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Legend of the 80s: John Hughes Quiz

Let's journey to the life and work of John Hughes, one of the most recognizable producers of the 1980s and 1990s.

A multiple-choice quiz by lizzy243. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Where was John Hughes born?

Answer: Michigan

John Wilden Hughes, Jr. was born in Lansing, Michigan USA. His father was a salesman named John Hughes Sr. and his mother was a volunteer in charity work. He had three sisters.

2. How old was John Hughes when he passed away?

Answer: 59

He was born on 18th February 1950 and passed away on 6th August 2009 in Manhattan, New York City, of a heart attack. His funeral was held in Chicago, and a tribute took place in Los Angeles at the 82th Academy Awards.

3. How many times did he marry?

Answer: Only once

He married his high school sweetheart, Nancy Ludwig, in 1970. They were married for 39 years.

4. He had two daughters.

Answer: False

He had two sons. His son, James Hughes, is a writer and a producer. His son, John Hughes III, is a musician.

5. In the 1980s, John Hughes inspired the creation of a group of teenaged actors. What was it called?

Answer: Brat Pack

Brat Pack was a group of actors, in the 1980s, who became famous at the same time. This included Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Ally Sheedy, Kevin Bacon and Tom Cruise, among others. John Hughes usually cast some of these members for his teen movies in the 1980s.

The Rat Pack was a group of experienced actors such as Humphrey Bogart, Frank Sinatra, Joey Bishop, Marilyn Monroe, Ava Gardner and Judy Gardland, among others in the 1950s and 1960s. Teen Pack and New Actors Pack were made up by me.

6. He was the producer of "Home Alone" (1990) and "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" (1992) but he held two other occupations (unrelated to "Home Alone"). What were those other jobs?

Answer: Director and Writer

He co-wrote the book "The National Lampoon Sunday Newspaper Parody" along with P.J. O'Rourke. He started writing in the "National Lampoon Magazine" (something that later gave its name to one of his films--the "National Lampoon's Vacation" series. He even wrote a bunch of "Delta House" episodes.
His debut as a director was with "Sixteen Candles" (1984) and his last film was "Curly Sue"(1991). Other films directed by him were: "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (1986), "Uncle Buck" (1989), "The Breakfast Club" (1985), "Weird Science" (1985), "She's having a baby" (1988) and "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" (1987).
He also was an executive producer in three movies. These are, "The Great Outdoors" (1988), "Pretty in Pink" (1986) and "New Port South" (2001).

7. In some of his films, such as "Beethoven" (1992) and "Maid in Manhattan" (2002), he used a pseudonym. What was it?

Answer: Edmond Dantes

Edmond Dantes was the protagonist in "The Count of Monte Cristo", a novel by Alexander Dumas. Hughes used this pen name as a homage to this character. Fernand Mondego was the villain and Gerard de Villefort was the prosecutor in this same novel. Albert Lombardo was a character in the Argentine telenovela "Monte Cristo: Love and Revenge"(2006).

8. One of his trademarks was using the 'breaking the fourth wall' technique.

Answer: True

This technique is used when a character talks directly to the audience. It can be seen in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (1986) and "Home Alone" (1990).

9. In 1985 John Hughes created a production company. What was its name?

Answer: John Hughes Company

John Hughes Company was the result of his alliance with Paramount, where the latter would distribute his films. Three years later, John resigned his contract with Paramount and went to Universal. Nowadays, Disney is in charge of releasing the majority of his films.

10. Let's try to guess one of his movies. A group of students wrote a letter (which was the plot center) to their vice-principal, trying to change the way he prejudged them. What was it called?

Answer: The Breakfast Club

Three boys and two girls had to go to their school on Saturday, in order to fulfill their school detention. As time went by, they saw there were little differences between them. It was from 1985 and starred Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson, Paul Gleason, Ally Sheedy and Anthony Michael Hall.

Source: Author lizzy243

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Legend of the 80s: John Hughes Quiz

Let's journey to the life and work of John Hughes, one of the most recognizable producers of the 1980s and 1990s.

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