Bryan Armen Graham 

Oscars 2015: How much do you know about sports films?

As the Academy Awards approach, test your knowledge of sports in film
  
  


  1. Harold Ramis initially wanted which English rock band to score Caddyshack?

    1. Pink Floyd

    2. The Kinks

    3. Joy Division

    4. Gang of Four

  2. Which sports film was the first Western-made movie to air on North Korean TV?

    1. Raging Bull

    2. Real Steel

    3. Goal II: Living the Dream

    4. Bend It Like Beckham

  3. Which Scottish actor, who turned down a cameo in Chariots of Fire due to conflicting commitments, placed third in the 1950 Mr Universe competition?

    1. Billy Connolly

    2. Brian Cox

    3. Sean Connery

    4. Robbie Coltrane

  4. Which sequel was nominated for Outstanding Foreign Language Film at the Japanese Academy Awards?

    1. Rocky III

    2. The Karate Kid, Part II

    3. Caddyshack II

    4. The Bad News Bears Go to Japan

  5. Which winning personality turned down the role of Daniel LaRusso in The Karate Kid before it went to Ralph Macchio?

    1. Emilio Estevez

    2. John Cusack

    3. C Thomas Howell

    4. Charlie Sheen

  6. Which substance was used to depict blood during the boxing scenes in Raging Bull?

    1. Karo syrup

    2. Tomato ketchup

    3. Cow's blood

    4. Hershey's syrup

  7. In both 1991’s Point Break and 2000’s The Replacements, Keanu Reeves played a former quarterback from which university?

    1. Notre Dame

    2. Ohio State

    3. Yale

    4. University of Phoenix

  8. Until 2009's The Blind Side, this was the highest-grossing sports drama in history

    1. Seabiscuit

    2. Remember the Titans

    3. Chariots of Fire

    4. Rocky IV

  9. In 1979’s Breaking Away, Dave Stoller (Dennis Christopher) harbors an obsession with the the cyclists from which country?

    1. Spain

    2. Italy

    3. France

    4. Jamaica

  10. The Dude, despite appearing in every scene of The Big Lebowski, is never once seen actually bowling

    1. True

    2. False

Solutions

1:A, 2:D, 3:C, 4:A, 5:D, 6:D, 7:B, 8:D, 9:B, 10:A

Scores

  1. 0 and above.

    You're the Al Czervik of sports movie knowledge: Your game needs work.

  2. 1 and above.

    You're the Al Czervik of sports movie knowledge: Your game needs work.

  3. 2 and above.

    You're the Al Czervik of sports movie knowledge: Your game needs work.

  4. 3 and above.

    You're the Al Czervik of sports movie knowledge: Your game needs work.

  5. 4 and above.

    You're the Al Czervik of sports movie knowledge: Your game needs work.

  6. 5 and above.

    You're the "Steamin" Willie Beamen of sports movie knowledge: inconsistent with flashes of greatness.

  7. 6 and above.

    You're the "Steamin" Willie Beamen of sports movie knowledge: inconsistent with flashes of greatness.

  8. 7 and above.

    You're the "Steamin" Willie Beamen of sports movie knowledge: inconsistent with flashes of greatness.

  9. 8 and above.

    You're the Roy Hobbs of sports movie knowledge: a natural. Well done.

  10. 9 and above.

    You're the Roy Hobbs of sports movie knowledge: a natural. Well done.

  11. 10 and above.

    You're the Roy Hobbs of sports movie knowledge: a natural. Well done.

 

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