Movies from 1996 in Other Words Quiz

Answer: Independence Day

"Independence Day" is a science fiction film about aliens that come to Earth to exterminate humans and strip the planet of its resources. Scientists have to figure out a way to take down the impenetrable shields protecting the alien ships before soldiers can mount an attack.

Answer: The Rock

"The Rock" is an action movie about a group of American soldiers turned mercenaries who steal biological weapons and intend to launch them from Alcatraz Island. The soldiers are holding tourists as hostages at the prison to prevent a counter attack against them.

The government enlists the help of FBI biological weapons expert Stanley Goodspeed (Nicolas Cage) and ex Alcatraz prisoner John Mason (Sean Connery) to infiltrate the prison and stop the weapons launch.

Answer: Eraser

"Eraser" is an action film about a corrupt US Senator who runs a secret agency that sells highly advanced weaponry to terrorist organizations. Lee Cullen (Vanessa Williams), a senior executive for the defense contractor manufacturing the weapons, gets recruited by the FBI to collect evidence of the corruption.

When she gets discovered, John Kruger (Arnold Schwarzenegger), a top U.S. Marshal for the Witness Security Protection Program, is assigned to protect her.

Answer: From Dusk Till Dawn

"From Dusk Till Dawn" is an action horror film about two fugitive brother bank robbers who hijack a family in a motor home, take them hostage, and make them drive to rendezvous point to meet with other criminals in Mexico. They find out too late that the bar they need to meet at happens to be a lair for vampires.

Answer: Down Periscope

"Down Periscope" is a comedy about a submarine Commander who is assigned to command an old diesel submarine in a simulated battle against top US warships. To make matters worse, Lt. Commander Thomas Dodge (Kelsey Grammer) is given a crew of misfit sailors as a crew. If Dodge can slip through US defenses and score hits on two specific targets, he is promised the command of a new nuclear powered submarine.

Answer: Executive Decision

"Executive Decision" is an action thriller about a group of terrorists who hijack a passenger plane and threaten to blow it up unless a political prisoner is freed. It is discovered that the bomb they have is also a biological weapon that the terrorists plan to detonate when the plane reaches the US. A group of commandos board the plane in mid flight in hopes of deactivating the bomb.

Answer: The Substitute

"The Substitute" is a crime action thriller about mercenary and a Vietnam veteran named Jonathan Shale (Tom Berenger) who takes a job as a substitute teacher at an inner city school with a gang problem. He discovers that there is a cocaine distribution operation at the school and uses his Army training to take down the drug ring.

Answer: The Cable Guy

"The Cable Guy" is a comedy about a man who can't get the guy who installed cable in his apartment out of his life. Everywhere Steven Kovacs (Matthew Broderick) goes, the cable guy is there or follows. Chip the cable guy (Jim Carrey) humiliates Steven at just about every encounter.

Answer: Thinner

"Thinner" is a Stephen King horror film about a lawyer who accidentally kills an old gypsy woman while driving. When the lawyer gets off in court, the father of the gypsy woman places a curse on the him which causes him to lose weight dramatically. When lawyer Billy Halleck (Robert John Burke) can't get the old gypsy to take the curse off, he enlists the help of a mobster friend to force the gypsy to do so.

Answer: Twister

"Twister" is a disaster film about a woman who devotes her life to figuring out ways to predict when tornadoes develop and the destructive paths they take. Jo Thornton (Helen Hunt) invents an apparatus that, when released into a tornado, sends scientific data to a computer.

She enlists the help of her soon to be ex husband and storm chaser Bill Harding (Bill Paxton) to help her in her quest.