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GUESSING GAME: Musical Instruments in Movies

Writer: goldenstateservicesj
goldenstateservicesj
Aug 7, 2022
2 min read

See how many out of 10 you can identify (Sorry, no multiple choice.). Give yourself whatever time limit you want, but no googling!

  1. This movie features its main character playing a guitar at a school dance in 1955. As he plays, he mimics the guitar styles of Angus Young (AC/DC), Pete Townshend (The Who), and Chuck Berry. ____________________

  2. Riz Ahmed learned sign language and spent 6 months learning to play drums for his lead role in this 2019 film. ____________________

  3. Michael Douglas didn’t learn to play the piano when he was cast to play the eccentric piano legend Liberace, but he delivered a great performance along with costars Matt Damon and Dan Aykroyd. Name this 2013 Steven Soderbergh movie. ____________________

  4. In 2014, J. K. Simmons yelled mercilessly at Miles Teller in this Best Picture Oscar nominated movie. ____________________

  5. Adrien Brody won a best acting Oscar for his role as a Polish-Jewish pianist/composer who was a Holocaust surivor. Name the movie. ____________________

  6. Marilyn Monroe played the ukulele in this 1959 comedy classic. ____________________

  7. In this Christmas movie, Thomas Brodie-Sangster plays a young boy who is helplessly in love with a classmate. He hopes to impress her with his drum playing. His dad, played by Liam Neeson, tries to help him with his quest. ____________________

  8. Will Ferrell plays a flute to impress Christina Applegate in this 2004 comedy. ____________________ 

  9. This movie has the only Disney princess who plays the tambourine. ____________________

  10. This classic 1968 western has Charles Bronson playing a character who not only plays the harmonica, his name is Harmonica. ____________________

(Answers are below just after “best quote.”)

Congratulations Sound of Metal. This is your week.

And the Oscar goes to…

Best Actress: Olivia Cooke as Lou in Sound of Metal

Best Actor: J. K. Simmons as Fletcher in Whiplash

Best Quote: “When I move, I move like a street punk.” – Frank Sinatra as Frankie Machine in The Man With the Golden Arm

ANSWERS:

Back to the Future

  • Sound of Metal

  • Behind the 

  • Whiplash

  • The Pianist

  • Some Like It Hot

  • Love Actually

  • Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame

  • Once Upon a Time in the West

 
 
 

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