Christopher Guest's famous "mockumentaries" include THIS IS SPINAL TAP, WAITING FOR GUFFMAN, BEST IN SHOW, A MIGHTY WIND, MASCOTS, and SPINAL TAP II: THE END CONTINUES. They're known for showcasing highly quirky subcultures, for using the same ensemble of actors in many films, and for their devoted cult following. How well do you know them?
At the end of each question, the name of the movie is in caps and parentheses, unless it's cited in the question
When specific characters are named, the actors who played them are provided in parentheses
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1. The Mayflower Kennel Club Dog Show is in what city? (BEST IN SHOW)
Philadelphia
New York
Cleveland
Providence
2. Title of Spinal Tap's controversial new album, which was released with a solid black cover because the original cover was deemed too obscene
Sex Farm
Smell the Glove
Big Twelve Inch Record
Flesh Torpedo
3. State in which the town of Blaine, the setting of WAITING FOR GUFFMAN, is located
Kentucky
Nebraska
North Dakota
Missouri
4. What product temporarily put the Blaine on the map? (WAITING FOR GUFFMAN)
Hula hoops
Spatulas
Stools
Ceramic squirrels
5. Drummer who survives through most of the film (SPINAL TAP)
Mick Shrimpton
Viv Savage
Nick Bloodsauce
Peter "James" Bond
6. City where the band gets lost backstage (SPINAL TAP)
Boston
Cleveland
Akron
Philadelphia
7. Movie that Corky St. Clair (Christopher Guest)'s collectible lunch box commemorates (WAITING FOR GUFFMAN)
The Remains of the Day
Liza With a "Z"
My Dinner with Andre
Howards End
8. Jay Berman (Christopher Guest)'s film about a Southern Jewish family in the 1940s (FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION)
Take This Job and Shavuot
Magnolias and Matzo
Home for Purim
Rushing for Hashanah
9. What that film was later retitled by the studio (FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION)
Home for Thanksgiving
Happy New Year, Mr. Brownstein
Purim and Prejudice
Everybody Loves Christmas
10. Notable two-word review of the album "Shark Sandwich" (SPINAL TAP)
"Shark vomit"
"Shit sandwich"
"Pure torture"
"So stupid"
11. Major character from another Guest film that has a cameo in MASCOTS
Nigel Tufnel
Corky St. Clair
Sir Dennis Eton-Hogg
Dr. Allan Pearl
12. Unusual surgery that Ron Albertson (Fred Willard) claims to have had (WAITING FOR GUFFMAN)
Removal of third buttock
Chest hair transplant
Testicular sculpting
Penis reduction surgery
13. According to her owners, Meg and Hamilton Swan (Parker Posey and Michael Hitchcock), what toy could Beatrice the weimaraner not go without? (BEST IN SHOW)
Busy Bee
Squeaky Chicken
Furry Fox
Tippy Turtle
14. Folk duo Mitch & Mickey (Eugene Levy & Catherine O'Hara)'s biggest hit from the old days (A MIGHTY WIND)
"A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow"
"Make Love, Not Nukes"
"(Listen to the) Flower People"
"The Whippoorwill Sings For You"
15. He played music director Lloyd Miller, screenwriter Philip Koontz in FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, and Mayflower Kennel Club President Theodore Millbank III in BEST IN SHOW
Michael McKean
Eugene Levy
Fred Willard
Bob Balaban
16. What kind of dog was Scott (John Michael Higgins) and Stefan (Michael McKean)'s Miss Agnes? (BEST IN SHOW)
Yorkshire Terrier
Bichon Frisé
Shih Tzu
Standard Poodle
17. Harlan Pepper (Christopher Guest)'s artistic passion (BEST IN SHOW)
Ventriloquism
Finger paint
The ukelele
Spaghetti macramé
18. Improvised hotel room shared by Gerry and Cookie Fleck (Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara) (BEST IN SHOW)
Kitchen
Roof
Laundry Room
Utility closet
19. Mr. Guffman's first name
Art
Dick
Mort
Bob
20. According to local lore, what landed in Blaine in 1946? (WAITING FOR GUFFMAN)
An asteroid
Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose"
A UFO
A Soviet weather balloon
21. What unusual physical condition does Gerry Fleck (Eugene Levy) have? (BEST IN SHOW)
A green thumb
Two left feet
Twelve toes
Six nipples
22. What were the Main Street Singers renamed? (A MIGHTY WIND)
The New Main Street Singers
The Troubadours
The Folksmen
Spinal Tap
23. Two main things that the retired Nigel Tufnel's boutique shop sells (SPINAL TAP II: THE END CONTINUES)
Guitars and cheese
Guitars and sardines
Guitars and kazoos
Guitars and rubber ducks
24. According to veteran actress Mary Taft Hooligan (Catherine O'Hara), "Dying is easy. _____ is hard." (FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION)