So you think you’re a whiz at movie trivia? Well, here is the perfect book to put your knowledge to the test. Created by noted movie and television actor Fred Willard, this unique book of trivia is guaranteed to provide hours of enjoyment for those who love to be quizzed on their “silver screen” expertise. With over 900 thoughtprovoking questions, Fred Willard’s Magnificent Movie Trivia covers a wide range of topics—classic and contemporary movies, independent films, notable actors and actresses, award-winning motion pictures, and much, much more. It’s all here in one enormous collection that is sure to challenge, entertain, and inform.
Fred Willard is one of our generation’s most gifted comic actors. A master of sketch comedy and heralded for his quick wit and improvisational expertise, Fred has entertained audiences with unforgettable movie, television, and stage performances for over thirty years. He is an alumnus of Chicago’s famed improv group The Second City, a three-time Emmy nominee, and co-creator of The MoHo Group—a weekly sketch comedy workshop. He has appeared in over fifty motion pictures, including Roxanne, This Is Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, A Mighty Wind, For Your Consideration, and the award-winning animated film WALL-E.
Contents
Acknowledgments
How to Play the Games
GAME TOPICS
1. Award Winners
2. Horror Movies
3. Westerns
4. GRAB BAG
5. Love Stories
6. The Classics
7. Musicals
8. GRAB BAG
9. The Directors
10. War Films
11. Sports Films
12. GRAB BAG
13. Prison Films
14. Foreign Films
15. School Days
16. GRAB BAG
17. Swashbucklers
18. Animated Features
19. Extraterrestrials UFOs & Aliens
20. GRAB BAG
21. Kings and Queens
22. Locations Locations Locations
23. Working Women
24. GRAB BAG
25. Prequels and Sequels
26. Spies and Assassins
27. Mr. President
28. GRAB BAG
29. Film Firsts
30. Film Noir
31. Documentaries
32. GRAB BAG
33. Disaster Movies
34. Alfred Hitchcock
35. The Bible
36. GRAB BAG
37. Coming-of-Age
38. Martin Scorsese
39. Teen Comedies
40. GRAB BAG
41. Remakes
42. God and the Devil
43. Shall We Dance?
44. GRAB BAG
45. Cinema at Sea
46. Literature and the Movies
47. Breakout Roles
48. GRAB BAG
49. More Horror Movies
50. From Comic Book to Silver Screen
51. Wedding Movies
52. GRAB BAG
53. Star Wars
54. Woody Allen
55. More Foreign Films
56. GRAB BAG
57. More Westerns
58. Romantic Comedies
59. Political Paranoia Movies
60. GRAB BAG
61. Family Flicks
62. Ghosts and the Paranormal
63. Costume Dramas
64. GRAB BAG
65. More Locations Locations Locations
66. More Directors
67. Historical Epics
68. GRAB BAG
69. Movies about Writers
70. Orson Welles
71. Animal Flicks
72. GRAB BAG
73. Movie “Packs”--Rat Brat & Frat
74. Movies by the Numbers
75. Cameo Corner
76. GRAB BAG
77. Cult Classics
78. More Extraterrestrials UFOs & Aliens
79. All about ME--Fred Willard
80. GRAB BAG
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