Stump the LAMBs Movie Quiz: Empire of the Sun

First things first a few notes before last week's results. Now that the fall semester has started again Stump the LAMBs will be set back to only once a month to offset my huge coarseload.

This weeks quiz comes from Aliens: the nest used for the aliens was used again for what Warner Bros. summer blockbuster?

Michael Parent of Le Mot du Cinephiliaque, Carla Dobson of Tinsel Town Review, Magda Knight of Best For Film, Matt Suzaka of Chuck Norris Ate My Baby, Andre Dumas of The Horror Digest, George Litman of The Great White Dope all correctly answered Batman.

This week's quiz comes from Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun. Which actor used this film as an inspiration for his own 2008 comedy?

Send your answer to counterculturecinema@hotmail.com by September 30, 2010. Comments will be closed to prevent the posting of the answer. Include in your submission: The Actor's Name, Your Name, and Your Blog.

LAMB Leaderboard

First Place

Darren Mooney 9

Michael Parent 9

Second Place
George Litman 8

Third Place

Andy Hart 6

Courtney Small 6

Everyone Else

Sebastian Gutierrez 4

Gary Collinson 3

General Disdain 3

Heather 3

Shane Rivers 3

Andre 2

Anna 2

Katrina Schenkel 2

Neil Alcock 2

Paul Devine 2

Big Mike 1

Branden Renfro 1

Carla Dobson

Dylan 1

Joaquin 1

Magda Knight 1

Malcolm 1

Marshall 1

Matt Suzaka

Rich Lamb 1

Ross McD 1

Steve Johnston 1

Travis McCollum 1

Will Bixby 1

Stump the LAMBs Movie Quiz: Aliens

First things first last weeks quiz:

So they could avoid using CGI for the sleight of hand tricks which actor/magician trained Edward Norton?

This weeks quiz was a little tricky, Ricky Jay was the correct answer because he is an actor and magician while James Freedman is just a stage performer.

George Litman of The Great White Dope, Paul Devine of The People's Movies' Blog and Rich Lamb of Blah! both got the right answer.

This weeks quiz comes from Aliens: the nest used for the aliens was used again for what Warner Bros. summer blockbuster?

Send your answer to counterculturecinema@hotmail.com by August 28, 2010. Comments will be closed to prevent the posting of the answer. Include in your submission: The Film's Name, Your Name, and Your Blog.

LAMB Leaderboard

First Place

Darren Mooney 9

Second Place

Michael Parent 8

Third Place

George Litman 7

Everyone Else

Andy Hart 6

Courtney Small 6

Sebastian Gutierrez 4

Gary Collinson 3

General Disdain 3

Heather 3

Shane Rivers 3

Anna 2

Katrina Schenkel 2

Neil Alcock 2

Paul Devine 2

Andre 1

Big Mike 1

Branden Renfro 1

Dylan 1

Joaquin 1

Malcolm 1

Marshall 1

Rich Lamb 1

Ross McD 1

Steve Johnston 1

Travis McCollum 1

Will Bixby 1

Stump the LAMBs Movie Quiz: The Illusionist

First things first last week's quiz results. I have to apologize I worded the question incorrectly so everyone who sent in an answer will receive credit. What I should have said was how many times did Steve Martin use the f-word during his rental car tirade.
How many times was the f-word used during Steve Martin's rental car tirade?

Michael Parent of Le Mot du Cinephiliaque, George Litman of The Great White Dope, Darren of The M0vie Blog, Malcolm of Dark Realm Fox, and Sebastien Gutierrez of Detailed Criticisms all correctly answered the question.

This week's quiz comes from Neil Burger's The Illusionist:

So they could avoid using CGI for the sleight of hand tricks which actor/magician trained Edward Norton?

Send your answer to counterculturecinema@hotmail.com by August 14, 2010. Comments will be closed to prevent the posting of the answer. Include in your submission: The Actor's Name, Your Name, and Your Blog.

LAMB Leaderboard

First Place

Darren Mooney 9

Second Place

Michael Parent 8

Third Place

Andy Hart 6

Courtney Small 6

George Litman 6

Everyone Else

Sebastian Gutierrez 4

Gary Collinson 3

General Disdain 3

Heather 3

Shane Rivers 3

Anna 2

Katrina Schenkel 2

Neil Alcock 2

Andre 1

Big Mike 1

Branden Renfro 1

Dylan 1

Joaquin 1

Malcolm 1

Marshall 1

Paul Devine 1

Ross McD 1

Steve Johnston 1

Travis McCollum 1
Will Bixby 1

Stump the LAMBs Movie Quiz: Planes, Trains & Automobiles

First things first last week's quiz results.
After Harry and Lloyd stick Seabass with the bill Lloyd proceeds to tell Harry that he got the idea from a movie which movie he referencing?

Michael Parent of Le Mot du Cinephiliaque, Andre Dumas of The Horror Digest, and George Litman of The Great White Dope all correctly answered Something Wild.

This week's quiz comes from John Hughes' Planes, Trains & Automobiles:

How many times was the f-word used during Steve Martin's rental car tirade?

Send your answer to counterculturecinema@hotmail.com by July 31, 2010. Comments will be closed to prevent the posting of the answer. Include in your submission: How Many Times, Your Name, and Your Blog.

Stump the LAMBs Leaderboard

First Place

Darren Mooney 8

Second Place

Michael Parent 7

Third Place

Andy Hart 6

Courtney Small 6

Everyone Else

George Litman 5

Gary Collinson 3

General Disdain 3

Heather 3

Sebastian Gutierrez 3

Shane Rivers 3

Anna 2

Katrina Schenkel 2

Neil Alcock 2

Andre 1

Big Mike 1

Branden Renfro 1

Dylan 1

Joaquin 1

Marshall 1

Paul Devine 1

Ross McD 1

Steve Johnston 1

Travis McCollum 1

Will Bixby 1

Stump the LAMBs Movie Quiz: Dumb and Dumber

First things first last week's quiz results.

The toy Shark, wearing Woody's hat, proclaims, "Look at me, I'm Woody! Howdy howdy howdy!" This is a reference to what comic strip?

Gary Collinson of Flickering Myth, Courtney Small of Big Thoughts from a Small Mind, Katrina Schenkel of Just Plain Something and Michael Parent of Le Mot du Cinephiliaque all correctly answered Gary Larson's The Far Side.

This week's quiz is from Dumb and Dumber:

After Harry and Lloyd stick Seabass with the bill Lloyd proceeds to tell Harry that he got the idea from a movie which movie he referencing?

Send your answer to counterculturecinema@hotmail.com by July 17, 2010. Comments will be closed to prevent the posting of the answer. Include in your submission: The Movie's Name, Your Name, and Your Blog.

Stump the LAMBs Leaderboard

First Place

Darren Mooney 7

Second Place

Andy Hart 6

Courtney Small 6

Michael Parent 6

Third Place

George Litman 4

Everyone Else

Gary Collinson 3

General Disdain 3

Heather 3

Sebastian Gutierrez 3

Shane Rivers 3

Anna 2

Katrina Schenkel 2
Neil Alcock 2

Big Mike 1

Branden Renfro 1

Dylan 1

Joaquin 1

Marshall 1

Paul Devine 1

Ross McD 1

Steve Johnston 1

Travis McCollum 1

Will Bixby 1

Stump the LAMBs Movie Quiz: Toy Story

First things first last week's quiz results.

Doc Boone's (Thomas Mitchell) misquote in the fourteenth scene takes place from which play?

Darren Mooney of M0vie Blog, Andy Hart of Fandango Groovers, Michael Parent of Le Mot du Cinemaphiliaque, and George Litman of The Great White Dope all correctly answered The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe.

This week's quiz takes place from John Lasseter's Toy Story.

The toy Shark, wearing Woody's hat, proclaims, "Look at me, I'm Woody! Howdy howdy howdy!" This is a reference to what comic strip?

Send your answer to counterculturecinema@hotmail.com by July 4, 2010. Comments will be closed to prevent the posting of the answer. Include in your submission: The Comic Strip's Name, Your Name, and Your Blog.

Stump the LAMBs Leaderboard

First Place

Darren Mooney 7

Second Place

Andy Hart 6

Third Place

Courtney Small 5

Michael Parent 5

Everyone Else

George Litman 4

General Disdain 3

Heather 3

Sebastian Gutierrez 3

Shane Rivers 3

Anna 2

Gary Collinson 2

Neil Alcock 2

Big Mike 1

Branden Renfro 1

Dylan 1

Joaquin 1

Katrina Schenkel 1

Marshall 1

Paul Devine 1

Ross McD 1

Steve Johnston 1

Travis McCollum 1

Will Bixby 1

Stump the LAMBs Movie Quiz: Stagecoach

This week's quiz takes place from John Ford's Stagecoach

Doc Boone's (Thomas Mitchell) misquote in the fourteenth scene takes place from which play?

Send your answer to counterculturecinema@hotmail.com by June 26, 2010. Comments will be closed to prevent the posting of the answer. Include in your submission: The Actress's Name, Your Name, and Your Blog.

Stump the LAMBs Leaderboard

First Place

Darren Mooney 6

Second Place

Andy Hart 5

Third Place

Courtney Small 5

Everyone Else

Michael Parent 4

General Disdain 3

George Litman 3

Heather 3

Sebastian Gutierrez 3

Shane Rivers 3

Anna 2

Gary Collinson 2

Neil Alcock 2

Big Mike 1

Branden Renfro 1

Dylan 1

Joaquin 1

Katrina Schenkel 1

Marshall 1

Paul Devine 1

Ross McD 1

Steve Johnston 1

Travis McCollum 1

Will Bixby 1

Stump the LAMBs Movie Quiz: Hangover Results

First things first last week's quiz results:

While Heather Graham played Jade, the stripper, what other actress was originally offered the role? She's been in the news recently.

Courtney Small of Big Thoughts from a Small Mind, Darren Mooney of The M0vie Blog, General Disdain of The Critical Critics, Heather of Movie Mobsters, Will Bixby of The Shpitz, Shane Rivers of Only Good Movies, Katrina Schenkel of Just Plain Something, Marshall of Marshall and the Movies, Dylan Fields of Blog Cabins, Sebastian Gutierrez of Detailed Criticsms and George Litman of Great White Dope all correctly answered Lindsay Lohan.


Send your answer to counterculturecinema@hotmail.com by June 19, 2010. Comments will be closed to prevent the posting of the answer. Include in your submission: The Actress's Name, Your Name, and Your Blog.

Sorry, but no quiz this week, I'm taking a break.

Stump the LAMBs Leaderboard

First Place

Darren Mooney 6

Second Place

Andy Hart 5

Third Place

Courtney Small 5

Michael Parent 4

Everyone Else

Heather 3

Sebastian Gutierrez 3

Shane Rivers 3

Anna 2

Gary Collinson 2

General Disdain 3

George Litman 3

Neil Alcock 2

Big Mike 1

Branden Renfro 1

Dylan 1

Joaquin 1

Katrina Schenkel 1

Marshall 1

Paul Devine 1

Ross McD 1

Steve Johnston 1

Travis McCollum 1

Will Bixby 1

Stump the LAMBs Movie Quiz: The Hangover

First things first last week's quiz results:

Name the three actors officially considered for the part of Dirty Harry before Clint Eastwood was awarded the role.

Darren Mooney of The Movie Blog, George Litman of The Great White Dope, Heather from Movie Mobsters, Gary Collinson from Flickering Myth, Courtney Small from Big Thoughts from a Small Mind, Anna from Life of a Cinephile and Bibliophile, all correctly answered Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, and Frank Sinatra. While Marlon Brando, Robert Mitchum and John Wayne met with the studio they were not officially considered.

This week's quiz comes from The Hangover. While Heather Graham played Jade, the stripper, what other actress was originally offered the role? She's been in the news recently.

Send your answer to counterculturecinema@hotmail.com by June 5, 2010. Comments will be closed to prevent the posting of the answer. Include in your submission: The Actress's Name, Your Name, and Your Blog.

Stump the LAMBs Leaderboard

First Place

Andy Hart 5
Darren Mooney 5

Second Place

Courtney Small 4

Michael Parent 4

Third Place
Anna 2

Gary Collinson 2
General Disdain 2
George Litman 2
Heather 2
Neil Alcock 2
Sebastian Gutierrez 2
Shane Rivers 2


Everyone Else

Big Mike 1

Branden Renfro 1

Joaquin 1

Paul Devine 1

Ross McD 1

Steve Johnston 1

Travis McCollum 1

Stump the LAMBs Movie Quiz: Dirty Harry

First things first last week's quiz results.

Although McCauley (Robert DeNiro) has a 30 second rule how many seconds does it actually take him to leave Eady at the hotel?

This must have been a tough one as only Michael Parent of Le Mot du Cinephiliaque got the correct answer of 42 seconds. Hopefully this week's quiz will be easier.

Name the three actors officially considered for the part of Dirty Harry before Clint Eastwood was awarded the role.

Send your answer to counterculturecinema@hotmail.com by May 22, 2010. Comments will be closed to prevent the posting of the answer. Include in your submission: The Three Actor's Names, Your Name, and Your Blog.

Stump the LAMBs Leaderboard

First Place

Andy Hart 5

Second Place

Darren Mooney 4

Michael Parent 4

Third Place

Courtney Small 3

Everyone Else
General Disdain 2
Neil Alcock 2

Sebastian Gutierrez 2

Shane Rivers 2

Anna 1

Big Mike 1

Branden Renfro 1

Gary Collinson 1

George Litman 1

Heather 1

Joaquin 1

Paul Devine 1

Ross McD 1

Steve Johnston 1

Travis McCollum 1

Stump the LAMBs Movie Quiz: Heat

First things first last week's quiz results:

Name the Senator that appeared (albeit briefly) in The Fugitive?

Darren of The Movie Blog, Gary Collinson of Flickering Myth, Sebastian Gutierrez of Detailed Criticisms, Shane Rivers of Only Good Movies, Michael Parent of Le Mot du Cinephiliaque, and Quin from SciFiDrive all correctly answered Senator Roland Burris (he appeared in the St. Patrick's Day march scene)

This weeks quiz comes from Michael Mann's Heat (1995)

Although McCauley (Robert DeNiro) has a 30 second rule how many seconds does it actually take him to leave Eady at the hotel?



Send your answer to counterculturecinema@hotmail.com by May 8, 2010. Comments will be closed to prevent the posting of the answer. Include in your submission: The Senator's Name, Your Name, and Your Blog.

Stump the LAMBs Leaderboard

First Place

Andy Hart 5

Second Place

Darren Mooney 4

Third Place

Courtney Small 3
Michael Parent 3

Everyone Else
General Disdain 2
Neil Alcock 2

Sebastian Gutierrez 2

Shane Rivers 2

Anna 1

Big Mike 1

Branden Renfro 1

Gary Collinson 1

George Litman 1

Heather 1

Joaquin 1

Paul Devine 1

Ross McD 1

Steve Johnston 1

Travis McCollum 1

Stump the LAMBs Movie Quiz: The Fugitive

First things first last weeks quiz results:

Name the six relatives Francis Ford Coppola had work on The Godfather.

Andy Hart of Fandango Groovers, Darren Mooney of M0vie Blog, Courtney Small of Big Thoughts from a Small Mind, Michael Parent of Le Mot du Cinephiliaque, Shane Rivers from Only Good Movies, Sebastian Gutierrez from Detailed Criticisms, and George Litman from Great White Dope all correctly answered Talia Shire, Gian-Carlo Coppola, Roman Coppola, Carmine Coppola, Italia Coppola, and Sofia Coppola.

This weeks quiz comes from The Fugitive

Name the Senator that appeared (albeit briefly) in The Fugitive?

Send your answer to counterculturecinema@hotmail.com by April 24, 2010. Comments will be closed to prevent the posting of the answer. Include in your submission: The Senator's Name, Your Name, and Your Blog.

Stump the LAMBs Leaderboard

First Place

Andy Hart 5

Tied for Second

Courtney Small 3

Darren Mooney 3

Everyone Else

General Disdain 2

Neil Alcock 2

Michael Parent 2

Anna 1

Big Mike 1

Branden Renfro 1

George Litman 1

Heather 1

Paul Devine 1

Ross McD 1

Steve Gutierrez 1

Steve Johnston 1

Travis McCollum 1

Stump the LAMBs Movie Quiz:

First things first last weeks quiz results:

While William Peterson played Richard Chance in To Live and Die in L.A. who was originally up for his part?

Andy Hart of Fandango Groovers, Darren Mooney of The Movie Blog, and Michael Parent of Le Mot du Cinephiliaque all correctly answered Gary Sinise.

This week's quiz comes from The Godfather.

Name the six relatives Francis Ford Coppola had work on The Godfather.

Send your answer to counterculturecinema@hotmail.com by April 10, 2010. Comments will be closed to prevent the posting of the answer. Include in your submission:

The Actor's Name

Your Name

Your Blog

Stump the LAMBs Leaderboard

First Place

Andy Hart 4

Tied for Second

Courtney Small 2

Darren Mooney 2

General Disdain 2

Neil Alcock 2

Everyone Else

Anna 1

Big Mike 1

Branden Renfro 1

Heather 1

Michael Parent 1

Paul Devine 1

Ross McD 1

Steve Johnston 1

Travis McCollum 1

Stump the LAMBs Movie Quiz: To Live and Die in L.A.

First things first last weeks' results:

In Lost in Translation Anna Faris plays a starlet promoting her film in Tokyo what is the name of that film?

Courtney Small of Big Thoughts from a Small Mind, Darren Mooney of the M0vie Blog, Paul Devine from The People's Movies, Neil Alcock from The Incredible Suit, Andy from Fandango Groovers Movie Blog all correctly answered Midnight Velocity

This weeks' quiz comes from William Friedkin's To Live and Die in L.A.

While William Peterson played Richard Chance who was originally up for his part?

Send your answer to counterculturecinema@hotmail.com by March 27, 2010. Comments will be closed to prevent the posting of the answer. Include in your submission:

The Actor's Name

Your Name

Your Blog

Stump the LAMBs Leaderboard

First Place

Andy Hart 3

Tied for Second

Courtney Small 2

General Disdain 2

Neil Alcock 2

Everyone Else

Anna 1

Big Mike 1

Branden Renfro 1

Darren Mooney 1

Heather 1

Paul Devine 1

Ross McD 1

Steve Johnston 1

Travis McCollum 1

Stump the LAMBs Movie Quiz: Lost in Translation

First things first the last quiz results:

While Jason Reitman has always said that George Clooney was the actor he had in mind while writing Ryan Bingham, if Clooney fell through he had a backup plan. Who was Reitman's Plan B?

Andy Hart of Fandango Groovers, General Disdain of Critical Critics, Courtney Small from Big Thoughts from a Small Mind, Ross McD from Ross vs. Ross, Branden Renfro from Foolish Blatherings, Neil Alcock from The Incredible Suit and Anna from Life of a Cinephile all correctly answered Steve Martin.


This week's question comes from Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation.

In the film Anna Faris plays a starlet promoting her film in Tokyo what is the name of that film?

Send your answer to counterculturecinema@hotmail.com by March 13, 2010. Comments will be closed to prevent the posting of the answer. Include in your submission:

The Film's Name

Your Name

Your Blog

Stump the LAMBs Leaderboard

Tied for First 

Andy Hart 2

General Disdain 2

Tied for Second

Anna 1

Big Mike 1

Branden Renfro 1

Courtney Small 1

Heather 1

Neil Alcock 1
Ross McD 1

Steve Johnston 1

Travis McCollum 1

Stump the LAMBs Movie Quiz: Up in the Air

First things first last week's quiz results:

Marla Singer's (Helena Bonham Carter) phone number is 555-0134. Name the other three other films that used this phone number in their film.

Steve Johnston of The Film Cynics, Heather from Movie Mobsters, and General Disdain from Critical Critics all correctly guessed Memento, Harriot the Spy & Someone Like You.

This week's quiz is from Jason Reitman's Oscar nominated film Up in the Air

While Jason Reitman has always said that George Clooney was the actor he had in mind while writing Ryan Bingham, if Clooney fell through he had a backup plan. Who was Reitman's Plan B?

Send your answer to counterculturecinema@hotmail.com by February 27, 2010. Comments will be closed to prevent the posting of the answer. Include in your submission:

• 
  
  The Actor's Name
• 
  
  Your Name
• 
  
  Your Blog

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Six-way tie for 1st

Andy

Big Mike

General Disdain

Heather

Steve Johnston

Travis McCollum

Stump the LAMBs Movie Quiz: Fight Club

First things first: the winners from last week's quiz.

In The Prestige Robert Angier's double Gerald Root mumbles a few lines from a speech while rehearsing on stage before his first performance. From which play is Root reciting and which character?

Andy Hart of Fandango Groovers Movie Blog
Mike Mendez of Big Mike's Movie Blog
Travis McCollum of The Movie Encyclopedia

All of them correctly guessed Henry Percy form Shakespeare's Henry IV

Now onto this week's quiz from David Fincher's 1999 classic Fight Club

Marla Singer's (Helena Bonham Carter) phone number is 555-0134. Name the other three other films that used this phone number in their film. Include in your submission:

• The Three Films
• Your Name
• Your Blog

Send your answer to counterculturecinema@hotmail.com by February 13, 2010. Comments will be closed to prevent the posting of the answer.

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t1st Andy

t1st Big Mike

t1st Travis

Stump the LAMBs Movie Trivia Quiz: The Prestige

Hello fellow LAMBs, I'm Fitz from Nevermind Popular Film and I will be taking over the latest incarnation of Stump the LAMBs.

My first movie trivia quiz question is from Christopher Nolan's 2006 film The Prestige.

In The Prestige Robert Angier's double Gerald Root mumbles a few lines from a speech while rehearsing on stage before his first performance. From which play is Root reciting and which character?

In your submission include the following:

• The Play and the Character
• Your Name
• Your Blog
  

Send your answer to counterculturecinema@hotmail.com by January 30, 2010

Comments will be closed to prevent the posting of the answer.

Stump the LAMBs Movie Trivia Quiz Answer: Dr. Ruth

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Four little LAMBs knew the answer to the last quiz, including Fearless Leader Dylan. One person thought the answer was Dr. Jake Houseman, which was incorrect.

Here's the question again:

Name the real-life doctor who was offered a role in Dirty Dancing but turned it down.

The answer:

Sex expert Dr. Ruth Westheimer was offered the role of Mrs. Schumacher, but declined it when she learned that her character would be a thief.

Here are the LAMBs who knew the answer:

Cello from Japan Cinema

General Disdain from The Critical Critics

Andy Hart from Fandango Groovers Movie Blog

Dylan from Blog Cabins

I'm going to forego posing another question for now, because in addition to injuring my own rib, I'm also helping to care for a sick family member. So my plate is a bit full at the moment. I hope to return soon though!

See all the other Stump the Lambs movie trivia quizzes.

Stump the LAMBS Stopper

Hi, Quizzlings. Sorry I haven't posted the answer to the last Stump the LAMBs quiz yet. I bashed one of my ribs just enough to hurt a lot but not enough to break it, so I'm taking a little time off. But I'll be back as soon as it stops hurting to give you the answer and post a new question. See you then!

- Carla