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Quiz about My Favorite Movies of 1985 Part II
Quiz about My Favorite Movies of 1985 Part II

My Favorite Movies of 1985 Part II Quiz


The year was 1985. My daughter was born that year, and she will say that the fact that I remember all of these movies from that year proves that I am an old man. See how many of my favorites you can remember.

A matching quiz by Reamar42. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
Reamar42
Time
4 mins
Type
Match Quiz
Quiz #
411,396
Updated
Jan 06 23
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
9 / 10
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806
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
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1. A Los Angeles investigative reporter is hired to kill a millionaire who is dying of cancer, but all is not as it seems.  
  After Hours
2. A New York data entry worker has a night of bizarre adventures after trying to find a girl he had met earlier.  
  Fletch
3. Two teenage boys create a virtual woman who helps them grow up and gain some self-confidence.   
  Weird Science
4. A California high school boy ineptly tries to kill himself after his girlfriend dumps him for the captain of the ski team.  
  Brazil
5. Two men who are caught cheating on a CIA entry exam are sent as decoys to draw off Soviet agents from a real mission to steal a mobile missile truck.  
  The Return of the Living Dead
6. A low-level government clerk pursues a girl, who he has seen in his dreams, through a dystopian future world.  
  Better Off Dead
7. Two men accidentally release a chemical into the air which reanimates corpses in a local cemetery.  
  Cocoon
8. Nursing home residents discover a "fountain of youth" while using the pool at a neighboring home, not knowing that the pool is part of a rescue operation for stranded alien beings.  
  The Falcon and the Snowman
9. In 1880's California, a rich mine owner tries to run prospectors off of their land, but a mysterious man arrives and helps the prospectors fight the land baron.  
  Pale Rider
10. Two friends team up to sell classified U.S. intelligence information to the Soviets, one due to his disillusionment with the government and the other for money.  
  Spies Like Us





Select each answer

1. A Los Angeles investigative reporter is hired to kill a millionaire who is dying of cancer, but all is not as it seems.
2. A New York data entry worker has a night of bizarre adventures after trying to find a girl he had met earlier.
3. Two teenage boys create a virtual woman who helps them grow up and gain some self-confidence.
4. A California high school boy ineptly tries to kill himself after his girlfriend dumps him for the captain of the ski team.
5. Two men who are caught cheating on a CIA entry exam are sent as decoys to draw off Soviet agents from a real mission to steal a mobile missile truck.
6. A low-level government clerk pursues a girl, who he has seen in his dreams, through a dystopian future world.
7. Two men accidentally release a chemical into the air which reanimates corpses in a local cemetery.
8. Nursing home residents discover a "fountain of youth" while using the pool at a neighboring home, not knowing that the pool is part of a rescue operation for stranded alien beings.
9. In 1880's California, a rich mine owner tries to run prospectors off of their land, but a mysterious man arrives and helps the prospectors fight the land baron.
10. Two friends team up to sell classified U.S. intelligence information to the Soviets, one due to his disillusionment with the government and the other for money.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. A Los Angeles investigative reporter is hired to kill a millionaire who is dying of cancer, but all is not as it seems.

Answer: Fletch

Investigative reporter Irwin Fletcher is doing a story on drug dealing at the beach. He is mistaken for a junkie and hired by a millionaire to kill him, as the man says he has cancer. Not trusting the millionaire, Fletch finds that he is involved in the drug dealing along with the police chief, has a secret second wife, and is planning to flee the country, after stealing three million dollars from his rich first wife.

The film stars Chevy Chase and Tim Matheson.
2. A New York data entry worker has a night of bizarre adventures after trying to find a girl he had met earlier.

Answer: After Hours

Computer worker Paul Hackett meets a girl in a cafe and goes to her apartment after she fails to answer her phone. A strange night ensues for Paul, involving scary roommates, a suicide, and Paul being chased by a mob after being called a burglar. The film stars Griffin Dunne and Rosanna Arquette.
3. Two teenage boys create a virtual woman who helps them grow up and gain some self-confidence.

Answer: Weird Science

Wyatt and Gary are high school nerds who create Lisa using their computer. Lisa sees that the boys need to break out of their shells and have some excitement, so she throws a wild party at Wyatt's house, during which the boys become heroes and get the girls that they like.
4. A California high school boy ineptly tries to kill himself after his girlfriend dumps him for the captain of the ski team.

Answer: Better Off Dead

Lane Meyer's girlfriend breaks up with him and begins dating the ski team captain. After several comical attempts to kill himself, Meyer befriends a French exchange student, who gives him the confidence to challenge the captain to a race. The film stars John Cusack.
5. Two men who are caught cheating on a CIA entry exam are sent as decoys to draw off Soviet agents from a real mission to steal a mobile missile truck.

Answer: Spies Like Us

Austin Milbarge and Emmit Fitz-Hume are government employees who want to be intelligence agents. Caught cheating on an exam, they are sent to Pakistan as decoys to cover a real mission, but help the real spy to complete her task after her partner is killed. What none of them knows is that the mission involves firing a nuclear weapon at the USA so rogue generals can test a defense system.
6. A low-level government clerk pursues a girl, who he has seen in his dreams, through a dystopian future world.

Answer: Brazil

In a future world dependent upon unreliable technology, Sam Lowry is a clerk in a government agency who, while trying to correct a mistake, sees a girl who looks like the one in his dreams. She disappears after mistakenly being called a terrorist, and Sam uses his position to find her, which leads to Sam being labeled an accomplice and arrested himself.
7. Two men accidentally release a chemical into the air which reanimates corpses in a local cemetery.

Answer: The Return of the Living Dead

Two funeral home employees accidentally release a toxic gas from a barrel stored in the basement by the U. S. military. The gas reanimates two corpses, which are then cremated. The smoke mixes with rain, causing bodies from a local cemetery to become indestructible zombies with a hunger for human brains.
8. Nursing home residents discover a "fountain of youth" while using the pool at a neighboring home, not knowing that the pool is part of a rescue operation for stranded alien beings.

Answer: Cocoon

Trying to retrieve some of their kind who were left here some 10,000 years ago in rock-like cocoons, aliens rent a house with an indoor pool, which they suffuse with energy to revive their brethren. A trio of nursing home residents use the pool and feel younger, and they and the other residents soon use up the pool's energy.

The aliens decide to leave their friends here in their cocoons, but take some of the nursing home residents back with them.
9. In 1880's California, a rich mine owner tries to run prospectors off of their land, but a mysterious man arrives and helps the prospectors fight the land baron.

Answer: Pale Rider

Mining tycoon Coy LaHood uses water power to mine for gold. His henchmen try to run a group of shovel-and-pan miners off of their land, but a mystery man, who the miners know as "The Preacher", comes to their aid and defeats both LaHood's men and a group of gunmen that LaHood has hired. The film stars Clint Eastwood and Michael Moriarty.
10. Two friends team up to sell classified U.S. intelligence information to the Soviets, one due to his disillusionment with the government and the other for money.

Answer: The Falcon and the Snowman

Chris Boyce, a civilian worker at a U.S. government communications facility, reads some classified documents that cause him to question the government's motives. He enlists his friend Andrew Lee, a small-time drug dealer, as a courier in his scheme to sell information to the Soviet Union. Lee becomes reckless due to his greed and drug use, and is arrested and confesses his crimes, which leads to Boyce's eventual arrest and conviction.
Source: Author Reamar42

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