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CTV 3310 Quiz #13
CTV 3310 Quiz #13
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Film, Theatre & Television
Undergraduate 2
05/01/2012

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What type of dog was Red Dog?
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Kelpie
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What region did he wander in Australia?
Definition
Pilbara
Term
Where was his hometown?
Definition
Paraburdoo
Term
The statue of Red Dog was made out of the metal intended for a statue of who?
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William Dampier
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In real life who took Red Dog to Dampier?
Definition
Colonel Cummings
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What did Colonel Cummings name Red Dog?
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Tally Ho
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In real life who was Red Dog’s second owner?
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John Stazzonelli
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Why did Red Dog wander the Pilbara?
Definition
He was looking for his owner
Term
What type of contact did Pilbara have with the outside world in the 1970s?
Definition
no TV, radio, one telephone per town
Term
Red Dog harkens back to what other famous Australian legend?
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Dog on the Tucker Box
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What is Tucker?
Definition
Food
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The fact that Red Dog was the top grossing Australian film in 2011 says what about Australians?
Definition
they have a common imaginary
Term
Red Dog grossed how much per person in Australia in 2011, and that compares to what film in the US in 2011?
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$22 million/population= $1, comparable to Hangover 2 and Twilight Saga did in the U.S.
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How did Red Dog’s DVD sales compare to previous films?
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3rd biggest DVD sale of all time in Australia behind Avatar and Finding Nemo
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What do the DVD sales tell us about the Red Dog myth?
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Australians want to own a part of the mythology, feel its something they can share with their family
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Who owns the dog that plays Red Dog?
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the film's director, went through training but actually was discovered
Term
Who played Red Dog?
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Koko
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Red Dog combines the Outback imaginary with what part of Australia’s social politics?
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multiculturalism
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Being the Outback who continues to be left out of the common imaginary?
Definition
women
Term
National museums are seen as what, according to Patrick Boylan?
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one of the four symbols of nationhood
Term
A national military, university and broadcasting service are what?
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prime sites for creation, narration and defense of the nation, publicly funded institutions
Term
Unlike museums, sports are considered what?
Definition
a national spectacle
Term
What was the role of colonial museums?
Definition
places of education about the glory of British and European civilization
Term
Prior to the National museum opening in 2002 what served as the exemplary national museum?
Definition
Australian War Memorial in Canberra
Term
Heritage is understood as being created at what two levels?
Definition
family and nation
Term
Heritage registers have traditionally focused on what demographic?
Definition
Anglo-Australian
Term
When heritage sites claim to be inclusive, theorists claim?
Definition
the places where migrants arrived in the country
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Which suburban areas are considered worthy of heritage?
Definition
suburbs built in the 19th century
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Canberra, as a planned city, may be considered dull to many but embodies Australian-ness how?
Definition
conflict between indigenous and non-indigenous
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