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BONUS
100
What year and in what location does this movie take place?
1947 Los Angeles
100
Who do toons represent in this film?
People of Color/Marginalized people
100
Who is Jessica Rabbit's husband?
Rodger Rabbit
100
What about this movie makes it one of a kind?
Combining 2D animation and live action in 1988!
200
What was Judge Doom trying to do to Toon Town?
He planned on destroying it in order to replace it with his own new freeway with his company Cloverleaf Industries.
200
Where is the actual filming location for the painted tunnel to Toontown?
Mt. Hollywood tunnel, located in Griffith Park, Los Angeles
300
What is Eddie Valiant's job title?
Private detective
300
How does the story about Judge Doom trying to build a freeway through Toon Town reflect LA's own history?
Most freeways were created through neighborhoods of working class, immigrant, and People of Color that ended up displacing them and destroying their communities.
300
What crime is Rodger Rabbit framed for?
MURDER
400
Who killed Eddie's brother?
Judge Doom
400
What is Cloverleaf Industries?
Its a fictional transit company based on the real life National City Lines, a front company controlled by major American automotive and oil companies such as General Motors, which acquired streetcar and electric rail lines across the United States and replaced them with bus lines in order to monopolize the sales of buses. In the early 1950s, the opening of several new freeways in the Los Angeles area led to declining ridership, which led Pacific Electric to shut down several of its rail lines.
400
What happened to Eddie's brother?
Theodore Valiant was murdered when a piano was dropped on him from fifteen stories
500
What car company conspired against American streetcar services in the 1940s?
General Motors (GM).
In 1949, Firestone Tire, Standard Oil of California, Phillips Petroleum, GM, and Mack Trucks were convicted of conspiring to monopolize the sale of buses and related products to local transit companies
500
Who are the Toon Patrol?
Judge Doom's five weasel minions
500
Where is the Pacific Electric (PE) station located in Lynwood ?
This 1917 station originally stood at Long Beach Boulevard and Fernwood Avenue before it was moved to make way for the 105 Freeway. L
ocated at the Lynwood City Park, next to the city's 1954 aqua-colored indoor swimming pool and is currently home to the Lynwood Union Gallery.