Home Alone 2: Lost in New York by RobinJRichards

Champion(s):

WalkerAJ
Enjoying life's simple pleasures since 1985.


Runner(s)-Up:

Commodore
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Quiz Description

No meta booby traps this time.

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Questions:

While Kevin winds up in New York, Kevin's family all boarded a flight to THIS CITY instead for another one of those "how does Kevin's dad afford these types of trips for 14 people AND that house?" type of trips.

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Miami

Kevin gets the idea to stay at [the answer to Q4] by seeing the end credits of THIS OBVIOUSLY FAKE GAME SHOW.

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Ding-Dang-Dong

THIS REAL LIFE GAME SHOW HOST was the host for [the answer to Q2].

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Bob Eubanks

Kevin manages to get a room at THIS HOTEL, It gets its name from its location alongside an area named after The Grand Army at 5th Ave and 58th St.

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Plaza Hotel

Kevin uses THIS ELECTRONIC TOY to record lines and other sounds throughout the film. The toy itself was a non-working prop and didn't exist but after the film it was put into production by Tiger Electronics and sold very well.

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Talkboy

Because [the answer to Q4] did not have one of THESE AREAS in the building, a scene involving one (and a small wardrobe malfunction in it) had to be filmed at the Four Seasons in Chicago..

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Swimming Pool

We all know the Wet Bandits make another appearance in this film. We also know their names are Harry and Marv. What are THEIR LAST NAMES?

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(Harry) Lime & (Marv) Merchants

This was the name of the GANGSTER FILM SEQUEL used in the Home Alone 2. It sounds somewhat similar to the first one. Kevin uses this to get after the Concierge and his staff.

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Angels With Filthier Souls

You knew it was coming: While inside [the answer to Q4] Kevin runs into Donald Trump (who owned it at that time) and asks for directions to the Lobby. He replies with THIS SEVEN WORD DIRECTIONAL ANSWER thus paving his way to the White House ala Reagan.

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"Down the Hall and to the left." [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXE3Ku-mGrk]

THIS ACTRESS and member of the Brat Pack played a ticket agent. She had also starred in Chris Columbus' film "Only the Lonely" alongside fellow Home Alone alum John Candy.

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Ally Sheedy

THIS ACTOR played the Concierge at [the answer to Q4]. He spends the whole film trying to prove that Kevin is staying alone in the hotel.

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Tim Curry

Sung by Darlene Love and accompanied by the E Street Band, THIS SONG is playing as Kevin crosses the East River heading into Manhattan from the airport and all throughout a montage of New York City sites, including a very sigh inducing aerial shot from atop the World Trade Center.

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All Alone on Christmas

As Uncle Frank was taking a shower and SINGING THIS 60s TUNE, Kevin records him yelling "Go any, you nosy little pervert." It comes in handy a little later in the film.

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Cool Jerk

In the poster for Home Alone 2, the Wet Bandits can be seen behind Kevin peeking around THIS NEW YORK SKYSCRAPER.

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Empire State Building

**TWO ANSWERS** Right as Kevin lays eyes on [the answer to Q4], he runs into a lady (played by Brenda Fricker) covered in THESE BIRDS. He later meets her in Central Park and finds out she lives in THIS VENUE. Her birds come in handy at the end when they attack the (literally) sticky Wet Bandits.

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Pigeons, Carnegie Hall

When the bellhop (played by Rob Schneider) motions Kevin to give him a tip, Kevin pays him with a stick of THIS BRAND OF GUM and says that there's more where that came from .

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Fruit Stripe

The Wet (or Sticky) Bandits hide in THIS TOY STORE until Midnight in order to steal all their money. Kevin is well on top of the case to prevent it.

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Duncan's (Toy Chest)

As a booby trap, when Marv tries to enter Kevin's Uncle's house, he is attacked three times (the buttocks, the groin and the face) with one of THESE TOOLS.

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Nail Gun

Kevin's mom thinks to look for and eventually finds Kevin at THIS NEW YORK LANDMARK simply because Kevin wanted to see a Christmas Tree.

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Rockefeller Center

Kevin's $967 room service bill listed 6 SPECIFIC DESSERT ITEMS (in mass quantities) billed to the room, Name any TWO DESSERT ITEMS (you don't need to list how many, just the items themselves. Also, in the spirit of the booby traps questions last time, if you're in the ballpark with what is in ALL CAPS, you're good.)

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2 CHOCOLATE CAKES, 6 CHOCOLATE MOUSSES with chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry ice cream topped with M&M's, chocolate sprinkles, cherries, nuts, marshmallows, caramel syrup, chocolate syrup, strawberry syrup, whipped cream, and bananas, 6 custard FLANS, 1 PASTRY CART, 8 STRAWBERRY TARTS, and 36 CHOCOLATE COVERED STRAWBERRIES.