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Attack of the Movie Clones

Created by jmorrow

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Attack of the Movie Clones game quiz
"Hollywood has a disturbing habit of releasing movies around the same time with similar subjects or storylines. This quiz covers 10 pairs of movies from the 1990s and 2000s which inflicted cinematic deja-vu on movie audiences everywhere."

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. The summer of 1998 saw the release of two movies involving a comet/asteroid on an impending collision course with Earth. The first was "Deep Impact". What was the second?
    The Day After Tomorrow
    End of Days
    Armageddon
    Judgment Day


2. In 1992, two movies about Christopher Columbus graced the silver screen. One was called "Christopher Columbus: The Discovery", and the other was directed by Ridley Scott. What was the name of Scott's movie?
    Explorers
    Kingdom of Heaven
    1492: Conquest of Paradise
    The New World


3. DreamWorks released the animated film "Antz" in October 1998, just six weeks before another similar-themed film was to hit the theatres. Which animated insect movie premiered in November 1998?
    The Fly
    The Ant Bully
    A Bug's Life
    Bee Movie


4. "Capote" was released in late 2005 to critical acclaim and multiple award nominations for its lead actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman. In 2006, a second biopic about Truman Capote came out, but it did not fare as well as "Capote". What was it called?
    In Cold Blood
    Infamous
    The Truman Show
    A Killing in a Small Town


5. In 2000, two movies came out which revolved around manned voyages to the planet Mars. The first was Brian De Palma's "Mission to Mars". What was the name of the second movie?
    Red Planet
    Mars Attacks!
    Roving Mars
    My Favorite Martian


6. 1997's "Dante's Peak" depicted the eruption of a volcano located in the northern Cascade Mountains in Washington. Later that same year, which movie treated audiences to yet another lava-fest, erupting this time in downtown Los Angeles?
    Krakatoa
    Lava
    Vesuvius
    Volcano


7. May 2005 saw the release of "Madagascar", which told the story of a motley crew of animals from New York's Central Park Zoo who suddenly found themselves having to adapt to life in the wild. Which animated film from 2006 featured a similar storyline?
    Barnyard
    The Wild
    Open Season
    Over the Hedge


8. Martin Scorsese made a movie about the Dalai Lama called "Kundun", which was released on Christmas Day, 1997. Just two months earlier, Brad Pitt starred in another movie which also featured the Dalai Lama. What was it called?
    A River Runs Through It
    Meet Joe Black
    Legends of the Fall
    Seven Years in Tibet


9. The Kevin Costner epic "Wyatt Earp" opened in theatres in the summer of 1994, but another film had already depicted the famous lawman of the Wild West about six months earlier. What was the name of that film?
    What's Up, Doc?
    The Quick and the Dead
    The Way of the Gun
    Tombstone


10. When the animated film "Surf's Up" opened in June 2007, only seven months had passed since another animated penguin film delighted audiences everywhere. What was the name of this earlier animated film?
    Happy Feet
    March of the Penguins
    Antarctic Tale
    The Pebble and the Penguin


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