Easy My Favorite Movies of 1995 Trivia Quiz | Movies by Year

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This film is about an unhappy young boy who finds and plays an unusual board game with a friend.

Answer: Jumanji

In a New Hampshire town in 1969, bullied young teen Alan Parrish, whose father owns a local shoe factory, plays a board game called "Jumanji", with friend Sarah Whittle. Alan is sucked into the game, and is released in 1995 when two other children, who now live in Alan's old home, begin playing the game. The players must finish the game to restore the world to normal.

2. This comedy film envisions a new "Cold War" between the USA and Canada, concocted to prop up an American president's popularity.

Answer: Canadian Bacon

With the Cold War over and defense plants closing, an unscrupulous defense industry tycoon and a Presidential adviser try to start a "cold war" with Canada to increase defense spending. A sheriff's deputy from New York, believing the propaganda, decides to attack Canada single-handedly and stop their war machine.

3. A new addition to a boy's collection of toys causes conflict when he becomes the boy's favorite.

Answer: Toy Story

Andy, whose toys come alive in the absence of people, receives a Buzz Lightyear figure for his birthday, displacing Woody the cowboy as his favorite toy. Woody tries again and again to sabotage Andy's relationship with Buzz, but after many adventures and a dangerous encounter with Andy's sadistic neighbor Sid, both toys realize that they exist to make Andy happy.

4. A black minister's son kills the son of a rich, white planter in 1946 South Africa.

Answer: Cry, The Beloved Country

In 1946 South Africa, black minister Stephen Kumalo (James Earl Jones) learns that his son is accused of murdering a white man in Johannesburg. The man's father, a wealthy white landowner (Richard Harris), is a supporter of apartheid, while his son was not. During the trial, both fathers come to understand one another and their shared loss.

5. A veteran detective and his new young partner investigate a series of murders based on the "seven deadly sins" of Christianity.

Answer: Seven

Veteran detective William Somerset (Morgan Freeman), one week from retirement, takes on a new partner, David Mills (Brad Pitt), and a grisly case where murders are committed according to the Christian concept of the seven deadly sins. In the course of one week, five victims are found, and after the suspect turns himself in, he coerces the detectives to take him to a remote location where the last victims will be revealed.

6. A convict in the year 2035 travels back to 1996 to try to learn how a deadly virus that wiped out most of humanity got started.

Answer: 12 Monkeys

In 2035, a deadly virus has killed off most of humanity, and the survivors live underground. Convict James Cole (Bruce Willis) is sent back to 1996, the year it all happened, to find the original virus so a cure can be found. Through a series of mishaps, Cole discovers that an associate of the father of the future scientist who sent him on the mission may be to blame for the disease.

7. In a small New Hampshire town, an ambitious TV weather girl enlists two teen boys to murder her husband.

Answer: To Die For

Suzanne Stone (Nicole Kidman) wants nothing more than to be a TV journalist. She eventually lands a position as the weather girl at a local cable station. Her husband Larry (Matt Dillon) pressures Suzanne to join his family restaurant business and start a family, so Suzanne decides to kill him. She uses sex to recruit two teenage boys to kill Larry for her, making it look like a robbery.

8. In 1815 North Carolina, a widower returning to his farm from a market town encounters a young female slave who has run away from her master.

Answer: The Journey of August King

North Carolina farmer August King (Jason Patric) is returning home from a market town. He encounters 17-year old slave Annalees, who has run away from her sexually abusive master. Lonely and feeling sorry for her, August takes her back home and provides her with food and clothing and helps her escape into the wilderness, even though he will pay the price for his actions.

9. A Montana bounty hunter tracks three escaped convicts into a remote area and finds evidence of a lost tribe of Native Americans.

Answer: Last of the Dogmen

Montana bounty hunter Lewis Gates (Tom Berenger) finds three escaped convicts dead in the woods. He also finds an arrow, which he shows to a local professor (Barbara Hershey). The pair set off to investigate, finding a band of Cheyenne Dog Soldiers, who have survived in the wilderness untouched for over 120 years.

10. A 13th Century Scottish farmer starts a revolt against English rule to avenge his wife's death.

Answer: Braveheart

Scotsman William Wallace (Mel Gibson) begins a war of independence after an English lord kills his wife. After several triumphs against the armies of King Edward I (Patrick McGoohan), Wallace is betrayed by Scottish nobles who have pledged allegiance to Edward and turned over to the English.

11. While under police interrogation, a disabled con artist relates the events which got his colleagues killed during a drug heist.

Answer: The Usual Suspects

In the aftermath of a boat explosion in San Pedro Bay, California, police recover 27 bodies and 2 survivors, one of whom tells the police what happened to him and his companions. He blames all of the events on a ruthless Turkish criminal called Keyser Soze, who killed the men because he believed that they stole from him. But just who is Keyser Soze?

12. The captain of an American ballistic missile submarine and his executive officer clash over interpretations of their orders during a crisis in Russia.

Answer: Crimson Tide

During a crisis in Russia, a rebel group takes control of a nuclear missile base and threatens to launch if attacked. The ballistic missile submarine USS Alabama initially has orders to launch, but an attack by a rebel Russian sub disables the Alabama's radio in the middle of a second message, which is left unclear.

The captain and second officer clash over whether to fire or not, dividing the crew.

13. An ex-cop sells illegal discs that let a person feel another person's memories and experiences in a violent Los Angeles, in 1999.

Answer: Strange Days

Nearing New Year's Eve 1999, ex LAPD officer Lenny Nero (Ralph Fiennes) sells a device called a SQUID, which allows a user to feel another person's recorded experiences, on the black market. A prostitute and friend of Nero's old girlfriend witnesses the police beat a rap artist to death before she is also killed, but she leaves the disc with the recorded incident in Nero's car. Nero turns over the disc to the police, trying to avert a full scale riot.

14. A Maine housekeeper is accused of murdering her employer to obtain a large inheritance.

Answer: Dolores Claiborne

New York journalist Selena St. George (Jennifer Jason Leigh) finds out that her estranged mother Dolores Claiborne (Kathy Bates) has been arrested for killing her disabled employer. She travels back to Maine to help her mother, who Selena has always suspected of killing her father. Through flashbacks, we learn the dark truth that Selena doesn't want to remember.

15. An 18th century Scottish clansman borrows money from an English marquess, but when it is stolen, he must flee from the nobleman's wrath.

Answer: Rob Roy

Robert Roy MacGregor is a free landowner and clan chief. Hoping to better his people's lot, he borrows money from Lord Montrose to buy cattle and sell them for a profit. When Montrose's henchman steals the money, Montrose asks Rob to give false testimony against a fellow peer, which Rob refuses to do. Montrose and his men then seize Rob's lands and hunt him down.

Source: Author Reamar42

This quiz was reviewed by FunTrivia editor skunkee before going online.
Any errors found in FunTrivia content are routinely corrected through our feedback system.

Questions		Choices
1. This film is about an unhappy young boy who finds and plays an unusual board game with a friend.		Cry, The Beloved Country
2. This comedy film envisions a new "Cold War" between the USA and Canada, concocted to prop up an American president's popularity.		Last of the Dogmen
3. A new addition to a boy's collection of toys causes conflict when he becomes the boy's favorite.		Braveheart
4. A black minister's son kills the son of a rich, white planter in 1946 South Africa.		Strange Days
5. A veteran detective and his new young partner investigate a series of murders based on the "seven deadly sins" of Christianity.		Canadian Bacon
6. A convict in the year 2035 travels back to 1996 to try to learn how a deadly virus that wiped out most of humanity got started.		Rob Roy
7. In a small New Hampshire town, an ambitious TV weather girl enlists two teen boys to murder her husband.		Dolores Claiborne
8. In 1815 North Carolina, a widower returning to his farm from a market town encounters a young female slave who has run away from her master.		The Usual Suspects
9. A Montana bounty hunter tracks three escaped convicts into a remote area and finds evidence of a lost tribe of Native Americans.		Crimson Tide
10. A 13th Century Scottish farmer starts a revolt against English rule to avenge his wife's death.		The Journey of August King
11. While under police interrogation, a disabled con artist relates the events which got his colleagues killed during a drug heist.		Toy Story
12. The captain of an American ballistic missile submarine and his executive officer clash over interpretations of their orders during a crisis in Russia.		To Die For
13. An ex-cop sells illegal discs that let a person feel another person's memories and experiences in a violent Los Angeles, in 1999.		12 Monkeys
14. A Maine housekeeper is accused of murdering her employer to obtain a large inheritance.		Jumanji
15. An 18th century Scottish clansman borrows money from an English marquess, but when it is stolen, he must flee from the nobleman's wrath.		Seven

My Favorite Movies of 1995 Trivia Quiz

The year 1995 was, in my opinion, another great year for films, and I was lucky enough to have seen many of the following movies on the big screen (the only proper way to see a movie!). See how many of my favorites you can guess!