Movies from 2001 in Other Words Quiz

Answer: Planet of the Apes

"Planet of the Apes" is the first remake of the original 1968 film starring Charlton Heston. The 2001 version features Mark Wahlberg as Captain Leo Davidson who travels through a space storm and crash lands on a planet where apes can speak and use humans as slaves and pets. Leo manages to get back to Earth only to find that reality has been altered and apes are now in control of Earth.

Answer: Behind Enemy Lines

"Behind Enemy Lines" is a war film about Navy combat pilot Chris Burnett (Owen Wilson) who, with his navigator, get shot down during an aerial reconnaissance mission. When Chris witnesses his navigator get murdered by enemy soldiers, he has to use all his training to keep from being captured and killed until he can be rescued.

Answer: Down to Earth

"Down to Earth" is a romantic comedy about an unsuccessful black stand up comic trying to break out into the big time. On the way home, Lance Barton (Chris Rock) is hit by a truck while riding his bike and is killed. While in heaven, he discovers that he would have escaped the accident and that an angel took him to heaven prematurely. To make things right again, the head angel has to find Lance a new body to return to because his actual body was destroyed in the accident.

The movie is another remake of the 1941 movie "Here Comes Mister Jordan" and also the 1978 movie "Heaven Can Wait".

Answer: Not Another Teen Movie

"Not Another Teen Movie" is a comedy film that pokes fun at the teen movies of the '80s and '90s. It's a funny mixture of the plot lines from movies such as "The Breakfast Club", "Sixteen Candles", "Pretty in Pink", and "Varsity Blues". It stars Chyler Leigh, Chris Evans, and Jaime Pressly.

Answer: Rock Star

"Rock Star" is a film about the lead singer of Heavy Metal cover band who gets spotted by the leader of the very band that his band covers and is asked to try out for a spot as the band's new lead singer. When Chris Cole (Mark Wahlberg) wins the gig as lead vocalist, he lets fame go to his head and loses his girlfriend in the process.

He gets frustrated when the band refuses to give him any say in the band's music. He ends up quitting the band in the middle of a concert and lets a very vocally capable fan in the audience take his place.

Answer: Shallow Hal

"Shallow Hal" is a romantic comedy about a shallow businessman who is totally fixated on women's physical beauty. Hal (Jack Black) is unable to see the inner beauty of females until he is hypnotized. He then is able to see past a female's outer looks and begins to be attracted to women he never would have been caught dead with the day before.

He falls in love with his boss's extremely obese daughter because he sees her as thin beauty with a kind heart.

Answer: Black Knight

"Black Knight" is a fantasy comedy film based on the Mark Twain novel "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court". Martin Lawrence plays Jamal Walker, a lazy employee at a theme park who, while trying to retrieve a medallion from a pond, gets sucked through time and finds himself in 1328 in England.

He falls in love with chambermaid and helps her and her companions overthrow the the King and restore power to the rightful Queen.

Answer: Pearl Harbor

"Pearl Harbor" is a war drama about the 1941 attack by the Japanese on the U.S. Naval base at Pearl Harbor. It tells the story of pilots Rafe McCawley (Ben Affleck) and Danny Walker (Josh Hartnett) who are friends and happen to fall in love with the same girl.

When nurse Evelyn Johnson (Kate Beckinsale) and Josh think that Rafe was killed in action, they end up in a relationship. When Rafe suddenly reappears, he resents the fact that Josh moved in on Evelyn. Rafe and Josh put their differences aside when the are called upon to join a task force to bomb Tokyo in a surprise attack.

Answer: Swordfish

"Swordfish" is a crime thriller about cyber-hacker Stanley Jobson (Hugh Jackman) who gets recruited by a secret agency that launches secret attacks against world terrorists. The leader of the secret organization, Gabriel Shear (John Travolta), kidnaps Stanley's daughter and holds her captive until Stanley completes a computer hacking job that will funnel 9.5 billion dollars from government slush funds.

Answer: The Mummy Returns

"The Mummy Returns" is a sequel to the 1999 action science fiction horror film "The Mummy" staring Brendan Fraser as explorer Rick O'Connell and Rachel Weisz as Egyptologist Evelyn Carnahan. While at an ancient site, an old bracelet attaches itself to their son Alex's wrist. Alex is whisked away to Egypt by a cult and Rick and Evelyn pursue in order to rescue him and stop Imhotep from conquering the world.