MOVIE QUIZ
Proving again that there is a holiday for every day, next Monday is National Joe Day. Yes, a day to celebrate guys named Joe, Joseph or Joey. Your Average Joes, Ordinary Joes, Joe Blows, Joe Schmoes, etc.
Heck, we even have a Joe in the White House now.
This week’s quiz is dedicated to the movie actors, characters and titles that claim some version of Joe for their names. For brevity’s sake, however, we’ve avoided international variations like Jose, Yusuf or Giuseppe.
1. Joe Mantegna shares the same first name with his character, Joey Zasa, in what 1990 Oscar-nominated sequel?
2. Peter Boyle and Nicolas Cage, stars of two unrelated movies named “Joe,” in 1970 and 2013, respectively, co-starred in what 1992 rom-com, also featuring Sarah Jessica Parker and James Caan?
3. Joeys can be women as well as men. Which one starred opposite Ben Affleck and Jason Lee in Kevin Smith’s “Chasing Amy”: Joey King, Joey Lauren Adams or Joey Heatherton?
4. Joseph Kosinski directed 2013’s “Oblivion,” based on his own unpublished graphic novel. There’s a direct link between that film and the one he directed last year, the 12th-biggest movie of all
time. Name the 2023 film.
5. True or false: Burgess Meredith, best known for his Oscar-nominated role of Mickey in 1976’s “Rocky,” appeared in the
Elvis film “Stay Away, Joe,” as the title character in “Joe Butterfly,” as real-life war correspondent Ernie Pyle in “Story of G.I. Joe,” as lawyer Joseph Welch in the
TV movie biopic of Joe Mccarthy (played by Peter Boyle) “Tail Gunner Joe,” as a voice in the animated “G.I. Joe: The Movie” and as “Joe — the American Soldier” in the World War II short “Salute to France.”
6. Which of these films did not feature a future Oscar winner in the title role: “Meet Joe Black,” “Joe Kidd,” “Joe Versus the Volcano,” “Killer Joe” or “Joe Dirt”?
7. Which famous rocker played a prisoner dancing on a table in 1980’s “The Blues Brothers”: Joe Cocker, Joey Ramone, Joe Strummer or Joe Walsh?
8. In 1979, Meryl Streep co-starred in not only “The Deer Hunter” — her first Oscar-nominated and Oscar-winning role — but also in “The Seduction of Joe Tynan.” Who played the title role, as well as wrote the screenplay?
9. Match the character named Joe with the movie they appeared in: A. Joe Buck, B. Joe Friday, C. Joe Gillis, D. Joey Lamotta; I. “Dragnet,” II. “Raging Bull,” III. “Midnight Cowboy,” IV. “Sunset Boulevard”
10. The 1943 romantic fantasy “A Guy Named Joe” starring Spencer Tracy was loosely remade in 1989 by Steven Spielberg with Richard Dreyfus in the lead role. What was the new title?