Movies from 1971 in Other Words Quiz

Answer: Fiddler on the Roof

"Fiddler on the Roof" is an American musical comedy-drama about a Jewish milkman named Tevye who has five daughters and is trying to maintain his religious traditions in spite of outside influences. Tevye wishes to prearrange the marriages of his daughters but they would rather marry for love instead of following tradition.

The movie won three Academy Awards for Best Music, Scoring Adaptation, and Original Song Score.

Answer: Diamonds are Forever

"Diamonds are Forever" is a James Bond spy film starring Sean Connery. In the movie, Bond has to infiltrate a diamond smuggling ring and discovers that the smuggled diamonds are being used to build a laser weapon.

Answer: The Last Picture Show

"The Last Picture Show" is set in the early 1950s and was filmed entirely in black and white. It is about two high school students coming of age in a declining small town in Texas. Ben Johnson won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as Sam "the Lion" and Cloris Leachman won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role as Ruth Popper.

Answer: A Clockwork Orange

"A Clockwork Orange" is a futuristic movie that centers around a group of street thugs and their leader Alex (Malcolm McDowell). While in prison for murder, Alex agrees to take experimental injections that will curb his viciousness and allow him to be released from prison early.

Answer: The Andromeda Strain

"The Andromeda Strain" is about a space virus collected by a space probe that crash lands in Arizona. The virus has the ability to turn blood into a granular solid which kills people in a matter of seconds after breathing in the organism.

Answer: The Omega Man

"The Omega Man" is a science fiction movie about the aftermath of a world wide biological war in which most of the survivors are turned into light sensitive albino zombies. Charlton Heston plays scientist Robert Neville who injects himself with an anti virus and becomes the last immune human on earth.

Answer: Bananas

"Bananas" is a comedy directed by and starring Woody Allen. The movie is about a goofy New Yorker who gets caught up in the rebellion of a small Latin American country and becomes the leader of that country.

Answer: Duel

"Deul" is a the first full length movie directed by Steven Spielberg. It is a suspense drama about a salesman on a business trip who gets tormented and chased by a crazy tanker truck driver trying to run him off the road. Spielberg keeps the audience in suspense by never showing the face of the crazy truck driver.

Answer: Panic in Needle Park

"Panic in Needle Park" is a romantic drama about the downward spiral of a heroin addict named Bobby (Al Pacino) and his girlfriend who also becomes an addict. Needle Park is the nickname of Sherman Square on Manhattan's Upper West Side which is a hang out for drug users and dealers.

Answer: Carnal Knowledge

"Carnal Knowledge" is a comedy drama set in the 1940s starring Jack Nicholson, Art Garfunkel, Ann-Margret, and Candice Bergen. It tells the story of two college buddies with completely opposite opinions about women. One thinks of most women as being "ball busters' while the other idolizes them.