Movies from 1990 in Other Words Quiz

Answer: Ghost

"Ghost" is a romantic fantasy thriller about a young banker who gets murdered and remains on earth as a ghost in order to protect his girlfriend and to find out who had him killed. Sam Wheat (Patrick Swayze) is murdered by a street hood hired by one of his banker friends, Carl Bruner (Tony Goldwyn).

The hood is only supposed to steal Sam's wallet that has his bank passwords in it but Sam gets shot and killed in the scuffle. Carl needs the passwords because he is in trouble with the mob and needs to transfer millions of dollars from a bank account to an offshore account belonging to the mob.

Answer: Home Alone

"Home Alone" is a holiday comedy about a little boy who accidentally gets left behind at home when his family goes to France for Christmas vacation. Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) must ward off two burglars who have been breaking into the neighborhood homes and have their eyes set on Kevin's home. Kevin creates an elaborate maze of painful obstacles for the intruders to overcome in order to keep them from burglarizing the house.

Answer: Pretty Woman

"Pretty Woman" is a romantic comedy about a rich business tycoon who hires a prostitute for a weekend to be an escort on a business trip. Edward Lewis (Richard Gere) is hard nosed and known for his expertise in hostile takeovers of businesses in trouble and has his eyes set on taking over a ship building business going through hard times.

His escort Vivian Ward (Julia Roberts) helps Edward see the error of his ways and instead of taking over the ship company, Edward becomes a partner in order to help the business.

Answer: Dances With Wolves

"Dances With Wolves" is an epic Western film about a Civil War hero who asks for and receives assignment to a fort in the Western frontier. Lt. John Dunbar (Kevin Costner) reaches the fort only to find it totally deserted. He stays at the fort and becomes acquainted with an Indian tribe in the area. He becomes friends with the tribe and slowly finds himself becoming one of them.

Answer: Another 48 Hrs.

"Another 48 Hrs." is an action comedy and sequel to the movie "48 Hrs." starring Eddie Murphy as Reggie Hammond and Nick Nolte as Detective Jack Cates. Jack has been trying to catch a drug kingpin named the "Ice Man" and in doing so finds himself being framed and investigated for third degree murder. He enlists the help of Reggie to help him clear his name and to capture the Ice Man.

Answer: Days of Thunder

"Days of Thunder" is a car racing movie about Cole Trickle (Tom Cruise), an open-wheel race car driver from California who decides he wants to race stock cars. He is recruited by a Chevy dealership owner to drive for his Winston Cup team. After a rough start, Cole finally begins to win races.

He gets into a bad accident with one of his rival drivers and ends up in the hospital. There, he falls in love with his doctor played by Nicole Kidman.

Answer: My Blue Heaven

"My Blue Heaven" is a crime comedy about mobster Vinnie Antonelli (Steve Martin) who gets put in a witness protection program after he agrees to testify against a mob boss. Federal Agent Barney Coopersmith (Rick Moranis) is assigned to keep track of Vinnie when he is relocated to a suburb of San Diego. Vinnie runs into some of his old crime buddies who have also been relocated to the same town. Bored with his new life, Vinnie and his buddies decide to team up and partake in some illegal activities.

Answer: Taking Care of Business

"Taking Care of Business" is a comedy about soon to be released prisoner Jimmy Dworski (Jim Belushi) who wins tickets to the World Series. He sneaks out of prison and on the way to the Series, he finds a Filofax belonging to a rich advertising executive named Spencer Barnes (Charles Grodin) and decides to take on his identity as an ad exec.

Answer: Arachnophobia

"Arachnophobia" is a horror comedy thriller about an entomologist who while searching for new species of insects, accidentally transports a dangerous species of spider back to the United States in a coffin. The spider mates with a common spider and the offspring become deadly venomous spiders that spread out and start killing townspeople.

Answer: Total Recall

"Total Recall" is a science fiction thriller about a construction worker who, instead of taking a real vacation, goes to a place where they sell virtual vacations. While having his virtual vacation implanted, something triggers a suppressed memory in Douglas Quaid (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and he finds that he is actually an agent for the evil governor of Mars Vilos Cohaagen (Ronny Cox) who is trying to put down a Martian rebellion.