Those that played acquitted themselves impressively, but turnout was disappointing. Maybe trivia doesn’t play well in summer.

The winners are the veteran Russ (10+0) and up-and-comer Mike de la Loyola (9+1.) We’d like to welcome Senor de la Loyola to the competition and ask why his downstate posse never take part in the fun.

Johann and MB came in tied for second with scores of 8+1 and 9+0 respectively.

Everyone knew that Dustin Hoffman was our mystery theme.

1.  “(??)  is a truly dreadful film, a lifeless, massive, lumbering exercise in failed comedy.”

Ishtar – I’ve only seen bits of this. It didn’t look that bad.

2. “…plastics, an apt description for the artificial people and attitudes around him.”

The Graduate – and with the initial word of this blurb, the theme of this quiz was given away. Or should have been.

3. “Still powerful story of two losers in New York.”

Midnight Cowboy – one of the trilogy of movies (along with the Graduate and Little Big Man) that established Hoffman as one of the greats.

4. “Milk bottles and related metaphors feature prominently as breast fetish stand-ins, but with a decidedly peculiar asymmetrical preference for just the left one.”

Meet the Fockers – Russ was the only one who knew this. He never misses a nipple reference.

5. “It’s half a brilliant political satire, half a wacky outrageous comedy of errors. The first half works, the second half doesn’t.”

Wag the Dog – Hoff was the funniest thing in this movie. "Grace! Teaser!"

6. “a perfect setup for some funny and provocative jabs at women’s lib, gender consciousness, equal rights, sexual freedom, as well as soap operas.”

Tootsie – I’ve never seen it.

7. “It provides the most observant study of working journalists we’re ever likely to see in a feature film.”

All the President’s Men – I’ve never seen it, but know how it went down.

8. “This excellent struggle of a dad to keep his son by his side is a pure classic, with (him) at his best.”

Kramer vs. Kramer – I’ve never seen it, but still would have answered this question correctly.

9. “Brazenly manipulative Oscar bait — and it worked.”

Rain Man – It gets annoying after repeated viewings, but Valeria Golina’s accent stays hot.

10. “An American classic, (it) seeks to rectify Western history with this engrossing account of the colorful life of 121-year-old Jack Crabb.”

Little Big Man – a very funny movie.

Bonus Question

What role did this actor play on the Simpsons? (I’ll accept either the character’s name or his profession. Either of those two things will be acceptable.)

Mr. Bergstrom, Lisa’s substitue teacher – Johann actually remembered his name.