Hood Movie Trivia: The Hardest Questions
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Questions & Answers
How old were the Hughes Brothers when they directed Menace II Society?
Answer: 21
Albert and Allen followed it with Dead Presidents two years later.
Who plays O-Dog in Menace II Society?
Answer: Larenz Tate
The same year audiences met him as O-Dog, Love Jones was still four years away.
Which Watts landmark do Caine and O-Dog cruise past — where is Menace II Society set?
Answer: Watts, Los Angeles
The Hughes Brothers shot on location in Watts and Crenshaw.
Who directed Juice — and what was his previous job?
Answer: Ernest Dickerson, Spike Lee's cinematographer
Juice was his directorial debut.
What role does Tupac play in Juice?
Answer: Bishop
His unraveling turned a heist-gone-wrong movie into a horror film.
In New Jack City, what does CMB stand for?
Answer: Cash Money Brothers
Nino Brown's empire, headquartered in a fortified apartment building.
What's the name of the apartment complex the CMB takes over?
Answer: The Carter
Lil Wayne later named a whole album series after it.
Who plays Cleo in Set It Off?
Answer: Queen Latifah
Widely considered one of the boldest performances of the decade.
Paid in Full is loosely based on which three real Harlem figures?
Answer: Rich Porter, AZ, and Alpo
The Roc-A-Fella-produced film became a cult classic.
What's the name of Tupac's character in Above the Rim?
Answer: Birdie
Menacing in a way that shocked fans who knew him from Juice.
Who directed Belly — and what was he famous for first?
Answer: Hype Williams, the music video king
It remains his only feature film; every frame looks like a video.
In Fresh (1994), what game does the 12-year-old hero use to outthink everyone?
Answer: Chess
Samuel L. Jackson plays his speed-chess-hustling father.
Clockers was directed by Spike Lee, adapting whose novel?
Answer: Richard Price's
Martin Scorsese produced — he originally planned to direct it himself.
What was John Singleton's 2001 return to South Central called?
Answer: Baby Boy
Tyrese Gibson and a scene-stealing Ving Rhames.
In Dead Presidents, what do the crew rob?
Answer: An armored money truck
The 'dead presidents' are old bills headed for destruction.
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