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A MUSICAL QUIZ TODAY... Many songs are covered again and again in films. Some of the films will be easy to guess. Others will require you to be a movie genius.

1) Everyone knows the film in which Judy Garland sang “Over the Rainbow”, but if you’re a movie genius, you also know in which film Jimmy Stewart sang it.

2) Everyone knows the film in which Fred Astaire sang “Cheek to Cheek”, but if you’re a movie genius, you also know in which film Kenneth Branagh sang it.

3) Anyone could guess the name of the film in which Marlene Dietrich sang “Just a Gigolo”, but if you’re a movie genius, you also know in which film Robert De Niro sang it.

4) Everyone knows the film in which Elvis Presley sang “Love Me Tender”, but if you’re a movie genius, you also know in which movie Nic Cage sang it.

5) Everyone knows the film in which Gordon MacRae sang “Surrey with the Fringe on Top”, but if you’re a movie genius, you also know in which movie Billy Crystal sang it.

6) Everyone knows the film in which Gene Kelly sang “Singin’ in the Rain”, but if you’re a movie genius you also know in which movie Judy Garland sang it. (Bonus if you know in which film Malcolm McDowell “danced” to the song.)

7) Everyone knows the film in which Marion Cotillard sang “En Vie en Rose”, but if you’re a movie genius, you also know in which movie Jack Nicholson sang it.

8) Everyone knows in which movie Marilyn Monroe sang “I’m Through with Love”, but a movie genius also knows in which film Woody Allen sang it (and then cut it.)

9) Many know in which movie the Beatles sang “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer”, but if you’re a movie genius, you also know in which movie Steve Martin sang it.

10) Everyone knows in which movie Gene Wilder and Peter Boyle sang “Puttin’ on the Ritz”, but a movie genius also knows the films in which Clark Gable and Fred Astaire (respectively) sang the song.

The answers will be posted at www.ruamoviegeniusanswers.blogspot.com on Thursday (9/22/09) along with Youtube links to some of the performances.