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Superman (1978) Trivia

Superman (1978) Trivia Quizzes

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3 Superman (1978) quizzes and 35 Superman (1978) trivia questions.
1.
  Who Played Me in "Superman"?    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
In this quiz, I will describe a character from the Richard Donner movie, "Superman", and you will tell me who played him or her. Good luck!
Easier, 10 Qns, CAGuy0206, May 22 11
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CAGuy0206
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  'Superman: the Movie' General Trivia   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
If you like Superman as much as I do, this quiz should be a piece of cake! All questions are about the first 'Superman' movie from 1978.
Average, 15 Qns, maestrojw, Oct 20 12
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  "Superman"---The Movie    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a very underrated movie, extremely well directed. Let's see how much you remember of it.
Average, 10 Qns, hank2001, Jun 12 17
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Superman (1978) Trivia Questions
1. Which famous British actor/actress did NOT have a small part in the film?

From Quiz "Superman"---The Movie

Answer: John Mills

The other three were all featured on the planet Krypton. Trevor Howard was the council leader, Harry Andrews was second in command, and Susannah York was Jor-El's wife.

2. Who directed 'Superman: The Movie'?

From Quiz 'Superman: the Movie' General Trivia

Answer: Richard Donner

Richard Lester is the credited director of 'Superman II' and 'Superman III'. William Friedkin had nothing to do with the Superman films. John Barry was the production designer.

3. Marlon Brando got top billing for the film. Who received second billing?

From Quiz "Superman"---The Movie

Answer: Gene Hackman

Brando got $1 million plus 10% of the gross, an astronomical sum for his 15 minutes of screen time, and one that paved the way for the exorbitant star salaries we see today.

4. Who played teenage Clark Kent?

From Quiz 'Superman: the Movie' General Trivia

Answer: Jeff East

Jeff East played the teenage Clark, but his voice was dubbed with Christopher Reeve's.

5. Who does NOT make a cameo in the film?

From Quiz "Superman"---The Movie

Answer: TV "Superman", George Reeves

The TV Lois Lane appears on the train the teenage Clark is trying to outrun. Rex Reed meets Lois and Clark outside of The Daily Planet building. Larry Hagman plays an Army Sergeant who attempts to revive Valerie Perrine. The TV "Superman" died many years ago.

6. What color was Lois' underwear?

From Quiz 'Superman: the Movie' General Trivia

Answer: Pink

Once she got out from behind the lead fixture, he peeped.

7. On the first day Clark arrives in Metropolis, what good deed does Superman NOT do?

From Quiz "Superman"---The Movie

Answer: Stops a carjacking

Part of what makes this a great film in my opinion. None of these scenes HAD to be included, but for the extra expense they really add much to the story.

8. What is the location of the kryptonite meteor that Lex Luthor obtains to defeat Superman?

From Quiz 'Superman: the Movie' General Trivia

Answer: Addis Ababa

Otis: 'Are we going to Addis Ababa, Mister Luthor?' Tanis was the resting place of the Ark in 'Raiders of the Lost Ark.'

9. Where does Miss Teschmacher's mother live?

From Quiz "Superman"---The Movie

Answer: Hackensack, NJ

This is where the second missile was heading.

10. Kirk Alyn and Noel Neill, who played Clark Kent and Lois Lane in Superman serials, have a cameo role in 'Superman: the Movie.' Whom do they play?

From Quiz 'Superman: the Movie' General Trivia

Answer: Lois Lane's parents

11. Which classic actor played Superman's Earth Father?

From Quiz "Superman"---The Movie

Answer: Glenn Ford

Ford is best remembered in westerns such as "Jubal", "3:10 To Yuma", and "The Sheepman". He retired shortly afterward.

12. Which former child star played editor Perry White?

From Quiz "Superman"---The Movie

Answer: Jackie Cooper

Cooper was one of "The Little Rascals".

13. Who played photographer Jimmy Olsen?

From Quiz 'Superman: the Movie' General Trivia

Answer: Marc McClure

Trevor Howard was on the council on Krypton. Glenn Ford played Clark's earth father. Gavan O'Herlihy played Brad in 'Superman III.'

14. What song is playing on the radio when Lois Lane stops for gas at the station that explodes?

From Quiz "Superman"---The Movie

Answer: "Give a Little Bit" by Supertramp

I cannot help but think the "Supertramp" inclusion is an in-joke.

15. Superman stops a gang of burglars and chases them to their getaway boat. One of the crooks attempts to attack the Man of Steel, but to no effect. With what does the crook try to attack Superman on the boat?

From Quiz 'Superman: the Movie' General Trivia

Answer: a crowbar

...to which Superman quips, 'Bad vibrations?'

16. Where do Lex Luthor and the villains find the meteorite that fell to Earth from Krypton?

From Quiz "Superman"---The Movie

Answer: Addas Ababa

Luthor was using the Kryptonite meteorite to get at Superman.

17. What does Jor-El, Superman's natural father, tell him he must not do?

From Quiz 'Superman: the Movie' General Trivia

Answer: interfere with human history

But he disobeys his father, reverses time, and saves Lois Lane and hundreds of others.

18. How does Lex Luthor first contact Superman?

From Quiz 'Superman: the Movie' General Trivia

Answer: Sending a message broadcast at an extremely high frequency

Lex sent the high frequency broadcast, which only Superman (and every dog in Metropolis) could hear. Lex threatened to release a deadly gas pellet to get Superman's undivided attention.

19. Finish Superman's quote: 'All those things I can do. All those powers. And _______________.'

From Quiz 'Superman: the Movie' General Trivia

Answer: I couldn't even save him.

Young Clark speaking to his mother about his father's death.

20. Who released a pop version of the love theme from 'Superman,' called 'Can You Read My Mind'?

From Quiz 'Superman: the Movie' General Trivia

Answer: Maureen McGovern

If you said Kidder, that's not a bad guess -- on the soundtrack to the movie there is a version of the song with her vocals from the movie with orchestral underscore. But it was McGovern who re-did the song to a kind of disco beat.

21. Lex sent two missiles, one to each coastline of the U.S. What were their destinations?

From Quiz 'Superman: the Movie' General Trivia

Answer: California fault line and Hackensack, NJ

Ms. Teschmacher's mother was from Hackensack.

22. Who was Ms. Teschmacher?

From Quiz 'Superman: the Movie' General Trivia

Answer: Lex Luthor's mistress

23. What was the tagline for 'Superman: the Movie'?

From Quiz 'Superman: the Movie' General Trivia

Answer: You'll believe a man can fly!

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