Prepare to cease all productivity - it's Movies.xls

Who knew a spreadsheet could be so entertaining...Check out Movies.xls (aka: FilmWise Invisibles™ Quizzes)

Inside is a listing of still frames from 72 popular movies - all you have to do is guess the name of the movie and the spreadsheet will tell you if it's true or false. The only thing is, the bodies behind the actors/actresses have been removed (think special effects in the Invisible Man).

Warning: When guessing the titles you have to be 100% accurate to get a "True" response, so watch out for "the's", apostrophes, or commas. And lastly, there's one typo I've come across so far (#63). So, how many can you get? I've currently got 31 out of 72.

Update on 2.13.04: That's it, all 72 are mine!!! So relieved that I won't have to spend any more time on that damn spreadsheet. Thanks to L, R, G, etc for all the hints. Now what I'd like to do is release a cleaned up version of that spreadsheet...if anyone knows how to unlock it, lemme know please. 

Also, does anyone know how the images in this spreadsheet were created?? I can understand editting out the faces, arms, etc - but how were they able to put what previously wasn't visible there?

Update on 3.9.05: Still want more?? Here's a whole new world of hurt (aka - The new version Movies.xls - NameThatFilm.xls

Update on 3.10.05: Found some additional links to more FilmWise Invisibles™ Quizzes (or .xls) games on BoingBoing - along with a ton of other spreadsheet movie games (complete with answers)

 

Ok, for those who have struggled long enough - here's the movies.xls file with all the answers. Please use this knowledge wisely.

Comments

[adam]

Ok, here's the list of what I've got so far...how bout you?

1,5,8,9,10,15,16,18,21,24,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,38,47,49,51,53,54,57,58,59,61,63,66,67,70,71

[adam]

looks like some #'s got cut off :(
51,53,54,57,58,59,61,63,66,67,70,71

that's it for now, up to 32 total.

[Nick]

Well... what are the answers? I have at least half of them.

[adam]

I'm gonna wait a day or two before I post them. Just to ensure maximum frustration for all the people still working on it :)

[Nathan]

So can we get some hints about these Movie questions. I have 62 and can't call my life complete till I get the last 10.

[adam]

I'll put the answers out tomorrow. I have the file saved on a different computer than the one I'm at now.

[Lynn]

I enjoyed this! Know where any similar puzzles are?

[adam]

can't say i do, also depends on what you mean by similar...like movie puzzles or puzzles
where you have to guess images, etc.

Something that might be close to the latter
is this one...Movie Alphabet quiz (although link appears to be broken as of 3.23)

[Mark]

So where do i find the answers to NameThatFilm.xls. It would be greatly appreciated. Mark

[Prasanth Narayanan]

GREAT ONE..... REALLY ENJOYED IT DEUDE..... BTW HOW DID U EVER COME UP WITH THE IDEA????

[adam]

Don't have the answers to NameThatFilm.xls, sorry :(

[Cameron Griffin]

for the answers... the sneaky way go into VB (macros, play) in the project pane right click on sheet two, view object, select all, copy, paste in a new doc, unhide column a-c.

using this knowledge we could do it in a different way... in the cell where you type the answer in type "='sheet2'!b[question number plus 1]" i.e. question 10 you would put the cell reference b11

[Geri]

Can anyone get the answers to questions 59 (2 cops and guy in trench coat) & 44 (guy with wet nipples drinking beer) in the latest namethatfilm quiz? Its driving me nuts

[Dubourdieu Martín]

the guy with wet nipples drinking beer film i think it is Kingpin, the one with woody harrelson

[chris]

does anyone have the answers for namethatfilm?

[Geri]

Yeah. Have all but no. 44.

[mike]

44 is First Blood

[Geri]

ha ha ha ha! VICTORY IS MINE!

Anyone need any other answers?

[chris]

i need 9,14,15,23,29,53