Movies, Music, Television, or Videogames? Quiz

Answer: Movie

"50 First Dates" was a 2004 movie, starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore. It was essentially about a man trying to win the love of a woman who forgot everything new in 24 hours. A series of wacky misadventures resulted because of Adam Sandler's multiple attempts at getting the lady.

Answer: Music

Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson was a successful rap musician, born on July 6, 1975. He had made several albums.

Answer: Video Game

"Half-Life" was a 1998 video game by Valve Software. The player played as a scientist named Gordon Freeman. The players job, as the scientist, was to battle their way through a secret facility where aliens from another world have taken over. The game was one of the best selling first person shooters of all time.

Answer: Television and Movie

"21 Jump Street" was a late 1980s, television show starring Richard Grieco, Johnny Depp, and Peter Deluise. It was about an undercover police unit comprised of teenagers, that specialized in bringing down juvenile delinquents. The series ran for five seasons, from 1987-1991, and won an award for best TV drama in 1988.

A 2012 movie reboot of the franchise was also released starring Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum.

Answer: Movie

"18 Again" was a 1988 comedy film starring, George Burns, and Charlie Schlatter. It was about an old man (George Burns) who made a wish to become 18 again on his 81st birthday. As his grandson (Schlatter) drove him home from his party, they got into a car accident and that's when they switched bodies.

The old man, using his grandson's body, won the girl of his dreams, and also became one of the coolest guys in school.

Answer: Movie

"Se7en" was a 1995 movie, starring Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman. It was about two police officers trying to catch a serial killer who happened to use the seven deadly sins as the inspiration for his murders. This movie was one of the darkest thrillers in existence.

Answer: Television

"$10 000 Pyramid" was a 1973 game-show, hosted by Michael McKean. The premise of the show involved two groups of two people. One of the people was a regular person, while the other was a celebrity guest. The purpose of the show was to give your partner clues as to what a word was. If the person won the maximum amount of points, they went into a special round where they guessed words for ten-thousand dollars.

The show was popular enough as it ran from 1973-1992.

Answer: Movie

"300 Spartans" was a 1962 epic, starring Richard Egan and Ralph Richardson. The movie was about the Battle of Thermopylae, where a small coalition of Spartans, Cretans, and other allies defended a small pass against the massive army of King Xerxes, of Persia.

Answer: Video Game

"007 Racing" was a 2000 racing video game. The purpose of it was to play as James Bond, and race against time, using his best vehicles, to stop a group of terrorists. The cars that could be chosen were the Aston Martin DB5, Lotus Esprit, BMW Z3, BMW 750iL, and the BMW Z8.

Answer: Music

"G3" was the name of a 'best of' rock band that constantly shifted members. The focus of "G3" was to gather up the best guitarists and put them into a band. Some of their more notable past and present members were Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Yngwee Malmsteen, Jeff Campitelli, Eric Johnson, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Adrian Legg, Robert Fripp, Michael Schenker, Uli Jon Roth, and John Petrucci.

Answer: Movie

"28 Days Later" was a 2002 low-budget zombie flick starring Cilian Murphy. It was about a man who went into a coma for 28 days. After waking up, he noticed that no one was around anywhere. After he got out of the hospital, he realized that zombies had taken over the entirety of London. To survive, he searched for other people to help him.

Answer: Video Game

"Halo 2" was the 2004 sequel to, the X-Box's answer to "Half-Life", "Halo". It put the player into the perspective of a soldier named Master Chief, on a mission to destroy an alien race, known as 'The Covenant'. The emphasis on fun, and multi player made this game one of the most in-depth first-person shooters ever made.

Answer: Television

"24" was a television show, starring Kiefer Sutherland, that went on the air in 2001. It was about an FBI Agent, named Jack Bauer, who had to stop terrorists, and other threats to national security. There were 24 episodes in each season, one hour each. The purpose of that was to make it seem like each season occurred in a one day period.

Answer: Music

"98 Degrees" was a band that featured the talents of Nick Lachey, Drew Lachey, Jeff Timmons, and Justin Jeffre. The band was formed in the late 1990s, when the boy-band genre of music was popular. As they are now-defunct, most of the members have gone on to better things. Nick Lachey, was the biggest success, of the band members, as he went on to marry, and then divorce Jessica Simpson, as well as release several best-selling solo albums.

Answer: Television

"3rd Rock From the Sun" was a comedy television show that debuted in 1996. It was about a family of aliens, who went to Earth to learn about the people and their behaviors. So they wouldn't get caught, they changed into humans, by appearance, and then lived like average humans would, but just a little wackier. The show also met a wacky end in 2001.