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For Halloween - Universal Movie Monsters

One question, with a few moving parts, for you Monster Movie Geniuses.

Name the actor who played four of the classic Universal monsters in a period of two years (Frankenstein's monster, Dracula, the Mummy and the Wolfman.) Name the actor and the films in which he first played those four characters.

Happy Halloween!

FOR NO GOOD REASON…QUESTIONS ABOUT OSCAR WINNERS FOR BEST SONG

For every question there is more than one answer. The more songs you can name, the better. Give yourself a point for each song you name that fits.

1) Best Song with a celestial body in the title.

2) Best Song with a title in a language other than English (nonsense words don’t count.)

3) Beat Song with nonsense words in the title.

4) Best Song with the name of a city in the title.

5) Best Song with a time of day in the title.

Wish Ivan Reitman a Happy Birthday Tomorrow (10/27)

Tuesday is the birthday of the director of many of our more quotable films, Ivan Reitman. So today’s task is simple. I’ll give a movie quote, and you name the Ivan film it comes from. Of course, some of these are tougher than others. But then, you’re a movie genius, aren’t you?

1) “Attention. Here's an update on tonight's dinner. It was veal. I repeat, veal. The winner of tonight's mystery meat contest is Jeffrey Corbin who guessed "some kind of beef."

2) “And we're walking, and we're walking, and we're stopping.”

3) “Last night as I was grading papers, I came across two gems both entitled "Cells are Bad" and both with just one paragraph which I unfortunately committed to memory: "Cells are bad. My uncle lives in a cell. It's ten foot by twelve and he has to read the same boring, old magazine everyday. The end." Although my standards are nowhere near where they used to be I could not bring myself to put A’s atop those beauties.”

4) “It's not a tumor!” (Pronounced “Toomer”)

5) “Of course not, and that is the whole problem with aliens is you just can't trust them. Occasionally you meet a nice once: Star Man, E.T... But usually they turn out to be some kind of big lizard!”

6) “Lighten up, Francis.”

7) “Let me shake hands with the man who would be Mom.”

8) “You're more like a game show host.”

9) “Thank you for the cookies. I look forward to tossing them.”

10) “That look in your eyes... pure blue steel.”

Characters from TV to Movies

Switching things up today, I’ll give the name of the actor who played a character in TV series, and if you are a movie genius, you’ll be able to name the actor who played the character when brought to the big screen.

1) Ernest Borgnine played Lt. Commander Quinton McHale in the TV show “McHale’s Navy”, who played the character in the 1997 movie?

2) June Lockhart (Lassie’s foster mom) played Maureen Robinson in the TV show “Lost in Space”, who played the character in the 1998 film?

3) Ross Martin played Artemus Gordon in the TV show “Wild, Wild West”, who played the character in the 1999 movie?

4) Florence Henderson played Carol Brady in the TV show “The Brady Brunch”, who played her in the 1995 movie?

5) Buddy Ebsen played Jed Clampett in the movie “The Beverly Hillbillies”, who played him in the 1993 movie? (Bonus genius points if you can remember which Oscar winning actor played a Clampett in the film.)

Characters: Movie to TV (Part II)

For the second time this week, we tell you the name of the actor who played a character in a movie and if you are a Movie (& TV) genius you’ll know who played the character on TV.

1) Loretta Young played Katrin Holstrom in the movie “The Farmer’s Daughter”, who played Katrin on the TV show of the same name?

2) Everyone knows Humphrey Bogart played Rick Blaine in the movie “Casablanca”, but who played him in the 1983 TV show?

3) Jim Carry played Lloyd in the movie “Dumb and Dumber” but who provided the voice for the animated show based on the movie?

4) Roy Scheider played the helicoper pilot, Frank Murphy, in the movie “Blue Thunder” but who played the part on the TV show?

5) Yul Brynner played the part of Chris in the movie “The Magnificent Seven”, but who played the part in the TV show?

Characters: Movie to TV

Here's a game we could play all week....In fact, we will. I'll name a character from a movie that was adapted into a TV show. Today, I'll name the actor from the movie and if you are a Movie Genius, you'll know who played the character on TV. We might switch it around on quizes later this week.

1) Jack Lemmon played Felix Unger in the movie "The Odd Couple", who played him on TV?

2) Cary Grant played Lt. Com. Matthew Sherman in the movie "Operation Petticoat", who played him on TV?

3) Jennifer Grey played Jeannie Bueller in the movie "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", who played her on TV?

4) Gene Tierney played Mrs. Muir in the movie "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir", who played her on TV?

5) Walter Pidgeon played Adm. Nelson in the movie "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea", who played him on TV?