MOVIE QUIZ How many Bay

Movie Quiz

Test Your Film IQ

In celebration of the 41st Mill Valley Film Festival this month, we’ve put together a movie quiz with a Bay Area twist that will put your local silver screen savvy to the test. BY ZACK RUSKIN

1 Which former James Bond famously played the only man to ever successfully escape from Alcatraz, in 1996’s The Rock?

❑ A) Pierce Brosnan ❑ B) Roger Moore ❑ C) Sean Connery ❑ D) George Lazenby

2 In a 2014 remake of Godzilla, the lizard monster terrorizes San Francisco. When was the original Japanese Godzilla released?

❑ A) 1947 ❑ B) 1954 ❑ C) 1962 ❑ D) 1970

3 In Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, what Marin locale was used as a stand-in for the German countryside?

❑ A) Mount Tamalpais State Park ❑ B) Samuel P. Taylor Park ❑ C) Muir Woods ❑ D) Stinson Beach

4 The George Lucas film American Graffiti had a number of scenes shot at the original Mel’s Diner on Van Ness Avenue in S.F. When did that diner first open?

❑ A) 1947 ❑ B) 1955 ❑ C) 1968 ❑ D) 1972

5 While Alfred Hitchcock’s infamous Bodega Bay thriller The Birds has no musical score, which famed Hitchcock composer and collaborator does the film credit as a “sound consultant”?

❑ A) John Williams ❑ B) Leonard Bernstein ❑ C) Jerry Goldsmith ❑ D) Bernard Herrmann

6 Emeryville’s Pixar Animation Studios has quite the Oscar trophy case. Which of the following Pixar films did not win an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature?

❑ A) Finding Nemo (2003) ❑ B) Cars (2006) ❑ C) Ratatouille (2007) ❑ D) Brave (2012)

7 In the 1947 noir Dark Passage, Humphrey Bogart’s character escapes from San Quentin before falling in love with which actress?

❑ A) Betty Grable ❑ B) Ginger Rogers ❑ C) Lauren Bacall ❑ D) Ingrid Bergman

8 The Bay Area proudly claims Academy Award winner Tom Hanks as a native son. In fact, Hanks has performed in two film adaptions of which beloved local writer’s work?

❑ A) Michael Chabon ❑ B) Daniel Handler ❑ C) Jack London ❑ D) Dave Eggers

9 In the 1996 thriller The Fan, Wesley Snipes is an all-star athlete targeted by an obsessive stalker. Which Bay Area team does Snipes’ Bobby Rayburn play for?

❑ A) Oakland Raiders ❑ B) San Francisco Giants ❑ C) San Francisco 49ers ❑ D) Oakland Athletics

10 Which of the following action films does not feature a scene in which the Golden Gate Bridge is destroyed?

❑ A) Independence Day (1996) ❑ B) Pacific Rim (2013) ❑ C) X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) ❑ D) San Andreas (2015)

11 The 1997 film Gattaca settled on which Marin building to serve as the near-future locale of the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation?

❑ A) Mission San Rafael Arcangel ❑ B) Marin Civic Center ❑ C) Osher Marin JCC ❑ D) Bay Area Discovery Museum

12 Which film finds Woody Allen and Diane Keaton spending a few moments traipsing across Stinson Beach?

❑ A) Stardust Memories (1980) ❑ B) Radio Days (1987) ❑ C) Play It Again, Sam (1972) ❑ D) Deconstructing Harry (1997)

13 In Vertigo, the mysterious Madeleine returns day after day to view the “Portrait of Carlotta” at what landmark San Francisco museum?

❑ A) Legion of Honor ❑ B) de Young ❑ C) SFMOMA ❑ D) Exploratorium

14 In The Disaster Artist, James Franco plays real-life director Tommy Wiseau. What is the name of Wiseau’s infamous 2003 cult film “set” in San Francisco?

❑ A) The Promise ❑ B) You’re Tearing Me Apart ❑ C) My Best Friend Johnny ❑ D) The Room

15 Which James Bond film famously ends with a battle on the Golden Gate Bridge?

❑ A) A View to a Kill (1985) ❑ B) Thunderball (1965) ❑ C) Live and Let Die (1973) ❑ D) GoldenEye (1995)

1. C, 2. B, 3. A, 4. A, 5. D, 6. B, 7. C, 8. D, 9. B, 10. A, 11. B, 12. C, 13. A, 14. D, 15. A

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