Answers to Friday Funday Trivia: Eddie Murphy Films... No Sequels

 

Before getting to the answers, here are the names of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishers this week. 

1st place- Michelle: 51 pts... awesome job!

2nd place- Rich and Teresa: 38 pts each

3rd place- Nate: 36  pts 

Going into the final week of the September contest, here are the standings so far:

Michelle: 145 pts

Rich: 136 pts

Teresa: 122 pts
Nate: 101 pts

Becky: 87 pts

Jenna: 86pts

 1-5

1. 2 pts- Beverly Hills Cop

2. 2 pts- Coming to America. This character gets a job working at what local fast food restaurant?  3 bonus pts- McDowell's

3. 2 pts- Trading Places
4. 2 pts- Vampire in Brooklyn
5. 2 pts- Boomerang

6-10

6. 3 pts- Tower Heist

7. 2 pts- Dr. Doolittle. To date, this film has generated how many sequels? 3 bonus pts- Believe it or not, there have been 4 sequels (Dr. Doolittle 2, Dr. Doolittle 3, Dr. Doolittle: Tail to the Chief, and Dr. Doolittle: Million Dollar Mutts). The first sequel is the only one to star Eddie Murphy. The other 3 sequels (all of which were direct-to-video releases) featured Kyla Pratt (Maya Doolittle) as the lead character.

8. 2 pts- The Distinguished Gentleman
9. 2 pts- Shrek
10. 4 pts- The Golden Child

11-15

11. 3 pts- Showtime

12. 4 pts- Life (the screenshot is from the "Boom Boom Room" fantasy sequence scene)- Nobody got this correct

13. 2 pts- 48 Hours In this film, what brand of candy bar was this character given as his dinner? 4 bonus pts- Zagnut (I was impressed at the number of people who got this correct)
14. 2 pts- The Nutty Professor
15. 6 pts- Bowfinger- Michelle was the only player to get this correct. You can watch the scene that contains the screenshot here.