The Den of Geek Weekly Quiz! Movie & TV Vacations

Wednesdays. The post-lunch slump of any working week. They’re too far from the weekend to taste the promised freedom, and too far from Mondays to kid yourself that a fresh start is still possible. What you need on Wednesdays, every Wednesday, at 12 o’clock BST and 7 o’clock ET, is a bit of distraction and a pat on the back. You need The Den of Geek Weekly Quiz.

12 original movie, TV and geeky questions, on a chosen theme, once a week, every week. Join us to test your trivia knowledge, have a bit of fun, compare results, let us know what you think (Too easy? Too long? Not enough questions about Police Academy?) and – when we eventually get leaderboards sorted – make others gasp at your trivia mastery. There may even be prizes in the pipeline…

Week two: movie and TV summer holidays. You can almost smell the sun lotion.

Movie & TV Summer Vacations

1. What’s the name of the mountain resort in where Jennifer Grey’s character and her family spend the summer in Dirty Dancing (1987)?

a) Red Oaks
b) Kellerman’s
c) Steiner Mountain Resort
d) Camp Krusty

2. In Star Trek: TNG episode “Captain’s Holiday”, how does Riker embarrass Picard on “pleasure planet” Risa?

a) Gets him to buy a souvenir that advertises the Captain’s sexual availability
b) Swaps his swimming trunks for a child’s size
c) Teaches him a saucy phrase in the local dialect
d) Writes “I Heart Riker” on his back in sun lotion

3. Which 16-year-old US actor provided the voice of Erin in 1996 The Simpsons episode “Summer of 4’2”, in which Lisa gets popular while the family are staying at Flanders’ beach house?

a) Jessica Simpson
b) Kristen Bell
c) Zooey Deschanel
d) Christina Ricci

4. On vacation in Santa Cruz in 1986, a little girl encounters her doppelganger in a beachside funhouse and stops speaking in which 2019 horror movie?

a) Midsommar
b) Us
c) It: Chapter Two
d) Saint Maud

5. In Doctor Who episode “Midnight”, David Tennant’s Ten takes an ill-fated shuttle tour to visit a waterfall made of sapphires. Which actor, who also appeared in BBC fantasy Merlin, joined him in the guest cast?

a) Colin Salmon
b) Colin Firth
c) Colin Morgan
d) Colin Baker

6. In 2011 Brit TV-spinoff comedy The Inbetweeners Movie, the boys go to Malia in Greece. To which country – also the birthplace of actor Errol Flynn – do they go in The Inbetweeners 2?

a) Bali
b) Hawaii
c) Australia
d) Thailand

7. Florence Pugh’s character Dani is crowned what after a trip to Sweden with her boyfriend and his pals goes awry in Ari Aster’s 2019 film Midsommar?

a) May Queen
b) Freya
c) The Wheel Goddess
d) Lady of the Lake  

8. Which Oscar-winning musician guest-starred as The Countess in American Horror Story: Hotel?

a) Billie Eilish
b) Annie Lennox
c) Jennifer Hudson
d) Lady Gaga

9. At which tourist spot on the American/Canadian border do Jim and Pam get married in The Office (US)?

a) Lake Erie
b) The Thousand Islands
c) Niagara Falls
d) Birds of Vermont Museum in Burlington

10. Mike White, the creator of luxury travel-themed HBO drama The White Lotus, also wrote the screenplay for which Richard Linklater movie?

a) Hit Man
b) Slacker
c) Bad News Bears
d) School of Rock

11. 2022 satire Triangle of Sadness starring Woody Harrelson was mostly set aboard a superyacht whose real name is Christina O, and was formerly owned by which family?

a) Onassis
b) Getty
c) Rockefeller
d) Kardashian

12. In the Friends episode “The One at the Beach”, which character pees on Monica after she’s stung by a jellyfish?

a) Chandler
b) Bonnie
c) Rachel
d) Joey

Answers!

Correct answers: 1b, 2a, 3d, 4b, 5c, 6c, 7a, 8d, 9c, 10d, 11a, 12d

0 – 4 Do you need a holiday? A little bit of rest might do you good – why not bone up on some movies and TV shows while you’re at it?

5 – 8 Not bad! Do you spend your time off watching Netflix, by any chance?

9 – 12 First class all the way! You’re right at the front of the priority boarding queue.