The MVBM Movie/TV Quiz

GringoTex's answer of Lou Diamond Phillips is correct. His first wife, in fact, left him for Melissa Etheridge. He's drawn flak for portraying Native American characters in movies when he's only 1/8 Cherokee.

Carrey, Burton, Stiles, Taylor, and Cosby are incorrect.

Standings:
GringoTex 70
B1 20
DoctorJones24 18
CosmosRIP 17
Alberto 16
Obie 15
Noah Elliott 12

Quotes still on the table:

9. "I'm not going to say any more than I have to, if that." (Mobster goes Hollywood, satire with all-star cast) (Correctly identified as Get Shorty, still need actor and character.)
25. "I'd give real money if he'd shut up." (Alien quotes Shakespeare, part of a sci-fi series)

Who Am I? still on the table:

29. I'm tall. I graduated from USC with a degree in Sports Information. I do impressions. Those impressions include George W. Bush and Alex Trebek. (4 points)
31. I started losing my hair at the age of 16. I went to high school in Livingston, NJ. My name at the time was Jay Greenspan. I apologize for "Bob Patterson". (4 points)
33. I’m one of the few actors with an honorary doctorate who actually attended the university from which I received the honorary degree. When I was 11, I was mauled by a lion after a day of filming. (8 points)
34. I've been married more than once. I love cars. (8 points)
35. I performed in the closing ceremonies of the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. (10 points)
36. I was a stage actor before I started doing television. (10 points)
37. I almost starred in "The Brady Bunch". (10 points)

 

Will Ferrell and Jason Alexander are correct. Leno is not.

Standings:
GringoTex 70
B1 28
DoctorJones24 18
CosmosRIP 17
Alberto 16
Obie 15
Noah Elliott 12

Quotes still on the table:

9. "I'm not going to say any more than I have to, if that." (Hint: Mobster goes Hollywood, satire with all-star cast) (Correctly identified as Get Shorty, still need actor and character.)
25. "I'd give real money if he'd shut up." (Hint: Alien quotes Shakespeare, part of a sci-fi series)

Who Am I? still on the table:

33. I’m one of the few actors with an honorary doctorate who actually attended the university from which I received the honorary degree. When I was 11, I was mauled by a lion after a day of filming. When I hosted Saturday Night Live, I was the youngest person ever to have done so. (6 points)
34. I've been married more than once. I love cars. I'm color blind. (6 points)
35. I performed in the closing ceremonies of the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. My father was the lead singer of a music group. (8 points)
36. I was a stage actor before I started doing television. I went to Rutgers. (8 points)
37. I almost starred in "The Brady Bunch". I served in the Marine Corps. (8 points)

FYI to those who've been participating, I'm going to be on vacation next week. I'll be at my folks' house, where they have dialup and not a fast connection, so this won't be updated as quickly as it has been so far, but I'll have my eye on it, and will definitely have some new questions Monday, if not sooner.

 

None of the above are correct. Worf is on the right track, Danny DeVito is SOOOO far off that it'll be really funny when you get the right answer. Drew Barrymore is a good guess but incorrect. You'll see why later on.

Standings:
GringoTex 70
B1 28
DoctorJones24 18
CosmosRIP 17
Alberto 16
Obie 15
Noah Elliott 12

Quotes still on the table:

9. "I'm not going to say any more than I have to, if that." (Hint: Mobster goes Hollywood, satire with all-star cast) (Correctly identified as Get Shorty, still need actor and character. Come on, people, this isn't that hard. )
25. "I'd give real money if he'd shut up." (Hint: Alien quotes Shakespeare, part of a sci-fi series)

Who Am I? still on the table:

33. I’m one of the few actors with an honorary doctorate who actually attended the university from which I received the honorary degree. When I was 11, I was mauled by a lion after a day of filming. When I hosted Saturday Night Live, I was the youngest person ever to have done so. I was the first choice to play Princess Leia in the Star Wars trilogy, but had to turn it down because I could not get out of my contract with Disney. (4 points)
34. I've been married more than once. I love cars. I'm color blind. I have my own line of food products. (4 points)
35. I performed in the closing ceremonies of the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. My father was the lead singer of a music group. Roger Moore suggested I replace Pierce Brosnan as James Bond. (6 points)
36. I was a stage actor before I started doing television. I went to Rutgers. I recently adopted a baby boy. (6 points)
37. I almost starred in "The Brady Bunch". I served in the Marine Corps. I didn't act in my first movie until I was 34 years old. (6 points)

 

DoctorJones24 goes 3 for 3 on John Travolta, Jodie Foster, and Paul Newman. (Note the phrasing of the SNL clue: "When I hosted...". kopiteinkc's recollection that Drew Barrymore is the youngest person ever to have hosted SNL, in 1982 at the age of 7, is correct; however, at the time Jodie Foster hosted SNL, in 1976 at the age of 14, she was the youngest to have done so, and remained the youngest until Barrymore. But come on... Drew Barrymore? Honorary doctorate?) 10 points to DoctorJones24.

kopiteinkc's answer of Cuba Gooding Jr. is correct; Gooding performed as a break dancer in the closing ceremonies of the 1984 Olympics. 6 points and a hearty welcome to kopiteinkc.

Clooney and O'Donnell are incorrect.

Standings:
GringoTex 70
B1 28
DoctorJones24 28
CosmosRIP 17
Alberto 16
Obie 15
Noah Elliott 12
kopiteinkc 6

Quote still on the table:

25. "I'd give real money if he'd shut up." (Hint: Alien quotes Shakespeare, part of a sci-fi series) (Increased to 2 pts each for movie, character, and actor.)

Who Am I? still on the table:

36. I was a stage actor before I started doing television. I went to Rutgers. I recently adopted a baby boy. I'm very very very very thin. (4 points)
37. I almost starred in "The Brady Bunch". I served in the Marine Corps. I didn't act in my first movie until I was 34 years old. Since then I have appeared in over 70 movies. (4 points)

 

Your guess read: "33. Bill Cosby or Jodi Foster? " Since Cosby was the first name in that answer (and, I might add, a darn good guess for that clue), he was the one I considered to be your answer. Sorry... If I'd mentioned it, I would've given it away.

I don't know if kopiteinkc was waiting until I upped the points for the Bones quote from Star Trek VI, but six points to him.

Obie's answer of Callista Flockhart is correct; pretty far from Danny DeVito, eh? 4 points to Obie.

Standings are:

Standings:
GringoTex 70
B1 28
DoctorJones24 28
Obie 19
CosmosRIP 17
Alberto 16
Noah Elliott 12
kopiteinkc 12

Only one question still on the table, and since the 2 point clue is damn easy, I'd better get off my ass and write some more questions.

37. I almost starred in "The Brady Bunch". I served in the Marine Corps. I didn't act in my first movie until I was 34 years old. Since then I have appeared in over 70 movies. I played Lex Luthor. (2 points)

 

Forthcoming. It takes about all the patience I have with dialup just to check my email, and also since I'm on vacation I'm trying not to spend much time in front of the computer, since that's pretty much what I do when I'm at work, SO... there may be more questions tomorrow or Friday, but if not, definitely on Monday. (Coincidentally, when I go back to work. )

Alberto, I'll give you four points. (And obviously two for Gene Hackman.)

Standings as of the "summer hiatus":
GringoTex 70
B1 28
DoctorJones24 28
Alberto 22
Obie 19
CosmosRIP 17
Noah Elliott 12
kopiteinkc 12

 

OK, OK, here I am again.

Format for the next questions is this: It'll be more declining point value, like the Who Am I? questions, but what I'll give you is a partial list of people involved with a movie or TV show (mainly actors, maybe a few producers or directors), and you give me the title. For TV shows, recurring guest characters may be used (Lilith on Cheers), one time appearances will not (Joe Pantoliano on M*A*S*H). If you give a correct answer that's not the movie I'm thinking of, I'm not giving credit for it, but you can have another guess at the same clues.

38. Richard Dreyfuss, John Cusack (9 points)
39. Robert Brown, Lois Maxwell, Patrick Macnee (9 points)
40. Jessica Hecht, Elliott Gould (9 points)
41. Harvey Keitel, Penny Marshall (9 points)
42. Suzanne Somers, Mackenzie Phillips (9 points)