Bruce Willis

0:03 Calaruga Shark Media Hi am Mark Ellison. In today's theme is Bruce Willis's Birthday, die Hard, Action blockbusters and Hollywood Tough Guys. Question one, as fans celebrate Bruce Willis's birthday, recall his beginnings on what date in nineteen fifty five was he born and in which European country did his birth take place before he moved to New Jersey. Question two. In the original die Hard nineteen eighty eight, the fictional Nakatomi Plaza is the site of a Christmas Eve siege, which real life Los Angeles skyscraper served as the filming location for Nakatomi Plaza. Question three. Die Hard wasn't conceived from scratch. It adapts a late one, nine hundred and seventy s thriller, name the novel and its author that provided the basis for the film. Question four. Switching from skyscrapers to space rocks in the nineteen ninety eight blockbuster Armageddon, which director cast Bruce Willis as oil driller Harry Stamper on a mission to save Earth. Question five, Celebrating Hollywood Tough Guys teaming up, Bruce Willis played CIA fixer Mister Church in an ensemble action series alongside stars like Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger. What is the name of that franchise.

1:38 We'll be right back with these answers after this break. Welcome back. Question one? When and where was Bruce Willis born? Answer? March nineteenth, nineteen fifty five in West Germany. Bruce Willis was born in edar Oberstein, West Germany, where his father was stationed with the US military. His family later settled in New Jersey, where he grew up and began acting. Question two. What real building played Nakatomi Plaza in die Hard? Answer? Fox Plaza. Fox Plaza in Century City doubled as Nakatomi Plaza and was part of twentieth Century Fox's headquarters. The production famously used some unfinished floors of the building during filming.

2:19 Question three. Diehard is based on what Novel by whom? Answer? Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorpe. Thorpe's nineteen seventy nine novel continued the story of detective Joe Leland from his earlier book The Detective, which had been adapted into a nineteen sixty eight film starring Frank Sinatra. Contractual ties meant. The role was initially offered to Sinatra before the project evolved into die Hard. Question four Who directed Armageddon nineteen ninety eight starring Bruce Willis Answer Michael Bay. Michael Bay's Armageddon was a defining late ninety summer blockbuster, pairing high octane action with a hit soundtrack that included Aroosme's chart topping I Don't Want to Miss a Thing? Question five?

3:03 In which franchise does Bruce Willis play Mister Church? Answer? The Expendables. Willis appears as mister Church in The Expendables twenty ten and The Expendables two twenty twelve, a franchise built to unite multiple generations of action icons on screen that concludes Today's five daily trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison, and today's questions were crafted with the help of AI technology. See you Tomorrow.