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Many classic movies deal with "secret information" of one sort or another.

A multiple-choice quiz by robert362. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
robert362

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
86,646

Updated
Dec 25 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

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1042

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Question 1 of 10

1. In "Seven Days in May", good guy Kirk Douglas considers using "secret letters" against bad guy Burt Lancaster. What kind of letters are they? Hint

Letters that offer to sell military secrets

Love letters

Letters regarding his mental health

Letters regarding his criminal past

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Question 2 of 10

2. In "Deathtrap", Helga Ten Dorp seems to know things. How? Hint

Secret passageways

Electronic eavesdropping

Psychic abilities

Meditation

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Question 3 of 10

3. In "The Final Countdown", an aircraft carrier goes back in time. To what time period? Hint

Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

Bombing of Pearl Harbor

Dropping of the A-Bomb on Hiroshima

Assassination of John Kennedy

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Question 4 of 10

4. In "Legend of Bagger Vance", Will Smith seems to know things about people and about life. He helps Matt Damon; who plays Damon's girlfriend? Hint

Cameron Diaz

Charlize Theron

Kim Basinger

Sharon Stone

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Question 5 of 10

5. In "Reincarnation of Peter Proud", Peter re-experiences a crime. What is it? Hint

Kidnapping

Arson

Robbery

Murder

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Question 6 of 10

6. In what movie does the phrase "X marks the spot" play a role? Hint

Robinson Crusoe

Mutiny on the Bounty

Captains Courageous

Treasure Island

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Question 7 of 10

7. "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" is a movie version of a story by what well-known author? Hint

John Howard Griffin

Toni Morrison

Maya Angelou

Dee Brown

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Question 8 of 10

8. "There is another system" is a revelation in what film? Hint

Colossus, The Forbin Project

Forbidden Planet

The Mysterians

Journey to the Seventh Planet

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Question 9 of 10

9. In "The Best Man", good candidate Henry Fonda may have discovered some information about bad candidate Cliff Robertson. What does this secret information concern? Hint

Homosexuality

Alcoholism

Infideltiy

Criminal background

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Question 10 of 10

10. In "2001", conventional wisdom says that the true meaning of HAL may be discerned by ...? Hint

Taking the next letter following each of the three letters in HAL's name

Spelling HAL's name backwards

Taking the letter before each of the three letters in HAL's name

Rearranging the letters in HAL's name

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In "Seven Days in May", good guy Kirk Douglas considers using "secret letters" against bad guy Burt Lancaster. What kind of letters are they?

Answer: Love letters

Love letters from Burt to Ava Gardner. Good movie, based on a good novel. Fredric March as the president; Rod Serling screenplay. Very solid.

2. In "Deathtrap", Helga Ten Dorp seems to know things. How?

Answer: Psychic abilities

Helga is the psychic who seems to sense things in Ira Levin's play and movie. Very successful run as a play (more so than as a movie) - but not all that good.

3. In "The Final Countdown", an aircraft carrier goes back in time. To what time period?

Answer: Bombing of Pearl Harbor

Kirk Douglas. Can history be changed? Interesting idea, but it doesn't work all that well. So-so.

4. In "Legend of Bagger Vance", Will Smith seems to know things about people and about life. He helps Matt Damon; who plays Damon's girlfriend?

Answer: Charlize Theron

Enjoyable. How many dramas are there that are built around a golf tournament?

5. In "Reincarnation of Peter Proud", Peter re-experiences a crime. What is it?

Answer: Murder

Entertaining movie starring Michael Sarrazin, Margot Kidder and Jennifer O'Neill. But, as for the ending ...

6. In what movie does the phrase "X marks the spot" play a role?

Answer: Treasure Island

Long John Silver, Jim Hawkins, etc. From the classic Robert Louis Stevenson novel.

7. "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" is a movie version of a story by what well-known author?

Answer: Maya Angelou

Her best known work?

8. "There is another system" is a revelation in what film?

Answer: Colossus, The Forbin Project

Machines take over in this sci-fi movie starring Eric Braeden. Interesting. (The others are also sci fi movies.)

9. In "The Best Man", good candidate Henry Fonda may have discovered some information about bad candidate Cliff Robertson. What does this secret information concern?

Answer: Homosexuality

Political wheeling and dealing by Gore Vidal. Good watching.

10. In "2001", conventional wisdom says that the true meaning of HAL may be discerned by ...?

Answer: Taking the next letter following each of the three letters in HAL's name

H-A-L becomes I-B-M. Get it?

Source: Author robert362

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