Movies With Big Families Quiz | Movies

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1. This movie, from 2003, is about a family where the parents wanted eight children but they actually end up with no less than 12 children. Which movie is this?

Answer: Cheaper By The Dozen

"Cheaper By The Dozen" is about a huge family from Midland, Illinois. Tom and Kate Baker both wanted eight children but when they went for magic number eight, they got twins. Afterwards, they went to a party, got drunk and nine months later had number 10. Nine months after a vasectomy, they had another set of twins for a total of 12 children.

2. This movie is about two big families who have many difficulties with becoming one very big family. Which movie is this?

Answer: Yours, Mine and Ours

"Yours, Mine and Ours" is about an Admiral with eight highly disciplined children who marries his hippie-like high school-girlfriend who has 10 children. These 18 very different children now have to move in together. Not only do they have to share a house, but they also have to share bedrooms with one another. This causes some getting used to for everybody.

3. This series of movies involves a family of wizards with seven children. Which movie series is this?

Answer: Harry Potter

The "Harry Potter" series is about a world of wizards. Harry Potter befriends Ron Weasley who is the youngest son in a family with six sons and one daughter. Harry Potter becomes part of the Weasley family since he doesn't have his own and even ends up marrying the only daughter, Ginny Weasley.

4. This, my favorite movie, is about a family with seven children who end up on the run from the Nazis. Which movie is this?

Answer: The Sound of Music

"The Sound of Music" is about a navy captain whose wife is dead and needs a governess to look after his seven children. Maria comes from an abbey in Salzburg and takes on the job as governess for the Von Trapp-children. After Die Anschluss, the family eventually have to flee Austria.

5. The next movie is about a family with five children who are being bothered by terrorists who want a program that the late father designed. Which movie is this?

Answer: The Pacifier

"The Pacifier" is about a navy seal who has to rescue a father of five who has been kidnapped because of a program he invented. After the father is killed and the mother has to go to Switzerland to retrieve a safety deposit box, the navy seal has to look after the five children.

6. This movie is about a soldier who has to leave his wife and five children to go fight a war. Which movie is this?

Answer: We Were Soldiers

"We Were Soldiers" is about American soldiers fighting in the Vietnam war. The lieutenant colonel is a father of five, three boys and two girls, who he has to leave behind to go to Vietnam.

7. This movie is about a young girl who has to start a new life, alone in the world. However, once upon a time, she had a family and four other siblings. Which movie is this?

Answer: Anastasia

The cartoon "Anastasia" from 1997 is about a young orphan of 18 who is leaving the orphanage outside St. Petersburg where she has lived for ten years. Before she came to the orphanage she was in an accident leaving her without her memories and only a necklace that reads "Together in Paris".

She therefore seeks out Dimitri who can (illegally) get tickets for Paris. In Paris, Anastasia finally learns the truth about her missing past.

8. This, my second favorite movie, is about a farmer who has to go fight a war and leave his seven children with his sister-in-law. During this war, he loses two sons but gains another. Which movie is this?

Answer: The Patriot

"The Patriot" is about a farmer, father of seven, who agrees to train the American militia during the Revolutionary war after a British colonel shoots his second son. He seeks out to kill the British colonel who kills his second son and eventually his first son. During the war, he has to leave his five children with his late wife's sister.

He eventually marries his sister-in-law and they have another child. This movie is really a love story between a man, his country and his children.

9. The next movie is about an extended family with a total of 11 children who are supposed to go on vacation, but only ten do. Which movie is this?

Answer: Home Alone

"Home Alone" is about en eight-year old boy who is accidentally left behind when his family leaves for Christmas vacation in Paris. Kevin McCallister has four brothers and sisters along with six cousins who goes on vacation without him.
Before his mother finally succeeds in returning home to him, he has to deal with shopping, robbers and a neighbor who is rumored to be a mass murderer.

10. The last movie is about a scientist at the South Pole. He does not have eight children but instead he has eight dogs that he loves as if they were his children. Which movie is this?

Answer: Eight Below

"Eight Below" is about a group of scientists working on the South Pole. When a storm comes in and threatens their lives, they all have to leave immediately. The helicopter meanwhile, doesn't have room enough to hold the eight sled-dogs. The scientists have to leave the dogs behind, with the intention of returning to retrieve the dogs immediately.

However, after the scientists arrive back at base, the storm has gained too much power for the pilot to return for the dogs and the dogs are left to face a harsh winter all alone with snow storms and no food.

Source: Author MissVoldy

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Movies With Big Families Trivia Quiz

I have always loved children and wanted a big family with many children so now I decided to make a quiz about movies that involve big families. These families have at least five children. Good luck.

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