MAD ABOUT REDLANDS QUIZ TIME

KAREN BERGMAN

THERE ARE ALWAYS THOSE WHO CAN’T WAIT TO GET ON THEIR RUNNING SHOES OR PUMP UP THE TIRES ON THEIR BICYCLE FOR THEIR NEXT RIDE OR WHOSE FINGERS ARE ITCHING TO PULL UP THOSE NASTY WEEDS AROUND THEIR PRIZED DAHLIA. THERE ARE ALSO THOSE WHO PREFER TO BE GIVEN THE SHORT VERSION OF THE STORY WITHOUT ALL THE PERSPIRATION. THIS QUIZ IS FOR THOSE WHO ALWAYS “LIKED THE MOVIE BETTER”.

MATCH THE MOVIE WITH THE REDLANDS ACTIVITY

1. Run Through Redlands 5. 97th Annual Flower Show

2. Redlands Bicycle Classic 6. Shakespeare Festival

3. Princess at the Castle 7. Great All American Youth Circus

4. Redlands Symphony 8. City of Redlands

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A. August Rush F. Little Shop of Horrors

B. Breaking Away G.The Greatest Show on Earth or Dumbo

C. Chariots of Fire H.The Wild One

D. West Side Story I. Sleeping Beauty

E. The Rocketeer

ANSWERS:  1-C:The Oscar-winning movie focusing on the rivalry between two British runners at the 1924 summer Olympics appeared in theaters two years before the first Run through Redlands. 2-B:An early Dennis Quaid flick about young men in a small Indiana town who take a chance in a bike race. 3-I:Fantasyland in Redlands. 4-A: This film opens our ears to the music of life. 5-F: When something goes horribly wrong in the hot house. 6-D: Leonard Bernstein’s musical remake of Romeo and Juliet, circa 1961. 7-G: Depending on your generation, one of these movies about a circus is the first to pop into your mind. 8-E: There is a surprising mention by Jennifer Connelly in this retro sci-fi film that she is going to visit her relatives in Redlands.“H” doesn’t match anything – which matches the mood and attitude of Marlon Brando in this 1953 motorcycle gang flick. When asked “What are you rebelling against?”, Brando replies, “Whadda ya got?”