Projected Pictures with Designated Names Quiz

I will change the name of a movie to what you might find in a dictionary. I will also give you the year and an actor, but not necessarily the main actor.

A multiple-choice quiz by 25or6to4. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Tom Hanks from 1988: Of great size

Answer: Big

"Big" is a romantic comedy in which Tom Hanks stars as a young boy who makes a wish "to be big" and grows up overnight. He leaves home and takes a job with a toy company. Soon, the pressures of adulthood get to him and he finds himself wishing to be a child again.

2. Adam Sandler from 2006: Hard sharp sound

Answer: Click

Sandler stars as a man who sees his life is out of control. That is until he buys a universal remote which can control time. At first it is convenient, skipping a cold or other undesirable event, but when the remote skips years, he misses out on important things in his life.

3. Penelope Cruz from 2005: A desert in Africa

Answer: Sahara

Matthew McConaughey and Steve Zahn star as two treasure hunting thrill seekers who get caught up in civil war.

4. Jessica Tandy from 1963: Two legged animals that lays eggs

Answer: Birds

The Alfred Hitchcock classic also starred Rod Taylor and Tippi Hedren. Hedren plays a young socialite visiting the small California town of Bodega Bay when the town is then attacked by birds. The tension builds as the attacks become more frequent.

5. Steve McQueen from 1973: A small spaniel with a silky coat

Answer: Papillon

Papillon is an inmate in a French prison located on Devil's Island. The story tells of his repeated attempts to escape with a fellow inmate, played by Dustin Hoffman.

6. Jimmy Stewart from 1950: A man's name

Answer: Harvey

In "Harvey", Stewart plays an eccentric middle aged man with a friend. A friend who is invisible and a six foot plus rabbit. The story revolves around his sister trying to get him committed to an asylum, until she admits to having seen Harvey too.

7. Leslie Nielsen from 1980: Motor driven vehicle that travels by flying

Answer: Airplane

"Airplane" is a comedy that plays off of the disaster films of the past. Robert Hayes plays an ex-fighter pilot trying to face his fear of flying. Of course, the pilots get food poisoning and he is the only person on board that can land the plane.

8. Natalie Wood from 1962: Somebody with a nomadic lifestyle

Answer: Gypsy

In this musical, Rosalind Russell plays the mother of two daughters who she drags around the country trying to jump start their careers. Years later, a chance opportunity brings stardom to one of the girls as Gypsy Rose Lee.

9. Cary Grant from 1946: To be famous for something undesirable

Answer: Notorious

"Notorious" is a thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock starring Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman and Claude Rains. Grant is a government agent who enlists the aid of Bergman to foil an espionage ring that is smuggling uranium.

10. Richard Dreyfuss from 1975: Multiple sets of bones consisting of the maxilla and the mandible

Answer: Jaws

"Jaws" is horror and thriller film starring Roy Scheider as police chief Martin Brody. Things turn deadly when Amity Island is terrorized by a huge great white shark.

Source: Author 25or6to4

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Projected Pictures with Designated Names Quiz

I will change the name of a movie to what you might find in a dictionary. I will also give you the year and an actor, but not necessarily the main actor.

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