1930s American South (specifically, Georgia) in what award-winning epistolary novel by writer Alice Walker?
THE COLOR PURPLE
Mary Barrett Dyer was a martyr that was hanged in Boston in 1660 because of her staunch commitment to what "friendly" religious group?
THE QUAKERS
American Cone and Pretzel Company was the initial name of what snack brand founded in 1917 in Philadelphia that has been owned by Frito-Lay since the 1960s?
ROLD GOLD
Twelve years after his character fell and died in Mount Doom in “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”, what actor voiced the First Order’s Supreme Leader Snoke in the 2015 film “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”?
ANDY SERKIS
The "Tree of Life" in Avatar refers to sacred, bioluminescent trees like the Tree of Souls (Vitraya Ramunong) which serve as a connection to this Na'vi deity?
EYWA, allowing them to communicate with ancestors and the natural world
This novel written by Bernhard Shlink, made into a 2008 film of the same name was nominated for five Academy Awards, with Kate Winslet winning for her portrayal of Hanna Schmitz.
THE READER
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE monotheistic religion founded in the 15th century by Guru Nanak
SIHKISM
Which thick and creamy soup made from crustacean broth has a French name that literally means 'crayfish soup'?
BISQUE
What “Pulp Fiction” actor was George Lucas’ second choice to play Han Solo and would have taken the role had Harrison Ford declined it?
CHRISTOPHER WALKEN