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Llolly
Llolly
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Jun-16-2005 08:28

Well, as everyone else is doing it, I thought I'd give a quick quiz too. These are games we used to play when we were bored at work (I worked in a video store)

The first is a subtitle quiz, I will give some subtitles of movies and you guess the movie. For example:

Protecting the earth from the scum of the universe
=Men In Black

There is an extremely handy website out there that will tell you all the answers in 3 clicks, but it's more fun to think about it, isn't it??

And the second is a simple steps quiz; we called it 6 steps to Kevin Bacon. We played it naming 2 film stars with an obvious connection ie, Michael Douglas/Catherine Zeta-Jones or Tommy Lee Jones/Will Smith. Then you have to connect them again without using that link ie:
Will Smith - Wild Wild West w. Salma Hayek - Dogma w. Ben Affleck - Armageddon w. Liv Tyler - Lord of the Rings w. Cate Blanchett - the Missing w. Tommy Lee Jones!

You can use family ties, directors, any link. We used to pride ourselves on the most obscure links possible rather than the number of links. (We liked to show off our independent film knowledge - snobbery is everywhere lol)

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Llolly
Llolly
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Jun-16-2005 08:51

So. 1st ten movies, reasonably high profile ones:

1. Fear can hold you prisoner... ...Hope can set you free

2.First dance. First love. The time of your life...

3.If you can't be famous, be infamous.

4.There's something about your first piece

5.Paul Edgecombe didn't believe in miracles. Until the day he met one.

6.They're here to save the world.

7.What We Do In Life Echoes In Eternity.

8.We're here!

9.Nothing on Earth could come between them

10.A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...

And Your Separation Quiz: Barbra Steisand and Kris Kristofferson (A Star Is Born)

Blaise Joshua
Blaise Joshua

Jun-16-2005 08:58

OK ... just off the top of my head ...

1) The Shawshank Redemption (a favourite film!)
2) Hmm ... Dirty Dancing?
3) Dirty Rotten Scoundrels?
4) American Pie
5) Don't know.
6) Team America?
7) Don't know.
8) Don't know.
9) Titanic?
10) Star Wars! (hoorah! got one I think!)

Can't do the seperation I'm afraid ... too tired : o (

Llolly
Llolly
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Jun-16-2005 09:24

4/10 for Blaise. (Which is better than I can mangae in his quizzes!)

John Hale
John Hale
Yarn Weaver

Jun-16-2005 10:03

1) The Shawshank Redemption
2) Dirty Dancing
3) Chicago
4) American Pie
5) The Green Mile
6) Ghostbusters
7) Gladiator
8) Gremlins
9) Titanic
10) Star Wars

John Hale
John Hale
Yarn Weaver

Jun-16-2005 10:14

And now for my contribution. Some are harder than others, and you'll pick up on their connecting factor very quick.


1) When there is no more room in Hell, the dead will walk the earth
2) The night HE came home
3) You'll wish it were only a nightmare...
4) If Nancy Doesn't Wake Up Screaming She Won't Wake Up At All...
5) They're here
6) Be careful what you wish for
7) If this one doesn't scare you, you're already dead!
8) The Devil inside (an alternate)
9) Beware the stare that will paralyze the will of the world
10) A new- and altogether different- screen excitement!!!
11) Who will survive and what will be left of them?
12) You'll wish it was only make-believe
13) We Dare You To Say His Name Five Times!

Blaise Joshua
Blaise Joshua

Jun-16-2005 10:53

Hmmm ... does your quiz say something for your taste in films, John? : o )

Llolly
Llolly
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Jun-16-2005 11:48

lol that's better! I hope you didn't look those up John rofl. I started off with easy ones. I can do 6) offhand, that's the Wishmaster. 2) is Halloween, 4) Nightmare on Elm st. I shall have to ponder on the rest.

John Hale
John Hale
Yarn Weaver

Jun-16-2005 11:53

<nods> Yes, yes it does.
Some of these are modern classics, though. I think #10 may give people the most trouble.

And yes, I chose thirteen answers out of homage for the genre.

Reese Withers
Reese Withers
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Jun-16-2005 12:44

Thriller and horror movies are my favorite but I wasnt able to get all of them. *sigh*

1. Night of the Living Dead?
2. Halloween (Michael Myers terrifies me lol)
3. Friday the 13th (no clue ,just guessing) :)
4. Nightmare on Elm Street
5. Poltergeist
6. Wishmaster
7 through 12...dunno lol
13. Candyman?

jstkdn
jstkdn
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Jun-16-2005 12:45

I am scared. :)

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