Blockbuster's Dysfunctional Families Trivia and Giveaway

The Holiday Season is officially here! That means lots of great food and shopping and gifts and of course your family. To help you cope with the holidays, I have teamed up with Blockbuster to remind you that your family might not be as dysfunctional as you think. Blockbuster has composed a list of Dysfunctional Family Movies for you to enjoy.

The list of movies are Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Scent of a Woman, Hannah and her Sisters, Nobody’s Fool, Home for the Holidays, Pieces of April, The Ice Storm, and The House of Yes. Blockbuster has also complied a fun trivia game for me to share with you. All of the questions have come from these eight movies.
Here are the questions:

1. In Nobody’s Fool, Paul Newman’s character Sully lives in a rooming house owned by?
A. His eighth-grade teacher
B. His ex-wife
C. His doctor
D. His childhood neighbor

2. In Nobody’s Fool, Paul Newman’s character Sully is best friends with a mildly retarded handyman named?
A. Bernard
B. Rub
C. Lenny
D. Catch

3. In Planes, Trains and Automobiles, how does Steve Martin’s character Neal meet annoying salesman Del (John Candy)?
A. They share a cab to the airport.
B. They get trapped in a hotel elevator together.
C. They sit next to each other on a plane.
D. They meet as distant relatives at a family reunion.

4. After a few too many drinks in Home for the Holidays, Geraldine Chaplin’s character Gladys confesses?
A. She used to be a burlesque dancer.
B. Her long-ago lust for Henry.
C. She has been married four times.
D. Her mother never loved her.

5. In Scent of a Woman, Al Pacino’s character Frank, who is a blind, retired army colonel, intends to visit his family, have a few terrific meals, sleep with a beautiful woman and, finally?
A. Commit suicide
B. Undergo an experimental eye surgery
C. Move to an isolated cabin in the woods
D. Fall in love for the first time

6. When Katie Holmes’ character April decides to cook a Thanksgiving feast for her family in Pieces of April, what occurrence threatens to ruin her meal?
A. Her electricity goes out.
B. She forgets to thaw the turkey.
C. She gets the flu.
D. Her oven doesn’t work.

7. In The Ice Storm, Christina Ricci’s 14-year-old character Wendy is obsessed with what subject matter?
A. Animal autopsies
B. Socrates
C. The Watergate scandal
D. Snow

8. Michael Caine’s character Elliot in Hannah and Her Sisters is married, but spends the majority of the film lusting after?
A. His wife’s sister Lee
B. Lee’s live-in boyfriend Frederick
C. His wife’s sister Holly
D. His ex-wife

9. In Hannah and Her Sisters, Diane Wiest’s character Holly is a recovering?
A. Alcoholic
B. Co-dependent
C. Cocaine addict
D. Bulimic

10. Where does Josh Hamilton’s character Marty Pascal meet his fiancé Lesly in The House of Yes?
A. The grocery store
B. A doughnut shop
C. On the subway
D. During a date with another woman

11. In The House of Yes, Parker Posy’s character Jackie is obsessed with:
A. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
B. William Shakespeare
C. Her brother’s finance
D. Civil War reenactments


Thank you to Blockbuster for providing me with two complimentary dvds and providing the Dysfunctional Families Prize Pack for the giveaway.

I also have a giveaway for you.

One (1) lucky reader will win a Dysfunctional Families Prize Pack which contains two (2) of the eight movies from the list above and a ten dollar Blockbuster gift card.

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