Extreme Trivia #69
June 20, 2007 at 3:57 pm
First, last week’s trivia answer — the military connection between “Top Gun” and “Broadcast News” — and the winning question from rcgeist:
What is the F-14 Tomcat.
In Top Gun, Tom Cruise’s Maverick flew an F-14 throughout the film and made use of the venerable dogfighter to make three kills of MiG-28 (actually F-5 Freedom Fighters painted black) at the end of the film.
In Broadcast News, William Hurt’s anchorman character interviewed a Navy aviator about flying a F-14 in combat in response to a Libyan attack on an American air base in the Mediterrean while offscreen, Albert Brooks coaches Hurt’s character via phone thru the producer played by Holly Hunter.
Now, this week’s Extreme Trivia answer: “I will not run as either a Democrat or Republican, because I will not sell out to anybody, but to the American people, and I will sell out to them.” What’s the question?
avenuej said,
June 20, 2007 @ 4:23 pm
The voting for celine dion re the HIlary clip is a goof. No one on the world wide web or the google
would vote for dion, no one under the age of 90 or over for that matter. Taken
Peter Roff said,
June 20, 2007 @ 4:37 pm
What did H. Ross Perot say to CNN’s Larry King would be a condition of his running for president in 1992?
Moooose said,
June 22, 2007 @ 4:29 pm
Ditto what Peter Roff said.
Dr Wong said,
July 2, 2007 @ 1:43 am
Ditto what Moooose said.