Before midnight special - 2016 movies quiz

EPISODE V
THE QUIZMASTER STRIKES BACK
• 42 questions – 21 Clockwise, 21 Anti-clock
• One written round with movie posters
• Modified Infinite Bounce
• Infinite Pounce. 5-10 seconds given for every question. QMs
discretion
• Questions and Answers are centered around movies released
in 2016. Some of them are the best of the lot, and some not
so much
• Accordingly, Viewer Discretion is advised
• And of course, SPOILER ALERT!

1. ID THE MOVIE
• This quiz’s namesake ‘Midnight Special’ is about a child with special powers, and
his father trying to escape the government and a cult who are after him.
• The look and feel of this movie are reminiscent of another classic 1977 sci-fi movie
where the climax features the use of Solfege movements for communication, more
particularly the Kodály method, which is an approach to musical education.
• Which movie?

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD
KIND
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeeZA4B1qyI

2. WHO DOES DEADPOOL FOLLOW ON
TWITTER?
• The Deadpool Twitter account (on last check) has 592k followers, but only 1
following. Who does Deadpool follow?

3. SPECIFY WHERE
Looking for a specific connect for where you can see the below,
• ____ Slows the Sun
• ____ Pulls islands from the Sea
• ____ battles a tentacle monster
• ____ overcomes a fire monster
• ____ defeats a giant crab
• ____ as a large bird and people celebrating
• ____ fights a winged monster
• ____ makes wind
(blanks are indicative)

4. ID THE MOVIE
• The following video shows dancer/choreographer Jayfunk demonstrating ‘finger-
tutting’. It received international acclaim after the release of this viral Samsung
commercial.
• Which 2016 movie extensively used finger-tutting?

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyMfpJh3h4A

DOCTOR STRANGE
• The hand movements of the sorcerers are based on finger-tutting.

5. IDENTIFY THE MOVIE
• War Dogs is a movie about international arms dealers Efraim Diveroli and David
Packouz. The two friends are big fans of a certain movie, and it also comes through
in their movie poster, which is a reference to this classic movie.
• Which movie?
• (image next slide)

6. ID THE CHARACTER
• In the original comics, X is a brunette who is also a skilled computer programmer
and helped the heroes stop a robot invasion.
• It was only later that she was changed into the redhead we are all familiar with, with
an iconic yellow jumpsuit.
• However, the modern depictions of her have not been met very favourably
• Identify X.

7. IDENTIFY THE MOVIE
• The card given is part of the Tarot deck and hence is
used for divinatory purposes in the West.
• If the card is upright, it represents change and new
excitements, particularly romantic. Reversed, it
represents unreliability and recklessness.
• The card also lends its name to a 2016 movie starring
Christian Bale. Which movie?

8. IDENTIFY X, Y AND THE MOVIE
• X is a female form or supernatural entity in folklore that appears in dreams and
takes the form of woman to seduce men, usually through sexual activity.
• Y is the male equivalent of X.
• ID X and Y
• Which 2016 movie features an X and a Y as antagonists?

X- SUCCUBUS; Y – INCUBUS
SUICIDE SQUAD

9. ID THE MOVIE
• This movie is generally recognized as one of the worst of the year 2016. Hence it is
surprising that this film and Mad Max: Fury Road have about 200 of the same cast
and crew, including first assistant director P.J. Voeten, visual effects supervisor
Julian Dimsey, stunt member Tim Wong, and actors Courtney Eaton and Abbey
Lee.
• Which movie?

10. ID THE PERSONALITIES
• In The Secret Life of Pets, the owners of the little dog Gidget are modeled after two
comedians.
• Name them
• (Image on next slide)

11. ID THE NICKNAME
• The protagonist of James Fenimore Cooper’s
Leatherstocking Tales, is Nathaniel “Natty” Bumppo,
has several nicknames the most famous of which he
received from an adversary due to his superior skill.
• The name is also used by a character from a movie this
year, because he used the same name during his time
in the circus.
• What is the good name?

12. ID THE ACTOR AND THE CONNECT
• In the movie The Nice Guys, one of the stars has his
arm broken in the movie and wears a cast. Not long
after he gets it, we can see a drawing of some sort
on it.
• When asked about it, the actor said, “That was
Angourie [Rice]. We gave her the cast and said,
‘Draw what you want,’ and she drew a duck, a crying
duck. And I said, ‘What’s that?’ And she said, ‘It’s
you.'”
• ID the actor and the connect to him
• (bigger picture on next slide)

13. ID THE SONG AND THE MOVIE
• The following video shows the opening of a 1994 song. In 2004, Rolling Stone
ranked this #480 on their list of 500 Greatest songs of all time.
• ID the song.
• This song is also closely associated with a recent movie series. The climax of the
latest movie in the franchise features this song heavily.
• Which 2016 movie?

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5rRZdiu1UE

‘SABOTAGE’ BY BEASTIE BOYS
STAR TREK: BEYOND
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmWLaFQNwVE

14. ID THE MOVIE FRANCHISE
• The Ghostbusters movie released earlier this year is the Third Ghostbusters movie
overall, with the first two movies releasing in 1984 and 1989.
• Strangely, 2016 is the first time that the release of a Ghostbusters movie does not
coincide with another blockbuster movie franchise.
• Identify the movie franchise

INDIANA JONES
• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
• Indiana Jones and the last crusade (1989)

15. ID THE MOVIE AND THE
STUDIO
• The following is a trailer for a movie directed by Michaël Dudok de Wit.
• The Studio X sent Michaël an email with two questions: if they could distribute his
short film 'Father and Daughter', and if he would make a feature film for them.
Dudok de Wit replied answering the first question and saying he did not understand
the second, as he was baffled and could not believe it
• Thus, this became the first non-native movie produced by X
• ID the movie
• ID X

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1Yw3AVDr6U

16. ID THE BAND
• Sing Street is a movie about a 14-year old boy in Dublin looking to start a band to
impress a girl he likes.
• For their first music video, they dress up in weird costumes and wear mascara, all of
which is a tribute to an 80s new wave band.
• The band got their name from a character in a 1968 sci-fi movie (image next slide)
• Identify the band

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8VtbULzJTU

17. IDENTIFY
• In response to this person’s phenomenon, in 1990, the International Olympic
Committee instituted what became known as the _______________ Rule, which
requires Olympic hopefuls to compete in international events and be placed in the
top 30 percent or the top 50 competitors, whichever is fewer.
• Fill in the blank with a person’s name, on whom a movie was released in early 2016

18. ID THE MOVIE
• In arguably one of the best performances of 2016, we have Toby Kebbell in a movie
where he is never seen.
• Which movie?

19. ID THE MOVIE
• The following is a Monty Python Flying Circus skit called ‘The Four Yorkshiremen’.
Which recent movie has a reference to the one-up-manship that is prevalent in the
skit

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe1a1wHxTyo

DEADPOOL
When Wade met Vanessa…
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87gPFUfvIsQ

20. IDENTIFY THE ACTRESSES
• Yoga Hosers is a horror comedy movie with a very strange premise.
• Two 15-year-old yoga enthusiasts join forces with a legendary man-hunter to battle
Canadian Nazis who take the form of deadly sausages
• The movie stars the daughters of two Hollywood personalities.
• Name them
• (image next slide)

HARLEY QUINN SMITH
LILY-ROSE DEPP
• Daughters of Kevin Smith and Johnny Depp

21. ID THE REFERENCE
• This video is from the 2016 movie Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping.
• The music video and its content are a reference to a 2012 hit song.
• Identify the song

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kywZonR1l5k

MACKLEMORE – ‘SAME LOVE’
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlVBg7_08n0

HONEST MOVIE POSTERS
• Written round
• 10 taglines and modified titles will be given. Write down the correct movie title
• +10 for every correct answer
• Bonus +10 for all right

1. Iron Man on Shrooms
2. Stockholm Syndrome:
• It’s a tale as old as time
3. B-B-British B-B-Bromance:
• Only 30% as boring as you thought a British period piece about Speech impediments would
be
4. Little people walk around talking Bollocks for twelve hours
5. All the Rape, no subtitles
• The movie you already saw… now in English
6. One long car chase: and it’s Fuckin’ awesome
• Mario Kart: Apocalypse edition
7. Everyone Dies: The musical
• I dreamed a dream and then I died
8. Hooker got Lucky
• Making the oldest profession all fluffy
9. Transformer: Redmayne in Disguise
• Don’t be fooled. It’s the guy who won an Oscar for playing Stephen Hawking last year. Now
he wants another one
10. Fucked by a Bear
• Whatever it took for that Oscar

1. Iron Man on Shrooms
2. Stockholm Syndrome:
• It’s a tale as old as time
3. B-B-British B-B-Bromance:
• Only 30% as boring as you thought a British period piece
about Speech impediments would be
4. Little people walk around talking Bollocks for twelve hours
5. All the Rape, no subtitles
• The movie you already saw… now in English

6. One long car chase: and it’s Fuckin’ awesome
• Mario Kart: Apocalypse edition
7. Everyone Dies: The musical
• I dreamed a dream and then I died
8. Hooker got Lucky
• Making the oldest profession all fluffy
9. Transformer: Redmayne in Disguise
• Don’t be fooled. It’s the guy who won an Oscar for playing Stephen
Hawking last year. Now he wants another one
10.Fucked by a Bear
• Whatever it took for that Oscar

2. STOCKHOLM SYNDROME:
IT’S A TALE AS OLD AS TIME

3. B-B-BRITISH B-B-BROMANCE:
ONLY 30% AS BORING AS YOU THOUGHT A
BRITISH PERIOD PIECE ABOUT SPEECH
IMPEDIMENTS WOULD BE

4. LITTLE PEOPLE WALK AROUND
TALKING BOLLOCKS FOR TWELVE
HOURS

5. ALL THE RAPE, NO SUBTITLES
THE MOVIE YOU ALREADY SAW…
NOW IN ENGLISH

6. ONE LONG CAR CHASE: AND IT’S
FUCKIN’ AWESOME
MARIO KART: APOCALYPSE EDITION

7. EVERYONE DIES: THE MUSICAL
I DREAMED A DREAM AND THEN I
DIED

8. HOOKER GOT LUCKY
MAKING THE OLDEST PROFESSION
ALL FLUFFY

9. TRANSFORMER: REDMAYNE IN
DISGUISE
DON’T BE FOOLED. IT’S THE GUY WHO
WON AN OSCAR FOR PLAYING STEPHEN
HAWKING LAST YEAR. NOW HE WANTS
ANOTHER ONE

10. FUCKED BY A BEAR
WHATEVER IT TOOK FOR THAT
OSCAR

22. ID THE MOVIE REFERENCE
• The following video is from the movie Sausage Party. This scene parodies one of
the most powerful scenes in Cinema.
• Identify the movie being parodied.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg5OFdMyLmk

SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82RTzi5Vt7w

23. WHAT AM I TALKING ABOUT?
• Initially 15 of these were created by Martine Bertrand, which were analyzed. Each
coil was assigned a meaning, thicker swirls meant urgency and thinner ones
suggested a quiet tone.
• The team then enlisted the help of Stephen Wolfram and his son Christopher, who
reasoned that each of these could be cut into 12 sections and analyzed. Thus they
were able to recognize repeated patterns and make adjustments, which is how we
get the final product.
• Only a handful of these have been completed, but the design and tools are in place.
All that’s missing is the will and a lot of patience to complete it.
• What am I talking about?

24. ID THE MOVIE AND THE SONG
• The following clip is a cover version of a rock classic.
• Name the 2016 movie the clip is from
• Name the song

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PyecG4Tt2k

SWEET CHILD OF MINE
CAPTAIN FANTASTIC

25. ID THE MOVIE
• The following is a classic comedy routine from Bob and Ray called ‘Slow Talkers of
America’. The gag was repurposed earlier this year in a superhit movie. Which
movie?

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvrh73BVraE

ZOOTOPIA
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0woPde7OE1k

26. ID THE SPECIES
• One of the creatures created for the movie
Fantastic Beasts and where to find them was
‘Frank’. The plot of the movie is about Newt
Scamander coming to America to release Frank
in his natural habitat.
• "I wanted to have one thing that was
quintessentially American, and the __________
is... When ___________ flaps its multiple wings,
it creates storms, so it's a powerful, mythical
creature"
• —J.K. Rowling on Frank

27. ID THE MOVIE AND TV SERIES
• The actress seen on the next slide appeared in a movie 20 years back, but she was
not asked to come back for the sequel. This led to a lot of backlash on the internet,
with the actress herself remaining quite mum on the subject.
• Which 2016 movie?
• This however recalls her stint on a cult classic television series, where she plays a
non-descript girl. The girl is so forgettable that they changed the actress mid series
and nobody noticed. She was supposed to be played by a different actress each
episode, as a form of meta humor, but they decided to stay with this actress.
• Which TV series?

INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT

28. ID THE TV REFERENCE
• Finding Dory had no dearth of movie stars in small cameo roles, however the seals
Fluke and Rudder in the film were voiced by two actors who had not worked
together since their iconic 2000s tv series.
• Ironically, they are best friends here; and using their native accents as opposed to
the accents they used in the American TV series. Which TV series?

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2p8MNa7nJY

THE WIRE
• Idris Elba & Dominic West

29. ID THE BRAND & THE MOVIE
• The movie Swiss Army Man is weird. This becomes a problem when approaching
companies for sponsorship. According to the DVD commentary, they tried to get
multiple brand sponsors, “but everyone said no except _______”
• Apparently the company saw a positive gain from their product’s placement in a
2009 movie and now say yes to everyone.
• ID the brand
• ID the 2009 movie

30. NAME THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
• In The Jungle Book, Mowgli uses a particular musical instrument to call King Louie.
• In the context of its Indian setting and the actor playing King Louie, this instrument
makes sense.
• Which instrument?

THE COWBELL
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd_NE-jU25w

31. ID THE FILM
• Earlier this year, 50 6-foot receptacles were spread all across London as promotion
for a film. They were there from 9th July to 31st August, and then auctioned off
raising money for children’s charities.
• Some of their names were
• Sisterhood - Chloe, Poppy and Cara Delevingne
• Home is where the heart is – Dominic West
• Monkey Business – Graham Norton
• Enchanted Forest – Naomi Campbell
• I Dream of the Universe – Prof. Stephen Hawking
• What film?

THE BFG
The Merry go round
Mark Rylance
Happy Jumble of Life
Sophie Dahl
Sweet Dreams
Steven Spielberg

32. WHAT DOES 1-A-O IMPLY?
• During World War 2, the Korean War and the Vietnam War, 7th day Adventists and
some other soliders were given the designation class 1-A-O.
• What does this designation mean (the meaning not abbreviation)?

WILLING TO SERVE BUT WON’T CARRY WEAPONRY/
REFUSE TO SERVE IN A COMBAT ROLE
• These were conscientious objectors who were
willing to serve on the frontlines but were unwilling
to carry any weapons.

33. ID THE TWO MOVIES
• Gashadokuro are spirits from Japanese myth that take the form of giant skeletons
and are created from the bones of people who die of starvation. One of these
appear in a 2016 movie from Laika Entertainment Studios, and is the largest of its
kind created to date. ID The movie.
• Laika’s first feature film was a 2009 adaptation of a children’s classic. In both
movies, the plot involves someone’s eyes getting stolen and replaced.
• ID Both movies – from 2009 and from 2016.
(Image on next slide)

2009 – CORALINE
2016 – KUBO AND THE TWO
STRINGS

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odJftHOeUFw

34. REASON?
• The following scene is from the movie ‘The Hunt for the Wilderpeople’. This scene
was hastily written on the spot and adlibbed for the most part.
• Give me the reason why they had to create this scene instead of what was already
scripted.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us6ZcvCcYoo

‘HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU’
RIGHTS
• The filmmakers realized at the last moment that they did not have the rights to use
the song ‘Happy Birthday to you’, so they created a song and filmed it on the spot.

35. ID X
• The Thin White Duke published an article in Vanity Fair once about his favourite records.
Surprisingly, this entry turned up
• “X was rich, social and devoted to opera. She had and was blissfully unaware of, the worst
set of pipes in the world of music. She would grace the New York set with this monstrous
voice once or twice a year with private recitals at the Ritz-Carlton for the lucky few. So
popular were these affairs that the tickets were scalped for outrageous prices. To meet the
demand X eventually hired Carnegie Hall. This was the hot ticket of that year, 1942.
Everyone and Noel Coward were there, falling into the aisles in barely suppressed hysterics.
While performing one of the songs, X, who would change costume as many as three times
during the course of a recital, became so carried away punctuating the cadences of the song
by tossing tiny red roses from a basket that the basket itself, in her enthusiasm, followed the
roses into the laps of her delighted fans. Be afraid, be very afraid.”
• Who is X?

36. ID THE CHARACTER/MOVIE
• X made his first appearance in the novel Catalyst by James Lucerno. X seems to
have been inspired by famed theoretical physicist, Robert Oppenheimer. X was
contracted to build a weapon of mass destruction and was forced into building it.
And similar to how Oppenheimer regretted the war capabilities of the atomic bombs,
X too tried to stop the perversion of his life’s work
• X’s actions kick off the events of a 2016 movie. Name X or the movie

GALEN ERSO
ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS
STORY

37. ID X
• As part of his latest movie release, X met Pope Francis at the Vatican’s apostolic
Palace on Nov 30. The movie was of particular interest to the pope since he had
read the 1966 novel it was based on.
• Pictured is X giving Pope Francis a copy of painting by a 17th century artist of a
Madonna that was venerated by the Christians who continued to practice the faith
underground.
• X also arranged for a personal screening of the movie for the Pope and about 300
priests.
• ID X

MARTIN SCORSESE FOR
‘SILENCE’

38. ID THE MOVIE
• The video shows a timelapse of a set built for a 2016 movie.
• ID the movie

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwhl9k6QZRg

BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE
• timelapse of Bruce Wayne’s house by the lake

39. ID THE CHARACTER AND
CONNECT
• The American Indian character in the
recent The Magnificent Seven, has a
name which pays tribute to the
legendary director of the original
source material of the film.
• Name the character
• How does his name connect to the
original source material’s director

RED HARVEST
• Akira Kurosawa’s Yojimbo is based on Dashiell Hammett’s book ‘Red Harvest’

40. REASON?
• Warner Bros had to delay the release of the movie “Sully: O Herói do Rio Hudson”
(Sully: The Hudson River Hero) because of a particular reason.
• Give me the reason

CRASH OF LAMIA FLIGHT 2933
• The crash of LaMia Flight 2933 outside Medellín, Colombia on November 28th made
Warner Bros delay the movie Sully in Brazil.
• The plane crash killed 71 people, including members of the Brazilian
Chapecoense soccer squad en route to the Copa Sudamericana finals.

41. ID THE MOVIE
• This song features in a 2016 movie. The title of the song aptly connects to a group
of characters in the movie.
• Which Movie?
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLHnP7-90Ks

X-MEN APOCALYPSE
• Metallica’s ‘The Four Horsemen’

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y9wmk25PUM

42. ID THE 1986 MOVIE & THE 2016
MOVIE
• This clip is from a 2012 Honda CR-V superbowl commercial. This is a reference to a
1986 John Hughes movie.
• ID the 1986 movie
• The last scene in the 1986 movie was referenced again earlier this year in the final
scene of a blockbuster movie.
• ID this 2016 movie

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKJPCXZ5gDs

FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF
DEADPOOL
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRJ38y4Jn6k

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