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Great Movie Disasters II Trivia Quiz

All-star casts and mega-budgets make a great recipe for great movie disasters! Here's a second helping!

A multiple-choice quiz by cag1970. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
cag1970

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
93,607

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

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Difficult

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7 / 15

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Question 1 of 15

1. In what city was the 1980 made-for-TV disaster mini-series "Condominium" set? Hint

Miami

Los Angeles

Honolulu

Savannah

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Question 2 of 15

2. In the blockbuster feature film "Independence Day", which Los Angeles landmark is destroyed by the alien's powerful pulse beam? Hint

Bank of America Tower

Disneyland

CBS Television City

Library Tower

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Question 3 of 15

3. In the 1977 post-apocalypse feature "Damnation Alley", which Eastern state capital was believed to be the only city that was not destroyed? Hint

Annapolis, Maryland

Montgomery, Alabama

Tallahassee, Florida

Albany, New York

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Question 4 of 15

4. Which famous aircraft was the focus of the fourth movie of the "Airport" series? Hint

Boeing 747

Lockheed L-1011

McDonnell Douglas DC-10

Concorde

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Question 5 of 15

5. True or False: "The Poseidon Adventure" was based on a novel by Martin Caidin.

True

False

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Question 6 of 15

6. Which actor played Jim Pruitt, the commander of Ironman One, in the 1969 space disaster movie "Marooned"? Hint

Richard Crenna

Gene Hackman

David Janssen

James Franciscus

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Question 7 of 15

7. In the 1974 disaster epic "Earthquake", how do Charlton Heston and Ava Gardner's characters wind up dying? Hint

Consumed by a fire

Swept away in a flood

Crushed by debris

Run over by a fire truck

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Question 8 of 15

8. In the movie "Apollo 13", what event forced the crew to forego the attempt at a lunar landing? Hint

Meteorite impact

Thruster explosion

Computer malfunction

Oxygen-tank explosion

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Question 9 of 15

9. Though the TV mini-series "Space" was not a disaster movie, it did feature a notable disaster. What was it? Hint

Astronauts dying during weightlessness training

Astronauts dying in a launch-pad explosion

Astronauts dying on the moon

Astronauts dying during re-entry

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Question 10 of 15

10. What sparked the fire that devasted the Glass Tower in the movie "The Towering Inferno"? Hint

A lit cigarette

Kids playing with matches

A terrorist bomb

Faulty wiring

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Question 11 of 15

11. In "The Swarm", what did Michael Caine and Katherine Ross's characters use to lure the killer bees to their deaths? Hint

Swarms of honey bees

Forty-six tons of honey

A squadron of helicopters

Warning sirens

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Question 12 of 15

12. In the made-for-TV drama "Asteroid", which city suffers a small flood as asteroid fragments strike a dam? Hint

Denver

San Antonio

Little Rock

Kansas City

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Question 13 of 15

13. In what disaster-movie spoof would you find people trying to get from New York to Denver? Hint

"Airplane!"

"Supertrain"

"Airplane II: The Sequel"

"The Big Bus"

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Question 14 of 15

14. According to the movie "The Hindenburg", what caused the destruction of the monstrous airship? Hint

Unauthorized smoking

Static electricity

Terrorist bomb

Lightning

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Question 15 of 15

15. True or False: The island of Krakatoa, destroyed by a volcanic explosion in 1883, was actually west of Java.

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In what city was the 1980 made-for-TV disaster mini-series "Condominium" set?

Answer: Miami

Based on the novel by John D. MacDonald, "Condominium" had a star-studded cast including Barbara Eden ("I Dream of Jeannie") and Dan Haggerty ("Grizzly Adams"). The mini-series was about a luxury high-rise complex doomed by shoddy workmanship and cheap building materials.

2. In the blockbuster feature film "Independence Day", which Los Angeles landmark is destroyed by the alien's powerful pulse beam?

Answer: Library Tower

At a height of 1,018 feet, Library Tower, originally known as First Interstate World Center and renamed US Bank Tower (as of 2003), was at one time the tallest building west of the Mississippi River. Though designed to withstand an 8.3 magnitude earthquake, its celluloid twin was no match for alien firepower.

3. In the 1977 post-apocalypse feature "Damnation Alley", which Eastern state capital was believed to be the only city that was not destroyed?

Answer: Albany, New York

George Peppard and Jan-Michael Vincent starred in this movie, based on Roger Zelazny's novel.

4. Which famous aircraft was the focus of the fourth movie of the "Airport" series?

Answer: Concorde

The stars of "Airport '79", including series regular George Kennedy, encounter danger and death as they travel in supersonic luxury from Washington, DC, to Moscow.

5. True or False: "The Poseidon Adventure" was based on a novel by Martin Caidin.

Answer: False

A prolific writer who specialized in aviation and space, Caidin's most famous novel is "Cyborg", the basis of the hit TV series "The Six Million Dollar Man". New York sportswriter Paul Gallico wrote the novel "The Poseidon Adventure".

6. Which actor played Jim Pruitt, the commander of Ironman One, in the 1969 space disaster movie "Marooned"?

Answer: Richard Crenna

Based on another well-known novel by Martin Caidin, "Marooned" originally depicted the saga of a Mercury astronaut trapped in space when his capsule's retro-rockets fail to fire. Caidin would release a second variation of the novel, to coincide with the three-man Apollo crew portrayed in the movie.

7. In the 1974 disaster epic "Earthquake", how do Charlton Heston and Ava Gardner's characters wind up dying?

Answer: Swept away in a flood

In the climactic sewer-flood scene, Stewart Graff (Heston) is forced into making a terrible decision--try to save his estranged wife Remy (Gardner) or climb to safety and his mistress, Denise Marshall (Genevieve Bujold).

8. In the movie "Apollo 13", what event forced the crew to forego the attempt at a lunar landing?

Answer: Oxygen-tank explosion

Based on the non-fiction work "Lost Moon" by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger, "Apollo 13" starred Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton and Kevin Bacon as the crew that fought to get their crippled spacecraft home.

9. Though the TV mini-series "Space" was not a disaster movie, it did feature a notable disaster. What was it?

Answer: Astronauts dying on the moon

During the Apollo 18 mission, a large solar flare erupts. The two astronauts on the moon (played by Beau Bridges and Jonathan Goldsmith) try an emergency liftoff to rendezvous with the command ship (piloted by Harry Hamlin), but the radiation overcomes them while they're en route.

10. What sparked the fire that devasted the Glass Tower in the movie "The Towering Inferno"?

Answer: Faulty wiring

Though the Glass Tower was billed as the world's tallest building in the movie, it was doomed by shoddy workmanship and cheap building materials.

11. In "The Swarm", what did Michael Caine and Katherine Ross's characters use to lure the killer bees to their deaths?

Answer: Warning sirens

Caine's character figured out why the bees attacked a missile silo at the beginning of the film. The warning sirens it used made vibrations simliar to the killer bees' mating call. Using portable warning sirens, the bees were lured into the Gulf of Mexico and destroyed.

12. In the made-for-TV drama "Asteroid", which city suffers a small flood as asteroid fragments strike a dam?

Answer: Kansas City

In a foreshadowing of the death and destruction to come, a small piece of the asteroid Eros strikes the dam, flooding portions of Kansas City and forcing the citizens to run for their lives.

13. In what disaster-movie spoof would you find people trying to get from New York to Denver?

Answer: "The Big Bus"

"The Big Bus" hit the theatres in 1976, three years before "Airplane!". In addition to a ridiculous premise--a nuclear-powered luxury bus complete with swimming pool and bowling alley--the movie also featured an all-star cast, which included Stockard Channing, Ned Beatty and Joseph Bologna.

14. According to the movie "The Hindenburg", what caused the destruction of the monstrous airship?

Answer: Terrorist bomb

No one knows for sure what caused the Hindenburg to explode and burn as it attempted to land at Lakehurst, New Jersey, in 1937. But in the 1975 Universal movie, George C. Scott tried in vain to disarm an explosive device in the ship's catwalks.

15. True or False: The island of Krakatoa, destroyed by a volcanic explosion in 1883, was actually west of Java.

Answer: True

Though the 1969 movie "Krakatoa, East of Java" is considered to be a classic disaster epic, it is also a classic case of bad geography.

Source: Author cag1970

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