Reel Quiz #9

It’s time to test your knowledge of obscure cinema trivia one more time by answering the following ten multiple choice questions.

Score one point for each correct response. The answers will be posted at the bottom.

For those who deem it necessary to validate your self-worth, feel free to base it on the following scale:

Reel Quiz Ratings Scale

9-10 Correct (Ph.D. in Film)
You are a truly a movie fanatic who sees life in widescreen format.

7-8 Correct (M.A. in Film)
You are an under-appreciated genius, like Ron Livingston in Swingers.

5-6 Correct (B.A. in Film)
You are quite the film lover, but you don’t know the difference between a star vehicle and a stretch limo.

3-4 Correct (A.A. in Film)
You believe the holy trinity of films is Showgirls, Striptease and Barb Wire.

1-2 Correct (Film School Dropout)
Do you even know what a movie is?

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1) What was the name of the presidential character played by Harrison Ford in the film Air Force One?

A) James Marshall
B) Marshall Tucker
C) Tucker Grant
D) Grant James


2) What was the name of the presidential character played by Michael Douglas in the film The American President?

A) Shepherd Adams
B) Adam Douglas
C) Douglas Andrews
D) Andrew Shephard


3) What object was used as one of the original concepts for a time machine (later replaced by the Delorean) in Back to the Future?

A) Microwave
B) Refrigerator
C) Toaster
D) El Camino



4) What was the name of the character portrayed by Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future?

A) Calvin Klein
B) Dean Martin
C) Marty McFly
D) Mark Tanner


5) What actor was originally cast in that memorable role?

A) Emilio Estevez
B) Andrew McCarthy
C) Eric Stoltz
D) Nicholas Cage


6) What was the name of the Motor City (Detroit) cop that Eddie Murphy played in the Beverly Hills Cop series?

A) Ford Fairlane
B) Axel Foley
C) Reggie Piston
D) Martin Gage


7) What actor was originally cast to portray that Motor City cop?

A) Sylvester Stallone
B) Steven Seagal
C) Billy Crystal
D) Bill Murray


8) In A Fish Called Wanda, John Cleese stars as Archibald Leach, which is the actual name of what famous movie star?

A) Jimmy Stewart
B) Roy Rogers
C) Cary Grant
D) John Wayne




9) The movie Scream was originally given what title?

A) Yell
B) Speechless
C) Scary Movie
D) Do You Like Scary Movies?


10) I Was A Teenage Teenager was the original title of what film?

A) Clueless
B) Can't Hardly Wait
C) Sixteen Candles
D) Fast Times at Ridgemont High


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Answers:

(1) A; James Marshall.

(2) D; Andrew Shepherd.

(3) B; Refrigerator.

(4) C; Marty McFly.

(5) C; Eric Stoltz. He ended up starring in the critically-acclaimed movie Mask in the same year Back to the Future came out.

(6) B; Axel Foley.

(7) A; Sylvester Stallone... and what an entirely different movie THAT would have been.

(8) C; Cary Grant.

(9) C; Scary Movie. Yes, the movie that parodied Scream took its initial title as a self-referential joke.

(10) D; Clueless.