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Quiz about Movies from 1989 in Other Words
Quiz about Movies from 1989 in Other Words

Movies from 1989 in Other Words Quiz


Match the real 1989 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 #
392,447
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Very Easy
Avg Score
10 / 10
Plays
1291
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 173 (10/10), Scooby83 (10/10), Guest 71 (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. Came Into Being on Independence Day  
  Parenthood
2. The Deep Chasm   
  Uncle Buck
3. Tremendous Spheres of Flame  
  Pet Sematary
4. Primary Organization  
  Fat Man and Little Boy
5. South American Dance Requiring Two Plus Hard Currency   
  Born on the Fourth of July
6. My Father's Brother Male Deer  
  Tango & Cash
7. Obese Adult Male plus Small Male Child  
  Great Balls of Fire
8. Street Domicile   
  Road House
9. Beloved Animal That Resides With a Family Burial Ground  
  Major League
10. Child Rearing  
  The Abyss





Select each answer

1. Came Into Being on Independence Day
2. The Deep Chasm
3. Tremendous Spheres of Flame
4. Primary Organization
5. South American Dance Requiring Two Plus Hard Currency
6. My Father's Brother Male Deer
7. Obese Adult Male plus Small Male Child
8. Street Domicile
9. Beloved Animal That Resides With a Family Burial Ground
10. Child Rearing

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Came Into Being on Independence Day

Answer: Born on the Fourth of July

"Born on the Fourth of July" is a biographical war drama about the early life of anti-war activist Ron Kovic starring Tom Cruise as Kovic. Kovic felt he had an obligation to join the United States Marine Corps and fight in Vietnam after he graduated high school.

After coming home wounded and paralyzed from the waist down, he comes to realize that what he thought the war in Vietnam was all about was a lie and he becomes an anti-war activist.
2. The Deep Chasm

Answer: The Abyss

"The Abyss" is a science fiction film about a U.S. submarine that sinks and the employees of an ocean oil platform crew are asked to help in recovery efforts. While helping in the recovery, the crew discovers non-terrestrial intelligent beings existing at the bottom of the abyss.
3. Tremendous Spheres of Flame

Answer: Great Balls of Fire

"Great Balls of Fire" is a biographical film about the life of rockabilly music star Jerry Lee Lewis. The movie stars Dennis Quaid as Jerry Lee Lewis and chronicles the start of his successful music career til his downfall that was caused by his marriage to his thirteen year old cousin.
4. Primary Organization

Answer: Major League

"Major League" is a sports comedy film starring Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, and Corbin Bernsen. When the owner of the Cleveland Indians dies, the team is left to his gold digger and ex-showgirl wife. The new owner doesn't like it in Cleveland and wants to move the franchise to Florida but her contract with the city won't allow it.

The contract does however state that if the attendance drops below a certain level she has the right to relocate. She decides to put a team of misfit ball players together that will be bad enough to finish dead last thus lowering attendance.

The plan backfires when the team comes together and wins their division.
5. South American Dance Requiring Two Plus Hard Currency

Answer: Tango & Cash

"Tango & Cash" is a cop action film about two crime fighting super cops who get framed and sent to prison for murder. The movie stars Kurt Russell as Lieutenant Gabriel Cash and Sylvester Stallone as Lieutenant Raymond Tango. Instead of being sent to a minimum security prison, Tango and Cash get sent to a prison where a lot of the prisoners are people that they arrested. Knowing that they won't be able to survive, they escape in hopes of finding the people who framed them and to clear their good names.
6. My Father's Brother Male Deer

Answer: Uncle Buck

"Uncle Buck" is a comedy film about an unemployed gambler who smokes and drinks who has to babysit his two nieces and nephew when their parents are called out of town for an emergency. Buck (John Candy) gets along pretty well with the two youngest kids but finds himself in a battle of wills with the sixteen year old niece.
7. Obese Adult Male plus Small Male Child

Answer: Fat Man and Little Boy

"Fat Man and Little Boy" is a historical film about the building of the two atomic bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. The first bomb dropped was code named 'little boy' and the second one was code named 'fat man'.
8. Street Domicile

Answer: Road House

"Road House" is an action film about a young tough bouncer who takes a job as head of security at a road house bar in Missouri. James Dalton (Patrick Swayze) finds that a corrupt local businessman controls the town and has his dirty fingers in the the goings on at the bar. Dalton manages to get rid of all the corrupt employees and kills off all the rich businessman's henchmen one by one.
9. Beloved Animal That Resides With a Family Burial Ground

Answer: Pet Sematary

"Pet Sematary" is a horror film about a child who is killed in a traffic accident. His grieving father digs him up from where he is buried and re-buries him in an old Indian burial ground. The child is reanimated but comes back as a killer.
10. Child Rearing

Answer: Parenthood

"Parenthood" is a comedy about a suburban family going through family turmoils. The oldest daughter is always testing the wills of her parents. The middle child is high strung and having trouble in school and socializing. The wife finds herself pregnant and contemplating what to do about it and the father played by Steve Martin has to cope with all these things along with problems he has at work.

There are also multiple funny and serious side stories dealing with the grandparents, aunts, uncles, in-laws, and brothers and sisters.
Source: Author bigjohnsludge

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