CHALLENGE #7 OF HDC BATTLE ROYALE
I welcome all 5 groups -
The All-Star Zombies, The Stealthy Reapers, The Immortal Vampires, The Raging Werewolves and
The Blazing Demons - to your
SEVENTH Battle Royale Challenge.
Surprised? Since we had a HUGE Hitchcockian TWIST to the Battle Royale, I thought it was only fit to dedicate Challenge #7 to the man himself...
Sir Alfred Hitchcock!!
All of you are to send me the correct answers to these questions from the great man's movies :-
01) Which of his own movies did Hitchcock remake in 1956, twenty-two years after the original film was released?
02) In which film does Hitchcock make his famous cameo appearance wearing a cowboy hat?
03) In how many Hitchcock pictures did James Stewart star?
04) Which Hitchcock movie did Universal restore in 70 millimeter and re-release thirty-eight years after the original’s debut?
05) Identify this movie -
06) Who is the only other actress besides Grace Kelly to starred in three Hitchcock films?
07) Kim Novak was not Hitchcock’s first choice to play the complex role of Madeline/Judy in the highly acclaimed
Vertigo. Novak was selected after another actress was forced to resign the role because of her pregnancy. Who was this actress?
08) Which was the first picture Hitchcock filmed in color?
09) Which film was shot in the East End of London near Hitchcock’s boyhood home?
10) Identify this movie :-
11) Which Hitchcock silent film was based on the story of Jack the Ripper?
12) Which was Hitchcock’s last picture?
13) In an early film,
Shadow of a Doubt, Joseph Cotton plays Uncle Charlie, who moves in with his sister and niece, who was named after him. Gradually his niece becomes suspicious of him. What is his guilty secret?
14) In
Spellbound, Gregory Peck suffers from amnesia and fears that he is a murderer. The character played by Ingrid Bergman tries to help him. What is her profession?
15) Identify this movie :-
16) Hitchcock freely adapted John Buchan's novel for his film
The Thirty-Nine Steps. What are the Thirty-Nine Steps?
17) Complete the following Hitchcock quotation. 'The length of the film should be directly related to the endurance of ...."
18) In
Rebecca, Laurence Olivier marries Joan Fontaine and brings her back to his family home in Cornwall. What is the name of his imposing house?
19) The great Thornton Wilder was recruited to write the script to which Hitchcock film?
20) Identify this movie :-
21) Which Hitchcock film featured a Walt Disney cartoon being projected in a cinema?
22) In
Blackmail, a shadow falls across the heroine, what is it supposed to represent?
23) By the end of
Psycho, how many people had Norman killed or was suspected of killing?
24) What is the term Hitchcock used to describe 'something the entire movie is centered around, yet has no real relevance to the story'?
25) Identify this movie :-
26) What real-life songwriter played the songwriter in
Rear Window where Hitchcock made his cameo appearance?
27) The crash of a fairground ride provides the climax in
Strangers on a Train. Which ride is it?
28) What Hitchcock film was originally entitled
Before the Fact but, after many more suggestions, changed just before release?
29) Which Hitchcock film used the "fade-out" technique to indicate passage of time and conclusion of acts?
30) In which place did Hitchcock make his final cameo appearance?
There are 750 points up for grabs in the above challenge.
The deadline for sending your entries ends on
Monday, 14th April at Noon EST.
You may either send me your entries via PMs, or you may email me at
[email protected], mentioning your HDC Nick in the Subject alongwith the Challenge number, for e.g., "__V__ - HDC Battle Royale Challenge #7 Answers."
You can confer with the other members of your new groups about the answers, but
EACH CONTESTANT IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT THEIR OWN ENTRIES.
The group which scores the maximum points wins. In case of a tie, whichever group scored their points first WILL win. The Losing group(s) will face the penalty.
Also,
ONLY THE FIRST ENTRY (per contestant) WILL BE OFFICIALLY COUNTED, and any subsequent ones will be scratched!
All the best, contestants!