Bay Area Pop Culture Quiz: Movies
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Which East Bay attraction roused the devil inside Karen Black in 1973’s "Burnt Offerings"?
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Mount Diablo
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Pleasanton’s Stoneridge Shopping Center during an overcrowded back-to-school shopping season
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The Dunsmuir House and Gardens in Oakland
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The Ravenswood Historic Site in Livermore
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Over the past few weeks we have developed a series of quizzes that are designed to test your knowledge of some of the people, places and things that put the Bay Area on the pop-culture map. The one below is the third one in the series and tests your knowledge of the movies. Give it a try and get to See moreshow off just how good you are.
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What San Jose landmark was featured throughout "Mad City," a 1997 film starring John Travolta and Dustin Hoffman?
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The Winchester Mystery House
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The Hayes Mansion
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The San Jose Athletic Club
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The Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum
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A. The San Jose Athletic ClubExplanation
It was turned into a museum, where a security guard played by Travolta took hostages after losing his job.Rate this question:
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Charlie Chaplin was the most famous silent-era movie star to film at the Essanay Film Company in Niles. Which other silent film star was heavily associated with the Fremont-area studio?
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Greta Garbo
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Broncho Billy
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Max Linder
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Lillian Gish
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A. Broncho BillyExplanation
Gilbert M. “Broncho Billy” Anderson was more than a Western movie star — he was also a writer, producer and director and a co-founder of the Essanay Film Company and was instrumental in bringing a branch of the studio to Niles.Rate this question:
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In 1991’s "Terminator 2: Judgment Day," one of the big scenes was filmed at a Bay Area industrial park. Where is it located?
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San Jose
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San Mateo
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Pleasanton
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Fremont
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A. FremontExplanation
The Cyberdyne headquarters, stormed to destroy the cyborg chip by John and Sarah Connor (Edward Furlong and Linda Hamilton) and the original T-800 Terminator (that would be our former governor), was a building at 47131 Bayside Parkway. It is now occupied by Mattson Technology, a semiconductor firm.Rate this question:
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In "Mrs. Doubtfire," which popular Bay Area restaurant served as the spot where a dad’s cross-dressing gig crumbles?
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Chez Panisse in Berkeley
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Jardinière in San Francisco
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Le Papillion in San Jose
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Bridges in Danville
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A. Bridges in DanvilleExplanation
One of the 1993 comedy’s best scenes plays out there as Mrs. Doubtfire’s [Robin Williams] real identity is revealed.Rate this question:
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