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Quiz about Heaven Can Wait
Quiz about Heaven Can Wait

Heaven Can Wait Trivia Quiz


This is a simple quiz about a classic movie from the 1970s, "Heaven Can Wait".

A multiple-choice quiz by Uga76. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
Uga76
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
226,434
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
956
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Question 1 of 10
1. How much money, in American dollars, did the former owner of the Los Angeles Rams say he sold his team for? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What two teams were shown playing in the Super Bowl during this movie? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. What was the name of the team's trainer? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. What was the name of the billionaire who the main character ended-up assuming the body of throughout most of the movie? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Who played the main character, Joe Pendleton, in this movie? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Betty Logan, played by Julie Christie, initially met with the main character to try to save her English village?


Question 7 of 10
7. What country did the main character want to buy? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. What musical instrument does the main character practice playing throughout this movie? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Who was responsible for pulling the main character out of his body before the accident actually occurred? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. What year was the main character really scheduled to die? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. How much money, in American dollars, did the former owner of the Los Angeles Rams say he sold his team for?

Answer: 67 million dollars

While standing in the Los Angeles Coliseum, the former owner, played by John Randolph, said, "All I asked was $67 million, and he said, 'Okay.'"
2. What two teams were shown playing in the Super Bowl during this movie?

Answer: Los Angeles Rams and Pittsburgh Steelers

At the end of this movie it shows that these two teams were playing in Super Bowl XIII. Interestingly, Los Angeles would make its first Super Bowl appearance, against the Pittsburgh Steelers, the following season, in Super Bowl XIV, in 1980.
3. What was the name of the team's trainer?

Answer: Max Corkle

The team trainer was played by Jack Warden. He was the only person able to get both of Beatty's characters, Joe Pendleton and Leo Farnsworth, a try-out with the Los Angeles Rams.
4. What was the name of the billionaire who the main character ended-up assuming the body of throughout most of the movie?

Answer: Leo Farnsworth

Beatty's original body was that of Joe Pendleton, starting quarterback of the Los Angeles Rams, who was accidentally enraptured, by the Escort, prior to an accident on his bicycle. Later, the Escort would help Beatty's character fulfill his dream of winning a Super Bowl by giving him the body of Tom Jarrett, the back-up quarterback for the Rams.
5. Who played the main character, Joe Pendleton, in this movie?

Answer: Warren Beatty

He directed and starred as the main character, a football quarterback, for an old National Football League team of the 1970s, the Los Angeles Rams. Originally, Beatty wanted this movie to be based on a boxer, however, the person he wanted to play the part, Muhammad Ali, was too busy.
6. Betty Logan, played by Julie Christie, initially met with the main character to try to save her English village?

Answer: True

Mr. Farnsworth planned on opening a refinery in her village, Pagglesham, that would emit potential deadly chemicals into the atmosphere. Beatty agreed to assume Mr. Farnsworth's body to help defend Ms. Logan at his company's board meeting.
7. What country did the main character want to buy?

Answer: Haiti

Leo Farnsworth wanted this country so that his corporation could profit by growing millions of acres of sugar cane. However, once Beatty's character took over Farnsworth's body, he decided against the purchase of Haiti, because he felt sugar wasn't good for a person's body.
8. What musical instrument does the main character practice playing throughout this movie?

Answer: soprano saxaphone

During the initial scene of the movie Joe Pendleton is shown playing this gold plated instrument. Later, while assuming Leo Farnsworth's body, he continues to practice with this instrument.
9. Who was responsible for pulling the main character out of his body before the accident actually occurred?

Answer: The Escort

The Escort, played by Buck Henry, was a rookie angel who took Joe Pendleton out of his body, prior to the accident, only to later learn that it wasn't Pendleton's time to die. While at the Way Station, Pendleton explained to the Escort that he was a world-class athlete, thus, his reflexes allowed him to swerve out of the way of the on-coming vehicle prior to it hitting his bicycle.
10. What year was the main character really scheduled to die?

Answer: 2025

While in Heaven, waiting to be transported, it was revealed, by the Way Station Attendant, that Joe Pendleton wasn't actually scheduled to die until the year 2025, almost 50 years into the future.
Source: Author Uga76

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