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"Pump Up the Volume"! Trivia Quiz

A quiz for anyone who has seen this fabulous movie!

A multiple-choice quiz by kirameku17. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
kirameku17

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
114,540

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
2263

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What is the name of the radio personality who takes over the airwaves? Hint

Hard Harry

Scary Marky

Smoking Gun Pete

Anarchy Fogarty

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Question 2 of 10

2. In which state does the film take place? Hint

South Carolina

Texas

Alabama

Arizona

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Question 3 of 10

3. Why do the students of Mark's high school become obsessed with Hard Harry's radio show? Hint

His ability to defy the system.

His fierce takes on sex, love, and rock and roll.

His constant messages involving destroying the high school.

His ability to get away with mocking the school's staff.

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Question 4 of 10

4. Why does the FCC threaten to shut Hard Harry down? Hint

The students were beginning to act on his messages to destroy the local high school.

His messages were being seen as destructive, and inappropriate for the American listening audience.

He encouraged students to begin rioting throughout the town, causing fear in the residents.

He exposes the corrupt principal of the local high school, and causes teens to act violently throughout town.

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Question 5 of 10

5. Hard Harry exposed an inappropriate act being committed by the high school's principal. What was it? Hint

She kept unregistered students on file in order to obtain more money for the school.

She would lure male students to her office for inappropriate sexual acts.

She intentionally failed students if she had a personal disagreement with them.

She would discriminate against the minorities in the school.

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who directed "Pump Up The Volume"? Hint

Steven Spielberg

Dustin Stein

Peter Jackson

Allan Moyle

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Question 7 of 10

7. What band does Hard Harry sing along to during his show? Hint

The Sex Pistols

The Beastie Boys

Run DMC

Distant Survival

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Question 8 of 10

8. Where was the radio station located? Hint

In the basement of the high school.

In an elderly neighbour's unused utility shed.

At Mark's girlfriend's home.

In Mark Hunter's basement.

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Question 9 of 10

9. Why does Mark Hunter have the radio broadcast equipment in the first place? Hint

His father wanted him to have a new and productive hobby.

He stole bits and pieces from various radio stations in his home town.

To keep in touch with his friends.

He found an abandoned building with several pieces of the equipment inside.

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Question 10 of 10

10. The star of this film is: Hint

Christian Slater

Matthew Broderick

Kevin Bacon

Ethan Hawke

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the name of the radio personality who takes over the airwaves?

Answer: Hard Harry

Hard Harry began his radio career by trying to reach his friends in the East.

2. In which state does the film take place?

Answer: Arizona

Mark moves to Arizona with his family, which he finds to be a terrible place to live in when compared with his old neighbourhood.

3. Why do the students of Mark's high school become obsessed with Hard Harry's radio show?

Answer: His fierce takes on sex, love, and rock and roll.

Hard Harry outwardly provides shocking views of sex, love, and rock and roll, all of which are disliked by the authority figures around him.

4. Why does the FCC threaten to shut Hard Harry down?

Answer: He exposes the corrupt principal of the local high school, and causes teens to act violently throughout town.

Hard Harry's messages exposed the inappropriate ways of the local high school principal. He also encouraged students to take a stand against the injustices they were experiencing.

5. Hard Harry exposed an inappropriate act being committed by the high school's principal. What was it?

Answer: She kept unregistered students on file in order to obtain more money for the school.

The principal of the school intentionally forced students to drop out if they had low scores on state testing. The students who were forced to drop out however, remained on the school's roster, allowing the school to receive more money from the government.

6. Who directed "Pump Up The Volume"?

Answer: Allan Moyle

Allan Moyle directed "Pump Up The Volume". His other works include "Times Square" and "The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag".

7. What band does Hard Harry sing along to during his show?

Answer: The Beastie Boys

Hard Harry plays a track by the Beastie Boys which was banned from radio broadcast.

8. Where was the radio station located?

Answer: In Mark Hunter's basement.

Mark Hunter assembled his radio station in the basement of his home, with his father, a member of the school board, living above him.

9. Why does Mark Hunter have the radio broadcast equipment in the first place?

Answer: To keep in touch with his friends.

Mark's father bought him the broadcast equipment in order to keep in contact with his friends in their home town.

10. The star of this film is:

Answer: Christian Slater

Christian Slater stars as Mark Hunter in "Pump Up The Volume".

Source: Author kirameku17

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