Movies from 1998 in Other Words Quiz

Answer: Armageddon

"Armageddon" is a sci-fi film about a gigantic asteroid that is on a collision course with Earth. NASA decides to send up a team of deep core oil drillers to drill a hole into the asteroid and plant a nuclear bomb inside in hopes of destroying it.

Answer: Half Baked

"Half Baked" is a comedy about a group of stoners who go into the marijuana selling business in order to raise money to get one of their friends out of jail. Things get nasty when they tread upon the turf of a drug kingpin who is also in the marijuana business.

Answer: Pleasantville

"Pleasantville" is a comedy drama about a brother and sister who get sucked into their TV and into a black and white TV series of the '50s called "Pleasantville". The longer David (Tobey Maguire) and Jennifer (Reese Witherspoon) stay in the show, the show begins to slowly turn to color every time one of the two promote a different cultural idea.

Answer: Rush Hour

"Rush Hour" is a cop buddy film about an L.A. police officer who teams up with a detective from Hong Kong to solve the kidnapping of the daughter of a Chinese diplomat. Maverick detective James Carter (Chris Tucker) gets tricked into working with the FBI for the sole purpose of keeping Hong Kong detective Lee (Jackie Chan) from interfering in the kidnapping investigation. Carter and Lee end up working on their own to solve the case.

Answer: Small Soldiers

"Small Soldiers" is a sci-fi film about a toy company that uses an untested microchip in a line of new action toys. Things in town get crazy when the toys start acting on their own and one group of toys launches an attack on another group of toys that they consider to be the enemy.

Answer: The Waterboy

"The Waterboy" is a sports comedy about a dim witted 31 year old named Bobby Boucher who serves as waterboy for a championship college football team. When Bobby (Adam Sandler) gets fired from his position, he goes to another college to see if they can use a waterboy.

When the quarterback of the new team teases Bobby, he gets angry and tackles him in an extreme manner. Upon seeing this, the coach convinces Bobby to play on the team.

Answer: Wild Things

"Wild Things" is a suspense thriller about a teen aged girl who accuses a teacher of rape. The whole situation ends up being a con game in order for the girl to have her trust fund broken so she and the accused rapist can take the money and live together.

Answer: Lost in Space

"Lost in Space" is a sci-fi film based on the '60s TV series of the same name. The space family Robinson is sent to a distant planet to oversee the construction of a transport gate that will allow quick travel to a new planet. The family's doctor, who happens to be a spy for an alien enemy, sabotages the robot so that it will destroy the ship right after launch but then he gets trapped on board.

When the doctor awakens the crew, they find that the ship is on a collision course with the Sun. The ship must go into hyper-drive to avoid the collision.

When the ship stops, it ends up in an uncharted part of the galaxy.

Answer: Star Kid

"Star Kid" is a sci-fi fantasy film about a shy and somewhat bullied teen who sees a meteor crash and goes to investigate. The meteor is actually a small space ship containing a cyborsuit. Spencer Griffith (Joseph Mazzello) dons the suit and first uses it to get back at one of the people bullying him. An alien race of insectoids who are at war with the race that created the suit sends a member of its race to earth to capture the suit so they can analyze it.

Answer: Stepmom

"Stepmom" is a comedy drama about a divorced couple with two children. The ex husband Luke Harrison (Ed Harris), begins a relationship with another woman but the children have a hard time accepting the fact that their parents will not get back together. The new woman in Luke's life tries to get the kids to like her but the ex wife keeps driving a wedge between them.