My Merging Movies Trivia Quiz

Answer: The Way We Were Soldiers

'The Way We Were' came out in 1973 and starred Robert Redford and Barbra Streisand. It is the story of a couple who love each other but have different views. Is any man hotter than young Robert Redford in that uniform in that movie? Bonus points if you say 'No'. 'We Were Soldiers' (2002) is based on a book written by Harold Moore about his experience in Vietnam ('We Were Soldiers Once...and Young'). Mel Gibson plays Harold (Hal) Moore in the movie.

Answer: That Was Then... This is Now and Then

That makes such an interesting sentence. 'That Was Then....This is Now' is a 1985 movie starring Emilio Estevez and Craig Sheffer ('A River Runs Through It').It is based on an S.E. Hinton book about two friends who start going down different paths in life. S.E. Hinton also wrote 'The Outsiders', 'Rumble Fish' and 'Tex'. 'Now and Then' has Demi Moore, Rosie O'Donnell, Rita Wilson and Melanie Griffith playing four adult friends who come together for the birth of Rita Wilson's character's baby. They reminisce about when they were younger.

Answer: Eight Men Out of Sight

Charlie Sheen, D.B. Sweeney and John Cusack starred in 'Eight Men Out' in 1988. It was the true story of the 1919 Chicago White Sox. Eight of the players were paid to throw the World Series. D.B. Sweeney plays Shoeless Joe Jackson. Shoeless Joe Jackson is also in another baseball movie, 'Field of Dreams'. George Clooney, Steve Zahn and Jennifer Lopez were in 'Out of Sight' (1998). J. Lo plays a U.S. Marshall who is trying to catch George Clooney but is also very attracted to him. Who can blame her there?!

Answer: The Lost Boys on the Side

'The Lost Boys' came out in 1987 and starred Corey Haim as Sam Emerson, a new kid in town who discovers that the local hoodlums are vampires. 'Boys on the Side' is a great chick flick. Whoopi Goldberg, Mary-Louise Parker and Drew Barrymore are in this movie about friendship. Matthew McConaughey is so very hot in this movie.

Answer: The Other Sister Act

'The Other Sister' starred Juliette Lewis as a mentally handicapped girl who wants some independence. Giovanni Ribisi was VERY GOOD as her boyfriend. Whoopi Goldberg plays a woman posing as a nun, while hiding from the mob in 1992's 'Sister Act'.

Answer: Animal House on Haunted Hill

'House on Haunted Hill' (1999) is a horror movie about 6 strangers trying to make it through one night in a haunted house to win one million dollars. There was one part where Taye Diggs totally freaked me out. 'Animal House' (1978) is a classic National Lampoon movie about the wild fraternity brothers from Delta House.

Answer: Message in a Bottle Rocket

'Message in a Bottle' is the sad story of Garret (Kevin Costner), a widower, and his new love Theresa (Robin Wright Penn). Paul Newman plays Garret's father Dodge. 'Bottle Rocket' is the first movie starring Owen Wilson and his brother Luke Wilson. Owen Wilson and Wes Anderson wrote this funny movie.

Answer: Jakob the Liar Liar

'Jakob the Liar' stars Robin Williams as a Jew living in a ghetto during World War II. He pretends to have a radio and gives fake reports on the war to the other prisoners, giving them hope. Fletcher Reede is played by Jim Carrey in 'Liar, Liar', his son makes a wish that Fletcher can't tell a lie for one day.

Answer: The River Wild Wild West

'The River Wild' stars Meryl Streep as a white water rafting pro who is forced to help Kevin Bacon, a bad guy thief, make his escape down a river. 'Wild Wild West' is based on the tv show of the same name, starring Will Smith as Jim West and Kevin Kline as Artemus Gordon.

Answer: Punch Drunk Love Story

'Punch-Drunk Love' came out in 2002, Adam Sandler's first movie in a long time that he stars in but did not write, produce etc. Paul Thomas Anderson ('Magnolia', 'Boogie Nights') wrote and directed it. 'Love Story' came out in 1970. 'Love means never having to say you are sorry.'