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Popcorn Crunchers, Reel 77 Trivia Quiz

Science Fiction and Horror Films of the 1950s

Before television and video games conquered the world, horror and science fiction motion pictures were in their heyday. How much do you know about these films from the 1950s?

A multiple-choice quiz by FatherSteve. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
FatherSteve
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
411,530
Updated
May 13 24
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
135
Awards
Top 10% Quiz
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Author's Note: A few questions in this quiz may require a broader knowledge about motion pictures, filmmaking and moviemakers than can be gained by seeing a film and reading its credits.
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Question 1 of 10
1. What song, sung by Kirk Douglas, is featured in the 1954 version of "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"?
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Question 2 of 10
2. Three of these titles are genuine, bona fide, for-real, professionally-produced and theatrically-released motion pictures from the 1950s. Which one is not? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. What prevented "The Monolith Monsters" (1957) from reaching the town of San Angelo, California?
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Question 4 of 10
4. In "The Brain Eaters" (1958), which actor, more familiar as Mister Spock in the "Star Trek" franchise, played Professor Cole? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. In "Forbidden Planet" (1956), who/what are/were the Krell? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Was "The Curse of the Aztec Mummy" (1957) a prequel, a sequel, a stand-alone motion picture, or what? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. What power does the alien in "The Man from Planet X" (1951) have over humans? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. For what is Lola Albright best known in the world of horror and science fiction movie making?
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Question 9 of 10
9. Where is the motion picture "Cat Girl" (1957) set? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. From where or whom or what did the idea for the one-man battery-powered submarine used in "Monster from The Ocean Floor" (1954) come? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What song, sung by Kirk Douglas, is featured in the 1954 version of "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"?

Answer: A Whale of a Tale

Harpooner Ned Land entertains the crew with his song "A Whale of a Tale." He sings, "Got a whale of a tale to tell ya, lads / A whale of a tale or two / 'Bout the flappin' fish and the girls I've loved / On nights like this with the moon above / A whale of a tale and it's all true / I swear by my tattoo." This song is briefly referenced in the Disney/Pixar film "Finding Nemo" (2003) where one of the Moonfish sings "Oh, it's a whale of a tale I'll tell ya lads; a whale of a tale or..." "Under the Sea" is from "The Little Mermaid" (1989). "Octopus's Garden" is a 1969 song written and sung by the Beatles' Ringo Starr. "Beyond the Sea?" is from "Finding Nemo" (2003).
2. Three of these titles are genuine, bona fide, for-real, professionally-produced and theatrically-released motion pictures from the 1950s. Which one is not?

Answer: Attack of the Zombie Women

"Attack of the Crab Monsters" (1957) was produced and directed by Roger Corman. "Attack of the Giant Leeches" (1959) was produced by Gene Corman and directed by Bernard L. Kowalski. "Attack of the Puppet People" (1958) was produced and directed by Bert I. Gordon.

The 2009 British motion picture "Zombie Women of Satan" purported to be a horror comedy. There was a "Zombie Girl Ate My Brain" tee-shirt offered on-line at one time for only 10.99. There does not appear to have been a motion picture called "Attack of the Zombie Women".
3. What prevented "The Monolith Monsters" (1957) from reaching the town of San Angelo, California?

Answer: salt water

Geologist Dave Miller and medical doctor Steve Hendricks deduce that the monsters cannot tolerate salt. A saline solution stops their reproduction and overcomes their lethal petrifying power. There are salt flats below a dam near the path the monoliths are taking toward town. Steve decides to dynamite the dam, flood the salt flats, and stop the monsters in this manner. It works.
4. In "The Brain Eaters" (1958), which actor, more familiar as Mister Spock in the "Star Trek" franchise, played Professor Cole?

Answer: Leonard Nimoy

In the credits for "The Brain Eaters," the actor who portrayed Professor Cole was identified as "Leonard Nemoy." Despite the misspelling, Nimoy played the part of a scientist who had been kidnapped and assimilated by the monsters five years before. He was dressed in white and had long white hair and a long white beard. He tells Dr. Kettering, "Now I hold a position of a much higher order ... We shall force upon Man a life free from strife and turmoil. Ironic that Man should obtain his long-sought utopia as a gift, rather than as something earned."
5. In "Forbidden Planet" (1956), who/what are/were the Krell?

Answer: the former residents of Altair IV

Dr. Morbius has been stranded on the Planet Altair IV for twenty years and has learned much about those who lived there before him. The Krell people were technologically advanced but disappeared, seemingly in a day, 200,000 years before. They left behind fully-functioning self-repairing devices including an intelligence enhancer, 9200 nuclear reactors, and a 20-mile-square computer capable of creating matter.

The Krell had long-ago visited the Earth and brought back animals such as Altaira's pet tiger.
6. Was "The Curse of the Aztec Mummy" (1957) a prequel, a sequel, a stand-alone motion picture, or what?

Answer: the second in a series of three movies

The first movie in a series of three was "The Aztec Mummy" (1957), which was released in the U.S. as "Attack of the Mayan Mummy." "The Curse of the Aztec Mummy" (1957) was the second in the three-part series which concluded with "The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy" (1957). Two other somewhat similar films were made much later and were not part of the original trilogy: "The Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Mummy" (1964), (the Aztec mummy in which was named Tezomoc) and "Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy" (2007).
7. What power does the alien in "The Man from Planet X" (1951) have over humans?

Answer: mind-control making them like zombies

The Man from Planet X has a device which shoots a beam of light and emits a high-pitched tone. When focused on humans, it deprives them of their will and renders them obedient. This is first done to the professor, on whom it eventually wears off, and then upon kidnapped villagers who the alien puts to work doing odd jobs around his spacecraft.
8. For what is Lola Albright best known in the world of horror and science fiction movie making?

Answer: acting

American singer and actress Lola Albright (1924-2017) played alluring chanteuse Edie Hart on television's "Peter Gunn" (1958-1961) on two networks. She sang in the fictional night club Mother's as well as romancing lead Craig Stevens. Henry Mancini, who wrote the show's score, loved her voice and style. She played in a great many motion pictures but only one of them was of the horror/science fiction genre: "The Monolith Monsters" (1957) where she played elementary school teacher Cathy Barrett and the leading man's girlfriend.
9. Where is the motion picture "Cat Girl" (1957) set?

Answer: the English countryside

Leonora Johnson, played by Barbara Shelley, is told by her uncle, Edmund Brandt, played by Ernest Milton, that she will be the sole inheritor of the hereditary estate in the English countryside.
10. From where or whom or what did the idea for the one-man battery-powered submarine used in "Monster from The Ocean Floor" (1954) come?

Answer: a placement arrangement at no cost

Roger Corman read an article in the Los Angeles Times about a one-man battery-powered submarine. He contacted Aerojet General, the makers of this undersea craft, and proposed the loan of their boat in return for publicity and an on-screen credit. They accepted and that is how the little sub came to be in the movie.
Source: Author FatherSteve

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