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Quiz about Movies from 1984 in Other Words
Quiz about Movies from 1984 in Other Words

Movies from 1984 in Other Words Quiz


Match the real 1984 movie title to the altered title.

A matching quiz by bigjohnsludge. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Time
3 mins
Type
Match Quiz
Quiz #
391,901
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Very Easy
Avg Score
10 / 10
Plays
1299
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 118 (10/10), Kiwikaz (10/10), Guest 75 (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.
QuestionsChoices
1. Phantasm Breakers  
  Places in the Heart
2. Plunge  
  Moscow on the Hudson
3. Unmarried Adult Male Celebration   
  Children of the Corn
4. The Plentiful  
  Iceman
5. Very Young Humans Belonging to a Vegetable That Grows on a Cob  
  Ghostbusters
6. Flame Initiator  
  Bachelor Party
7. Frozen Water Adult Male  
  Firestarter
8. The Dorks Counterinsurgency   
  Splash
9. Capital of Russia upon a New York River  
  The Bounty
10. Areas Taking Up Residence Within the Blood Pumping Organ  
  Revenge of the Nerds





Select each answer

1. Phantasm Breakers
2. Plunge
3. Unmarried Adult Male Celebration
4. The Plentiful
5. Very Young Humans Belonging to a Vegetable That Grows on a Cob
6. Flame Initiator
7. Frozen Water Adult Male
8. The Dorks Counterinsurgency
9. Capital of Russia upon a New York River
10. Areas Taking Up Residence Within the Blood Pumping Organ

Most Recent Scores
Nov 14 2024 : Guest 118: 10/10
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Phantasm Breakers

Answer: Ghostbusters

"Ghostbusters" is a comedy film about three parapsychology professors who decide to set up a ghost removal business. When extreme paranormal activity grows in New York City, the Mayor hires the Ghostbusters to exterminate the ghosts.
2. Plunge

Answer: Splash

"Splash" is a fantasy comedy film about a produce company owner whose love life is constantly in turmoil. While on a short getaway trip to Cape Cod, Allen Bauer (Tom Hanks) accidentally falls out of a boat and is rescued by a mermaid which happens to be the same mermaid that rescued him when he fell off a boat as a small child years earlier. Allen and the mermaid reunite on land and begin a relationship.

The mermaid can only be on land for a short period of time and Allen must decide to either live without her on land or live with her under the sea.
3. Unmarried Adult Male Celebration

Answer: Bachelor Party

"Bachelor Party" is a comedy about a school bus driver named Rick Gassko (Tom Hanks) who decides to get married to his girlfriend whose parents are rich. The parents are not pleased with their daughter's choice of husband and have another person in mind that they want her to marry. Rick's friends throw him a bachelor party but Rick is ordered by his girlfriend to stay faithful or else the wedding is off.
4. The Plentiful

Answer: The Bounty

"The Bounty" is a remake of the movie "Mutiny on the Bounty" and stars Mel Gibson as Fletcher Christian and Anthony Hopkins as Captain William Bligh. Because of Bligh's cruelty to the men under his command, Christian with the help from some of the men, take over the ship and set Bligh and some of the other officers adrift in a life boat.
5. Very Young Humans Belonging to a Vegetable That Grows on a Cob

Answer: Children of the Corn

"Children of the Corn" is a horror film about two travelers going through Nebraska on their way to Seattle. They discover a town where all of the citizens are children. The two come to find out that the adults have all been murdered by the children who have created a cult with a twelve year old leader named Isaac.
6. Flame Initiator

Answer: Firestarter

"Firestarter" is a science-fiction horror film about a young couple who participate in an experiment where they take drugs that give them telepathic abilities. The two marry and have a child who has the ability to start fires with her mind and also see the near future.

The government agency that sponsored the experiment wants the daughter to use as a possible weapon and tries to kidnap her.
7. Frozen Water Adult Male

Answer: Iceman

"Iceman" is a science-fiction film about arctic explorers that find a cave man in a block of ice. They slowly thaw out the cave man and are able to bring him back to life. Anthropologist Stanley Shephard (Timothy Hutton) befriends the cave man in order to study him and gives him the name Charlie.
8. The Dorks Counterinsurgency

Answer: Revenge of the Nerds

"Revenge of the Nerds" is a comedy about a group of nerdy college freshman who are refused membership into every fraternity on campus. They get accepted on a trial bases by the Lambda Lambda Lambda fraternity and throw a party so that the directors of the organization can see what they're made of.

The party is wrecked when a herd of pigs released by the members of the Alpha Beta fraternity and Pi Delta Pi sorority storms through the party. The nerds get revenge on both the Alpha Betas and Pi Delta Pis and manage to win the presidency of the school's Greek Council.
9. Capital of Russia upon a New York River

Answer: Moscow on the Hudson

"Moscow on the Hudson" is a romantic comedy drama about a Russian musician who defects to the US when the circus he plays for visits. Vladimir Ivanoff (Robin Williams) defects at Bloomingdale's and is taken in by a black family. He gets various types of jobs and finds out that America is a melting pot of people from all over the world.
10. Areas Taking Up Residence Within the Blood Pumping Organ

Answer: Places in the Heart

"Places in the Heart" is a drama about a family living in a rural Texas town during the Great Depression. The head of the family is the local sheriff who is accidentally shot and killed by a black man. The widow, Edna Spalding (Sally Field) must now find a way to pay the mortgage on her farm by herself.

She takes on a black drifter to help her raise and pick a crop of cotton on her farm so she can sell it in order to pay the bank.
Source: Author bigjohnsludge

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