Goldman's Princess Bride Hunt
an Internet Treasure Hunt on screenplays

created by Ms. Parry
Grand Avenue Middle School

Introduction | The Questions | Internet Resources


Introduction


The Main Attraction is about to start! Grab your brain and head for the further reaches of cyberspace. There's a lot to learn in this information age. Using the Web allows you to discover tons more than you may have ever known possible. Below is a list of questions about William Goldman's The Princess Bride. Surf the Internet links on this page to find answers to the questions. Don't forget to go after the blockbuster Big Question. Have fun and avoid the villain with six fingers on his right hand.




Questions

  1. Visit my schoolnotes.com webpage and look at the photograph from the movie The Princess Bride. Based on the boy's apparel, name a sports team that he must like. (I hope you enjoy the music from the movie!)

  2. Many thousands of registered members of IMDb (Internation Movie Database) rated the movie The Princess Bride, and it placed in the TOP 250 out of all movies ranked. What was its average rating out of 10 POINTS?

  3. William Goldman wrote the screenplays for which two movies that came out in 1976? (BTW, he also wrote the novel that one of them was based on.)

  4. In The Princess Bride poster that includes photos from the movie: A) What is Princess Buttercup wearing on her head? - OR - B) What is Inigo Montoya holding in his hand in the lower right-hand photo?

  5. According to William Goldman's conference on The Movie Zone, WHAT MOVIE changed everything in the movie business because 'before then Hollywood was content with a little profit, but now they want every movie to do 100 million dollars...'? (This was perhaps the first blockbuster movie.)

  6. According to IMDb, one of the Continuity Goofs in The Princess Bride involves Buttercup running across the countryside with the Man In Black. What happens to her red tights? (Continuity goof = when there is an illogical or unexplainable difference between what someone or something looks like from one shot to another. Ex. - If someone is eating a sandwich that has bites taken out of it, and later, the same sandwich is completely uneaten.)

  7. 'Buttercup's Princess Bride Page' discusses Morgenstern VS Goldman. According to the fan who created this webpage, 'Florin' and 'Guilder' actually are British and Dutch names for WHAT? (ex. 'Oak' and 'maple' = names for trees)

  8. Go to Random House's links to The Princess Bride fan sites, and click on 'Dread Pirate Roberts' Princess Bride Page.' Now click on the big, pale blue/red box at the top of this fan page. According to the beginning of the song, the singer is going to tell you WHAT KIND OF TALE?

  9. Curtis' Fabulous Princess Bride Page lists many popular lines from The Princess Bride. According to Inigo's most famous line, what should the person who killed his father 'prepare to do'?

  10. According to 'The Princess Bride: The Good Parts Webpage,' what is the REAL NAME of the author who sometimes uses this pseudonym: S. MORGENSTERN? (Pseudonym = author's made up name. For example, Mark Twain is the pseudonym of Samuel Clemens)

  11. When William Goldman asked his two young daughters what they'd like him to write about, what did they answer? ('Princess Bride Good Parts Website - The Book' - includes this anecdote.)

  12. According to the map of the setting of The Princess Bride, what are the names of the two main towns in the story? (Bonus: If you've answered all the other questions in this hunt, what do you now know that makes you think these are or aren't real towns?)

  13. (A) How many stars did Roger Ebert award to The Princess Bride? (B) What does he say is the movie's funniest scene?

  14. Bill Hunt writes that The Princess Bride is 'AN ALMOST PERFECT MOVIE.' According to Hunt, one major reason is the SCREENPLAY. What other major reason makes this movie so special?

  15. When you click on EXCERT Page 1 from Amazon's sample pages from The Princess Bride, you will read: 'This is my favorite book in all the world, though I have never read it. How is such a thing possible? I'll do my best to explain.' Based on the explanation that the author then gives, how can his favorite book be one that HE NEVER READ? (Warning - Sometimes this Amazon webpage doesn't work properly. IF you encounter this problem, write 'webpage doesn't load.')

  16. According to a list of over 40 Mistakes from the movie, The Princess Bride: 'When Westley and Inigo are duelling, Westley flings his sword so that it sticks into the ground and then athletically flips from a bar to where the sword is and nonchalantly reaches down and back and takes it out of the ground.' Why is this a mistake?

  17. Visit the GAMES page at 'The Princess Bride: The Good Parts Website,' and click on: 'Play a Java-based Princess Bride Word Search.' To begin a game, click on 'New Game.' List at least one TITLE (or theme) of those many different Java-based Word Searches. (Try one or more, when you have extra time.)

  18. Based on IMBd information, how old is Mandy Patinkini, who played Inigo Montoya in The Princess Bride?

  19. Click on the SOUNDS GALLERY link at The Princess Bride Sound Gallery, and then click on the 'In Chronological Order' link. Based on the sounds listed, what is the VERY FIRST SOUND you hear in the movie? (in chronological order = in time order)

  20. (Answer this question AFTER you answer the one about the first SOUND heard in the movie.) In 'The Princess Bride' IMAGES GALLERY, find and click on the 'Movie Stills' link. Then, look at what Mom is doing in the first photo. (You can click on the photo to see a larger version of it.) Finally, putting the visual and sound clues together, HOW MUST THE BOY FEEL?

  21. (A) What actor plays Fezzik, the gentle giant, in the 1987 movie, The Princess Bride? (B) How many years after the movie came out did this beloved actor die?

  22. Based on the cover of the 1st Edition of The Princess Bride, who abridged 'The 'good parts' version'?

  23. (A) What color are the Abridging Comments in the 1st Edition of The Princess Bride?
    (B) According to the first abridging comments, WHY are they in a different color from the rest of the text?





The Internet Resources


The Big Question

You've learned a lot about the novel and movie versions of William Goldman's The Princess Bride.
Exactly what do you think you'll particularly enjoy and/or dislike about the movie The Princess Bride, and why?
(If you've already seen the movie, exactly what did you particularly enjoy &/or dislike about it?





Thanks to C. V. Tharp, creator of 'The Princess Bride: The Good Parts Website'
(aka The Definitive Work on Pain). CLICK here to go to his website.



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