What Are They "ing"ing This Time? Quiz

Answer: Walking

This 1973 movie, starring Joe Don Baker, is based on a true story of a courageous small town sheriff from Adamsville, Tennessee who left a wrestling career to live in a quiet rural setting. He chose to fight the graft and corruption he found there by becoming sheriff. The movie has become a cult classic in the south and a museum has been established with his name.

Answer: Dancing

This 1987 movie, also starring Jennifer Grey, revolves around the relationship between a summer camp dance instructor and his naive pupil. The movie won the Academy Award for Best Song. The sequel "Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights" came out seventeen years later.

Answer: Trading

This hilariously funny 1983 story, investigating the effects of breeding versus environment, also starred Jamie Lee Curtis, Don Ameche, and Ralph Bellamy. A one dollar bet between the tycoon Duke brothers results in a tumultuous turn of events for Murphy and Aykroyd, until they discover they are guinea pigs and seek revenge.

Answer: Changing

This 2002 movie concerns two individuals, from different social strata and means, who meet when their cars collide. The incident nearly wrecks the life of one man due to the callous disregard of the other, until he figures out how to extract revenge. The resulting retribution nearly destroys both their lives.

Answer: Sleeping

The 1991 thriller casts Julia Roberts in a serious role. In order to escape an abusive husband, Roberts stages her own death, changes her name, and flees to a small town. When her husband finds out she is alive, he stops at nothing to track her down.

Answer: Singin'

The musical also starred Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds. It was released in 1952. Surprisingly, it garnered only two Oscar nominations and won none, although it's popularity soared after the "That's Entertainment" Hollywood film.

Answer: Killing

This 1984 movie, about the horrors of Pol Pot's regime, illustrated that ethnic massacres can occur in all eras, and reiterates the social responsibility of individuals and nations to stop it. Starring Sam Waterston as a New York Times reporter, and Haing S. Ngor, who won an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor, the film won two additional Academy Awards.

Answer: Coming Home

This 1978 Vietnam protest movie chronicles the shifting attitudes about the war, and mirrored the nation's divided views. The movie received eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Actor and Best Actress wins for Jon Voight and Jane Fonda.

Answer: Shining

This Stephen King thriller, directed by Stanley Kubrick and released in 1980, was filmed with 1.3 million feet of film, about twenty times the normal amount. It received no Oscar nominations.

Answer: Saving

This 1998 film yielded a Best Director Oscar for Stephen Spielberg, but no acting awards. In addition to Tom Hanks, it starred Vin Diesel, Matt Damon, and Ted Danson. Former soldiers who landed on Omaha beach on June 6, 1944 told me that this movie was the most accurate depiction of the invasion that they had seen.