Since "Furiosa" was just recently released, I thought I'd go ahead and do a trivia quiz about the 2nd film in the "Mad Max" universe, which in the U.S. is known as "The Road Warrior," and in much of the rest of the world is called "Mad Max 2." This film bucked the usual trend, and is almost universally regarded as being better to the original (at least from what I've heard and read). So let's get into it. Same drill as always--questions first, followed by the answers, many SPOILERS ahead. Also, the early reviews of "Furiosa" are looking stellar, so George Miller may have succeeded yet again.
Questions:
1) How many vehicles are chasing Max in his opening scene?
2) What message is painted on the wrecked semitruck/rig?
3) Wez is accidently hit by a crossbow bolt. On what part of his body?
4) What song does the small windup metal music box play?
5) As Max approaches the gyrocopter, we see a photo of a naked woman on the right rear panel. Who is this woman?
6) According to the Gyro Captain, how far away is the oil derrick/refinery compound?
7) According to the Gyro Captain, how many days did he spend watching the compound?
8) Again according to the Gyro Captain, about how many people are in the compound?
9) What game does the Gyro Captain say he played up on the hill while he was observing the compound?
10) What brand of canned dog food do Max, his dog, and the Gyro Captain eat?
11) How many vehicles leave the compound to scout for a rig big enough to haul the tanker?
12) Max rescues one of the wounded scouts, and brings them back to the compound to trade for gas. What is this scout's name?
13) What two colorful expressions does the Toadie use in introducing Lord Humungus?
14) What is the deal that Max strikes with the compounders?
15) According to Pappagallo, how many people did the compound lose that morning?
16) What does Max need to take to retrieve the rig?
17) While walking back to the gyrocopter, the Gyro Captain talks about the things he misses most from the old world. Name them.
18) According to the Mechanic, what are the problems with the rig?
19) How long does the Mechanic say it'll take to fix these problems, and how long does he get?
20) According to the Curmudgeon and Pappagallo, where are the compounders headed?
21) According to the Curmudgeon, how far away is this location?
22) After escaping the compound, its people are planning to meet up at a rendezvous point before moving on. What is this meeting place, and how far away is it?
23) What named member of Lord Humungus's gang is killed in the Interceptor's explosion?
24) How many people make up the rig escape crew, and who are they?
25) What company name is on the tanker?
26) Who kills Pappagallo, and how?
27) After the final crash of the rig and Lord Humungus's vehicle, how many gang vehicles are left?
28) At the end we learn the Feral Kid grows up to be a leader of a group. Name it.
29) According to the credits, what is the name of Wez's companion?
30) How do the Broken Victim and Defiant Victim (two of the captured compound scouts) die?
31) Aside from the names listed in the credits, two more compounders are mentioned in the movie. Name them.
32) Was Lord Humungus a Neo-Nazi, or even an actual Nazi? (Conjectural)
33) Speaking of Lord Humungus, what kind of gun did he wield?
34) Was Wez's companion on his cycle his gay lover? (Conjectural)
35) Why did Lord Humungus drive head-on into the rig? Was this suicidal? (Conjectural)
36) Was Lord Humungus's gang progressive about acceptance of homosexuals? (Conjectural)
37) Where does this movie take place?
38) Could the Gyro Captain really train wild venomous snakes? (Conjectural)
39) If the compounders had just surrendered and left the compound, would Lord Humungus have kept his word and let them live? (Conjectural)
Answers:
1) 3--2 four-wheeled vehicles, and 1 motorcycle, ridden by Wez and his companion.
2) "The Vermin have inherited the Earth." The "earth" is written on the shotgun side cab door.
3) His right bicep. It doesn't appear to faze him.
4) "Happy birthday to you." Max later gives this to the Feral Kid.
5) It's Karen Price, Playboy's Playmate of the month for the January 1981 issue. Price was a busy actress and stunt performer as well, appearing in such films as "Invasion USA" (1985), "Less Than Zero" (1987), "The Running Man" (1987), "Maniac Cop 3" (1992), and "Cyborg 2" (1993).
6) 20 miles away. Weird that he doesn't use kilometers in Australia, but whatever.
7) 4 days.
8) 30.
9) Mahjong.
10) Dinki-Di. Which is reportedly Australian slang for "genuine" or "real."
11) 4.
12) Nathan.
13) "The Warrior of the Wasteland," and "The Ayatollah of Rock 'n' Rollah!"
14) In exchange for bringing back a rig big enough to haul the tanker, he receives his car back, plus all the gas he can carry.
15) 8, or 2 per scout vehicle.
16) 5 gallons of diesel, and high octane gasoline.
17) Clean women, nail polish, perfume, the smell of bicycle seats, cocktails, desserts, and lingerie. (Presumably many of these being utilized by the clean women and not himself, but let's not kink shame.)
18) It has a cracked timing case cover, has some broken teeth off the timing gear, the radiator is damaged at the core, it has a cracked water pump, and a fractured injector line.
19) 24 hours, but he agrees to do it in 12 hours.
20) The Sunshine Coast. Which is a real place, near the city of Brisbane.
21) 2000 miles. Which appears to be incorrect, it's probably more like 1000. See question #37.
22) At a place with a bridge called Powder River, about 200 miles north of the compound.
23) Toadie.
24) ^ originally, with a 7th eventually joining. Max is driving the rig, and the Mechanic, Warrior Woman, and Zetta are the armed guards on the tanker. Pappagallo is driving another vehicle alongside, and the Gyro Captain is accompanying them in the air. And of course the Feral Kid joins unexpectedly as well.
25) 7 Sisters Petroleum.
26) Lord Humungus throws one of this 3 pronged harpoons into Pappagallo's back, killing him, and causing him to crash.
27) 4--2 four-wheeled vehicles, and 2 motorcycles. At least 5 guys, maybe 6.
28) The Great Northern Tribe.
29) The Golden Youth.
30) They're crushed when Lord Humungus's vehicle hits the back to the tanker.
31) Timbo and Derek. If you're curious, the other named members are Pappagallo, Big Rebecca, the Warrior Woman, Zetta, the Captain's Girl, the Mechanic, the Mechanic's Assistant, the Curmudgeon, Nathan, Quiet Man, Broken Victim, and Defiant Victim. Plus, eventually, for a time, Max, the Feral Kid, and the Gyro Captain.
32) Possibly. In his gun case we see what looks like a Prussian Totenkopf (Death's Head), which was a symbol for the Nazi SS. We also see photos of someone in a British military uniform and an Australian military insignia.
33) It's a Smith & Wesson Model 29, .44 Magnum. Or the same gun that Clint Eastwood's "Dirty Harry" character famously used.
34) Vernon Wells, who played Wez, claims that in an early version of the script it's explained that Wez rescued a boy and raised him as a son, not a lover. But, this can't be corroborated by anyone else, such as George Miller, etc. Personally, Wez doesn't seem like the kind of guy who would do that. He's the opposite of a fatherly type--he's a raving hyperviolent lunatic even by the low standards of Humungus's group. So I think it's much more likely that The Golden Youth is a sex slave. Hopefully at least somewhat consensually.
35) On IMDB there's a good explanation for this. Recall that during the final chase, Lord Humungus dropped out of the chase briefly after the Gyro Captain firebombed him. Then, unbeknownst to Lord H, up ahead Max turned the rig and tanker around, and started driving back toward Lord H.. Lord H, trying to catch up. used his nitrous boost, which made his vehicle go extremely fast, and hard to steer off a straight line. There's also a bit of a hill between Max and Lord H right until the last moment. So I don't think it was a suicidal charge, but just bad luck for Lord H.
36) Possibly. Wez appears to be openly gay, and is a top guy in the Humungus crew, maybe being the #2 man, even. One of the other gang subgroups is named "The Gayboy Berzerkers," so maybe they are too? But, this could have a dark side. Maybe the Berzerkers (and Wez?) just like to rape both female and male victims, similar to some guys in prison. It seems to fit in more in with the gang's otherwise generally psychotic and cruel behavior.
37) Surprisingly this is well established. The movie was shot in and around Broken Hill, New South Wales. And the movie is set around there, too. We see a sign for Mundi Mundi Lookout by the rig in the beginning, and this is a real place roughly near Broken Hill. Max meets the Gyro Captain shortly after escaping Wez and company, and the compound is only 20 miles away from there. Therefore, it takes place in the general area around Broken Hill. And the Sunshine Coast is about 1000 miles away, from this area, not 2000.
38) After some looking online, the consensus seems to be no. Certain species are more friendly than others, and individuals raised by the Captain might be less aggressive than a wild counterpart. But "training" the snakes seems pretty doubtful. For the record, the snake we see Max grab early on isn't venomous--it's a carpet python, which is a species known for being fairly docile, and a good pet.
39) Maybe I'm cynical, but I don't think there's a chance in Hell that he would have. Even if he wanted to, I think that Lord Humungus would have lost the respect of his savage gang if he did. So I think the compounders were wise not to trust Lord H.
Hope you enjoyed this. And if you're wondering, I will be doing trivia quizzes about the 3rd and 4th Mad Max movies, too. 2024 will be a Mad Max kind of year.
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