This Contest Has Ended.  Congratulations to KIM!!!

(Oh and the answers are below as well!)

So, did you survive?  No, I am not talking about the Turkey or the Football or even the crazed shoppers.  I am talking about one thing.  Yeah, you know what it is….FAMILY.  And nothing  brings out the crazy in us all like our family’s during the Holidays.

Well, for fun, BLOCKBUSTER has a list of movies that will help you see that everything is relative. According to BLOCKBUSTER’s Dysfunctional Family Poll, “Nobody’s Fool,” featuring Paul Newman as Sully, a cranky, sarcastic patriarch whose son and grandson unexpectedly show up for Thanksgiving dinner tops the list as the most dysfunctional turkey day.  A close second is “Planes, Trains & Automobiles,” which features Steve Martin struggling to get home for Thanksgiving while being unavoidably accompanied by the endlessly irritating shower curtain-ring salesman Del Griffith, played by John Candy.

According to the poll conducted this month and which received approximately 8,800 responses, the remainder are:

1. Nobody’s Fool
   
2. Planes, Trains and Automobiles
   
3. Home for the Holidays
   
4. Scent of a Woman
   
5. Pieces of April
   
6. The Ice Storm
   
7. Hannah and Her Sisters
   
8. The House of Yes
   

Now, if you have been here at 3Ps in a Pod long enough, you have probably figured out that I love to try and make people laugh AND I love movies.  So here is what we are going to do.  I have some trivia questions from the Top 8 Movies from BLOCKBUSTER’s Dysfunctional Family Poll.

You then take a few minutes and send me an email with the correct answers at 3girlzmama at gmail dot com with BLOCKBUSTER’s Dysfunctional Family Thanksgiving in the subject line.  The person with the most correct answers will be the winner of the trivia contest! The winner will receive a Surviving the Holidays Prize Pack which includes a $10 BLOCKBUSTER gift card and two movies from the Dysfunctional Family Movie list.

Now remember, BLOCKBUSTER stores are open this weekend, so you can pick up these titles and more for a fun-filled day of entertainment. While you are there, they are also having some unbeatable deals that may be just what you need for a gift on someone’s Holiday Wish List!

Ready for the Trivia 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

Got them all?  Okay!  Now remember to email them to me at 3girlzmama at gmail dot com with BLOCKBUSTER’s Dysfunctional Family Thanksgiving in the subject line.  DO THIS NO LATER THAN SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5th, at 12 NOON.  The winner will be announced as soon as possible after that.  If there is a tie for the MOST CORRECT ANSWERS, the winner will be selected at random using Random.org.

I wrote this post on behalf of BLOCKBUSTER without compensation, just because it seemed fun.  Enjoy!