"King Kong"

MS. Twyman

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  1. In what year was "King Kong" first relased?

    2. Your answer:

  2. Who produced and directed "King Kong"?

    3. Your answer:
    Max Steiner and Edgar Rice Burroughs
    Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack
    Edward Linden and Vernon Walker
    James A. Creelman and Ruth Rose

  3. Who wrote the screenplay for "King Kong"?

    4. Your answer:
    Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack
    James A. Creelman and Ruth Rose
    Max Steiner
    Edgar Rice Burroughs

  4. Who was (were) the cinematographer(s) for "King Kong"?

    5. Your answer:
    Edward Linden
    all of the above
    Vernon Walker
    J.O. Taylor

  5. Who edited "King Kong"?

    6. Your answer:
    Willis O'Brien
    Edward Linden
    Ted Cheeseman
    Vernon Walker

  6. Who composed the musical score for "King Kong"?

    7. Your answer:
    John Williams
    Bernard Herrman
    Murray Spivak
    Max Steiner

  7. Who was responsible for the sound for "King Kong"?

    8. Your answer:
    Vernon Walker
    Phil Tippet
    Murray Spivak
    Edward Linden

  8. Who was responsible for the special effects for "King Kong"?

    9. Your answer:
    Willis O'Brien
    Forest Ackerman
    Merian C. Cooper
    Ray Harryhausen

  9. Often imitated, "King Kong" has served as the prototype for the industry's rampaging monster films for almost seventy years now.

    10. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  10. How much did it cost to make "King Kong"? HINT: use a $ sign and a ,

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  11. Stop Motion Animation is a cinematographic technique that makes objects appear to be moving on screen. The technique is achieved by manipulation of the objects on screen between successive takes of individual frames. Each scene is then photographed frame by frame. Objects are moved slightly between frames and when the film is processed and projected in sequence the inanimate models move with the illusion of motion.

    12. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  12. To bring Kong to life Willis O'Brien and Marcel Delgado built a fully articulated model of the giant gorilla it was constructed on an 18 inch metal skeleton made out of aluminum. What is the technical name for that skeleton?

    13. Your answer:
    a mini-me
    a blooper
    a gumby
    an armature

  13. O'Brien and Delgado also created full scale mechanical models of Kong's head and shoulders, a foot, and an arm.

    14. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  14. Max Steiner created a stirring animated score which enhances the enjoyablity of "King Kong."

    15. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  15. Who played Ann Darrow in "King Kong"?

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  16. Who played Jack Driscole in "King Kong"?

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  17. The film opens with an "Arabian Proverb" that was actually writen by one of the producers, what was that proverb? Be careful to use the correct punctuation and to include quotation marks (").

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