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My Favorite Movies of 1977 Trivia Quiz

In 1977 I probably went to the movies at least twice a month, so I saw some 25 or so first run films. Some were great, some were ok, and some made me want my money back! These are my favorites from that year.

A multiple-choice quiz by Reamar42. Estimated time: 5 mins.

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Reamar42

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5 mins

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408,926

Updated
Apr 20 22

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Question 1 of 15

1. What is the name of this movie, an historical epic about the 1944 Allied attempt to bypass the German Siegfried Line defenses? Hint

Watch on the Rhine

Battle of the Bulge

A Bridge Too Far

Armored Assault

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Question 2 of 15

2. In this Cold War thriller, a rogue KGB agent begins activating "sleeper" agents planted in the USA years before. What is the movie called? Hint

Red Storm

Telefon

Spies

The Assassination Bureau

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Question 3 of 15

3. Can you name this film, about the antics of a group of Los Angeles police officers as they deal with job stress and personal issues? Hint

The Blue Knight

The LAPD

The Boys from Precinct 13

The Choirboys

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Question 4 of 15

4. Can you name this fantasy film, in which a village cooper becomes an unlikely hero? Hint

Mr. Chicken

The Legend of Borgus

Jabberwocky

The Monster of Billingham

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Question 5 of 15

5. This war film tells a story about a German unit on the Russian front in 1943 that gets a new captain, who cares little for his men and only seeks personal glory. Can you name it? Hint

Panzer Leader

Eastern Front

The Young Lions

Cross of Iron

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Question 6 of 15

6. In this animated film, two brothers battle for control of the Earth two million years after a nuclear war ravaged the planet. Do you know the name of this movie? Hint

King of the Earth

Wizards

Mutants

Ruler of the World

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Question 7 of 15

7. A middle class couple comes up with a novel solution to their economic problems in this film. Can you name it? Hint

The Family Johnson

The Bank Job

Fun with Dick and Jane

That's the Way it Goes

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Question 8 of 15

8. A factory worker, fired for trying to form a union, has trouble keeping up with his wife, girlfriend, and crotchety father in this comedy. What is it called? Hint

Blue Collar Blues

Grease Monkey

My Life Stinks

Which Way is Up?

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Question 9 of 15

9. Can you name this movie, in which a psychiatrist takes over a mental hospital and finds that the staff are lying to patient's families to make money? Hint

Where Does it Hurt?

High Anxiety

The Evil Dr. Chisum

The Asylum

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Question 10 of 15

10. Do you know the name of this movie, where an American Air Force general and his accomplices take over an ICBM site to blackmail the government? Hint

Wild Weasel

Twilight's Last Gleaming

Seven Days in May

The Conspiracy

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Question 11 of 15

11. This film is a collection of comedy sketches and fake commercials wrapped around a satirical kung-fu movie. Can you name it? Hint

The Kentucky Fried Movie

Channel 87

The Boob Tube

Second City Television

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Question 12 of 15

12. What is this film called, about a minor league ice hockey team in danger of folding at the end of the season? Hint

Slap Shot

The Ice Hawks

Thin Ice

The Puck Stops Here

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Question 13 of 15

13. In this film, a supermarket assistant manager is chosen to spread a message from God. Do you know what this movie is called? Hint

Messenger from Heaven

The Apostle

Oh, God!

Roger the Good

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Question 14 of 15

14. In this film, two American football players share a house with their team owner's daughter, leading to a love triangle. Do you know the name of the movie? Hint

Quarterback Sneak

North Dallas Forty

Semi-Tough

The Winning Season

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Question 15 of 15

15. Do you know this film, about an Arab prince cursed by a witch, and the journey he goes on to reverse the spell? Hint

Desert Knight

Aladdin

Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger

The Tale of Farouk

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the name of this movie, an historical epic about the 1944 Allied attempt to bypass the German Siegfried Line defenses?

Answer: A Bridge Too Far

This ambitious war movie with an international cast tells the story of Operation Market-Garden, an attempt by the Western Allies to bypass the German Siegfried Line defenses by seizing bridges in the Netherlands with airborne troops and using this corridor as a way into Germany. The attack failed.

2. In this Cold War thriller, a rogue KGB agent begins activating "sleeper" agents planted in the USA years before. What is the movie called?

Answer: Telefon

Some twenty years after the Cuban Missile Crisis, a KGB agent begins activating "sleeper" agents and sending them to sabotage targets that are now out-of-date. The KGB sends another agent, played by Charles Bronson, to stop them.

3. Can you name this film, about the antics of a group of Los Angeles police officers as they deal with job stress and personal issues?

Answer: The Choirboys

The men and women of the Wiltshire division of the LAPD spend their off-duty time drinking, carousing, and pulling pranks on one another in this film based on the 1975 Joseph Wambaugh novel. Their behavior gets out of hand, however, leading to trouble with their straight-laced captain.

4. Can you name this fantasy film, in which a village cooper becomes an unlikely hero?

Answer: Jabberwocky

Michael Palin stars as an out of work cooper who is chosen to fight a monster called the Jabberwock, a dragon-like creature that has been terrorizing the kingdom. Palin is chosen to keep the kingdom from losing too many knights in the quest to slay the beast.

5. This war film tells a story about a German unit on the Russian front in 1943 that gets a new captain, who cares little for his men and only seeks personal glory. Can you name it?

Answer: Cross of Iron

A German company on the Russian Front in 1943, in retreat and depleted from combat, gets a new captain who is determined to win the Iron Cross medal. He doesn't care about his men, lies about an engagement that costs many lives, and clashes with a veteran sergeant disgusted by the captain's conduct.

6. In this animated film, two brothers battle for control of the Earth two million years after a nuclear war ravaged the planet. Do you know the name of this movie?

Answer: Wizards

In Ralph Bakshi's "Wizards", two brother wizards, one representing magic and nature and the other technology, fight a war for control of a war-torn Earth some two million years in the future. The planet is now populated by mutants, elves, and fairies, who choose sides in the conflict.

7. A middle class couple comes up with a novel solution to their economic problems in this film. Can you name it?

Answer: Fun with Dick and Jane

After California aerospace engineer Dick loses his job, he and wife Jane decide to try armed robbery to pay their huge debts. Being new to crime, the couple have a few misadventures until they hatch a scheme to rob Dick's old boss of some ill-gotten funds. The film stars George Segal and Jane Fonda.

8. A factory worker, fired for trying to form a union, has trouble keeping up with his wife, girlfriend, and crotchety father in this comedy. What is it called?

Answer: Which Way is Up?

Richard Pryor plays three roles in this film, a fired factory worker, his mean father, and a crooked preacher. The factory worker tries to balance his wife, who is sleeping with the preacher, his girlfriend, and the taunts from his father who doesn't believe his son will ever amount to anything.

9. Can you name this movie, in which a psychiatrist takes over a mental hospital and finds that the staff are lying to patient's families to make money?

Answer: High Anxiety

Mel Brooks parodies Alfred Hitchcock films in this comedy, where a new doctor (Brooks) takes over an institution where the staff exaggerates the symptoms of rich mental patients to bilk the families out of thousands of dollars. The film also stars Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn, and Cloris Leachman.

10. Do you know the name of this movie, where an American Air Force general and his accomplices take over an ICBM site to blackmail the government?

Answer: Twilight's Last Gleaming

Burt Lancaster stars as a U.S. Air Force general, recently escaped from a military prison, who, with several accomplices, seizes control of a missile base. He demands that the government reveal the contents of a secret document about the Vietnam War, or he will start World War III.

11. This film is a collection of comedy sketches and fake commercials wrapped around a satirical kung-fu movie. Can you name it?

Answer: The Kentucky Fried Movie

Directed by John Landis, "The Kentucky Fried Movie" parodies movies, TV news, commercials, and other broadcast media. The main segment is a take-off on kung fu movies. The humor is raunchy and disgusting and the filmmakers meant it to be that way.

12. What is this film called, about a minor league ice hockey team in danger of folding at the end of the season?

Answer: Slap Shot

Paul Newman plays an aging player/coach for a minor league hockey team in an Eastern U.S. mill town that the owner is going to disband at the end of the season. Newman gets the team to play rough and "goon it up" in order to sell tickets, lying to his teammates that he club may be sold.

13. In this film, a supermarket assistant manager is chosen to spread a message from God. Do you know what this movie is called?

Answer: Oh, God!

George Burns stars as God, who is sad that people aren't listening to him any more. He contacts grocery store manager Jerry Landers (John Denver) to spread his message. Landers soon is the object of ridicule and legal trouble, as he tries to convince people that God does exist.

14. In this film, two American football players share a house with their team owner's daughter, leading to a love triangle. Do you know the name of the movie?

Answer: Semi-Tough

Burt Reynolds and Kris Kristofferson play members of an American football team who are roommates with their team owner's daughter. When Shake (Kristofferson) takes a self-awareness course, it alienates Barbara (Jill Clayburgh). Both of his housemates try the course, but are unable understand what it did for him.

This leads to feelings developing between Billy Clyde (Reynolds) and Barbara.

15. Do you know this film, about an Arab prince cursed by a witch, and the journey he goes on to reverse the spell?

Answer: Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger

Patrick Wayne plays Sinbad the Sailor in this story of an Arab prince who has been turned into a baboon-like creature by a witch, who is trying to supplant him for her own son. Sinbad takes the prince and his sister (Jane Seymour) to find the sorcerer who can reverse the spell and allow the prince to assume his position.

Source: Author Reamar42

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