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I Will Survive! Trivia Quiz


Movie characters sometimes find themselves in situations where the will to live is all that gets them through. Your job is to identify the ten movies in which someone has to make it- against all odds.

A multiple-choice quiz by strudi74. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
strudi74
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
320,457
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
1114
Last 3 plays: Guest 131 (8/10), Guest 51 (6/10), Guest 172 (10/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. All New York police officer, John McClane, wants is Christmas with his family in Los Angeles. That is until he gets rudely interrupted by a group of terrorists taking over his wife's workplace at Nakatomi Plaza. He is alone and on the run, everyone wants him dead and not even the police supports him. Which 1987 movie is this? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. A space transport gets hit by a meteor storm and crash-lands on a remote planet. The planet has three suns, thus no night, apart from an eclipse every twenty-third year- and this is year 23....
Darkness brings out the worst in the planet's wildlife and there is also an escaped convict to worry about. Which movie does this describe?
Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. How far would you go to stay alive? An Uruguayan rugby team finds out when their plane crashes in the Andes and they have to make a terrible decision: eat their dead team members or die in the mountains. What film, based on a true story, is this? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. A rich entrepreneur develops an island into a giant theme park by cloning dinosaurs, and invites scientists to evaluate the park. Things start going wrong and they have to run and fight to survive. What is the name of this Steven Spielberg movie? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. A Polish piano player survives against all odds in the Warsaw ghetto during the height of Nazi terror. Which movie is this? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. A young Mayan man is taken from his village as a human sacrifice, leaving his pregnant wife and child in hiding. He escapes but has to survive an epic journey home, all the while hunted by his captors. Which film is described here? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. A mining ship receives a distress call from a colony on a remote planet. They discover an alien lifeform which wreaks havoc on the ship and its crew, until a female crew member starts to fight back. Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. A FedEx employee washes up on a deserted island after the plane he was on crashes into the ocean. He must learn to survive and keep his sanity, all the while finding a way to be rescued. Which movie is this? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. The Earth's weather starts to change dramatically, causing tornadoes, freezing temperatures and high seas. A paleoclimatologist, who predicted that the catastrophe would happen, has to save his son while surviving the extreme weather. Name the movie. Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. A comet is discovered to be heading directly for Earth and a plan has to be made to ensure the survival of mankind. A team of astronauts is sent to deflect the comet with nuclear weapons, failing which only certain citizens would be allowed into specially built shelters. Which movie is this? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. All New York police officer, John McClane, wants is Christmas with his family in Los Angeles. That is until he gets rudely interrupted by a group of terrorists taking over his wife's workplace at Nakatomi Plaza. He is alone and on the run, everyone wants him dead and not even the police supports him. Which 1987 movie is this?

Answer: Die Hard

Bruce Willis shot to superstardom playing wise-cracking NYPD officer John McClane in John McTiernan's "Die Hard". The film spawned three sequels and has become a highly successful franchise.
The film also stars the excellent Alan Rickman as the terrorist leader and Bonnie Bedelia as Holly McClane.
2. A space transport gets hit by a meteor storm and crash-lands on a remote planet. The planet has three suns, thus no night, apart from an eclipse every twenty-third year- and this is year 23.... Darkness brings out the worst in the planet's wildlife and there is also an escaped convict to worry about. Which movie does this describe?

Answer: Pitch Black

David Twohy directed this tale of survival on the most alien of worlds imaginable. It made Vin Diesel a household name in his role of Richard B. Riddick, a convict with special talents.
"Pitch Black" also starred Radha Mitchell and Cole Hauser, and the Riddick storyline was later further expanded in "The Chronicles of Riddick", also starring Diesel.
3. How far would you go to stay alive? An Uruguayan rugby team finds out when their plane crashes in the Andes and they have to make a terrible decision: eat their dead team members or die in the mountains. What film, based on a true story, is this?

Answer: Alive

Ethan Hawke starred as Nando Parrado and Frank Marshall directed the true story of the rugby team from Uruguay who make the fateful decision to eat their team members who had already died, in order that they stay alive.
It is a heart-wrenching tale of people who need to go against what they believe to ensure their survival.
4. A rich entrepreneur develops an island into a giant theme park by cloning dinosaurs, and invites scientists to evaluate the park. Things start going wrong and they have to run and fight to survive. What is the name of this Steven Spielberg movie?

Answer: Jurassic Park

"Jurassic Park" was adapted from the novel by Michael Crichton and starred Sam Neill, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum. Steven Spielberg was chosen by Crichton to direct and the film was in pre-production, even before the release of the novel.
5. A Polish piano player survives against all odds in the Warsaw ghetto during the height of Nazi terror. Which movie is this?

Answer: The Pianist

"The Pianist" was based on the true survival story of Wladyslaw Szpilman, a gifted pianist who plays for a Warsaw radio station. With the Nazi invasion he survives by any way he can, and eventually does survive to an old age.
This highly rated film was directed by Roman Polanski and starred Adrien Brody, both of whom won an Academy Award for their efforts.
6. A young Mayan man is taken from his village as a human sacrifice, leaving his pregnant wife and child in hiding. He escapes but has to survive an epic journey home, all the while hunted by his captors. Which film is described here?

Answer: Apocalypto

Mel Gibson directed Rudy Youngblood in this recreation of the Mayan era. Jaguar Paw is a young Mayan man who is separated from his family, but by sheer coincidence escapes and has to run for his life.
The film captures the horror of being a human sacrifice and the sheer terror of fighting for your life.
7. A mining ship receives a distress call from a colony on a remote planet. They discover an alien lifeform which wreaks havoc on the ship and its crew, until a female crew member starts to fight back.

Answer: Alien

"Alien" defined a genre when it was released in 1979, breaking ground for future sci-fi and horror films. Three sequels were created from Ridley Scott's film, all four starring Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley.
8. A FedEx employee washes up on a deserted island after the plane he was on crashes into the ocean. He must learn to survive and keep his sanity, all the while finding a way to be rescued. Which movie is this?

Answer: Cast Away

"Cast Away" was directed by Robert Zemeckis and featured Tom Hanks as FedEx employee Chuck Noland, who has to learn to survive for more than four years on his own, while everyone thinks he has died in a plane crash.
The other star of the movie is a volleyball called Wilson who becomes his only "companion" on the island.
9. The Earth's weather starts to change dramatically, causing tornadoes, freezing temperatures and high seas. A paleoclimatologist, who predicted that the catastrophe would happen, has to save his son while surviving the extreme weather. Name the movie.

Answer: The Day After Tomorrow

"The Day After Tomorrow" stars Dennis Quaid as climatologist Jack Hall, who created a model of a superwinter, which happened millions of years ago, spawning the Ice Age. He predicts it will happen again but it happens much sooner than he anticipated. The film was directed by Roland Emmerich.
10. A comet is discovered to be heading directly for Earth and a plan has to be made to ensure the survival of mankind. A team of astronauts is sent to deflect the comet with nuclear weapons, failing which only certain citizens would be allowed into specially built shelters. Which movie is this?

Answer: Deep Impact

"Deep Impact" is often compared with the more glamorous "Armageddon". It is however a much more serious film and tackles issues which "Armageddon" glosses over. The film is directed by Mimi Leder and stars Tea Leoni and Morgan Freeman as the President of the USA.
Source: Author strudi74

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