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- Q: Humphrey Bogart famously played Rick in the 1942 film Casablanca. What was Rick’s last name?
A: Blaine. Rick Blaine, a cynical USA expatriate, owns and operates “Rick’s Café Américain.” While the film rarely mentions his full name, official records identify him as Richard Blaine. - Q: In Alfred Hitchcock’s 1955 black comedy “The Trouble with Harry”, what was the trouble?
A: Harry Worp is dead. His body keeps turning up in the Vermont countryside, causing immense inconvenience to the residents. - Q: In the 1983 film “National Lampoon’s Vacation”, what did the Griswald’s call their ugly, pea-green station wagon?
A: Wagon Queen Family Truckster. It was a heavily modified 1979 Ford LTD Country Squire featuring faux wood panelling, eight headlights, and a distinctive “Metallic Pea” paint job. - Q: Who does Edward Fox’s character target in the 1973 film “The Day of the Jackal”?
A: Charles de Gaulle, the President of France. President Charles de Gaulle is targeted for granting Algeria independence. - Q: In the 1998 film “Saving Private Ryan”, what is Private Ryan’s first name?
A: James Francis Ryan. This 101st Airborne Division Private First Class lost three brothers in action, which prompted the mission to send him home. - Q: What were ‘Tom’, ‘Dick’ and ‘Harry’ in the 1963 film “The Great Escape”?
A: Tunnels. Authorities recaptured all but three of the escapees over the following weeks and held them in prisons across Poland and Germany. Adolf Hitler ordered his forces to shoot all of them, along with the camp commandant of Stalag Luft III, the camp architect, and every guard on duty during the escape. - Q: Which character did Ursula Andress play in the 1962 James Bond film “Dr No”?
A: Honey Ryder (often referred to as Honeychile Rider in the original Ian Fleming novel). Critics and fans widely regard her as the first official “Bond girl.” She shot to fame when she emerged from the ocean in a white bikini. - Q: What date did Marty McFly travel back to in the 1985 film “Back to the Future”?
A: November 5, 1955. He travels from October 26, 1985, to this date, which is when Doc Brown originally conceived the idea for the flux capacitor. - Q: In which 2012 sci-fi action thriller did Bruce Willis play a time-travelling hitman?
A: Looper. In the film, the future mob sends Willis’s character (Old Joe) back in time so his younger self—whom Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays—can kill him. (The studio released 12 Monkeys in 1995). - Q: In which 1973 sci-fi western film did Yul Brynner play an indestructible robot gunslinger?
A: Westworld. Written and directed by Michael Crichton.