Movies from 1994 in Other Words Quiz

Answer: The Lion King

"The Lion King" is a Disney animated film about a lion cub that gets chased away from his pride when his father, who is the leader of the pride, gets killed by a stampede. Simba, voiced by Jonathan Taylor Thomas and later by Matthew Broderick, grows up and returns to the pride to retake the leadership of the pride from his evil uncle Scar.

Answer: True Lies

"True Lies" is an action comedy about computer salesman who is leading a double life as an operative for a U.S. counter-terrorism task force. His wife, who has no idea what her husband does in real life, accidentally gets caught up in one of her husband's secret operations. Harry (Arnold Schwarzenegger) has to save his wife and stop some terrorists from detonating an atomic bomb.

Answer: Speed

"Speed" is an action suspense film about a disgruntled ex-cop who decides to place a bomb on a bus and hold the passengers for ransom. He rigs the bomb to activate when the bus reaches fifty miles per hour and explode if the bus goes below fifty. Officer Jack Traven (Keanu Reeves) has to find some way of getting the hostages off the bus while it's moving.

Answer: The Mask

"The Mask" is a comedy about meek bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss (Jim Carrey) who finds an old mask that when he puts it on, it turns him into a zoot-suit wearing green faced wiseguy with super speed and the ability to have cartoon like abilities. He uses these abilities to woo the girl of his dreams.

Answer: The Cowboy Way

"The Cowboy Way" is an action comedy about to rodeo champions and lifelong best friends who travel to New York City to locate a missing friend who left to pick up his daughter. They find out that their friend was murdered and the daughter is being held by the mobster who killed him. Cowboys Pepper Lewis (Woody Harrelson) and Sonny Gilstrap (Kiefer Sutherland) set off to find and free their friend's missing daughter.

Answer: Little Giants

"Little Giants" is a comedy about two brothers who coach kids in a Pee-Wee football league. When the daughter of one of the brothers gets cut from the team, her father decides to form a new team so she can still play. The problem is that there is only room for one team in the town so the two teams have a playoff game to decide which team stays and which team goes.

Answer: Maverick

"Maverick" is a Western comedy based on the '60s TV show of the same name. It stars Mel Gibson as as the wily Bret Maverick. Maverick wants to prove that he is the best poker player in the West so he sets out to enter and win a five-card draw poker tournament that requires a $25,000 entry fee. James Garner, who played the original Maverick on the TV show, has a cameo role as Bret's father.

Answer: Stargate

"Stargate" is a science fiction action film about the discovery of an ancient machine that can transport people to other parts of the galaxy. When a group of soldiers get transported to a distant planet, they find a civilization that is controlled by an evil alien that wishes to destroy Earth and the stargate.

Answer: Timecop

"Timecop" is a science fiction action film. When time travel is discovered, a special agency called the Time Enforcement Commission (TEC) is created to protect time. When a corrupt Senator overseeing the commission uses the time travel device for his own personal and political gain, TEC cop Max Walker (Jean-Claude Van Damme) has to go back in time to try to restore the correct timeline.

Answer: The Flintstones

"The Flintstones" is a comedy based on the long running animated cartoon show of the same name. It stars John Goodman as Fred, Elizabeth Perkins as Wilma, Rick Moranis as Barney Rubble, and Rosie O'Donnell as Betty Rubble. When Barney switches his test with with Fred's test to help him out, their relationship is strained when Fred moves up the corporate ladder.