Transcript 02/22/16 Devon Decker

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Devon Decker
Coventry, RI

Devon’s Plus One is his mom.

Movie Week

$500 Though many directors do, Clint Eastwood says he never shouts what when directing, because it used to scare the actors and horses on “Rawhide”?
A. “Whee!”
B. “Action!”
C. “I’ve got bingo!”
D. “Beer me!”

Spoiler

B. “Action!”

$1K The main character in what 1995 Best Picture nominee was played by more that 40 different “actors”?
A. Braveheart
B. Apollo 13
C. Sense and Sensibility
D. Babe

Spoiler

D. Babe

$2K Having wrongly assumed he was supposed to look like Patrick Stewart, James McAvoy had to get hair extensions after shaving his head for what 2011 film?
A. Transformers: Age of Extinction
B. X-Men: First Class
C. Avengers; Age of Ultron
D. Fantastic Four

Spoiler

B. X-Men: First Class

$3K Saying she’d never suffered more for a role, while filming what movie did Nicole Kidman twice break a rib – once while trying to get into a corset?
A. Bewitched
B. The Stepford Wives
C. Moulin Rouge!
D. To Die For

Spoiler

C. Moulin Rouge!

$5K The body of the ghostly green blob Slimer in “Ghostbusters” was said to be based on what actor, who was originally supposed to star in the movie?
A. John Candy
B. John Belushi
C. Dom DeLuise
D. Chris Farley

Spoiler

B. John Belushi

commercial break

$7K What film series inspired Lions Gate Entertainment to file a trademark for “human whistling a G4, Bb4, A4 and then D4 in the key of G minor”?
A. The Fast and the Furious
B. Jaws
C. Mission Impossible
D. The Hunger Games

Spoiler

D. The Hunger Games

$10K Part of a highly-praised talent pool, the past two winners of the Academy Award for Best Director were both born where?
A. Mexico
B. Canada
C. France
D. England

Spoiler

A. Mexico

$20K In which of the following films does Tom Cruise play someone who has served in the Army, and NOT in the Navy or Marines?
A. Top Gun
B. Born on the Fourth of July
C. A Few Good Men
D. Jack Reacher

50/50

50/50 leaves

B. Born on the Fourth of July
D. Jack Reacher

+1

Mom thinks he was in the Army in

Spoiler

Born on the Fourth of July.

Devon says that is where he was leaning, so he makes it his final answer.

Spoiler

D. Jack Reacher
Devon leaves with $5K

commercial break

[ghostjmf]

2K: ATA

7K: This was not among Hunger Games Lore I do know. But its HG by elimination. 50/50,"to be sure".

20K: either B or D. +1

[Bob Juch]

As soon as I saw this guy i told my wife, "I'll bet he lives in his parent's basement."

[SportsFan68]

$5K The body of the ghostly green blob Slimer in “Ghostbusters” was said to be based on what actor, who was originally supposed to star in the movie?
A. John Candy
B. John Belushi
C. Dom DeLuise
D. Chris Farley

Spoiler

B. John Belushi

ATA

$20K In which of the following films does Tom Cruise play someone who has served in the Army, and NOT in the Navy or Marines?
A. Top Gun
B. Born on the Fourth of July
C. A Few Good Men
D. Jack Reacher

50/50

50/50 leaves

B. Born on the Fourth of July
D. Jack Reacher

+1

Mom thinks he was in the Army in

Spoiler

Born on the Fourth of July.

Devon says that is where he was leaning, so he makes it his final answer.

Spoiler

D. Jack Reacher
Devon leaves with $5K

Easy enough to eliminate Top Gun and A Few Good Mean, meaning Born on the Fourth of July and Jack Reacher, which I have never seen, will be left, so Plus One.

[earendel]

Devon Decker
Coventry, RI

Devon’s Plus One is his mom.

Movie Week

$10K Part of a highly-praised talent pool, the past two winners of the Academy Award for Best Director were both born where?
A. Mexico
B. Canada
C. France
D. England

Spoiler

A. Mexico

I know that someone named Irratu (or something like that) won for "Birdman" and he was from Mexico, so I'll go with A.

$20K In which of the following films does Tom Cruise play someone who has served in the Army, and NOT in the Navy or Marines?
A. Top Gun
B. Born on the Fourth of July
C. A Few Good Men
D. Jack Reacher

50/50

50/50 leaves

B. Born on the Fourth of July
D. Jack Reacher

+1

Mom thinks he was in the Army in

Spoiler

Born on the Fourth of July.

Devon says that is where he was leaning, so he makes it his final answer.

Spoiler

D. Jack Reacher
Devon leaves with $5K

No idea. ATA and hope.

[ghostjmf]

Being alive at the time (& old enough to be aware) of the discussion of the book, followed by the movie, didn't help me nail what branch of service character in 4th had been in.