Trivia Quiz on 1980s Cinema

1. What movie stars morgan freeman as a pimp known as fast black

A) Streetwise

B) Streetsmart

C) Street Hustler

D) The Pimp Maker

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2. Robert de Niro won Best Actor Oscar for which film in 1980

A) Raging Bull

B) Taxi Driver

C) The Deer Hunter

D) Awakenings

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3. Who played garp's wife in the movie the world according to garp

A) Meryl Streep

B) Mary beth

C) Diane Keaton

D) Sally Field

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4. Which actor played the title role in the mad max series of films

A) Tom Hardy

B) Hugh Jackman

C) Clint Eastwood

D) Mel gibson

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5. What did the person chained to wall in Goonies want?

A) A Snickers bar

B) A Kit Kat bar

C) A Baby Ruth candy bar

D) A Mars bar

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6. In what film did rick moranis make his big-screen debut

A) Ghostbusters

B) Strange brew

C) Spaceballs

D) Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

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7. Who played Pink in the movie The Wall

A) Sting

B) Adam Ant

C) Bob Geldorf

D) David Gilmour

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8. Who was the star of the film Bachelor Party?

A) Tom Selleck

B) John Candy

C) Tom Hanks

D) Bill Murray

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9. Aretha franklin sang 'Think' in which film

A) Blues Brothers

B) Dreamgirls

C) Sparkle

D) The Wiz

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10. Which Top Hollywood Actor Was Responsible For Directing The Movie “ Stayin Alive ” The Sequel To Saturday Night Fever

A) Steven Spielberg

B) Martin Scorsese

C) James Cameron

D) Sylvester Stallone

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11. What actor played the title role in monsignor

A) Paul Newman

B) Peter O'Toole

C) Christopher Reeve

D) Tom Hanks

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12. What year was the film "The Abyss" released

A) 1984

B) 1987

C) 1990

D) 1989

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13. Who won the Best Actor Oscar in 1984 for his role in Amadeus

A) Dustin Hoffman

B) F murray abraham

C) Robert De Niro

D) Peter O'Toole

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14. What Film Won The Oscar For Best Visual Effects Back In 1984

A) Ghostbusters

B) The Last Starfighter

C) Indiana Jones (Temple Of Doom)

D) Return of the Jedi

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15. What was Kevin Bacon's first big hit

A) Diner

B) Footloose

C) Tremors

D) A Few Good Men

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16. What was the screen name of the lead character in The Untouchables

A) Elliot

B) Eliot Ness

C) Elliott Ness

D) Al Capone

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17. Directed by Sydney Pollack, which film won the 1985 Oscar for Best Picture

A) Kramer vs. Kramer

B) Amadeus

C) The Color Purple

D) Out of africa

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18. Who was the original choice to play the terminator

A) Clint Eastwood

B) Tom Selleck

C) O J Simpson

D) Arnold Schwarzenegger

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19. What was the name of the last film where george burns played god

A) Oh god, you

B) Gods in Motion

C) Heavenly Hijinks

D) Divine Comedy Club

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20. In 1987 Bernardo Bertolucci became the first western director to be allowed to film in Beijing, what film was he making

A) The Conformist

B) The last emperor

C) Novecento

D) Last Tango in Paris

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21. Indiana jones: how many shankara stones did indy deliver

A) Zero

B) Only one one

C) Two

D) Three

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22. What movie starred michael caine and angie dickenson

A) The Italian Job

B) Get Carter

C) Dressed to kill

D) Alfie

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23. In 'Back To The Future', where did Doc Brown get the plutonium to power the time-travelling DeLorean?

A) From a mysterious black-market dealer

B) Stolen from a government weapons facility

C) Smuggled in from a secret lab experiment

D) Lybian terrorists

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24. In "The Karate Kid" what color did Daniel have to paint Miagi's house, as part of his training

A) Green

B) Blue

C) Red

D) Yellow

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25. What happens to Wanda in "A Fish Called Wanda"?

A) Wanda is arrested

B) Wanda is eaten

C) Wanda escapes with the diamonds

D) Wanda starts a new life in the countryside

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26. In what film did Mary Poppins - Julie Andrews bare her nipples

A) The Sound of Music

B) S.O.B.

C) Mary Poppins

D) The Princess Diaries

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27. In the movie "The Goonies" what brand of candybar did Chunk try to give to Sloth?

A) Snickers

B) Butterfinger

C) Kit Kat

D) Baby Ruth

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28. Who sang 'think' in the original 'blues brothers' film

A) Tina Turner

B) Whitney Houston

C) Aretha franklin

D) Diana Ross

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29. In which musical did Barbra Streisand disguise herself as a man

A) Funny Girl

B) Cabaret

C) Yentl

D) The Sound of Music

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30. In what 1998 did film David Bowie play Pontius Pilot

A) Labyrinth

B) Basquiat

C) The Man Who Fell to Earth

D) Last Temptation of Christ

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31. Who was the actress that made waves in 1984's "Splash"?

A) Halle Berry

B) Meg Ryan

C) Jennifer Connelly

D) Darryl Hannah

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32. What film won the best sound effects Oscar in 1985

A) The Terminator

B) Gremlins

C) Ghostbusters

D) Back to the Future

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33. Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange starred in the remake of the film 'The Postman Always Rings Twice' in what year

A) 1981

B) 1946

C) 1982

D) 1950

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34. Mary Cathering Collins became famous as who

A) Diane Lane

B) Sharon Stone

C) Farrah Fawcett

D) Bo Derek

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35. Actress Amy Irving divorced her producer husband in 1989, who was he

A) Steven Spielberg

B) George Lucas

C) Ridley Scott

D) James Cameron

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36. Which film won the best sound effects Oscar in 1987

A) Aliens

B) The Fly

C) Robocop

D) Top Gun

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37. What film won the best makeup Oscar in 1988

A) The Witches of Eastwick

B) Coming to America

C) Beetlejuice

D) Harry and the Hendersons

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38. Who starred in the film 'the man with two brains'

A) Tom Hanks

B) Steve martin

C) Jim Carrey

D) Robin Williams

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39. In the film Jumping Jack Flash what is Jack's code key

A) A Flat

B) C Sharp

C) D Minor

D) B Flat

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40. How did the bum convince the family dog to start eating again in Down and Out in Beverly Hills?

A) He bribed the dog with a bone.

B) He fed the dog extra treats until it started eating again.

C) He ate the dog's food

D) He hired a vet who prescribed appetite-boosting medicine.

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41. What was the first film directed by robert redford

A) The Milagro Beanfield War

B) Ordinary people

C) A River Runs Through It

D) Brubaker

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42. Which Award WinningMovie Ended With The Line "Hey Can I Try On Your Yellow Dress"

A) Tootise

B) Shakespeare in Love

C) The Godfather

D) The English Patient

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43. In the film Trading Places, who played the part of the prostitute

A) Meryl Streep

B) Daryl Hannah

C) Jamie Lee Curtis

D) Kim Cattrall

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44. What film won the best visual effects Oscar in 1985

A) Cocoon

B) Ghostbusters

C) The NeverEnding Story

D) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

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45. Who won best actor oscar for gandhi

A) Peter O'Toole

B) Al Pacino

C) Ben Kingsley

D) Daniel Day-Lewis

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46. Who directed the films 'Carrie' and 'The Untouchables'

A) Steven Spielberg

B) Brian de palma

C) Martin Scorsese

D) Alfred Hitchcock

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47. "Beverly Hills Cop", when Axel Foley enters the hotel, he uses an alias. Who does he say he works for, and who does he say he's going to interview?

A) Time,Prince

B) People,Madonna

C) Rolling Stone,Michael Jackson

D) Newsweek,Bruce Springsteen

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48. Who was the "keymaster" in Ghostbusters?

A) Rick Moranis

B) Harold Ramis

C) Dan Aykroyd

D) Bill Murray

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49. Which Oscar-winning film of the 1980s was directed by Hugh Hudson

A) Chariots of fire

B) Gandhi

C) The Last Emperor

D) Rain Man

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50. Whose sister Pamela appeared in the 1988 movie Sleepaway Camp 2

A) Ron

B) Bruce

C) Jonathan

D) Michael

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