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  10 All the Right Moves Questions    
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A 1983 teen high school sports drama.
Average, 10 Qns, bigjohnsludge, Dec 06 17
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  All the Right Moves Quiz for Experts    
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For all you Tom Cruise Fans: do you know this movie? If you loved "All the Right Moves" then this should be an easy quiz.
Average, 25 Qns, bmdukich, Aug 17 17
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What undefeated high school team did Stefen's team have to battle in the first half of the movie? Hint: Think like a squirrel.

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1. In what city does the movie take place?

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Answer: Ampipe, Pennsylvania

Ampipe is a company town whose economy is mainly fed by local steel plant (American Pipe & Steel) which is hit hard by the recession of the early '80s.

2. What is the movie "All the Right Moves" about?

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Answer: high school football

This movie shows what life was like for dying steel towns all over and the people who lived there. You can visit Johnstown, PA where this film was filmed.

3. What undefeated high school team did Stefen's team have to battle in the first half of the movie? Hint: Think like a squirrel.

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Answer: Walnut Heights Knights

Tom Cruise played the main character, Stefen Djordjevic, who was defensive back of the team and was studying to be an engineer.

4. Who was the movie's main character?

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Answer: Stephan Djordjevic

Did you know Tom Cruise was actually in "Endless Love", but doesn't list it as a credit because he only had a very small speaking part?

5. While playing defense with under one minute left in the game, Stefen commits an infraction resulting in a penalty. What was the infraction?

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Answer: Defensive Pass Interference

When the quarterback throws the ball, both the offensive receiver and the defender have the right to try and catch the ball. If a defender or offensive player does anything to prevent the other from catching the ball while the ball is in the air, like tackling, blocking, grabbing the arms, etc., interference will be called. Stefen clearly had his arms around the receiver before the ball got there.

6. What was the name of the school and the mascot for the school that Steph attends?

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Answer: Ampipe High School, Bulldogs

7. What was the coach's name in the movie?

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Answer: Vern Nickerson

This role was played by Craig T. Nelson. Nelson also played Coach Hayden Fox on sitcom-- "Coach".

8. Who fumbled the ball on the last play of the game?

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Answer: Salvucci

Salvucci cried in the locker room after the game. The coach had no mercy and said "That's right Salvucci, cry."

9. What was Steph's best friend's name?

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Answer: Brian Riley

Brian Riley was played by Chris Penn. Chris Penn was also in "Footloose" as Wren's friend and the latest movie Chris was in was "Corky Ramono".

10. Why does Stefen's friend Brian give up going to college?

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Answer: His girlfriend became pregnant.

Christopher Penn played Brian and co-starred in another great teen movie of the '80s called "Footloose" where he played Kevin Bacon's side kick.

11. What subject does the coach teach?

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Answer: Typing

Several times in the movie it shows or refers to Nickerson as being a typing teacher.

12. While in class, police detectives entered the room and arrested which football team member?

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Answer: Salvucci

Earlier in the movie, Salvucci told the coach his family was having financial difficulties and had to quit the team in order to help out. The coach talked him into staying on the team so he resorted to robbery to get money.

13. The party scene in the movie - what drinking game are the teens playing?

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Answer: Quarters

The producers for this film paid to see how a small town's teens party.

14. What was the name of the team and mascot of the team that Nickerson said they hadn't beaten in the time he had been coach?

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Answer: Walnut Heights Knights

This school was supposed to be the "rich" school and Ampipe well...you saw the movie.

15. What instrument did Stefen's girlfriend Lisa play?

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Answer: Saxophone

Lisa was in the school band. In order to cheer Stefen up one night, she stood outside his house and played "You Have to be a Football Hero" on her sax.

16. Where did Nickerson accept a position?

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Answer: Cal Poly

Those were the guys watching him during practice...when he told his wife they were going out for some beer and he said "eight or nine" meaning to celebrate.

17. At the end of the movie, The coach accepts a new coaching position at a college and offers Stefen a full scholarship to play football for him. Stefen accepts. What college does Stefen end up going to?

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Answer: Cal Poly Luis Obispo

Craig T. Nelson played the coach. He also starred in the hit sit-com "Coach" where of course he played the coach.

18. What penalty was Steph given?

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Answer: Pass Interference

He and the Coach had words about this before--the coach wanted him to go for the ball not the "man".

19. What was the score of the big game?

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Answer: Ampipe 14 and Walnut Heights 16

Ampipe lost the big game because of the fumble at the end of the game.

20. When Coach Nickerson was giving the team a pep talk- he refered to how long he had been coaching at Ampipe. How many years had he been coach?

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Answer: 5

21. What was the name of the steel mill Steph's family worked for?

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Answer: American Pipe and Steel

22. Why did Brian and Tracy get married?

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Answer: She was pregnant

23. When Ampipe lost to Walnut Heights and the people of Ampipe went to the coach's house--what did Steph do?

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Answer: Threw garbage over the lawn

All of the things were done--but Steph only threw the trash on the lawn.

24. Who is Lisa Litski?

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Answer: Steph's girlfriend

Lisa, played by Lea Thompson, was in "Back to the Future" and she even starred in her own TV series..."Caroline in The City".

25. What was the guy who was arrested arrested for?

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Answer: Armed Robbery

26. What does Lisa want to study in college?

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Answer: Music

This was mentioned in 2 different scenes. One with Steph and one with Coach Nickerson's wife.

27. What was Coach Nickerson's wife's name?

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Answer: Suzy

28. Where did Steph get offered a full ride college scholarship to play football?

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Answer: Cal Poly

At the end of the movie Coach Nickerson came to the mill and offered a full ride scholarship to play football for him at Cal Poly. And he tell him, next time go for the ball.

29. Why did the Coach tell the college recruiter that he wouldn't recommend Steph?

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Answer: He has an attitude problem

That was the scene where Coach and Vinnie were talking about him quitting school.

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