POP QUIZ, HOTSHOT
30.09.11
THIS WEEK'S ROUND
Breakaway, the comedy about the culturally conflicted star of a Punjabi-Canadian hockey team, is set to open, direct from its Toronto filmfest debut. There've been few enough hockey films period, let alone culturally inclusive ones. Let's look at the replay.
1.It's the most successful Quebecois film series of all time, about a bunch of house league players that include a cop, a doctor and a mechanic. Name it.
2.Who played gold-medal-winning U.S. team coach Herb Brooks in the 2004 movie Miracle?
3.What minor-league team employed player-coach Reggie Dunlop in Slap Shot?
4.Rob Lowe and Patrick Swayze starred in this 1986 film about junior hockey (and an unknown Keanu Reeves played the goalie). Name it.
5.In which movie did Adam Sandler play an NHL player who adapts his slap-shot to a golf-swing?
LAST WEEK'S BASEBALL MOVIE ROUND
1.Nuke Laloosh (pitcher), Crash Davis (catcher). 1988 Bull Durham
Source: Owen Sound Sun Times