My Favorite Movies of 1971 Trivia Quiz

Answer: The Abominable Dr. Phibes

Vincent Price stars as Dr. Anton Phibes, a man obsessed with getting revenge on the surgical team that he believes killed his wife. Phibes uses the biblical Ten Plagues of Egypt as a vehicle for his vengeance.

Answer: Mary, Queen of Scots

Vanessa Redgrave stars as Queen Mary of Scotland, whose reign was plagued by instability among her nobles as well as external threats from her English cousin Elizabeth I. The film also stars Glenda Jackson, Patrick McGoohan, Timothy Dalton, Ian Holm, Trevor Howard, and Nigel Davenport.

Answer: And Now For Something Completely Different

A collection of sketches from the British comedy team's television series, "And Now For Something Completely Different" brings the Pythons to the big screen for the first time as a group.

Answer: The Last Valley

"The Last Valley" stars Omar Sharif as a German teacher seeking shelter during the Thirty Years War. He discovers a calm village, untouched by the conflict, and persuades a troop of mercenaries led by Michael Caine to protect the town through the winter instead of sacking it.

Answer: Bananas

Woody Allen wrote, directed, and stars in this farce about a New Yorker who travels to a small Latin American country and becomes involved in a revolution against the government. He then is made the country's President and tries to get aid from the U.S.

Answer: Support your Local Gunfighter

James Garner stars as a con man who arrives in a Colorado mining town where two rival companies are competing to find a huge load of gold. Posing as a gunfighter, he defeats an imposter claiming to be a feared local tough. The film also stars Suzanne Pleshette, Harry Morgan, and Jack Elam.

Answer: A Clockwork Orange

Stanley Kubrick directed this film, based on the 1962 novel by Anthony Burgess, in which gang leader Alex and his "droogs" rob, rape, and murder In a bleak London of the future. Malcolm McDowell stars as Alex.

Answer: Willard

Bruce Davison plays Willard, a 28 year old loner who is socially awkward and easily exploited by others. He tames a pack of rats and uses them to revenge himself on his enemies. Ernest Borgnine also stars as Willard's overbearing boss.

Answer: Man in the Wilderness

Richard Harris plays a fur trapper who is mauled by a bear and left for dead on orders of the party's leader, played by John Huston. Harris slowly recovers from his wounds and seeks out the men who left him in the wilderness.

Answer: The Andromeda Strain

Arthur Hill stars in this adaptation of the 1969 Michael Crichton novel in which an alien organism is brought back to Earth by an American spacecraft. The organism kills off all of a small town's residents except an infant and an elderly alcoholic. A team of scientists race against time to try to find a cure.

Answer: Big Jake

When his grandson is kidnapped by a gang of outlaws, rancher Jake McCandles and his estranged sons set off to pay the ransom and retrieve the boy. The ransom money is fake, however, as the men have no intention of paying the outlaws and seek to kill them instead. The film stars John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Richard Boone, and Patrick Wayne.

Answer: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Based on the Roald Dahl novel and starring Gene Wilder, "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" is the story of a diverse group of children who win a tour of the greatest chocolate factory in the world, owned by an enigmatic character who is secretly looking for someone to eventually take over for him.

Answer: Skin Game

Louis Gossett Jr. plays a free, educated black man who teams with con man James Garner and pretends to be sold as a slave in the American South of the 1850s. He always escapes and the two men split the loot, but trouble ensues when Gossett is sold to a man who plans to take him further South.

Answer: Nicholas and Alexandra

A sprawling, lavish film with some historical inaccuracies, "Nicholas and Alexandra" details the lives of the last Russian Czar and his family from their only son's 1905 birth until their 1918 execution at the hands of the Bolsheviks. The film stars Michael Jayston and Janet Suzman as the royal couple, supported by Laurence Olivier, Jack Hawkins, Ian Holm, John Wood, Tom Baker, and Brian Cox.

Answer: The Omega Man

An adaptation of Richard Matheson's 1954 novel "I am Legend", the film stars Charlton Heston as a government scientist who was unaffected by the plague. He seeks out other non-mutant survivors while trying to find a cure.