Intermission Trivia: The Home Game

For those of you who couldn't make it out to Tuesday's "Femme Fatales" movie night, first off I would like to extend my condolences. It was a really fun night and both La Femme Nikita and The Long Kiss Goodnight are excellent action movies. On the plus side, you can still test your knowledge on the movie night Intermission Trivia! (answers at the bottom)

“Femme Fatales” Movie Night Trivia

Round 1: La Femme Nikita (1990)

1. La Femme Nikita was the movie that helped bring its French director to the attention of American audiences and would pave the way for their big hits like 1994’s Leon: The Professional and 1997’s The Fifth Element. Who is it?
   
   
2. La Femme Nikita received a much more positive reception outside of France than in it and was successful enough to inspire multiple remakes. These include the 1991 Hong Kong film The Black Cat and a 1993 US remake starring Bridget Fonda and Gabriel Byrne. What was the US remake called?
   
   
3. La Femme Nikita was also adapted into a Canadian TV series that ran for multiple seasons. In the US, it became a hit as part of the early original programming for a basic cable network that started out as the MADISON SQUARE GARDEN SPORTS NETWORK, one of the very first cable sports channels. This network changed its name to the name it is currently known as in 1980. What channel is it?
   a.    TNT
   b.     USA Network
   c.    The Sci-Fi Channel
   d.    TBS
   
   
4. During the restaurant scene, Nikita is given a large and distinctive handgun that fires powerful magnum rounds. This weapon is an action movie favorite, appearing in Commando, Robocop, and Snatch (among many others). What is it called?
   
   
5. After one of Nikita’s jobs goes awry, a trench coat wearing “cleaner” is brought in to finish the job (poorly). This is a very similar movie character to the one that would become central to the director’s next feature film, Leon: The Professional. In fact, it is the same actor. Who is it?

Round 2: The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)

1. By the time The Long Kiss Goodnight got picked up for production, the writer responsible was one of the most sought-after screenwriting pioneers of the action movie genre with titles like Lethal Weapon, The Monster Squad, and Last Action Hero to his credit. He was the first writer to hit $4 million a script for The Long Kiss Goodnight. Who is this writer?
   
   
2. It is not an accident that Geena Davis’s character has the alias “Samantha Caine” in The Long Kiss Goodnight. “Sam Caine” is an anagram for what type of forgetful person?
   
   
3. This movie was written specifically with actor Geena Davis and director Renny Harlin in mind, but at the time they were initially approached they were contractually obligated to complete another film first. This other film was a 1995 pirate film that was such a notorious box office bomb that is thought to have contributed to The Long Kiss Goodnight under-performing in theaters. What movie was it?
   
   
4. One of the cars featured in LONG KISS GOODNIGHT has the license plate “RFK 575” which has been featured in multiple movies. Which of these isn’t one of them?
   1. Jordan Belfort’s car in Wolf of Wall Street
   2. The Ferrari in Ferris Bueller's Day Off
   3. The Jeep from the gas station scene in Zoolander
   4. On a character’s Chevy Nova in Final Destination
      
      
5. In The Long Kiss Goodnight, Samuel Jackson refers to himself by a two-word phrase that was famously also depicted on a wallet carried by a character he played in Pulp Fiction two years earlier. What was that phrase?

Round 3: Femme Fatales

1. While examples of Femme Fatales can be found throughout history, the term is most often associated with mysterious, seductive, morally ambiguous, and frequently deadly women found in a genre of cynical crime dramas that were at their height in the 1940s and 1950s. What was this genre called?
   
   
2. One of the most famous real-life examples of a Femme Fatale was a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was tried as a spy for Germany during World War I and executed by a French firing squad. What was her name?
   
   
3. Another term for a Femme Fatale is a one-word slang term that associated these deadly and beautiful women with a creature of the night from folklore. It was also the name of a 1986 horror movie with Grace Jones. What is it?
   
   
4. One half of the Russian spy duo in the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons was such a Femme Fatale that her last name was Fatale. What was her first name?
   
   
5. This biblical Femme Fatale was a Baal worshipper who married ancient Israel’s King Ahab and had several of the prophets of Yahweh killed. Her attempts to kill the prophet Elijah would result her demise and her name being cemented in connection with “wicked women”. Who was it?

ANSWERS: Round 1: 1. Luc Besson 2. Point of No Return 3. B. USA Network 4. Desert Eagle 5 Jean Reno Round 2: . 1. Shane Black 2. Amnesiac 3. Cutthroat Island 4. B. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (The Ferrari's license plate is "NRVOUS") 5. Bad Motherfucker Round 3: 1. Film Noir/Noir 2. Mata Hari 3. Vamp 4. Natasha 5. Jezebel