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there is an error on the correct answer to question 19: he doesn't throw the water fountain, he throws the control panel from the hydrotherapy room.
tendersubject 3/26/10 9:15 pm

Answers:

1. What musical instrument can be heard over the opening credits?
Musical saw
Violin
Flute
Piano
 
2. When McMurphy arrives at the hospital, the officer takes his cuffs off. What does McMurphy do?
Punches the officer
Steals the cop’s cigar
Kisses the other cop
Tries to run away
 
3. During the first interview with Dr. Spivey, we learn R.P. McMurphy’s full name. What is it?
Robert Patrick
Randle Peter
Robert Peter
Randle Patrick
 
4. What is main subject during the first therapy session?
Martini’s gambling
Taber skipping medication
Harding’s problems with his wife
Billy and his mother
 
5. In the bathroom, Harding and Martini are playing a board game before Taber starts pushing Harding’s buttons and Mac has to cool them off with the hose. What game are they playing?
Stratego
Monopoly
Chess
Risk
 
6. Who wrote the novel on which the play and then the movie were based?
Ken Kesey
Saul Zaentz
Boris Pasternak
Bo Goldman
 
7. What’s the name of the junior nurse who works along side Nurse Ratched?
Miss Richards
Miss Pilbow
Miss Reese
Miss Stake
 
8. After the second vote McMurphy thinks it’s world series time but Nurse Ratched is having none of it! How many votes did McMurphy (at least) need, in order to get a majority?
8
9
10
11
 
9. Which actor made his movie debut with this picture?
Christopher Lloyd
Vincent Schiavelli
Danny De Vito
Jack Nicholson
 
10. When they go fishing, McMurphy introduces his collegues to the guy who charters the boats. He gives them all “Doctor” titles except which character?
Cheswick
Fredrickson
Harding
Scanlon
 
11. Which famous father/son actors duo owned the rights to the book and produced the play and movie?
Martin and Charlie Sheen
Donald and Kiefer Sutherland
Henry and Peter Fonda
Kirk and Michael Douglas
 
12. Mac and the gang play a game against the guards in which the chief shows real talent. Which sport do they play?
Football
Basketball
Soccer
Baseball
 
13. We hear the chief talk for the first time right before McMurphy gets zapped with the electrodes. What are the big guy’s first words to McMurphy after the latter gives him a stick of gum?
Thank you
Ah, Juicy Fruit
Mmm, strawberry
Please sir, can I have some more?
 
14. A short while after McMurphy gets the electroshock therapy, he comes back acting like Frankenstein before laughing it up with the group who are once again having a therapy session. Before he sits down he calls Nurse Ratched by her first name, which Louise Fletcher doesn’t expect (look at her blush). What is her name according to R.P.?
Margaret
Marjory
Madeleine
Mildred
 
15. The night orderly Mr. Turkle, played by Scatman Crothers, would go on to star in another picture with Jack Nicholson. Which one?
Wolf
The Shining
Five Easy Pieces
Terms of Endearment
 
16. Why didn’t The Chief want to escape when McMurphy asked?
The Chief felt sick
He did’t feel strong enough
He didn’t feel big enough
He liked it there
 
17. McMurphy has several nicknames for Billy but how does he call him right before Billy sleeps with Candy?
Billy the Club
Billy the Stick
Wild Bill
Billy the Candyman
 
18. After Billy sleeps with Candy, he is confronted by Nurse Ratched. Which of the following is true about the scene?
Billy stands up to Nurse Ratched
Billy doesn’t stutter for a while
Billy is terrified of his mother reaction and hits himself
All of the above are true
 
19. In the famous and beautiful last scene, how does the chief break out of the hospital? (Nobody better get this one wrong!)
He rips the screen off the window and escapes
He throws a table through the window and escapes
He uses the key to open the window screen and escapes
He rips the water fountain out of the ground, throws it through the window and escapes
 
20. The movie got 9 oscar nominations, how many did it win?
5
6
8
9
 




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