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Quizmaster JB puts BooGie and DynoWright to the test with 20 questions about this Spike Lee classic.
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On this episode of Hip Hop Movie Club, we're gonna have a little light-hearted fun and
simply do a 20 question trivia quiz about one of our favorite movies.
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:Do the Right Thing.
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:Play along.
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:See how many questions you get right.
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:And then come join us for a live screening.
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:of this classically impactful film on June 10th at the Frank Banko Alehouse Cinemas at
Steel Stacks Complex in Bethlehem, PA.
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:Let's get right into it.
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:So full disclosure, I came up with these questions.
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:Dyno Wright and Boogie have not seen these.
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:And so we'll see how they do and see how you do at home.
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:So keep score.
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:home!
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:Yeah, try this at home.
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:Comment on our YouTube post or on our, on your podcast feed and let us know how you did.
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:So 20 questions.
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:And if you want to do five points per and see what you would get out of a hundred, you know, feel free.
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:First question.
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:I call this a little softball here.
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:Multiple choice. Question one, in what year was Do the Right Thing released?
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:Was it A, 1987?
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:B, 1989?
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:C, 1991?
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:Or D, 1993?
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:So Boogie, I'll give you, crack at the first question.
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:You'll be first for the first question.
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:And if you can't get it, you can pass or whatever.
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:If you get it incorrect and DynoWright will get a chance.
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:Once you get it right, it's done.
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:Second question.
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:um DynoWright will go first.
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:So Boogie, what is your answer?
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:I'm old, but I always think of the opening line to fight the power.
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:And I'm going to go with B1989.
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:Ding ding ding ding, you got it right.
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:Correct.
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:That's a good way to, good deductive reasoning there.
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:That is correct.
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:uh You got it.
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:All right, question two.
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:This one's for Dyno Wright first.
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:What is the name of the Brooklyn neighborhood where the film takes place?
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:Is it A, Crown Heights, B, Flatbush, C, Bed-Stuy, or D, Brownsville?
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:This is Bedford Stuyvesant Bed Stuy
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:You know your stuff.
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:listen, I expect we might go perfect here, but we'll see.
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:ah You guys know your stuff.
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:Like, listen, we've done over 100 episodes.
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:This is one of our favorite episodes.
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:This is one of our favorite movies.
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:It is a classic.
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:it wrong and looking dumb.
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:I have little faith in myself right now
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:Will we crack under the pressure?
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:Let's see.
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:All right, question three, Boogie.
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:Before he was a superstar, which comedian and future sitcom legend appears in this film as
one of Buggin Out's crew members who eggs him on after his Jordans get scuffed?
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:Is it A, Chris Rock, B, Martin Lawrence, C, Dave Chappelle, or D, Eddie Griffin?
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:yeah, this is B.
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:Martin Lawrence.
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:I can picture his voice.
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:I can picture his voice.
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:DAMN!
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:He's scuffed yo’ shoes up!
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:Hahaha!
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:Yeah, he's young in this one, he's very young.
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:But yes, it's one of the first times you see him on screen.
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:Maybe the first time, I'm not quite sure.
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:it is almost an introduction to Martin Lawrence.
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:Good one, good one, Boogie.
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:Question four, Dyno Wright.
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:What is the name of the pizzeria at the center of the film?
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:A, Brooklyn's Best, B, Sal's Famous Pizzeria, C, Vinnie's Pizza, or D, Bed-Stuy Slice?
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:It is Sal's famous pizzeria.
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:It is Sal's
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:all right question five boogie
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:Who got her start as a dancer on Soul Train and later choreographed for Bobby Brown and
opens the film dancing to fight the power in the iconic title sequence?
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:it A.
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:Halle Berry, B.
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:Rosie Perez, C.
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:Jasmine Guy, or D.
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:Regina King?
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:Rosie Perez.
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:remember the first time I saw this movie I was like oh my god Rosie Perez.
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:Yeah, Rosie Perez, we've talked about her at length in this film.
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:All right, we're a quarter of the way done and we are perfect.
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:Hope you are perfect at home or wherever you're listening to our podcast or maybe watching
on
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:Now this is kind of easy as well.
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:Some of these are kind of easy.
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:question six, Dyno Wright What song blasts from radio Raheem's boombox throughout the
film?
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:A, It Takes Two by Rob Base B, Fight the Power by Public Enemy.
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:C, Bring the Noise by Public Enemy.
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:Or D, Rebel Without a Pause by Public Enemy.
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:Let's fight the power.
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:It's Fight the power, exactly.
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:All right.
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:Question #7, BooGie who plays Sal’s Pizzeria owner? Is it a) Joe Pesci b) Robert De Niro c) Danny Aiello or d) John Turturro
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:Yes, that's my man Danny Aiello.
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:C.
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:Yeah!
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:got it.
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:All right.
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:Now this one may be a little bit trickier.
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:We'll see.
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:I don't know.
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:I don't think we're gonna stump uh Dyno Wright on this, but let's see.
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:Question number eight.
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:Before he became one of Hollywood's biggest stars, Samuel L.
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:Jackson played a supporting role in the film.
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:What was his character's name?
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:Was it A, Da Mayor, B, Mr.
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:Senor Love Daddy,
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:C.
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:Smiley or D.
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:Sweet Dick Willie?
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:Yeah.
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:Yeah.
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:We'd all like to be called Sweet Dick Willie, wouldn't we?
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:uh
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:He was Mr.
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:Love Daddy.
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:was that character, Mr.
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:Senor Love Daddy, yes.
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:uh
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:Wait, Sweet Dick Willie is from some other movies, right?
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:It was in one of the, was it one of the spoof movies?
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:we, I forget where that came from, but that is a name from one of these films.
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:ah Yes, we'll to check.
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:Robin Harris's character in this movie.
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:what's that?
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:There we go.
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:That's right.
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:That's right.
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:He did call them.
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:There you go.
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:Boogie's giving you deep cuts on here.
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:That's right.
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:Very good.
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:All right, Boogie.
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:Question nine.
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:What inciting demand does Buggin Out make of Sal that escalates tensions?
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:A.
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:Did he demand that Sal hire a black manager?
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:B.
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:Sal add black artists to his wall of fame?
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:C.
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:That Sal extend his delivery area into the neighborhood or D.
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:That Sal lowers prices for local residents.
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:Yeah, he wants Sal to add Black artists to his wall of fame.
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:Right, The famous, why are there no brothers on the wall?
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:Right?
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:Why no brothers on the wall?
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:Why no brothers on the wall?
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:Yep.
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:All right.
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:okay.
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:I'm going to say this might be one of the tougher ones as well.
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:Let's see.
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:Dyno Wright, You get first crack at this one.
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:Question 10.
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:Radio Raheem's knuckle ring speech is a riff on a scene from which classic film?
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:Is it A Scarface, B The Night of the Hunter,
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:C, taxi driver or D, apocalypse now?
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:I can repeat that if you'd like.
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:You got it right, Night of the Hunter.
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:Good one.
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:That, not a lot of people.
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:I don't know if everybody would know that.
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:They'd probably lean towards some of those more classic ones like Scarface or taxi driver.
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:All right, good job, DynoWright.
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:We are halfway through and I'm proud to say that my colleagues here and my brothers from
the Hip Hop Movie Club are still perfect.
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:Are you perfect?
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:I'ma confess though, I would have got that one wrong.
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:Hahaha!
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:luck of the draw, Dyno Wright got it.
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:was thinking I was thinking of taxi driver
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:Okay.
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:yeah.
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:I honestly would be if I didn't kind of research look it up to refresh my memory, I would
have got it wrong.
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:So good thing DynoWright got that.
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:All right.
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:Yeah.
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:Hey, we're being honest here.
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:Question 11 for Boogie.
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:Throughout much of the film, Mookie wears the jersey of a legendary baseball player.
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:Whose jersey is it?
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:And what's the number?
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:A, Willie Mays, number 24.
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:B, Hank Aaron, number.
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:44, C, Jackie Robinson, number 42, or D, Roy Campanella, number 39.
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:Jackie Robinson 42 is the one that stands out to
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:That's right.
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:It is the classic Brooklyn Dodgers Jackie Robinson.
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:got it.
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:uh
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:Dyno Wright number 12 question 12.
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:What does Mookie throw through Sal's window to ignite the riot?
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:Is it A a brick?
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:B a garbage can, C a baseball bat or D a bottle?
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:It is a garbage can.
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:It is a garbage can, right?
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:One of those cylindrical metal garbage cans.
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:Sure.
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:Most people might think it's a brick or something, but no, it's a garbage can.
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:got it.
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:Okay.
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:Still perfect here through 12 questions.
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:Boogie question 13.
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:Who plays the character known as Da mayor?
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:Is it A, Ossie Davis, B, Bill Nunn, C, Giancarlo Esposito or D, Ruby Dee?
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:Yes, this is legendary Ossie Davis.
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:You got it, Ossie Davis.
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:Correct.
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:Yes.
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:Da Mayor was a great character.
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:Yeah, was.
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:You
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:Kind of a bit of a drunkard, but uh spewing wisdom and just uh institution within the
neighborhood.
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:did, he did.
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:All right.
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:Question 14.
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:Dyno Wright.
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:The film ends with two quotes.
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:One is from Martin Luther King Jr.
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:Who wrote the other?
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:Is it A, James Baldwin, B, Malcolm X, C, Langston Hughes, or D, W.E.B.
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:Dubois?
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:DuBois
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:Oh man, ahhh.
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:uh
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:Oh, I think I'm...
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:yeah.
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:I thought I knew this right away.
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:uh I'm gonna break this streak.
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:That's gonna be me that breaks this streak.
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:All right, I'm just gonna go with my first instinct and say Malcolm X.
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:That is correct.
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:Yep.
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:Yep.
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:the the quick way to remember that is Smiley was walking around with the picture with both of them on it.
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:That's
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:And then Lee makes the Malcolm X movie not long after this.
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:And so that's why I kind of remember, like, okay, he shows Malcolm X quote and then he
does the film.
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:Mm-hmm.
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:All right.
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:Again, very good, very good.
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:May have mentioned this a little bit before as well, but anyway, I have to throw this one
in here because Giancarlo Esposito's character in the film shares his name with a bass
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:heavy, a Tribe Called Quest song from the Low End Theory album.
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:What was the character's name?
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:How about, I won't even give you the choices, Boogie, what was his name?
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:You got it, Buggin Out,
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:Hehehehehe uh
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:You got that.
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:Sorry listeners.
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:I didn't give you a multiple choice, but Exactly.
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:All right
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:Okay, here we go.
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:Dyno Wright, question 16, which actor plays Sal's hot-headed son, Pino?
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:A, Vincent D'Onofrio, B, John Turturro, C, Steve Buscemi, or D, Michael Imperioli?
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:Pino is John Turturro.
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:That's correct.
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:That's correct.
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:That's correct.
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:Okay.
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:Question 17.
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:And we're still perfect here.
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:Let's see if we can keep it going.
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:Boogie, at the beginning of the film, towards the beginning of the film, Radio Raheem walks into the Korean grocery store to buy batteries for his boombox.
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:How many D batteries does he ask for?
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:Is it A, eight, B, 20, C, 10, or D, six?
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:I'm not even, I was going to do the quote, but I'm like, can't.
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:But it's it's a B 20.
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:It is 20, 20 D batteries.
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:Man, it was expensive to keep those boom boxes going back in the day, right?
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:We did not have, people are spoiled today with smartphones and Bluetooth speakers and
chargers and yeah, we were spoiled.
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:Those things were expensive.
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:a good call.
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:That's a tricky one.
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:Yeah, that is it.
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:Not everybody knows that one.
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:Okay, so check this out.
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:We are gonna have DynoWright answer this one, I know Boogie's the sneaker head of the
crew, but listen to this.
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:Number 18, when Buggin’ Out’s fresh sneakers get scuffed by a passing cyclist, what kind of sneakers are they?
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:Are they A, Nike Air Force Ones, B, Adidas Superstars, C, Air Jordan Fours, or B,
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:Puma Clydes.
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:These are Jordans.
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:They are Jordan fours, you got it.
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:Yep, you got it.
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:Yes, yes, you got it.
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:Right, right.
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:Very good.
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:Two to go.
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:How's everybody doing out there?
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:Are you guys staying as perfect as the HHMC crew?
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:I'm very impressed.
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:All right.
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:Boogie, the white cyclist who scuffs Buggin Out's Air Jordan 4s is wearing the jersey of
which NBA legend?
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:Is it A, Julius Erving.
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:B, Patrick Ewing, C, Larry Bird, or D, Michael Jordan?
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:See you later, bird.
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:That's right.
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:Bird.
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:You
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:That whole interaction was so funny.
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:It's like, aw man.
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:It was.
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:And uh I'm gonna put my money on Dyno Wright getting this one right and keeping this
perfect streak here.
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:And I, all right.
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:The question 20, final question.
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:The film's cinematographer later went on to direct his own films such as Juice and Bones
among many others.
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:Is it A, Barry Jenkins, B, Ernest Dickerson, C, Bradford Young, or D, Roger Deakins?
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:This is Ernest Dickerson.
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:You got it right!
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:Great job. Slam dunk!
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:We did it.
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:We did it, boogie.
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:We did it.
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:on it.
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:We did not, I did not reveal this to the guys.
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:They did not look at these.
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:We did not prepare.
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:I'm going to say, you know what?
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:Some of these were kind of layups, but again, it's only because these guys know this movie
inside out.
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:I like a lot of folks.
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:I'm really interested to see how you did.
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:So if you guys took this quiz along with us, thank you for taking the quiz.
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:and let us know how you did.
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:Drop a comment below, post a comment in our feed and let us know how you did.
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:Hope you enjoyed playing along because this film is just chock full of memorable scenes and trivia.
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:And we're excited to present it at the SteelStacks at Frank Banko Alehouse Cinemas on June 10th, so come join us.
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:June 10th, y'all.
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:Be there.
