Trivia: How Well Do You Know John Waters?
20 Questions
| Total Attempts: 491
Logo is celebrating fifty years of smut-peddler (and we mean that in the best sense!) John Waters by airing two of his greatest films: Hairspray and Cry Baby! Check it out on Logo from 4pm to midnight on Sunday October 5!In the meantime, test your knowledge of the King of Trash!
Questions and Answers
- 1.John Waters lives in, and sets his films in, what city? (city name only)
- 2.True or False: One of Waters' earliest jobs was as a magician for childrens' parties.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.Which of the following is NOT the title of a John Waters film?
- A.
"Eat Your Makeup"
- B.
"Mondo Trasho"
- C.
"Lust In the Dust"
- D.
"Multiple Maniacs"
- 4.John Waters once wrote, explaining his love for watching criminal trials, "All people look better under _____ ."
- 5.True or False: Until his untimely death in 1988, Divine appeared in every film John Waters had made.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.Where did John Waters formerly teach film classes?
- A.
Community college
- B.
Prison
- C.
Sarah Lawrence
- D.
Church camp
- 7.In his 2010 book Role Models, Waters advocated for the release of which former Manson Family member?
- 8.True or False: Waters developed a sequel to Pink Flamingos in which Divine was to fly over Baltimore on a giant dog turd.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.Besides Hairspray, which other John Waters film has been made into a Broadway musical?
- 10.Waters created a gimmick called _______ for his film Polyester, a tribute to director and King of Gimmicks William Castle.
- 11.True or False: John Waters starred in a show called 'Til Death Do Us Part about people who murdered their spouses.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 12.For his crime comedy Serial Mom, Waters cast what "celebrity felon" of the 1970s to play a juror whom title character Beverly Sutphin murders for wearing white after Labor Day?
- 13.Waters received critical acclaim for his guest voice work on which animated comedy?
- A.
Family Guy
- B.
Futurama
- C.
The Simpsons
- D.
Archer
- 14.True or False: John Waters recently hitchhiked across the United States.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 15.What is the title of Waters' 1981 memoir, subtitled "A Tasteful Book About Bad Taste"?
- 16.Almost a quarter of a century before directing her in Cecil B. Demented, Waters acted with Melanie Griffith in what film?
- A.
Working Girl
- B.
Cherry 2000
- C.
Body Double
- D.
Something Wild
- 17.True or False: John Waters smokes up to four packs of cigarettes a day.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 18.Waters' outré early subject matter and style earned him the royal sobriquet, "The Prince of ____".
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