Movie Library: Steven Spielberg Quiz

Answer: Reese's Pieces

When E.T. is accidentally left behind by his spaceship, he makes his way to a suburban community and into the backyard of one resident. Ten year old Elliott is the first to see E.T. To prove to his family that what he saw is real, Elliott leaves a trail of Reese's Pieces candy in the backyard to lure the creature to his bedroom.

Answer: Peter Pan

Peter Pan is a character J. M. Barrie created in the 1900s. Steven Spielberg's "Hook" tells the story of what happens when Peter Pan grows up. Peter no longer remembers his Neverland days; he is a workaholic and a somewhat absentee father. When Captain Hook kidnaps Peter's children, Jack and Maggie, Tinker Bell and the Lost Boys help Peter remember who he is and come up with a plan to save his kids.

Answer: Severed head

There is no trace of human remains inside the shark the locals caught, so Chief Brody and Matt Hooper search the water for the real killer. When they come upon the half sunken boat of a local fisherman, Hooper goes underwater to find out more. While he is examining the vessel, a severed head ascends from the wreckage.

Answer: Devil's Tower

A worldwide phenomenon takes place, one in which people are experiencing close encounters with alien aircraft. All the contactees are then haunted by a familiar, yet unknown, image. Roy Neary is one of the people experiencing this strange occurrence; he tries to recreate the image using everything from mashed potatoes to shaving cream.

Another contactee, artist Jillian Guiler, attempts to capture the image on canvas. Soon, Roy, Jillian, and hundreds around the world discover the image they are seeing is a monument in Wyoming known as Devil's Tower.

Many of the contactees flock to this spot, but most are defeated by the government's barricade.

Answer: The Sugarland Express

1974's "The Sugarland Express" is Steven Spielberg's first theatrical feature and the first time the director worked with composer John Williams. The two teamed again the following year when John Williams composed the score for "Jaws". Other Spielberg-Williams collaborations include "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "Jurassic Park" and "Saving Private Ryan".

Answer: Tweety 2 and Tweety 3

Tweety the bird is the first and only death in the movie. After his demise, Carol Anne grieves briefly before asking her Mom for a goldfish. By bedtime, Carol Anne is feeding her two new goldfish, claiming, "Tweety 2 and Tweety 3 want seconds."

Answer: The Lost World: Jurassic Park

In 1993, Steven Spielberg directed the hit movie "Jurassic Park". The sequel, "The Lost World: Jurassic Park" came four years after the success of the original and is also directed by Spielberg.
"Jaws" is one of many Steven Spielberg hits; though some characters are carried on in its several sequels, neither the direction nor success of Spielberg are included.
Steven Spielberg did not direct "Gremlins" or its sequel "Gremlins 2: The New Batch", but he did serve as executive producer for both movies and he had a cameo role in part one as the man in the electric wheelchair.
Though the story and screenplay for "Poltergeist" are written by Steven Spielberg, neither it nor its sequels are directed by him.

Answer: David

In "A.I. Artificial Intelligence", the company Cybertronics has created human-like robots known as mechas. Haley Joel Osment's character David is a prototype for the child mechas. Cybertronics employee Henry Swinton is chosen to take David home as a sort of field test. Swinton and his wife Monica begin to raise David as their own son; Monica even develops a motherly bond with him.

When the couple's real son, Martin, finds it difficult to get along with David, Henry tells his wife to return the mecha to the company. Monica fears that if David is returned he will be destroyed, so she abandons him in the woods. David then sets out on a Pinocchio-like journey to find the Blue Fairy and make his wish to become a real boy.

Answer: Henry

Henry Walton Jones Jr. is better known as Indiana Jones. The character was first introduced in 1981's "Raiders of the Lost Ark". That was followed by "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom", "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" and "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull".

It is never revealed how Henry attained his Indy nickname, but in the third installment of the series Indiana's father, Henry Sr., mentions they once had a dog named Indiana.

Answer: Jurassic Park

In "Jurassic Park", John Hammond has found a way to clone dinosaurs by taking million year old Dino DNA from fossilized mosquitoes, and pairing it with the DNA of frogs. Hammond has turned his discovery into a theme park. Before the park opens for business, Hammond's investors want outside opinions, like those of paleontologists, Dr. Allan Grant and Ellie Sattler. John Hammond goes to the dig site where Grant and Sattler are working and proceeds to persuade them to visit his park and give their testimony of approval.

At that point this dialogue is spoken among the three. Ellie's joke is brought on by the fact that she and Allan are a couple and have differing opinions about having kids.