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If you ever wished "Blazing Saddles" was a LOT more violent, this was the movie for you! Jamie Foxx starred in this new-style Western, with Christoph Waltz as his charming sidekick. Now, test your knowledge of "Django" with our quiz!
Where in Texas does "Django Unchained" begin?
Dallas
Daughtrey
Lubbock
somewhere
The movie begins with Christoph Waltz's character confronting a pair of slave traders.
What ornament rides on top of King Schultz's wagon?
an "Rx" logo
a tooth
Schulz is a travelling dentist, though he hasn't practiced in some time. Speaking of which ...
a reclining nude
a sign declaring "Pussy Wagon"
How long has it been since Schulz has worked as a dentist?
six months
one year
three years
five years
It's just as well ... many frontier "dentists" and "doctors" had little to no qualifications.
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Why does Schulz need Django's help?
Django can point out the fugitives Schulz is hunting down
Django will recognize the Brittle brothers, who worked as overseers on the same plantation as Django.
He wants to use Django as bait to draw out the fugitives he is hunting
Schulz is a bad navigator and he needs someone to help him find his way
he doesn't -- he buys Django on a whim
Why does Schulz shoot the sheriff of Daughtrey?
he was going to shoot Schulz first
he was going to shoot Django
he was a wanted fugitive
The sheriff had tried to start life over under a new identity.
it was an accident
What is Django's wife named?
Cora
Betina
Brunhilde
Broomhilda
Her full name is "Broomhilda von Shaft," called Hildi for short.
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Why does Schulz feel responsible for Django?
Django is semi-literate and has no money
he's never been responsible for a man's freedom before
as a German, he wants to help a "real-life Siegfried"
both #2 and #3
Siegfried was the hero who rescued the Brunhilde of legend.
Who played the plantation owner "Big Daddy"?
Tom Wopat
Lloyd Bridges
Don Johnson
Big Daddy has a brief but memorable role in the vein of the Southern "colonel."
Kurt Russell
Why is Django not positive that the man on the horse is Ellis Brittle?
he never met Ellis in person
Ellis is too far away
the horse is moving too fast
he doesn't know what "positive" means
After Schulz shoots him, though, Django is "positive he's dead."
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Where does Schulz hide money and other important items?
in his saddlebags
in a compartment in the "tooth" ornament
It's also where he hides the dynamite, in the scene where Big Daddy leads an attack on his wagon.
in his whiskey flask
in the lining of his coat
Who played Calvin Candie, Hildi's new owner?
Kurt Russell
Michael Parks
Kevin Kline
Leonardo diCaprio
Michael Parks, a staple of Tarantino films, has a bit role later in the film.
Who played Stephen, Candie's oldest and most-trusted servant?
Laurence Fishburne
Morgan Freeman
Samuel L. Jackson
Jackson gave a daring performance as an "Uncle Tom," a slave who curries favor with his white masters at the expense of other slaves.
Charles Dutton
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What is Calvin Candie's plantation called?
Green Acres
Sunny Acres
Asgard
Candieland
Even when dealing with serious subjects, Tarantino likes to add touches of outright whimsy.
What title does Candie prefer to "Mister"?
Monsieur
Candie is a Francophile who doesn't speak any French.
Lord
Baron
Big Cal
What sport is Candie an aficionado of?
jousting
lawn tennis
"Mandingo fighting"
The term "Mandingo fighting" was coined by the film, but fights to the death may actually have occurred.
cricket
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What role must Django play to enter Candieland?
a potential Mandingo fighter
Schulz's valet
a black slaver
The cover story is that he's there to assess fighters that Schulz might purchase.
a simple slave
What is the name of the slave killed by dogs?
Luke
Samuel
D'Artagnan
His name, taken from "The Three Musketeers," allows Schulz to point out that Alexandre Dumas was black.
we never learn this
What member of his family does Calvin Candie live with?
his widowed mother
his widowed sister
Her name is Lara-Lee Candie Fitzwilly.
his aging father
his younger brother
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What happens when Hildi and Django are reunited at last?
she faints
He calls her, "little trouble maker." at which points she swoons to the floor; Schulz says, "You silver-tongued devil."
she wants a divorce
she reveals she's pregnant
she doesn't believe it's really him
In addition to Mandingo fighting, what interest does Candie pursue?
he bakes pastry
he collects wine
he's an amateur Egyptologist
he's an amateur phrenologist
Phrenology was based on the belief that bumps in the skull influenced personality and character.
What is the name of the slave that Schulz agrees to purchase?
D'Artgnan
Hercules
Eskimo Joe
Of course, this is only a ruse to throw in the purchase of Hildi.
Samson
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What excuse does Schulz give for wanting to buy Hildi?
he likes her looks
he likes her cooking
he enjoys speaking German with her
It's a very plausible cover story, and Candie buys it.
he thinks he can re-sell her at a profit
How does Candie learn that Schulz and Django are really interested in Hildi?
he understands more German than he lets on
he notices how Django looks at Hildi
he goes through Schulz's things on the sly
Stephen figures it out and tells him
Stephen can't wait to tell his master that he's being played.
What prevents Schulz from buying Hildi?
Candie refuses to sell out of spite
Django loses his temper and shoots Candie
Schulz refuses to shake Candie's hand
nothing prevents it
Schulz does buy Hildi and gets her freedom papers -- it's only afterward that things go sour
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Who kills Calvin Candie?
Django
Schulz
Schulz's memories of seeing a slave torn apart by dogs get the better of him.
Hildi
no one
Who saves Django from castration?
Lara-Lee
Stephen
His motives aren't pure -- he wants Django to suffer for longer than it would take him to bleed out.
Hildi
Cora
What is Django's fate to be?
hanging
burning alive
death of dehydration in the hot box
a life of backbreaking labor in the mines
Of course, being shipped away from Candieland offers the opportunity of escape.
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Who has a cameo as an employee of the LeQuint Dickey Mining Company?
Quentin Tarantino
Michael Parks
Zoe Bell
both #1 and #2
The other mining-company employee is John Jarratt, the killer in "Wolf Creek."
How does Stephen die?
he has a heart attack when Django returns
he commits suicide after Candie dies
he's kneecapped by Django and can't escape the mansion before it's dynamited
It's hard to say that he didn't have this coming to him.
he doesn't die
Why did Will Smith turn down the lead role in "Django"?
scheduling conflicts
it wasn't the lead
This might have been a discreet way of saying that he disapproved of how much Django's accomplishments depended on the help of an enlightened white man.
he disapproved of the frequent use of the n-word
his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, didn't get the role of Hildi
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What "Dukes of Hazzard" star had a small role in "Django"?
John Schneider
Tom Wopat
Wopat played the marshal of Daughtrey, Texas.
Catherine Bach
James Best
What red-hot TV series did Kerry Washington, who played Hildi, anchor?
Grey's Anatomy
Scandal
Washington plays a damage-control expert in -- appropriately enough -- Washington.
Mistresses
Orange is the New Black
Franco Nero, who had a small role, is best known for what film?
"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"
"A Fistful of Dollars"
Dario Argento's "Suspiria"
the original "Django"
He played "Amerigo," whose slave Luigi dies in a Mandingo fight.
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"Django Unchained" was criticized for which of the following?
excessive violence
excessive use of the n-word
making light of slavery
all of these
It's worth pointing out that the film also garnered NAACP Image Awards nominations -- and wins.
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