Thursday, December 13, 2007

Think you know "A Christmas Story?"

I love this movie! Do you? Try these trivia questions! Long live Ralphie!
(Answers posted in Comments)

1. What is Ralphie's last name?
2. Where does he live (street, town, state)?
3. What does he want for Christmas? (Be exact.)
4. According to his mom, teacher and Santa, what will happen if he gets it?
5. What does Ralphie explicitly not want for Christmas?
6. What is the name of the local department store?
7. What is the name of the Lone Ranger's nephew's horse?
8. What did the "clodhopper down in Griffith, Ind.," swallow?
9. What contest does Ralphie's dad enter?
10. What is first prize?
11. What is Ralphie's brother's name?
12. Who directed, produced and co-wrote the movie?
13. This man also directed what 1982 movie about a group of Florida high schoolers and a sleazy nightclub owner?
14. What magazine does Ralphie's mother read?
15. According to Ralphie (as he tries to con his dad), what did Flick see near Pulaski's Candy Store?
16. What are the parents' names?
17. What did the father want for Christmas?
18. What does he get?
19. In his dream sequence, what does Ralphie call his trusty firearm?
20. In that dream, who's the leader of the desperadoes who attack his house?
21. What kind of car does Dad drive?
22. To the best of Ralphie's knowledge, where does his dad's "tapestry of obscenity" hover to this day?
23. Why does the little brother cry before going to school?
24. What song's sheet music is written on the blackboard in Ralphie's class?
25. What is the name of Ralphie's teacher?
26. What is the name of the neighborhood bully?
27. What color eyes does he have?
28. This bully is played by Zack Ward. In what Fox comedy did he co-star as an adult?
29. What is the name of his toadie sidekick?
30. Name two things confiscated from students in the teacher's desk.
31. What book is the class reading?
32. What is the most serious of all dares?
33. Melinda Dillon, who plays Ralphie's mom, appears topless in what 1977 movie?
34. Where does Ralphie sit in class?
35. What theme does the teacher assign to the class?
36. What is the name of Ralphie's neighbors?
37. Who wrote and narrated "A Christmas Story"?
38. Who does he play on-screen in the film?
39. What does Dad guess is his "Major Award"?
40. When the crate arrives, where does he think it's from?
41. How much does Dad tip the delivery guys?
42. How long has Ralphie's brother not eaten voluntarily?
43. When did Mom last have a hot meal for herself?
44. What is the Major Award?
45. What is the nickname of the neighbor Dad talks to across the street?
46. What time did "Lil' Orphan Annie" start?
47. Who is the sponsor of the radio show?
48. What grade does Ralphie get on his theme?
49. How fast can Dad change a flat tire?
50. What brand of soap does Ralphie like to have his mouth washed out with?
51. What brand does he hate?
52. When Mom breaks Dad's Major Award, what "crusher" of a line does he stammer out?
53. What does Dad then do with his Major Award?
54. What kind of dogs do the neighbors have?
55. Who had tickets to the Bears-Packers game?
56. Characters from this movie march in the Christmas parade.
57. Some of these characters pretend to beat up what other character in the parade?
58. Who/what does "Goggle Boy" waiting in line like?
59. What year did "A Christmas Story" likely take place?
60. What does the department store Santa hate?
61. Ralphie's dad could replace a fuse faster than what?
62. What gifts did Ralphie and his brother throw over their shoulders in disgust?
63. What are the names of Ralphie's two friends?
64. Name three gifts Ralphie's brother received for Christmas.
65. What is the name of Ralphie's aunt?
66. What does she think Ralphie is?
67. What does she make him as a gift?
68. What two things does Dad say Ralphie looks like wearing it?
69. What school does Ralphie attend?
70. What does Dad offer Ralphie on Christmas morning?
71. What is Dad's favorite food?
72. What happens to Ralphie's glasses on Christmas morning?
73. According to Mom, what will Dad get if he eats dinner before it's completely cooked?
74. What day of the week does Christmas fall on that year?
75. Where does the family go out to eat on Christmas night?
76. What is above the restaurant?
76. What two songs do the wait staff sing?
77. How is that dinner like da Vinci's "The Last Supper"?
78. What is the problem with the duck that's served?
79. How is this resolved?
80. What does adult Ralphie call duck?

1 comment:

The guy who wears Chuck Taylors with a suit. said...

SCORING
0-15 correct: You spend too much time wrapping gifts on Christmas Eve.
16-30 correct: OK, you've seen the movie, but like Ralphie's theme you only get a C+.
31-45 correct: You're no clodhopper.
46-60 correct: Give yourself a Major Award. A bowling alley, perhaps.
61-80 correct: You are Ralphie.
ANSWERS:
1. Parker
2. Cleveland Street, Hohman, Ind.
3. A Red Ryder 200-shot Range Model Air Rifle
4. He'll shoot his eye out.
5. A football
6. Higbee's
7. Victor ("Everybody knows that")
8. A yo-yo
9. Name the Great Characters of American Literature
10. $50,000
11. Randy
12. Bob Clark
13. "Porky's"
14. Look
15. Grizzly bears
16. Mrs. Parker and the Old Man (their first names are not mentioned)
17. A new furnace (or at least a tie)
18. A blue bowling ball and a can of Simonize
19. Old Blue
20. Black Bart
21. An Oldsmobile (1937)
22. In space over Lake Michigan
22. His winter coat won't allow him to put his arms down.
24. "Yankee Doodle"
25. Miss Shields
26. Scut Farkas
27. Yellow eyes!
28. "Titus" (2000)
29. Grover Dill
30. Fake teeth, chattering teeth, rubber mouse, rubber frog, fake eye, fake nose glasses, book ("Ace of Test Pilots")
31. "Silas Marner"
32. The triple dog dare
33. "Slap Shot"
34. Third row from the front, second row from the right (facing teacher)
35. "What I Want for Christmas"
36. The Bumpuses
37. Jean Shepard. He penned the short stories on which the movie is based, and gets a screenwriting credit.
38. The natty man at the department store who tells Ralphie the line for Santa begins "back there."
39. A bowling alley
40. Italy ("Frah-GEE-lay... must be Italian")
41. Nothing
42. Three years
43. 15 years before
44. A leg lamp
45. Swede
46. 6:45 p.m.
47. Ovaltine
48. C+
49. Eight minutes
49. Soap poisoning
50. Lux
51. Lifebuoy
52. "Not a finger!"
53. Buries it in the back yard next to the garage
54. Hounds
55. Zuboff
56. "The Wizard of Oz"
57. Mickey Mouse
58. Santa, "The Wizard of Oz" and the Tin Man
59. 1939, the year "The Wizard of Oz" came out, or 1940, the year on the back of Ralphie's Lil' Orphan Annie decoder pin
60. The smell of tapioca
61. A jackrabbit on a date
62. Socks
63. Flick and Schwartz
64. Socks, baseball bat, fire truck, zeppelin
65. Clara
66. A 4-year-old girl
67. A pink bunny outfit
68. A "deranged Easter bunny" and "a pink nightmare"
69. Warren G. Harding School
70. A sip of wine
71. Turkey
72. They are "pulverized"
73. Worms
74. Apparently Sunday : Dad is reading color comics in the newspaper; but Christmas fell on Monday in 1939 and Wednesday in 1940.
75. Chop Suey Palace & Co.
76. A bowling alley
76. "Deck the Halls" and "Jingle Bells"
77. The family was all sitting on one side of the table.
78. It's smiling.
79. The owner cut off its head.
80. Chinese turkey