We all know how Psycho made us feel that it would never be safe to take a shower. But soaking in a hot tub has been the stuff of nightmares as well. Plus they make good places to get rid of bodies. For example, here are some baths you wouldn’t want to get in to.
You know that sound . . . the sound a body makes when it falls from an open window or the roof of a tall building and lands on the sidewalk, or from the top of a cliff onto the rocks below. That sound is SPLAT! Now see if you can identify these movie moments of terminal impact.
Arriving right on your doorstep, here’s more news of the world, with yesteryear’s ink still wet on the page! See if you can match these headlines to the movies they appeared in.
This week’s quiz is a showcase for an older generation of keyboard warriors. Grab a seat on the bench and see how well you can accompany the following piano (and organ) players.
I remember a social psychology study from a few years back about how people who are in a phone booth tend to take longer if they know someone else is waiting for them to finish their call. For some reason that always made me think of the Terminator’s impatience to get to a phone book. I think if he’d been part of the experiment he might have skewed the results. In any event, here are some more movie phone booths for you to look at. See if you can make the connection.
See also: Quiz the third: Phone booth (Part one).
No, when I say needlework I’m not talking about sewing circles. The needles here are hypodermic, most often seen in the hands of mad doctors and junkies but also put to more medically approved uses. I think this is a pretty easy quiz this week, but perhaps that’s just because needles make me nervous. I trust that anyone doing this quiz will be made of stronger stuff.
Of course, if, like Alfonso Bedoya, you don’t have any stinking badges then you’re not going to appreciate being asked to produce one. Most of the time, however, plainclothes police officers (or people pretending to be plainclothes police officers) don’t mind flashing the badge. See how many of their numbers you can take down.
There are times when we could all use some help. This week’s quiz may be one of them, as we up the degree of difficulty and present you with some movie notes. How many of them can you return to their sender?
A close shave, but you don’t want it to be too close. Electric razors are actually easier on your skin. Plus you’re not as likely to cut yourself. Now lather up and see how many of this week’s movies you can identify.
This week’s quiz lets you unleash your inner Judge Roy Bean and hang ’em high. See how many of the following films you can string by the neck . . . until they are dead.
