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Movie and Music Titles Trivia Quiz

This quiz is about movies and songs that share the same title, but have no relation to each other.

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

Author
professorjon

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
88,214

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

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3220

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Question 1 of 10

1. Number one hit by Barry McGuire or a Gregory Hines movie? Hint

Eve of Destruction

White Knights

The Cotton Club

The Ballad of the Green Berets

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Question 2 of 10

2. 1966 hit by the Hollies or a Marilyn Monroe movie? Hint

Let's Make Love

As Young As You Feel

Monkey Business

Bus Stop

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Question 3 of 10

3. 1993 movie about a stranded Rugby team or a 1972 hit by the BeeGees? Hint

Stayin Alive

Alive

Everything I own

I Wrote a Letter

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Question 4 of 10

4. 1971 hit by Bread or 1968 British movie starring Malcolm McDowell about rebellion of the younger generation?

Answer: (IF only I could-one word)

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Question 5 of 10

5. 1969 hit by Tommy James and the Shondells or a 1941 film starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck ? Hint

Stella Dallas

You Belong to Me

The Lady Eve

Ball of Fire

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Question 6 of 10

6. 1981 hit by Styx or a 1986 movie starring Robin Williams? Hint

The Best of Times

Sweet Dreams

The Fisher King

Come Sail Away

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Question 7 of 10

7. 1964 hit for Sam Cooke or 1947 musical starring June Allyson and Peter Lawford? Hint

Chain Gang

Girl Crazy

Good News

The Secret Heart

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Question 8 of 10

8. 1986 hit by Journey or a 1956 movie starring Jayne Mansfield? Hint

Too Hot to Handle

Don't Stop Believin

Kiss Them For Me

Girl Can't Help It

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Question 9 of 10

9. 1984 hit for Cyndi Lauper or 1942 movie starring Humphrey Bogart? Hint

Invincible

Love is a Battlefield

All Through the Night

We Belong

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Question 10 of 10

10. 1963 hit by Terry Stafford or 1941 movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock and featuring Cary Grant? Hint

North By Northwest

Notorious

Suspicion

Spellbound

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Number one hit by Barry McGuire or a Gregory Hines movie?

Answer: Eve of Destruction

Barry McGuire had a number one hit with "Eve of Destruction" in 1965. Gregory Hines starred in the 1991 movie, "Eve of Destruction" about a female robot running amok.

2. 1966 hit by the Hollies or a Marilyn Monroe movie?

Answer: Bus Stop

The Hollies "Bus Stop" peaked at number five in 1966. Marilyn Monroe and Don Murray star in the 1956 film about a young rodeo cowboy and a cafe singer. The other three answers are all movies that also featured Marilyn Monroe.

3. 1993 movie about a stranded Rugby team or a 1972 hit by the BeeGees?

Answer: Alive

The song, "Alive" peaked at thirty-two on the charts in 1972. The movie featured Ethan Hawke and Josh Hamilton.

4. 1971 hit by Bread or 1968 British movie starring Malcolm McDowell about rebellion of the younger generation?

Answer: If

The song "If" peaked at number four for Bread in 1971. The movie, "If," directed by Lindsay Anderson was a film that signaled the emergence of the counter culture.

5. 1969 hit by Tommy James and the Shondells or a 1941 film starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck ?

Answer: Ball of Fire

Henry Fonda is Barbara Stanwyck's co-star in the 1941 film "You Belong to Me." Stanwyck co-stars with Gary Cooper in the 1941 movie, "Ball of Fire." Stanwyck plays the girlfriend of a gangster who needs a place to hide from the police. She stumbles onto Professor Gary Cooper, who is working on a dictionary of the history of slang, and of course, she falls for him. Tommy James' song "Ball of Fire" hit the charts for one week in 1969 and peaked at number thirty-nine.

6. 1981 hit by Styx or a 1986 movie starring Robin Williams?

Answer: The Best of Times

The song peaked at number three in 1981. The movie starred Robin Williams as a man who never lived down dropping the game winning touchtown in a high school football game. He wants a second chance and he convinces all his old teammates (including his friend played by Kurt Russell) and the rival players to play a rematch.

7. 1964 hit for Sam Cooke or 1947 musical starring June Allyson and Peter Lawford?

Answer: Good News

The song reached number eleven on the charts for Cooke who also sang "Chain Gang." The movie was about a young football star and the girl (Allyson) who catches him. June Allyson also appeared in "Girl Crazy" and "The Secret Heart."

8. 1986 hit by Journey or a 1956 movie starring Jayne Mansfield?

Answer: Girl Can't Help It

Jayne Mansfield starred in both "Too Hot to Handle" and "Kiss Them For Me." She also starred with Edmund O'Brien and Tom Ewell in the classic 1957 film, "The Girl Can't Help it." She plays the girlfriend of a gangster (O'Brien) who wants to make her a star.

He brings in Ewell to help her out and Mansfield and Ewell fall in love. The song by Journey, "Girl Can't help it" reached number seventeen on the charts. Journey also had a hit with "Don't Stop Believin."

9. 1984 hit for Cyndi Lauper or 1942 movie starring Humphrey Bogart?

Answer: All Through the Night

The other three songs are by Pat Benatar. "All Through the Night" peaked at number five for Cyndi Lauper. The movie "All Through the Night" starred Humphrey Bogart, William Demarest and Frank McHugh as a gang who track down fifth columnists.

10. 1963 hit by Terry Stafford or 1941 movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock and featuring Cary Grant?

Answer: Suspicion

Terry Stafford has often been compared to Elvis and his 1963 song "Suspicion" sounds very similiar to the 1969 hit by Elvis "Suspicious Minds." Alfred Hitchcock directed Gregory Peck in "Spellbound" in 1945. He directed Cary Grant in "Notorious" in 1946 and Grant again in "North By Northwest" in 1959.

In the 1941 film "Suspicion", Cary Grant plays a man whose wife (played by Joan Fontaine) thinks he is trying to kill her.

Source: Author professorjon

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