{"id":785,"date":"2017-01-31T16:30:58","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T15:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/?p=65452\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:05","slug":"movie-buffs-battle-it-out-at-erasmus-film-quiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2017\/01\/31\/movie-buffs-battle-it-out-at-erasmus-film-quiz\/","title":{"rendered":"Movie buffs battle it out at Erasmus Film Quiz"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Quizmaster Bart van Oort and host Jochem Smit watch the crowd as they come up with answers to the trivia<\/span><\/p>

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How does one earn the title \u2018Movie Buff\u2019? Is it given to those who can list all the roles Adam Sandler has played over the years, or does it require a more astute knowledge capable of naming the soundtrack featured in Gone with The Wind<\/em> on demand? \u00a0On Monday night, the title \u2018Movie Buff\u2019 was redefined as Rotterdam\u2019s finest film scholars got up from the sofa to test their expertise at the annual Erasmus Film Quiz.<\/p>\n

The 46th<\/sup> edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam is currently in full swing, and as is tradition since 2013, the Erasmus University joined forces with the festival to produce a live quiz show at the Schouwburg. For those who haven\u2019t been to one of these before, it\u2019s a bit like the game show Jeopardy, but instead of 3 contestants, there are 27 teams grouped into egg-shaped clusters. With an excellent yet challenging curation of trivia addressing everything from Schindler\u2019s List<\/em> to Mr. T, only the most dedicated of movie-goers would walk away with the top prize.<\/p>\n

Feeling Stumped<\/h3>

\u201cI used to rag on my roommate for not knowing anything about the cinema, but now I know he feels,\u201d said IBCOM student Alp Gasimov. \u201cThey would play fragments of films and I wouldn\u2019t recognize them at all. Guess I should stop rewatching the Matrix trilogy and move onto some more of the classics.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gasimov, however, wasn\u2019t the only one feeling stumped by the quiz.<\/p>\n

\u201cTonight, we were given a lecture in film,\u201d admitted Stephan Sunnen, whose team, the Luxemboyz, finished in 17th<\/sup> place. \u201cWe came into this thinking we knew quite a bit about the movies. That just wasn\u2019t the case.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Thierry Verhoeven celebrates victory with Team Frameland<\/span><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>

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Fortunately, like any good movie, a clear winner emerged in the end. The team of movie buffs went by the name Frameland, and it came as no surprise to EM that all five members were film reviewers themselves.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m getting a bit older so I can\u2019t remember all these names, but that is what\u2019s so beautiful about team collaboration. When one person doesn\u2019t remember, the others can give clues to help us say \u2018Oh yeah, that guy is from that movie\u2019 or something like that,\u201d Anne Bilsson of Frameland told EM. \u201cWe watched, we saw, we conquered.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd we had drinks\u201d, laughed teammate George Vermij.<\/p>\n

The International Film Festival Rotterdam is set to run through February 5th.<\/p>\n\n\t

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