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Quiz about Passengers on an Airplane
Quiz about Passengers on an Airplane

Passengers on an Airplane! Trivia Quiz


In the 1980 comedy film "Airplane!", a food-borne illness infects passengers and crewmembers aboard a Trans American flight from Los Angeles to Chicago. Let's see if you can remember some of the passengers who were traveling on that crazy flight.

A multiple-choice quiz by RedHook13. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
RedHook13
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
391,262
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
591
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. When all of the pilots of the Trans American flight fall victim to a food virus, one of the passengers is asked to try and land the aircraft. What was his name? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Dr. Rumack is another one of the passengers traveling on board the Trans American flight. He was played by late comedy actor Leslie Nielsen. What name did he not like to be called? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. When the virus first starts to affect the passengers, Dr. Rumack is asked to examine a woman who was complaining of a stomachache. When he goes to look into her mouth, what does she keep spitting out? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Shortly after the aircraft took off, a young passenger named Joey was invited to visit the cockpit. While there, he recognizes one of the pilots as being whom? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. One of the passengers, another young boy, offers a young girl a cup of coffee. How does the young girl respond? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Lisa was a young girl on the flight who was being transported in a stretcher. Randy, one of the flight attendants, starts playing a song for her using a guitar. What does she do to Lisa while she's singing? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Actress Barbara Billingsley played the role of an unnamed elderly passenger on the Trans American flight. What language was she able to translate for the flight attendants? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. After listening to the main character ramble on about his past, three of the passengers aboard the Trans American flight commit suicide to escape their torture. Which is NOT one of the ways they off themselves? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. One of the passengers on the Trans American flight was a nun who had loaned out her guitar. What magazine do we see the nun reading during the flight? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. The passengers aboard the Trans American flight were offered the choice of either fish or steak for dinner. Everyone who ate the fish ended up getting sick. What did Dr. Rumack eat for dinner? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. When all of the pilots of the Trans American flight fall victim to a food virus, one of the passengers is asked to try and land the aircraft. What was his name?

Answer: Ted Striker

Ted Striker (Robert Hays) is the lead character in the movie "Airplane!". He is a war veteran who developed a fear of flying after several members of his unit were killed in action. His ex-girlfriend, Elaine (Julie Hagerty), works as a stewardess for Trans American Airlines. Ted buys a ticket onto her flight to try and mend their relationship before she moved away.

He ends up getting called upon to land the aircraft after the pilots pass out. He also has a drinking problem. Rex Kramer (Robert Stack) was Ted's former commanding officer and a captain with Trans America who helps talk Ted through the landing. Steve McCroskey (Lloyd Bridges) was the loopy air traffic control coordinator. Johnny (Stephen Stucker) was a jokester who also worked in the control tower.
2. Dr. Rumack is another one of the passengers traveling on board the Trans American flight. He was played by late comedy actor Leslie Nielsen. What name did he not like to be called?

Answer: Shirley

The late Leslie Nielsen played the role of Dr. Rumack, a medical doctor who happened to be traveling aboard the Trans American flight. He was called upon to help find out what was causing passengers and pilots to get sick. He was clearly a doctor as he was wearing his stethoscope in his seat. Dr. Rumack tells Ted Striker that he's the only person on board who could possibly land the plane. Ted tells him, "Surely you can't be serious." Dr. Rumack responds, "I am serious and don't call me Shirley."
3. When the virus first starts to affect the passengers, Dr. Rumack is asked to examine a woman who was complaining of a stomachache. When he goes to look into her mouth, what does she keep spitting out?

Answer: Eggs

When the virus first starts to spread, Dr. Rumack examines a middle aged woman complaining of a stomachache. When he examines her, he pulls out several whole chicken eggs from her mouth. When he cracks open the last egg, a speedy little bird flies off into the cabin.
4. Shortly after the aircraft took off, a young passenger named Joey was invited to visit the cockpit. While there, he recognizes one of the pilots as being whom?

Answer: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

One of the pilots, Roger Murdock, was played by former basketball star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Joey breaks the fourth wall by identifying Roger as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Kareem is trying to stay in character, but Joey keeps talking about his basketball career.

When Joey mentions that his dad thought Kareem did not play hard enough, he finally breaks character and angrily tells Joey how he busts his tail off when he's on the court.
5. One of the passengers, another young boy, offers a young girl a cup of coffee. How does the young girl respond?

Answer: "I take it black, like my men"

When the passengers are boarding the flight, an unnamed young boy gains a crush on an unnamed young girl who walks by him. Later, during the flight, he brings her a cup of coffee. She accepts it and asks him to sit down in the seat beside her. The boy then asks her if she wanted some cream in her coffee, but the girl responds to him by saying, "No, thanks. I take it black, like my men." The boy just stares at her.
6. Lisa was a young girl on the flight who was being transported in a stretcher. Randy, one of the flight attendants, starts playing a song for her using a guitar. What does she do to Lisa while she's singing?

Answer: She knocks out her I.V. tube

Lisa was a young girl on the Trans American flight who was traveling in a stretcher. She was being flown to Chicago to receive a heart transplant. Randy, the flight attendant, asks to borrow a guitar from a nun who was on the flight. She starts singing to Lisa and the other passengers start dancing along.

As she sings, she accidentally knocks out the I.V. (intravenous) tube keeping Lisa alive. Lisa starts convulsing, but manages to put the tube back in. Randy knocks out the tube a second time and this time Lisa passes out with her mother frantically trying to put the tube back in and wake her daughter up. Randy continues singing, unaware of what she is doing to Lisa.
7. Actress Barbara Billingsley played the role of an unnamed elderly passenger on the Trans American flight. What language was she able to translate for the flight attendants?

Answer: Jive

There were two black men who boarded the Trans American flight. They spoke only in Jive. When they end up getting sick from the virus, they ask the flight attendant for medicine. The flight attendant couldn't understand them. An elderly white passenger offers to help translate as she can speak Jive.

The two men end up insulting her and she insults them back in Jive leaving them speechless.
8. After listening to the main character ramble on about his past, three of the passengers aboard the Trans American flight commit suicide to escape their torture. Which is NOT one of the ways they off themselves?

Answer: A middle aged passenger jumps out of the emergency exit

During the flight, Ted Striker sat next to three other passengers and rambled on to them about his past. One of the passengers was an old woman who ended up hanging herself to escape Striker's story. Another passenger was a Japanese soldier who ends up stabbing himself with a sword.

The last was an Indian passenger with a turban who douses himself with gasoline. He is just about to light himself when Ted is called to the cockpit. He blows out the match and puts it in his lap, but the match still sets off an explosion off camera.
9. One of the passengers on the Trans American flight was a nun who had loaned out her guitar. What magazine do we see the nun reading during the flight?

Answer: Boy's Life

The nun on the flight reads an issue of "Boy's Life" magazine. The magazine is primarily geared towards young boys who are members of the Boy Scouts. On the same flight we also see young Joey reading an issue of "Nun's Life". The cover of "Nun's Life" featured a nun in full garb riding a surfboard.

The nun owned the guitar that Randy used to play for Lisa. She and the rest of the passengers also tried to help calm down Joey's mother by slapping her when she started panicking.
10. The passengers aboard the Trans American flight were offered the choice of either fish or steak for dinner. Everyone who ate the fish ended up getting sick. What did Dr. Rumack eat for dinner?

Answer: Lasagna

When Dr. Rumack was perfoming his examination of the passengers and pilots affected by the virus, he asked the flight attendant what the food choices were for dinner. She told him the choices were steak and fish. At that point, Dr. Rumack finally remembered what he had for dinner. "He had lasagna."
Source: Author RedHook13

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