The 1st Annual Tom Moran Movie Trivia Quiz

The posts here have been getting a trifle grim lately, so I thought I would liven things up a bit.

So I'm offering up the very first Tom Moran Movie Trivia Quiz. Only this quiz is a little different.

How is it different?

It's different in that no one who reads this blog has any way of knowing the answers to any of the questions. In fact, the only person who could possibly get all the answers right is me.

So, unlike any other quiz, this quiz does not test your knowledge -- it can't. It tests your intuition. You have to guess at the answers and see whether or not your hunches are correct. It is multiple choice, though, so your odds of answering any given question correctly just by making a random guess are no worse than one in five.

I think it makes it a lot more interesting.

So I'm going to put this post up for a little more than a week. The contest ends on Sunday, April 29th. You can enter more than once. The first person who answers all the questions correctly will win some sort of a movie-related prize to be determined by me whenever I think of whatever the hell it's going to be. Post your answers in the comment box. I will tell you how many of your answers are right and how many wrong.

Okay? Are we ready?

The First Annual Tom Moran Movie Quiz

1) What was the first silent film that Tom saw on a big screen in a movie theater?
a) City Lights
b) Modern Times
c) The General
d) Metropolis
e) Napoleon

2) What is the only film that Tom has ever owned on Beta, VHS and DVD?
a) The Birth of a Nation
b) Citizen Kane
c) Ivan the Terrible
d) Monsieur Verdoux
e) Deep Throat

3) What movie legend did Tom “meet” accidentally while working as a messenger in Manhattan in the late 1970s?
a) Lillian Gish
b) Blanche Sweet
c) Louise Brooks
d) Greta Garbo
e) Fay Wray

4) Which of the following films has Tom not seen at Radio City Music Hall?
a) Metropolis
b) The General
c) Napoleon
d) Casablanca
e) Gone With the Wind

5) What movie star was born in the same neighborhood in Queens that Tom grew up in?
a) Nancy Carroll
b) Jennifer Jason Leigh
c) Paulette Goddard
d) Yvonne DeCarlo
e) Swoosie Kurtz

6) Which film does Tom watch almost every year on Christmas Day?
a) The Birth of a Nation
b) The Gold Rush
c) Triumph of the Will
d) It’s a Wonderful Life
e) Deep Throat

7) In which Woody Allen film did Tom appear as an extra?
a) Bullets over Broadway
b) Husbands and Wives
c) Deconstructing Harry
d) Sweet and Lowdown
e) Match Point

8) Which of these classic 70s films did Tom not see on its Opening Day?
a) The Conversation
b) Chinatown
c) Nashville
d) One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
e) Apocalypse Now

9) Which Manhattan revival house almost became Tom’s mailing address during the first half of the 1980s?
a) The Carnegie Hall Cinema
b) The Bleecker Street Cinema
c) The Metro
d) The Regency
e) The Thalia

10) What was the first film Tom showed at his first lecture at CUNY?
a) Those Awful Hats!
b) Double Indemnity
c) Triumph of the Will
d) The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
e) Modern Times

And, for extra bonus points:

11) Which Michael Curtiz film is Tom’s current favorite film?
a) The Mystery of the Wax Museum
b) The Kennel Murder Case
c) Four Daughters
d) The Adventures of Robin Hood
e) Yankee Doodle Dandy
f) Casablanca
g) Mission to Moscow

Good luck!

Tom Moran