THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2022 Page 15 ASKS | FROM PAGE 8 Q: Did they tell you why they wanted your restaurant for this particular movie? A: Yeah. They told me they loved the restaurant just the way it looked. And they said you don’t fi nd a lot of restaurants that look the way this does. A lot of them get these high-end designers and go modern. But we’ve kept The Continental pretty close to the period when it opened. We try to keep it as clean as possible and updated as possible, but still give it that old look. The guy last night said, “We were really surprised because when we walk into a place there’s usually 10 boxes of props that we have to carry in a huge box with all kinds of stuff .” But when they arrived with the props, there was only one box that they had to bring in, so they really didn’t have to do anything, so that’s why they really fell in love with the restaurant. It was, like, “We don’t have to change anything.” They had all the booths and tables set up. Everything was set up, even down to the dinnerware. We have a fl oral pattern on our dishes. And they went with those. That’s what they were using. They didn’t bring those props in. 8. What former captain of 1. On Feb. 25, 1956, what Russian gave a speech called “On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences”? 2. What creature has the largest eyes: Colossal squid, owl or swordfi sh? 3. On Feb. 26, 1992, where in Massachusetts was a nuclear reactor shut down? 4. Which country exports the most daff odils: Holland, United Kingdom or USA? 5. In what novel did Dashiell Hammett create the fi ctional detectives Nick and Nora Charles? 6. On Feb. 27, 1807, what author (with a middle name that is also in the name of an art museum in Hartford) of the poem “Woods in Winter” was born? 7. What problem does a sheep have if it is called a cast sheep? U.S. women’s Olympic gymnastics teams said, “You can’t always be the best. You have to remember that everyone makes mistakes sometimes”? 9. On Feb. 28, 1915, what actor who sang “If I Were a Rich Man” in “Fiddler on the Roof” was born? 10. What is the 1934-1935 military retreat of the Red Army in China commonly called? 11. Which U.S. island has the highest population? 12. On March 1, 1917, what poet was born in Boston whose last name is the name of another Massachusetts city? 13. What food never needs preservatives? 14. In what fi lm franchise would you fi nd “The Imperial March”? 15. Black American J.W. Reed patented what improvement to the rolling pin? 16. On March 2, 1959, what was tested by the Southern New England Telephone Company to see if it helped people get the right numbers? 17. What was the fi rst name of Mr. Rogers of TV? 18. What is the last name of the main family in “Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott? 19. Which country consumes the most coffee per capita: Brazil, Canada or Finland 20. On March 3, 1821, the fi rst U.S. patent granted to a Black American was given to Thomas Jennings for what kind of cleaning process? ANSWERS Q: So, the wine bottles … A: No. Those weren’t mine. Those are props. I think those are hard to fi nd; I don’t think you can fi nd them anymore; I haven’t seen those in years. Q: What else can you share about what went into this fi lming and what you observed? The most interesting things? A: Just how they all worked so well together. I probably had 50 people in the restaurant, and they all seemed to know what they were doing and what goes on. They all worked well together. It seemed they know what everybody’s duty is. When they’re filming, they know who had to leave and who comes in and who’s supposed to be on the set and who can’t be on the set. They’re running a clean ship, a tight ship. And I guess they’ve got to because they’ve gotta get it done in a day. I can only imagine what it must cost to do a fi ve minute scene or a four minute scene. My parking lot had three acres of trucks and equipment and people. It’s got to be expensive. Q: And you’ve been down there today? A: Yeah. I was there earlier. Q: And it was all full in the parking lot? A: The parking lot is full. You’ve got some workers who drive their own cars, and then you got all these 18-wheelers and food trucks and box trucks and all of the equipment trucks. I mean, just for ASKS | SEE PAGE 21 1. Nikita Khrushchev 2. Colossal squid 3. Rowe on the Deerfi eld River 4. United Kingdom 5. “The Thin Man” 6. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art) 7. It is stuck on its back. 8. Aly Raisman 9. Zero Mostel 10. The Long March 11. Long Island 12. Robert Lowell 13. Honey 14. Star Wars (also called “Darth Vader’s Theme”) 15. A rolling pin with handles connected to a center rod 16. A push-button phone 17. Fred 18. March 19. Finland 20. Dry cleaning
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