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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Alexander (2004) - Part (2) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Alexander (2004) - Part (2)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Alexander (2004).

About the movie: Alexander, the King of Macedonia and one of the greatest military leaders in the history of warfare, conquers much of the known world.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alexander (2004)?
a.		Peter Stephens was a possible for The Baron and Campbell Kennedy.
b.		Heath Ledger was originally considered for the role of Alexander before Colin Farrell was cast.
c.		Leading lady Gila Golan was re-dubbed, but the voice actress remains unidentified.
d.		Filmed entirely in San Diego, California using only two ambulances from two companies (the red "DIC" ambulance a retired San Diego Fire Department/Rural Metro ambulance and the blue "BALS" ambulance from a non-emergency company no longer serving San Diego).

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alexander (2004)?
a.		Oliver Stones first choice for the role of King Philip was Liam Neeson, who turned it down.
b.		The theme park, in reality Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, the section of the park is Gotham. Mr. Freeze (the ice blue coaster that goes vertical), Batman: The Ride (the yellow and black coaster) and the Flashback (the red and blue coaster with multiple loops) can be seen through out the scene.
c.		The doomsday theory has sprung from a Western idea, not a Mayan. Mayans insist that the world will not end in 2012. The Mayans had a talent for astronomy, and enthusiasts have found a series of astronomical alignments they say coincide in 2012, including one that happens roughly only once every 640.000 years. Once every 640.000 years, the sun lines up with the center of our Milky Way galaxy on a winter solstice, the suns lowest point in the horizon. The next time that will happen is on December 21, 2012; which happens to be the same day the Mayan calender expires. In addition to the Mayan calendar, the modern doomsday myth is bolstered several ostensibly scientific reasons for a disaster. Examples include a pole shift, the "return" of Planet X or the Suns sinister counterpart Nemesis, a galactic, planetary, or other celestial alignment, global warming, global cooling, a massive solar flare, a new ice age, and so on. None of these have any basis in respected science. For example, the "galactic alignment" between the sun, Earth, and galactic center happens every December. The best alignment was reached in the 1990s and was accompanied by its own set of doomsday theories. Alignments since then have been increasingly poor.
d.		A gag from the book is rendered incomprehensible in the film, due to lack of information. While chatting with the Grangers at the bookshop, Mr. Weasley says, "I understand that other Muggles are afraid of you." This is because they are dentists.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alexander (2004)?
a.		When Kelly arrives in Grantville, a movie marquee displays the title of the film Shock Corridor, Samuel Fullers previous film.
b.		When the film was made and released, President Harry Truman had not made his miraculous political comeback and was considered a sure loser in the 1948 Presidential election by nearly everyone, which is why both the Republican Presidential nomination is considered so valuable in the movie, and why Van Johnsons character is amused when a young woman tells him that she thinks Truman will be elected President in his own right in November.
c.		In the scene where Cindy Lou gets on the bus to go back to college, Busey was originally supposed to answer her question of "What am I gonna tell the kids at college?" with "Cindy Lou?...Kiss my ass!" But director Steve Rash didnt like that line and so they came up with "Boola, Boola." instead. (According to DVD commentary)
d.		Val Kilmer had to undergo over an hour of daily makeup to look older and don the scar tissue that covers the eye that Philip lost in battle.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alexander (2004)?
a.		Tim Burton: [music] Danny Elfman score
b.		Mary Harron: [masochistic man] In "I Shot Andy Warhol," Valerie Solanas encounters a man who wants her to stomp all over his chest. In "The Notorious Bettie Page," Bettie Page meets a man at a party who asks her if she likes stomping on men. The two men say almost the exact same things, word for word.
c.		The USS Stingray in the movie was actually the USS Pampanito, a WWII era Balao class submarine. In the Pacific Theatre, it sunk or heavily damaged ten ships.
d.		The film almost never made it to the theatres in Greece. A group of Greek lawyers decided to try to ban the film on the grounds that Oliver Stone was denigrating the figure of Alexander the Great by making reference to his bisexuality. The film was ultimately given a theatrical release in Greece and premiered at #1.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alexander (2004)?
a.		Alexander is commonly depicted in statues with eyes raised upwards towards the sun, and hence the many visual references of Alexander always looking towards the sun.
b.		All the instrumental tracks on the movies soundtrack are amalgams of various sequences and musical cues from the film and are not direct excerpts of the films score.
c.		Pierce Brosnan had no idea what the project was about when he signed on. The producers told him it was being filmed in Greece and Meryl Streep was starring. Brosnan said he wouldve signed on for anything involving Streep, describing her as "that gorgeous blonde I fancied terribly in Drama School."
d.		Tanya the manicurist (Debi Mazar) talks about meeting Madonna. Mazar and Madonna are long-time friends; Mazar appeared in four Madonna music videos: "True Blue" and "Papa Dont Preach" (1986), "Deeper and Deeper" (1992) and "Music" (2000).

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alexander (2004)?
a.		Early posters and trailers did not credit Christopher Kyle as a writer; Oliver Stone and Laeta Kalogridis were credited for the story and Oliver Stone for the screenplay.
b.		Michael Douglas character Remington is fictionalized. Val Kilmers character John Patterson killed both lions.
c.		The original filming of the opening number, "Colonel Buffalo Bill," with Frank Morgan appearing as Buffalo Bill, and Geraldine Wall featured as Dolly Tate, is an extra on the DVD release from Warner Home Video.
d.		Anthony Michael Hall read for the part of Ponyboy Curtis.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alexander (2004)?
a.		According to Mel Brooks audio commentary, Warner Bros released it again in the summer of 1975 because they didnt have any other big pictures to release.
b.		Christian Serratos wore her own glasses for her part as Angela Weber.
c.		The ships boats on board HMS Surpize were Russian Navy yawl boats (one 4-oar and one six-oar) of the same type as used in the A&E Hornblower series. They were provided by Central Coast Charters of Sausalito, California. One of the long boat trainers for the production in Rosarito, Mexico was a commissioned Lieutenant in the Russian Navy.
d.		Angelina Jolie plays Colin Farrells mother even though she is less than a year older than he is.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alexander (2004)?
a.		Director Ridley Scott came up with the basic story that author Peter Mayle wrote in the book on which this films based upon. When the book was published, Mayles ideas were actually very different from Scotts original premise. Scott then decided to film the story as he envisioned it from the very beginning.
b.		American movie debut of French director Jean-Claude Tramont. Tramont previously had only directed one movie, a French film entitled Focal Point See: Le point de mire.
c.		Cadys friend Janis Ian is likely related to Janis Ian, the singer of "At Seventeen," a song about realizing at age 17 the beautiful are favored. "I learned the truth at seventeen that love was meant for beauty queens ... and those of us with ravaged faces, lacking in the social graces, desperately remained at home, inventing lovers on the phone." The song is also playing in the scene when Karen tells Cady that she has a "fifth sense ... Its like ESPN or something."
d.		Was nominated for six Razzies, but did not "win" any.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alexander (2004)?
a.		Val Kilmer noted that the most challenging parts of the production were actually gaining the weight needed for the role, and the loss of depth perception secondary to mono-vision from the scar tissue makeup covering one eye.
b.		When Buck goes to the party to find Tia he hears the Rap music playing and jokingly says "Whos That? The Grass Roots?" The Grass Roots were a popular band in the late 1960s that had a string of hits including "Lets Live For Today", "Midnight Confessions" and "Temptation Eyes" among others.
c.		According to Marlon Brandos friend, Carlo Fiore, and his reminiscences in his book "Bud: The Brando I Knew", it was Fiore who helped make some key decisions about the famous taxi cab scene. It wasnt working to Brandos satisfaction, and the actor was becoming increasingly frustrated at being unable to find the truth about the scene. Fiore told him that having a gun pulled on him by his brother would hit a bullshit note with Terry, and that shocked disbelief that his brother would do such a thing would be the most appropriate response. Brando then went into a stormy conference with Elia Kazan and Sam Spiegel before nailing the scene. Afterwards Kazan drew Fiore aside and said "Next time you get an idea about a scene, bring it to me, not Marlon, okay?" There is some doubt about the veracity of this story however as one look at the original script reveals that shocked surprise was Terrys reaction all along.
d.		John Wayne was very disappointed that his stunt double was so obvious in the final fight with Forrest Tucker.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alexander (2004)?
a.		At the beginning of the movie, Marcus (Martin Lawrence) comments that he wouldnt get food from Dennys because he "dont like the way we been treated." In the 90s, Dennys settled a number of lawsuits that accused the staff of racism.
b.		The scene where Savage is yelling, "Michael, theres rats in here, Michael" as he is stuck in the river is actually Savage yelling at the director Michael Cimino because of his fear of rats which were infesting the river area. He was yelling for the director to pull him out of the water because of the rats... it looked real and they kept it in.
c.		The first painting which Newland Archer encounters after greeting Regina Beaufort at the post-opera ball (depicting a man in a harlequin costume holding a dueling sword) is "The Duel After a Masquerade Ball", by Jean-Léon Gérôme, painted in 1857.
d.		During the battle of Gaugamela, the command "Back and to the left! Back and to the left!" is shouted, which is the same as a famous line in an earlier Oliver Stone movie, JFK.