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01What kind of animal is Sebastian in The Little Mermaid?Try itHide
Answer: A crab
WhySebastian's big number, "Under the Sea," won the Oscar for Best Original Song. He is King Triton's court composer, a Jamaican-accented crab assigned to keep an eye on Ariel.
02What alias does Walter White use in Breaking Bad?Try itHide
Answer: Heisenberg
WhyWalter picks "Heisenberg" as his criminal alias, a nod to physicist Werner Heisenberg. The name lets a mild-mannered chemistry teacher become a feared figure in the drug trade.
03Anthony Hopkins won Best Actor for playing which movie villain?Try itHide
Answer: Hannibal Lecter
WhyHopkins won at the 1992 Oscars despite appearing on screen for only about 16 minutes in The Silence of the Lambs. It is one of the shortest performances ever to win the award.
04Which movie has the line "I'll be back"?Try itHide
Answer: The Terminator
WhySchwarzenegger tried to get this line changed to "I will be back" because he had trouble pronouncing "I'll." James Cameron refused. In the whole film he speaks only 17 lines, fewer than 100 words.
05Which movie has the line "Are you not entertained"?Try itHide
Answer: Gladiator
WhyOliver Reed, who plays the gladiator trainer Proximo, died of a heart attack before all his scenes were shot. The script was rewritten to kill Proximo off, and Reed's face was digitally added to a body double.
06Which demigod joins Moana on her ocean voyage?Try itHide
Answer: Maui
WhyMaui is a shape-shifting demigod known for pulling islands up from the sea floor with a magic fishhook. Moana needs his help to return a stolen heart to the goddess Te Fiti. He is voiced by Dwayne Johnson.
07Which film won Best Picture at the 2001 Oscars?Try itHide
Answer: Gladiator
WhyGladiator revived the sword-and-sandal epic for a new generation of moviegoers. Russell Crowe won Best Actor for playing a betrayed Roman general turned arena fighter.
08Which holiday does Seinfeld's Frank Costanza celebrate with an aluminum pole?Try itHide
Answer: Festivus
WhyWriter Dan O'Keefe's father held the holiday with his family as early as 1966, long before the 1997 episode "The Strike." The show's producers heard about it through O'Keefe's brother and insisted it go in.
09What was Don Draper's birth name in Mad Men?Try itHide
Answer: Dick Whitman
WhyDon Draper is a borrowed identity. During the Korean War, Dick Whitman took the name of his commanding officer, Lieutenant Don Draper, who was killed in an ambush.
10Name the movie: "What we've got here is failure to communicate".Try itHide
Answer: Cool Hand Luke
WhyA prison captain says this after punishing Paul Newman's defiant chain-gang inmate. It was later sampled in a Guns N' Roses song.
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