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Quiz about The Brat Pack Test Your Knowledge

The Brat Pack: Test Your Knowledge Quiz

This quiz has some easy questions but some challenging ones as well. Have fun!

A multiple-choice quiz by pink1223. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
pink1223

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
66,798

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
11 / 20

Plays
2546

Last 3 plays: wellenbrecher (20/20), Guest 174 (12/20), Guest 172 (8/20).

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Question 1 of 20

1. Which actress auditioned for the role of Samantha in 'Sixteen Candles'? Hint

Jami Gertz

Mare Winningham

Demi Moore

Ally Sheedy

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Question 2 of 20

2. Who turned down roles in 'Pretty in Pink' and 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off'? Hint

John Cusack

Emilio Estevez

Judd Nelson

Anthony Michael Hall

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Question 3 of 20

3. Which character attempts suicide in 'St. Elmo's Fire'? Hint

Jules

Alec

Billy

Howie

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Question 4 of 20

4. Which star costarred with Andrew McCarthy in the movie 'Mannequin'? Hint

James Spader

Robert Downey Jr.

Jon Cryer

Anthony Michael Hall

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Question 5 of 20

5. Who originally ended up with Andie in 'Pretty in Pink' (when showing test audiences)? Hint

Duckie

Steff

Blane

Simon

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Question 6 of 20

6. What causes Robert Downey's death in 'Less than Zero'? Hint

a car accident

a drug overdose

a virus

a fight between him and Rip

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Question 7 of 20

7. What movie reunites Andrew McCarthy and Molly Ringwald in the same basic theme of 'Pretty in Pink'?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 8 of 20

8. Which star did NOT appear in an 1980s TV sitcom? Hint

Emilio Estevez

Jami Gertz

Andrew McCarthy

Molly Ringwald

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Question 9 of 20

9. Which actor married Paula Abdul? Hint

Charlie Sheen

Emilio Estevez

James Spader

Rob Lowe

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Question 10 of 20

10. Which movie reunited Demi Moore and Rob Lowe after 'St. Elmo's Fire'?

Answer: (Three Words)

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Question 11 of 20

11. Which movie did Molly Ringwald turn down a role in? Hint

'Say Anything'

'St. Elmo's Fire'

'Some Kind of Wonderful'

'About Last Night'

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Question 12 of 20

12. Which band performs at Cats in 'Pretty in Pink'? Hint

The Psychodelic Furs

New Order

The Smiths

The Rave-ups

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Question 13 of 20

13. Which movie includes the quote 'You told me you couldn't believe in somebody who didn't believe in you. I believed in you. I always believed in you. I just didn't believe in me.'?

Answer: (Three Words)

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Question 14 of 20

14. Where were the college scenes in 'St. Elmo's Fire' filmed? Hint

Georgetown University

American University

George Mason University

University of Maryland

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Question 15 of 20

15. Whose brother had a bit part in the movie 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off'? Hint

Andrew McCarthy

Rob Lowe

Emilio Estevez

Molly Ringwald

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Question 16 of 20

16. Which stars came together for the first time in Stephen King's 'The Stand'? Hint

Rob Lowe and Emilio Estevez

Mare Winningham and Judd Nelson

Molly Ringwald and Mare Winningham

Molly Ringwald and Rob Lowe

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Question 17 of 20

17. Who was one of the three choices for the lead in 'Flashdance'? Hint

Ally Sheedy

Mare Winningham

Demi Moore

Molly Ringwald

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Question 18 of 20

18. Who played Andrew McCarthy's roommate in 'Class'?

Answer: ( Two words, or just surname)

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Question 19 of 20

19. Who went to high school with Sean Penn? Hint

Andrew McCarthy and Judd Nelson

Demi Moore and Rob Lowe

Rob Lowe and Emilio Estevez

Judd Nelson and Demi Moore

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Question 20 of 20

20. Which actor was nominated for an Oscar after a performance with Jennifer Jason Leigh? Hint

Rob Lowe

Demi Moore

Mare Winningham

Molly Ringwald

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which actress auditioned for the role of Samantha in 'Sixteen Candles'?

Answer: Ally Sheedy

Ally Sheedy went on to costar with Ringwald in 'The Breakfast Club' and 'Betsy's Wedding'.

2. Who turned down roles in 'Pretty in Pink' and 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off'?

Answer: Anthony Michael Hall

Anthony Michael Hall turned downed the roles to avoid typecasting.

3. Which character attempts suicide in 'St. Elmo's Fire'?

Answer: Jules

Jules, played by Demi Moore, locks herself in a room with the windows wide open in an attempt to freeze to death. How dramatic.

4. Which star costarred with Andrew McCarthy in the movie 'Mannequin'?

Answer: James Spader

Andrew McCarthy starred with Jon Cryer in 'Pretty in Pink', with Robert Downey Jr. and James Spader in 'Less than Zero', and with Judd Nelson in 'St. Elmo's Fire'.

5. Who originally ended up with Andie in 'Pretty in Pink' (when showing test audiences)?

Answer: Duckie

Andie originally ended up with Duckie but the screen test audience preferred her with Blane. Molly Ringwald also had the flu during the prom scene ending up with Duckie. When Andrew McCarthy came back to reshoot, he had to wear a wig and he was noticably thinner due to a role he had taken in a play.

6. What causes Robert Downey's death in 'Less than Zero'?

Answer: a drug overdose

The movie is very loosely based on the book by Bret Easton Ellis.

7. What movie reunites Andrew McCarthy and Molly Ringwald in the same basic theme of 'Pretty in Pink'?

Answer: Fresh Horses

'Fresh Horses' was released just two years after 'Pretty in Pink'. It also costarred Ben Stiller, who is everywhere today in movies, and Andrew Dice Clay, who played the bouncer in 'Pretty in Pink'.

8. Which star did NOT appear in an 1980s TV sitcom?

Answer: Andrew McCarthy

Jami Gertz starred with Sarah Jessica Parker in 'Square Pegs', Jami Gertz and Molly Ringwald were on 'The Facts of Life', and Emilio Estevez made an appearance on 'Making the Grade.'

9. Which actor married Paula Abdul?

Answer: Emilio Estevez

Estevez and Abdul were married from 1992 to 1994. Estevez was also once engaged to Demi Moore.

10. Which movie reunited Demi Moore and Rob Lowe after 'St. Elmo's Fire'?

Answer: About Last Night

This movie was based on the play 'Sexual Perversity in Chicago' and costarred James Belushi and Elizabeth Perkins.

11. Which movie did Molly Ringwald turn down a role in?

Answer: 'Some Kind of Wonderful'

This ended her working relationship with John Hughes.

12. Which band performs at Cats in 'Pretty in Pink'?

Answer: The Rave-ups

The Rave-ups were also one of Molly Ringwald's favorite bands at the time.

13. Which movie includes the quote 'You told me you couldn't believe in somebody who didn't believe in you. I believed in you. I always believed in you. I just didn't believe in me.'?

Answer: Pretty in Pink

This is just too easy. Blane says it to Andie at the prom. He ends it with 'I love you. Always' and walks out.

14. Where were the college scenes in 'St. Elmo's Fire' filmed?

Answer: University of Maryland

The gang graduated from Georgetown but the scenes were filmed in MD.

15. Whose brother had a bit part in the movie 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off'?

Answer: Emilio Estevez

All of the choices have had siblings in the movie business. Molly Ringwald's sister Beth was in the movie 'Sixteen Candles'. Emilio Estevez has two actor siblings: Charlie Sheen (who was shown at the jail scene in 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off') and Renee Estevez. Rob Lowe's brother is actor Chad Lowe and Andrew McCarthy's brother is director Justin McCarthy.

16. Which stars came together for the first time in Stephen King's 'The Stand'?

Answer: Molly Ringwald and Rob Lowe

All of those years and it wasn't until 1994 that they were in something together other than Brat Pack news.

17. Who was one of the three choices for the lead in 'Flashdance'?

Answer: Demi Moore

Jennifer Beals ultimely won the part of Alexandra Owens.

18. Who played Andrew McCarthy's roommate in 'Class'?

Answer: Rob Lowe

Andrew and Rob were in two more movies together including 'St. Elmo's Fire' and 'Mulholland Falls'.

19. Who went to high school with Sean Penn?

Answer: Rob Lowe and Emilio Estevez

However, neither Lowe nor Estevez have been in a movie with Penn.

20. Which actor was nominated for an Oscar after a performance with Jennifer Jason Leigh?

Answer: Mare Winningham

Mare Winningham was nominated for the 1995 movie 'Georgia' costarring Jennifer Jason Leigh of 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High' fame.

Source: Author pink1223

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