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1. Came Into Being on Independence Day
Uncle Buck
2. The Deep Chasm
The Abyss
3. Tremendous Spheres of Flame
Great Balls of Fire
4. Primary Organization
Parenthood
5. South American Dance Requiring Two Plus Hard Currency
Fat Man and Little Boy
6. My Father's Brother Male Deer
Major League
7. Obese Adult Male plus Small Male Child
Born on the Fourth of July
8. Street Domicile
Tango & Cash
9. Beloved Animal That Resides With a Family Burial Ground
Road House
10. Child Rearing
Pet Sematary
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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.
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