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Quiz about My Favorite Movies of 1981 Part I
Quiz about My Favorite Movies of 1981 Part I

My Favorite Movies of 1981 Part I Quiz


The 1980s were a great decade for movies, and the year 1981 was no exception. See how many of these that you remember.

A matching quiz by Reamar42. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
Reamar42
Time
4 mins
Type
Match Quiz
Quiz #
411,210
Updated
Dec 11 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
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Avg Score
9 / 10
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Top 10% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 50 (8/10), Guest 209 (10/10), Guest 47 (10/10).
(a) Drag-and-drop from the right to the left, or (b) click on a right side answer box and then on a left side box to move it.
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1. This comedy features stories from the dawn of Man through the French Revolution.  
  Knightriders
2. An American college student is attacked by a werewolf while backpacking on the Yorkshire moors. He then transforms into a werewolf himself and terrorizes London.  
  Quest for Fire
3. This film is about a TV censor who gets in the way of a mob hitman trying to complete his last contract before he retires.  
  Taps
4. A group of students takes control of their military school when it is announced that the facility is to be closed down.  
  S.O.B.
5. In this fantasy film, a warrior from Ancient Greece must overcome fearsome creatures to save his love from a sea monster.  
  Fort Apache The Bronx
6. A Hollywood filmmaker comically tries to commit suicide after his latest film is a box-office flop, but gets inspiration and re-makes the movie as a soft core pornographic piece.  
  Clash of the Titans
7. In 1997, the US President's plane crashes on Manhattan Island, which has become a prison. A former soldier is sent in to rescue him to avert a world war.  
  An American Werewolf in London
8. In this film, three prehistoric men seek a source of fire after theirs is extinguished during an attack by a rival tribe.   
  Buddy, Buddy
9. Two New York City police officers witness fellow officers commit a murder and wrestle with the dilemma of turning them in or keeping quiet.  
  History of the World Part I
10. A troupe of medieval re-enactors, who joust on motorcycles, is torn apart when a promoter offers several members more money to break away from the group.  
  Escape from New York





Select each answer

1. This comedy features stories from the dawn of Man through the French Revolution.
2. An American college student is attacked by a werewolf while backpacking on the Yorkshire moors. He then transforms into a werewolf himself and terrorizes London.
3. This film is about a TV censor who gets in the way of a mob hitman trying to complete his last contract before he retires.
4. A group of students takes control of their military school when it is announced that the facility is to be closed down.
5. In this fantasy film, a warrior from Ancient Greece must overcome fearsome creatures to save his love from a sea monster.
6. A Hollywood filmmaker comically tries to commit suicide after his latest film is a box-office flop, but gets inspiration and re-makes the movie as a soft core pornographic piece.
7. In 1997, the US President's plane crashes on Manhattan Island, which has become a prison. A former soldier is sent in to rescue him to avert a world war.
8. In this film, three prehistoric men seek a source of fire after theirs is extinguished during an attack by a rival tribe.
9. Two New York City police officers witness fellow officers commit a murder and wrestle with the dilemma of turning them in or keeping quiet.
10. A troupe of medieval re-enactors, who joust on motorcycles, is torn apart when a promoter offers several members more money to break away from the group.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. This comedy features stories from the dawn of Man through the French Revolution.

Answer: History of the World Part I

Mel Brooks wrote, directed, and stars in this farce that covers periods in history from the dawn of primitive man, the Roman Empire, the Spanish Inquisition, and the French Revolution. The film also stars Harvey Korman, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn, Sid Caesar, Gregory Hines, and Cloris Leachman.
2. An American college student is attacked by a werewolf while backpacking on the Yorkshire moors. He then transforms into a werewolf himself and terrorizes London.

Answer: An American Werewolf in London

John Landis directed this comedic horror film wherein two American hikers in England are attacked by a werewolf. One man is killed, while the other becomes a werewolf at the next full moon and kills random people, whose spirits haunt him.
3. This film is about a TV censor who gets in the way of a mob hitman trying to complete his last contract before he retires.

Answer: Buddy, Buddy

In Billy Wilder's last film, Walter Matthau plays a hitman waiting in a hotel, who runs into a prudish TV censor, (Jack Lemmon) whose wife is having an affair with a doctor who runs a sexual dysfunction clinic. The doctor mistakenly gives the hitman a sedative meant for the censor, who carries out the hitman's assignment. The film also stars Paula Prentiss and Klaus Kinski.
4. A group of students takes control of their military school when it is announced that the facility is to be closed down.

Answer: Taps

The students at the Bunker Hill Military Academy learn that their school is to be closed at the end of the current semester. At a dance held at the school, a scuffle with local teens and cadets leads to the accidental death of one of the locals, whereupon the authorities close the school immediately.

A group of cadets steal weapons and take control of the school, wanting to keep it open, leading to a standoff with police and the National Guard.
5. In this fantasy film, a warrior from Ancient Greece must overcome fearsome creatures to save his love from a sea monster.

Answer: Clash of the Titans

Perseus, the son of Zeus and a mortal woman, courts the princess Andromeda, who is to be sacrificed on the orders of the goddess Thetis. Perseus kills the Gorgon Medusa, using her head to defeat the Kraken, a fearsome sea monster, thus freeing Andromeda. The film stars Harry Hamlin, Burgess Meredith, Maggie Smith, Laurence Olivier, and Judy Bowker.
6. A Hollywood filmmaker comically tries to commit suicide after his latest film is a box-office flop, but gets inspiration and re-makes the movie as a soft core pornographic piece.

Answer: S.O.B.

Blake Edwards directed this farce about a producer who makes a Disney-like film which flops. After several comic attempts at suicide, he is inspired to remake the film as soft core porn, but the studio takes control of the finished product and plans to distribute it without him. The film stars Richard Mulligan, Julie Andrews, William Holden, and Robert Preston.
7. In 1997, the US President's plane crashes on Manhattan Island, which has become a prison. A former soldier is sent in to rescue him to avert a world war.

Answer: Escape from New York

Kurt Russell stars as ex-soldier turned criminal, Snake Plissken. He is offered a pardon to rescue the President after his plane crashes on Manhattan Island, now a prison, while he is on his way to a summit meeting with Soviet and Chinese leaders. Snake must outwit an inmate leader who plans on using the President to obtain freedom for all of the prison's inmates.
8. In this film, three prehistoric men seek a source of fire after theirs is extinguished during an attack by a rival tribe.

Answer: Quest for Fire

In Paleolithic Europe, a tribe of ape-like humans attacks the Neanderthal-like Ulam tribe, extinguishing their fire. Unable to make fire themselves, three men of the Ulam set out to find a new source. They rescue a girl from the cannibal Kzamms, who takes the men to the village of her tribe, the Ivaka.

The more advanced Ivaka show the Ulam how to make fire, the secret of which they take back to their people.
9. Two New York City police officers witness fellow officers commit a murder and wrestle with the dilemma of turning them in or keeping quiet.

Answer: Fort Apache The Bronx

In New York City's 41st precinct, a poverty stricken area, a new captain's policies lead to rioting, in which an innocent teen is murdered by officers. Two other officers, a hard drinking veteran and his younger partner, witness the incident and are uncertain whether to turn in their fellow cops or not. The film stars Paul Newman, Ken Wahl, Ed Asner, Rachel Ticotin, and Danny Aiello.
10. A troupe of medieval re-enactors, who joust on motorcycles, is torn apart when a promoter offers several members more money to break away from the group.

Answer: Knightriders

Ed Harris stars as King Billy, leader of a troupe that jousts on motorcycles. A promoter wants to bankroll the troupe, but Billy wants to stick to his principles and refuses. A section of the group breaks away, but they return when Billy announces his retirement and calls for a contest among all the riders to determine a new King.

The film was directed by horror film legend George Romero.
Source: Author Reamar42

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