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Quiz about Movies from 1976 in Other Words

Movies from 1976 in Other Words Quiz

Match the real 1976 movie titles to the altered titles.

A matching quiz by bigjohnsludge. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
bigjohnsludge

Time
3 mins

Type
Match Quiz

Quiz #
391,533

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Easy

Avg Score
10 / 10

Plays
1016

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 118 (10/10), Guest 23 (10/10), Guest 146 (10/10).

(a) Drag-and-drop from the right to the left, or (b) click on a right side answer box and then on a left side box to move it.

Questions		Choices
1. Stone Covered		The Man Who Fell to Earth
2. Vertebrate at a Stage of Development Prior to Birth		The Omen
3. A Luminous Spheroid of Burning Gases Held Together by its Own Gravity Has Been Created		Rocky
4. The Harbinger		Freaky Friday
5. Element That Has the Atomic Number Forty Seven Slash		Silver Streak
6. Every Single One of the Adult Males Belonging to the Leader of the United States		Embryo
7. Bizarre Fifth Twenty Four Hour Cycle of the Week		A Star is Born
8. Long Distance Foot Race Adult Male		Marathon Man
9. The Hunt For the Vessel Built By the Grandson of Methuselah		All the President's Men
10. The Adult Male That Descended Rapidly in the Direction of the Third Planet From the Sun		In Search of Noah's Ark

Select each answer

1. Stone Covered

2. Vertebrate at a Stage of Development Prior to Birth

3. A Luminous Spheroid of Burning Gases Held Together by its Own Gravity Has Been Created

4. The Harbinger

5. Element That Has the Atomic Number Forty Seven Slash

6. Every Single One of the Adult Males Belonging to the Leader of the United States

7. Bizarre Fifth Twenty Four Hour Cycle of the Week

8. Long Distance Foot Race Adult Male

9. The Hunt For the Vessel Built By the Grandson of Methuselah

10. The Adult Male That Descended Rapidly in the Direction of the Third Planet From the Sun

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Stone Covered

Answer: Rocky

"Rocky" is a boxing movie about a loan shark money collector and part time boxer named Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) who gets a chance to box the World Heavyweight Champion for the title on the Fourth of July. Thinking that the match will only last a couple of rounds, the champion, Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers), takes the match too lightly and ends up having to fight the entire fifteen rounds in a brutal battle to keep the title.

2. Vertebrate at a Stage of Development Prior to Birth

Answer: Embryo

"Embryo" is a science fiction horror movie about growing a human embryo in an artificial uterus. The movie stars Rock Hudson as Dr. Paul Holliston and Barbara Carrera as Victoria, the adult female grown from the embryo. Victoria's intelligence is far superior to that of others due to the fact that she didn't have to go through the trials and tribulations of childhood.

The super intelligence also makes her a smart and clever killer.

3. A Luminous Spheroid of Burning Gases Held Together by its Own Gravity Has Been Created

Answer: A Star is Born

"A Star i s Born" is a musical drama about the declining career of rock star John Norman Howard (Kris Kristofferson) who falls in love with a up and coming young singer Esther Hoffman played by Barbra Streisand. Esther struggles to keep John from killing himself with drugs and booze while she becomes a popular singer.

4. The Harbinger

Answer: The Omen

"The Omen" is a horror movie about the newborn son of Satan being switched with the newborn son of an American diplomat. As the child grows, agents of Satan are sent to protect him. Gregory Peck plays Ambassador Thorn who finally realizes that his son is Satan's child and tries to kill him.

5. Element That Has the Atomic Number Forty Seven Slash

Answer: Silver Streak

"Silver Streak" is a comedy thriller about murder on a high speed train. After witnessing a murder on the train, George Caldwell (Gene Wilder) gets accused of the crime and the murderers toss him off the train and hold his girlfriend hostage. Caldwell teams up with car thief Grover Muldoon (Richard Pryor) to chase down the murderers and rescue his girlfriend.

6. Every Single One of the Adult Males Belonging to the Leader of the United States

Answer: All the President's Men

"All the President's Men" is a political thriller about the break in of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate complex. It stars Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman as Washington "Post" reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. Together, Woodward and Bernstein are able to figure out that the players in the break-in led all the way up to the White House and President Nixon. Nixon resigned after the scandal came to light.

7. Bizarre Fifth Twenty Four Hour Cycle of the Week

Answer: Freaky Friday

"Freaky Friday" is a fantasy comedy movie about a mother and daughter whose personalities are switched on a Friday and they have to experience each other's lives for a day. The movie stars Jodie Foster as Annabel Andrews and Barbara Harris as her mother.

8. Long Distance Foot Race Adult Male

Answer: Marathon Man

"Marathon Man" is a suspense thriller about a U.S. agent chasing down a Nazi war criminal. The agent played by Roy Scheider accidentally gets his brother Tom (Dustin Hoffman) entangled in the situation and Tom must use his long distance running skills to escape his captors. The movie also stars Laurence Olivier as the sadistic Nazi Doctor Szell who tortures people to get information.

9. The Hunt For the Vessel Built By the Grandson of Methuselah

Answer: In Search of Noah's Ark

'In Search of Noah's Ark' is a documentary about the perceived final resting place of Noah's Ark. The movie had a low budget but grossed $55,700,000 domestically. The documentary also included a re-enactment of the biblical story of Noah's Ark.

10. The Adult Male That Descended Rapidly in the Direction of the Third Planet From the Sun

Answer: The Man Who Fell to Earth

"The Man Who Fell To Earth" is a science fiction film about man named Thomas Newton (David Bowie) who comes from an alien planet which is slowly dying from lack of water. He left his wife and two children on his home planet in the hope of finding a solution on Earth.

Source: Author bigjohnsludge

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