The Virtual Corkscrew Museum's Daily Newspaper
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Tuesday, April 29, 2003 |
Corkscrew Movie Quiz
Wirtz, Virginia - How well do you know your movies? And your corkscrews? Here are 26 movies that have corkscrew related words in the title. The blank spaces represent letters in the word. The brief about the movie is followed by the corkscrew clue ( ).
Little Robinson _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - 1924 Max Sennett silent film (Easy one)
Stories from a Flying _ _ _ _ _ - 1979 film based on Hans Christian Andersen stories. (Figural American Patent)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ - 1999 Comedy directed by Lawrence Kasdan. In a small town, a psychologist of the same name as the town moves in and quickly becomes very popular, despite a questionable past. (Prong Puller)
The Young Mr. _ _ _ _ - 1942 biopic tells the story of the life a man, who became Prime Minister of Great Britain at the age of 24. (Direct pressure)
My _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Martian: The Movie - 1999 movie with Jeff Daniels and Christopher Lloyd based on a TV series. (Barmount)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - 1997 Disney movie about an immortal with the voices of James Woods and Danny DeVito. (Spring assist)
An _ _ _ _ _ Husband - 1999 movie adapted from an Oscar Wilde play starring Rupert Everett and Cate Blanchett. (Prong Puller)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - 1999 movie based on a Charles Dickens' work. (A Syroco Corkscrew).
_ _ _ _ _ _ - 1989 movie about a sailor who eats vegetables. (Bull's patent)
_ _ _ _ _ _ Jacket - 1964 movie about a woman in an asylum for 20 years. Starring Joan Crawford and Diane Baker. (American Corkscrew Inventor)
The _ _ _ _ _ _ of Oz - 1939 movie. (Knife sharpener)
Pride of the _ _ _ _ _ _ s - 1942 Lou Gehrig bio movie (Wall mount)
_ _ _ _ _ _ - 1997 Maria, the beautiful daughter of a Governor, is kidnapped by escaped convict Jake and is taken to a cabin in the mountains. Starring Nicol Zanzarella and Dan Reed (Lazy Tongs)
_ _ _ _ _ _: The Man and His Dream - 1988 bio about a car builder. (Single Lever)
Harold and _ _ _ _ e - 1971 cult film starring Ruth Gordon and Bud Cort. (English Patentee)
Murphy's Romance - 1985 film about Emma, a divorcee. Starring Sally Field and James Garner. (Boston corkscrew manufacturer)
They _ _ _ _ Me Mr. Tibbs - 1970 Sidney Poitier film (1909 inventor of a cork puller)
_ _ _ _ _ _ sby - 1993 Civil War movie with Richard Gere and Jodie Foster (New Jersey manufacturer)
Our Man _ _ _ _ _ - 1966 James Coburn as a secret agent. (Peg and worm)
Glengarry Glen _ _ _ _ - 1992 real estate salesmen. (Pig)
Practical _ _ _ _ _ - 1998 movie with Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman playing witches (Bell corkscrew or prong puller)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - 1988 movie about an angry paralyzed man who gets a special gift that causes strange and deadly things to start happening. A George Romero horror film (Figural Corkscrew / Opener)
_ _ _ _ _ _ of the Sun - 1987 movie directed by Steven Spielberg starring Christian Bale and John Malkovich. The Japanese Army invades Shanghai at the outset of World War II. (A compound lever)
Driving Miss _ _ _ _ _ 1989 movie starring Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman. (Barmount)
The Miles _ _ _ _ _ Story - 2001 movie about a legendary jazz trumpeter (Waiter's Friend)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ - 1985 movie with John Travolta and Jamie Lee Curtis about a magazine journalist exposing the fitness and aerobic-class craze. (Lazy Tongs)
How did you do? Get them all right? Email for answers.
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