Saturday, January 21, 2023

Extremely Difficult Trivia About "Animal House" (1978)

     Normally I do these trivia quizzes about horror/sci-fi/action movies, but today I'll switch it up a bit and do one about a comedy.  Specifically, the classic "Animal House," which basically revitalized American comedy films forever.  It inspired a whole host of edgy, graphic, and "gross out" movies, for good and for ill.  It's definitely one of my favorites--I've probably seen it at least 12-15 times, and enjoyed every one of these viewings.  It'll be the usual pattern--I'll ask the questions first, followed by the answers.  SPOILERS ahead, clearly.  

Questions:

1)     Who founded Faber College, and when?
2)     What quote is on this founder's statue?
3)     What is the complete Greek name of the antagonistic fraternity that Gregg Marmalard and Neidermeyer belong to?
4)     What four students are Larry and Kent repeatedly introduced to at the evil frat's pledge meeting?
5)     What member of Gregg and Neidermeyer's frat is captain of the swim team?
6)     And which member is the editor of the school paper, The Daily Faberian?
7)     What road sign is on the back of the Delta house's front door?
8)     What is the Delta frat's full Greek name?
9)     In his initial scene Otter is getting ready for a date.  With whom?
10)   What song does D-Day play on his throat?
11)   What class year was Kent Dorfman's brother Fred?
12)   What four actions does Dean Wormer list as being Delta's worst transgressions?
13)   Where is Kent Dorfman from?
14)   While defending Kent, Otter lists the faults of several current Delta members.  What does he say about Stork?
15)   How many pledge members do we see joining Delta House?
16)   Aside from Larry ("Pinto") and Kent ("Flounder"), what two other pledge's nicknames do we see Bluto assign?
17)   How many guys are in the Omega's pledge class?
18)   Professor Dave Jennings lists three reasons why he finds John Milton boring.  What are they?
19)   What are Faber College's school colors?
20)   How long does Jennings say he's been working on his novel?
21)   What is the name of Neidermeyer's horse?
22)   What kind of handgun is used to indirectly kill this horse, via an apparent heart attack?
23)   How many cars is Mayor Carmine DePasto going to lend Faber College for their homecoming parade?
24)   The Delta house gang steal a (fake) test answer sheet, planted by the Omegas, that results in all of them failing the test.  What class was this test for?
25)   Kent borrows his brother's car for the weekend.  What year, make and model is it?
26)   What is the name of the grocery store that the Deltas visit, and steal from?
27)   Initially Marion Wormer says she won't be able to attend the Delta's toga party, because of a prior engagement.  What is this event?
28)   What is the name of Kent's girlfriend from home?
29)   After her "encounter" with Otter, Marion Wormer is scheduled to go on vacation.  According to the school paper, where is she going?
30)   At the disciplinary court meeting, Neidermeyer lists four violations that the Delta house has allegedly committed.  What are they?
31)   On what date is this hearing held?
32)   According to Neidermeyer, what did his father do in Korea?
33)   What is the name of the women's college that Otter and three others visit to trick four ladies into dating them?
34)   Otter pretends to be the tragically deceased Fawn Leibowitz's boyfriend.  Where was Fawn from?
35)   What is the name of Fawn's roommate?
36)   What fake name does Otter use with Fawn's roommate?
37)   What is the name of the woman working the dorm reception desk?  (She also goes on the date with the Deltas.)
38)   What tavern do the Deltas take their college dates that night?
39)   At this establishment, where we see Otis Day and the Knights again, what is Boon's drink order?
40)   The Omegas trick Otter into going to a hotel, where they beat him up.  What is the name of this place, and where is it located?
41)   Of the five Delta grade point averages that Dean Wormer mentions, what is the highest?
42)   Larry has the highest grade point average for the pledge class.  What is it?
43)   What time do the Deltas spring their trap at the Faber Homecoming Parade?
44)   What is the name of Larry's underage girlfriend?  (It's never said, but is listed in the credits.)
45)   At the end, there is text giving information about what happens to several of the main characters.  According to these, which two characters will end up living very close to each other?  (Not including characters who marry each other.)
46)   During the entire movie, we see five types of animals on screen.  Name these types.
47)   Of the three people who wrote the movie's script, two also have acting roles.  Name the writers, and their characters.
48)   What year, make, and model car does Otter own?
49)   One of the floats in the parade is of a giant black hand and a white hand clasping each other.  (Both hands figure prominently is the mayhem that ensues.)  What fraternity built this float?
50)   What is the motto for the Delta frat?  (It's seen briefly on a cloth hanging.)
51)   What U.S. state is Faber set in?

















Answers:

1)     Emil Faber, in 1904, according to his statue.  
2)     "Knowledge is good."  True, but kind of obvious and bland.
3)     Omega Theta Pi.
4)     Mohamet, Jugdish, Sidney, and Clayton.
5)     Terry Auerback.
6)     Carl Phillips.
7)     Speed Limit 45.
8)     Delta Tau Chi.  (In some scenes it's shown as Delta Chi Tau, but this is apparently the real name.)
9)     Marlene Desmond.
10)   The William Tell Overture.
11)   The Class of 1959.
12)   Dumping a truck load of Fizzies into the swim meet, delivering the medical school cadavers to the alumni dinner, filling the trees with underwear every Halloween, and exploding the toilets every spring.
13)   Harrisburg, presumably the Pennsylvania city.
14)   Everybody thought he had brain damage.
15)   7.
16)   "Weasel" and "Mothball."
17)   4, including Chip (played by Kevin Bacon).
18)   He's a little long winded, he doesn't translate well into our generation, and his jokes are terrible.
19)   Yellow and blue.
20)   Four and a half years. 
21)   Trooper.
22)   It's a Star Model B, which is made in Spain.
23)   Three Oldsmobiles.  (Although car fans note that in the eventual parade, we only see Buicks and Cadillacs.)
24)   Psychology 101.
25)   It's a 1964 Lincoln Continental.  Since the movie is set in late 1962, this is a slight anachronism.
26)   The Food King.
27)   The damn Senior Honors Dinner.
28)   Sissy.
29)   Sarasota Springs.  Presumable the one in the state of New York .
30)   Providing alcohol to freshman during Pledge Week, and after established drinking hours, having a deficient grade point average for 5 consecutive semesters, providing dangerous narcotic diet pills to members during midterm exam week, and having a toga party, which had over 2 dozen complaints of perversions too profound and disgusting to discuss.
31)   November 15, 1962.
32)   He was an infantry officer.
33)   Emily Dickinson College.  Dickinson was a real person, obviously, but this college is fictitious.
34)   Fort Wayne, Indiana.
35)   Shelly Dubinsky.
36)   Frank Lymon, which is also the name of a famous 1950's and 60's singer.
37)   Brunella.
38)   The Dexter Lake Club.  Which was a real place, but is sadly closed now.
39)   A double rock and rye, and 7 Carlings.  Presumably the latter were Carling Black Label beers.
40)   The Rainbow Motel, on Old Mill Road.
41)   A 1.8 (4 C's and an F) by Delta President Robert Hoover.
42)   A 1.2 (2 C's, 2 D's, and an F).
43)   11 am., according to their watches.  (Well, except for Bluto's)
44)   Clorette DePasto.  
45)   Babs Jansen becomes a tour guide at Universal Studios in Hollywood, California, which is a part of Los Angeles.  Eric Stratton (Otter) becomes a gynecologist in Beverly Hills, which is a suburb of Los Angeles.
46)   There are several goldfish in the "breast aquariums" in the Delta basement bar.  Neidermeyer's horse is seen several times, before its demise.  Jennings has a cat.  A cow is seen being removed from the Delta house by the moving company after the Delta guys are kicked off campus.  An elephant is walking the streets as part of the Homecoming parade.  Also, this one doesn't count because it wasn't intended, but apparently you can see a mouse running across the building steps right before Bluto and the boys lead the horse into Wormer's office.
47)   Chris Miller plays Curtis Wayne Fuller ("Hardbar").  The late Doug Kenney plays Dwayne Storkman ("Stork").  Harold Ramis doesn't appear in the movie.
48)   It's a 1959 Chevrolet Corvette.  There's some vagueness about the exact model, but evidently a C or a C1.
49)   Zeta Beta Tau, or ZBT for short.
50)   Ars gratia artis, which according to Google translate is Latin for "The grace of art."  Another source rendered it as being roughly "art for art's sake."  
51)   It's complicated.  The outdoor scenes were mostly shot on the University of Oregon's Eugene campus.  So various U of Oregon buildings and areas can be identified.  The town where the parade is at the end, and the tavern the guys take the college ladies to are also both in Oregon.  However, the filmmakers don't actually mention Oregon at all (The University of Oregon specifically demanded this), or any state.  The one clue is during the disciplinary hearing in the classroom, when there's a state flag for Tennessee seen.  Online sources claim that Faber is supposed to be set in Pennsylvania, but for that latter scene they couldn't find a PA flag that was big enough, so they went with the Tennesse one.  Also, Faber College, and the town of Faber are fictional, obviously.  There is a tiny community called Faber in Virginia, but clearly this is a coincidence, and not what the filmmakers intended.









































































 
















 



















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