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What Movie Was I In? Trivia Quiz
Both male and female characters need help finding the movies they were in. Choose the movie that goes with the male or female character. This is a renovated/adopted version of an old quiz by author madamoisselle
A matching quiz
by pennie1478.
Estimated time: 3 mins.
Last 3 plays: Guest 176 (8/10), mulder100 (10/10), Wiems70 (4/10).
(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.
Questions
Choices
1. Ronald Miller
Can't Buy Me Love
2. Mia Wallace
X-Men
3. Scott Summers
Mission Impossible
4. Peggy Flemming
Steel Magnolias
5. Jim Phelps
Saving Private Ryan
6. Gracie Hart
Pulp Fiction
7. Jerry Fletcher
Conspiracy Theory
8. M'Lynn Eatenton
Jurassic Park
9. John H. Miller
Runaway Bride
10. Ellie Degler Sattler
Miss Congeniality
Select each answer
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Ronald Miller
Answer: Can't Buy Me Love
Ronald Miller is a high school nerd that wants to be popular so he pays a popular high school girl named Cindy Mancini to be his girlfriend and make him popular. As Cindy is changing Ronald, she falls in love with him. The physical change in Ronald makes him act like a jerk. When Cindy reveals their transaction to the school, Ronald is humiliated and hurt. He realizes who his real friends are and asks Cindy to prom while on his lawnmower.
Patrick Dempsey won a Young Artist Award for portraying Ronald Miller in the 1987 movie, "Can't Buy Me Love".
2. Mia Wallace
Answer: Pulp Fiction
Mia Wallace is the wife of Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames). She is escorted by Vincent Vega (John Travolta) around town while Marsellus is away. Vincent takes Mia to a 1950's theme restaurant where they dance in a contest. Mia overdoses on Vincent's drugs and is revived by Vincent and his drug dealer. After Mia is revived, Vincent takes her home and both promise never to speak of the overdose again.
Mia Wallace is played by Uma Thurman in the 1994 "Pulp Fiction". Uma won a Circuit Community Award for Best Ensemble and an MTV Movie Award for Best Dance Scene.
3. Scott Summers
Answer: X-Men
Scott Summers code name is Cyclops. He is second-in-command to Dr. Charles Xavier and head of the X-men when they go out into the field. Cyclops is dating Jean Gray. His mutant power is the ability to shoot a ray out of his eyes. The only way to contain the ray is through sunglasses or a special visor. He is killed in "X3: The Last Stand".
James Marsden plays Scott Summers in the blockbuster 2000 movie "X-Men". He won a Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Best Supporting Actor as Scott Summers.
4. Peggy Flemming
Answer: Runaway Bride
Peggy Flemming owns the hair salon "Curl Up and Dye". She is the best friend of Maggie Carpenter (Julia Roberts). They both live in Hale, Maryland. When Peggy introduces herself to new people, she tells them she is not the ice skater, Peggy Fleming. Peggy is married to Cory Flemming, who has a radio show called "Wake up with Flem".
Joan Cusack plays Peggy Flemming in the 1999 movie, "Runaway Bride".
5. Jim Phelps
Answer: Mission Impossible
Jim Phelps is the director of the mission impossible team as well as team leader when the team went on missions. He is allowed to pick the team he wants for a mission and normally uses the same team every time. Jim was a part of a Special Forces unit before becoming director of the Impossible Mission Force.
Jim Phelps was played by Peter Graves for the 1966 and 1988 "Mission Impossible" TV series and was played by Jon Voight for the 1996 "Mission Impossible" movie. Peter Graves was awarded a Golden Globe in 1971 for his work as Jim Phelps.
6. Gracie Hart
Answer: Miss Congeniality
Gracie Hart is a tough FBI agent who doesn't take anything from anyone. She is selected out of a group of other FBI agents to go undercover at a beauty pageant. Not one for making friends, Gracie opens up with the other pageant contestants and begins to make friends. When one of her new friends is threatened, Gracie comes to her rescue and saves the beauty pageant.
Sandra Bullock stars as Gracie Hart in the 2000 blockbuster hit "Miss Congeniality". Sandra won an American Comedy Award for Funniest Actress as well as a Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress. For the scene with Gracie falling on the tarmac, Sandra won Best Wipeout at the Teen Choice Awards.
7. Jerry Fletcher
Answer: Conspiracy Theory
Jerry Fletcher is a cab driver who tells his conspiracy theories to a justice department lawyer named Alice Sutton (Julia Roberts). He writes a conspiracy newsletter. Jerry is brainwashed to kill Alice's father, but instead befriends him before he is killed by another assassin. Jerry's death is faked to protect him and Alice until the other assassins are found.
Jerry Fletcher is played by Mel Gibson in the 1997 thriller "Conspiracy Theory". He won a Blockbuster Entertainment Award for the Best Actor in a suspense movie.
8. M'Lynn Eatenton
Answer: Steel Magnolias
M'Lynn Eatenton was a social worker living with her husband and three children in Louisiana. M'Lynn's oldest child, Shelby, is a nurse who suffers with Type 1 diabetes. After Shelby gives birth, M'Lynn donates a kidney to her daughter. Shelby dies from an infection four months after the kidney transplant. M'Lynn yells at God and her friends at Shelby's funeral, finally able to get her frustrations out about her daughter's illness.
Sally Field played M'Lynn Eatenton in the 1989 movie, "Steel Magnolias".
9. John H. Miller
Answer: Saving Private Ryan
John H. Miller is a teacher and baseball coach. He is made a captain in the Army. After Omaha Beach, General George Marshall sends a small group of soldiers to find the last Ryan brother so he could be sent home. Captain Miller is put in charge of the group. Along the trek, Miller displays signs of PTSD, but soldiers on in order to find James Ryan and send him home to his mother.
Tom Hanks played Captain John H. Miller in the 1998 movie, "Saving Private Ryan". He won the British Empire Award as Best Actor and the Navy Distinguished Public Service Award.
10. Ellie Degler Sattler
Answer: Jurassic Park
Ellie Degler Sattler is a paleobotanist invited by John Hammond to Jurassic Park. Eight years later, she saves Alan Grant from the second island by calling in the Marines to save his life. By 2022, Ellie has divorced her husband when she meets Alan Grant for the third time. The two begin a relationship at the end of "Jurassic World: Dominion".
Laura Dean played Ellie Degler Sattler in the 1993 "Jurassic Park", 2001 "Jurassic Park III", and 2022 "Jurassic World: Dominion".
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