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Arachnophobia Trivia Quiz

This is a quiz about the creepy crawly movie 'Arachnophobia'. Have fun!

A multiple-choice quiz by gumnutgirl16. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
gumnutgirl16

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
136,876

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
16 / 25

Plays
1469

Last 3 plays: Guest 90 (20/25), Guest 172 (9/25), Guest 76 (22/25).

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Question 1 of 25

1. Where does Doctor Atherton find the new species of spider? Hint

Colombia

Paraguay

Bolivia

Venezuela

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Question 2 of 25

2. What does Jerry Manley say his speciality is? Hint

Golf

Baseball

Gym

Football

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Question 3 of 25

3. What did Doctor Atherton NOT say was unusual about the spiders he discovered in South America? Hint

It had a large brain

It had no reproductive organs

It had extremely large fangs

It had three poison sacs

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Question 4 of 25

4. When Manley is bitten by the spider and dies, what does Miguel and Atherton think killed him? Hint

Poisonous frog

Bee

Fever

24 Hour Ant

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Question 5 of 25

5. What do they mainly refer to the spiders as? Hint

Workers

Pawns

Troops

Soldiers

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Question 6 of 25

6. What does Ross Jennings collect? Hint

Beer cans

Cameras

Rare Photographs

Wine

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Question 7 of 25

7. When the Jennings' just moved in to their new home, they find a spider in one of the boxes. Where do they put the spider? Hint

In the barn

They kill it

In the cellar

In the bush

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Question 8 of 25

8. Where did the Jennings' move to Canaima from? Hint

Chicago

San Diego

San Francisco

New York

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Question 9 of 25

9. What is Irv, the mortician, always doing around dead bodies? Hint

Eating

Laughing

Drinking

Playing with them

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Question 10 of 25

10. Who becomes Shelley Jennings' new friend? Hint

Becky

Rabbit

Bunny

Raquel

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Question 11 of 25

11. What does Becky Beechwood say she is majoring in college? Hint

Music

Art

Gym

Drama

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Question 12 of 25

12. What does Margaret say that she could compete in, to Doctor Jennings? Hint

Tour-De-France

Marathon

Triathlon

Olympic Games

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Question 13 of 25

13. Where does the spider bite Margaret? Hint

Hand

Ear

Toe

Neck

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Question 14 of 25

14. What does Doctor Metcalf believe to be the cause of Margaret's death? Hint

Heart Attack

Aneurysm

Seizure

Brain Hemorrhage

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Question 15 of 25

15. How old was Margaret when she died? Hint

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Question 16 of 25

16. What is the name of the football team that Henry Beechwood coaches? Hint

Raiders

Steelers

Broncos

Stallions

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Question 17 of 25

17. What does Doctor Jennings be hailed as by the townspeople? Hint

Doctor Death

Doctor Deranged

Doctor Decapitate

Doctor Demise

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Question 18 of 25

18. Who plays the unorthodox exterminator, Delbert?

Answer: (Two Words or just last name)

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Question 19 of 25

19. When we first see Chris Collins, Doctor Atherton's assistant, what is he doing? Hint

Playing table soccer

Playing video games

Playing pool

Playing table hockey

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Question 20 of 25

20. During what game show does Irv and Blaire Kendall take the phone off the hook? Hint

Wheel of Fortune

The Price is Right

Jeopardy

Sale of the Century

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Question 21 of 25

21. When they discover Irv and Blaire dead a spider crawls out from where? Hint

Irv's nose

Blaire's mouth

Irv's mouth

Blaire's nose

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Question 22 of 25

22. Where was the nest located? Hint

Basement

Barn

Mortuary

Football Field

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Question 23 of 25

23. How does Doctor Jennings kill the Queen? Hint

Nail gun

Steps on it

Fire

Electrocutes it

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Question 24 of 25

24. This movie was nominated for an Oscar for Best Visual Effects.

True

False

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Question 25 of 25

25. Steven Spielberg directed this movie?

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Where does Doctor Atherton find the new species of spider?

Answer: Venezuela

Doctor Atherton's specialities are insects, spiders and undentifying new ones. While in Venezuela he discovers a new species of butterfly and suggested he call it the Photius Manlii.

2. What does Jerry Manley say his speciality is?

Answer: Football

Doctor Atherton: 'What's your speciality, Manley?'
Manley: 'Football.'
Jerry Manley is the photographer for Doctor Atherton.

3. What did Doctor Atherton NOT say was unusual about the spiders he discovered in South America?

Answer: It had a large brain

Doctor Atherton: 'The fangs, the injectors are disproportionately large. Three poison sacs. No sex organs.'

4. When Manley is bitten by the spider and dies, what does Miguel and Atherton think killed him?

Answer: Fever

Manley: 'I've been held up with a fever. To tell you the truth, I'm not over it yet.'
Atherton: 'Be sick on your own time.'
Miguel and Atherton find Manley dead and think that it was the fever that killed him.

5. What do they mainly refer to the spiders as?

Answer: Soldiers

Manley: 'If these are the soldiers, I'd hate to see the General.'
They refer to them as soldiers many times throughout the film. Chris Collins also refers to them as drones.

6. What does Ross Jennings collect?

Answer: Wine

He turns his basement into a wine cellar. Delbert the exterminator says that he collects rare beer cans. He said that he had a 1974 Miller Lite with a misprint on the label.

7. When the Jennings' just moved in to their new home, they find a spider in one of the boxes. Where do they put the spider?

Answer: In the barn

They put it in the barn where it meets the spider that came back from Venezuela. They soon mate and create the deadly toxin that kills people in seconds.

8. Where did the Jennings' move to Canaima from?

Answer: San Francisco

At the end of the movie they movie back to San Franciso and now they must deal with earthquakes.

9. What is Irv, the mortician, always doing around dead bodies?

Answer: Eating

He's obviously become accustom to being around them. We see him eating several times around dead bodies throughout the movie.

10. Who becomes Shelley Jennings' new friend?

Answer: Bunny

Molly Jennings: 'Bunny Beechwood popped over this morning, seems nice.'

11. What does Becky Beechwood say she is majoring in college?

Answer: Gym

Molly: 'So Becky, have you thought about what you're going to major in at college?'
Becky: 'Gym.'
The whole Beechwood clan are sport fanatics. The son plays football and the father coaches a local team called the Broncos.

12. What does Margaret say that she could compete in, to Doctor Jennings?

Answer: Triathlon

Margaret: 'I feel like I could compete in a Triathlon.'

13. Where does the spider bite Margaret?

Answer: Hand

As she was turning off a lamp the spider jumped on her and bit her on the hand.

14. What does Doctor Metcalf believe to be the cause of Margaret's death?

Answer: Heart Attack

Lloyd: So what do you think Doc?'
Doctor Metcalf: 'Heart attack.'
Doctor Metcalf blames Doctor Jennings because he took her off some pills that Doctor Metcalf believed she needed.

15. How old was Margaret when she died?

Answer: 68

Doctor Jennings: 'Sixty-eight is kind of young isn't it?'
Molly Jennings: 'The wine?'
Doctor Jennings: 'No Margaret, to die at sixty-eight...'

16. What is the name of the football team that Henry Beechwood coaches?

Answer: Broncos

Henry Beechwood: 'Bobby here is the Bronco star quarterback. I coach the team.'

17. What does Doctor Jennings be hailed as by the townspeople?

Answer: Doctor Death

Shelley Jennings: 'Bunny Beechwood said that everybody's calling you Doctor Death.'
Tommy Jennings: 'They say you want to cut people up into little pieces.'
Doctor Jennings wanted autopsies performed and this was not a common thing to happen in a small country town and people didn't take that lightly.

18. Who plays the unorthodox exterminator, Delbert?

Answer: John Goodman

Delbert owns his own business called Bugs-B-Gone. John Goodman provides the more hilarious scenes in the movie.

19. When we first see Chris Collins, Doctor Atherton's assistant, what is he doing?

Answer: Playing table soccer

Doctor Atherton: 'Chris, are you equally busy tomorrow?'

20. During what game show does Irv and Blaire Kendall take the phone off the hook?

Answer: Wheel of Fortune

Lloyd: 'Irv takes the phone off the hook during Wheel of Fortune'.
If they had the phone on the hook they may have survived. Doctor Jennings was trying to ring Irv and warn him about the spiders, but the phone was off the hook. When Doctor Jennings went around to Irv's place they were dead.

21. When they discover Irv and Blaire dead a spider crawls out from where?

Answer: Irv's nose

They had been eating popcorn and the spider crawled in the popcorn and Blaire ate it. The spider obviously killed Blaire first, then worked on Irv.

22. Where was the nest located?

Answer: Basement

They suspected the nest was in the mortuary because the spider had hitched a ride in a coffin and was taken to the mortuary. Then Doctor Jennings thought it was in the barn, but the whole time it was in the basement.

23. How does Doctor Jennings kill the Queen?

Answer: Electrocutes it

It was on the handle of a shovel and he threw the shovel and it hit a fuse box electrocuting the Queen. He killed the General with a nail gun, while on fire, shooting it straight into the nest.

24. This movie was nominated for an Oscar for Best Visual Effects.

Answer: False

It wasn't nominated for any Academy Awards.

25. Steven Spielberg directed this movie?

Answer: False

Frank Marshall directed it, but Steven Spielberg was an Executive Producer.

Source: Author gumnutgirl16

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