A Movie Scene Quiz

1. White Men Can't Jump

eoe, that was the first one I thought of. I remember the Jeopardy, but can't remember the category she excelled in. Flowers?

Q - Quiz show/game show scene in a movie

1. White Men Can't Jump

She excelled in EVERY category, across the board. She had studied everything and, in her own words, her mind was filled with a ton of useless ****.

2. Identity (2003), Motel owner watches that show with Vanna White (Wheel of Fortune? I'm not familiar with US game shows.)

In White Men Can't Jump, her dream category was (coincidentally) words that start with Q...

3. Quiz Show
4. Requiem for a Dream

That's right! Words that start with Q.

5. Diner

(There's a scene where the Kevin Bacon character watches College Bowl, and gets all the answers right.)

Oooh, that makes me think of a scene from a Best Picture Oscar winner, bree.

Does the Dustin Hoffman character watch a quiz show in Rain Man? I actually thought of that movie before I thought of the scene in Diner, but, when I tried to remember what TV shows the Hoffman character watched in Rain Man, all I could remember was People's Court. ("Uh-oh -- time for Wapner" became a catch phrase between my mother and me whenever one of us did something slightly compulsive.)

Rainman is the one. I had forgotten all about Judge Wapner. But I remember him answering Jeopardy questions.

from Wikipedia Encyclopedia:

Raymond Babbitt (Dustin Hoffman) was an autistic man who always had to watch Jeopardy! at 5:00 and got nervous if he thought he was going to miss it. A clip showed Babbitt answering a question about Shakespeare, demonstrating his immense knowledge of the playwright and his works.

The kidnappers in "101 Dalmations" were watching a quiz show called "What's My Crime".

Recap:

Q - Quiz show/game show scene in a movie

1. White Men Can't Jump
2. Identity (2003), Motel owner watches that show with Vanna White (Wheel of Fortune? I'm not familiar with US game shows.) (Yes, Vanna White is Wheel of Fortune. )
3. Quiz Show
4. Requiem for a Dream
5. Diner
6. Rain Man
7. 101 Dalmatians

Radio Days (1987), narrator attends live radio quiz (Guess that tune?)

Paaskynen : I didn't see Radio Days and was curious. Here's something I found in a Roger Ebert review of the movie:

"...burglars who answered the phone in a house they were burgling and won the jackpot on "Name That Tune," and the prizes were delivered the next day to their bewildered victims. "

Sounds hilarious.


8. Radio Days

It was a great anecdotal film. The piece I remembered for this thread was the young narrator being present at the live recording of a radio show where a lady was asked to identify different stuffed fish. Strangely, I do not remember the burglars anymore, but I do remember the anecdote about a U-boat being spotted (off Coney Island?) by the narrator.

I guess I need to see the film again (twas a while ago and Woody Allen does not age as quickly as some others).

I am trying to remember the title of a French film featuring a quiz called "questions pour un champion" (very popular quiz on TV Cinq) at a campsite during a murder investigation.

9. National Lampoon's European Vacation
10. Trainspotting

Groundhog Day

"Groundhog Day" was on my list. I have four more in mind.
I'm surprised that one of them hasn't been guessed. I've never seen a rainstorm like the one in that movie and don't believe I ever will.

11. Groundhog Day

12. Magnolia

And the Oscar goes to Mac. Magnolia is correct.

12. Magnolia

Think of Robin of Sherwood Forest and you'll get another one I had in mind.