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  Return of the Living Dead   popular trivia quiz  
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"Return of the Living Dead" is one of the least talked about movies, so let's see if you really know it yourself.
Average, 15 Qns, Cadet, Apr 11 06
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  Zombies of the Acid Rain    
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A chemical in the smoke rising from the burning zombie entered a cloud which rained onto a nearby cemetery, creating more zombies in "The Return of the Living Dead" (1984).
Average, 10 Qns, zorlock7, Aug 15 18
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  The Return of the Living Dead   popular trivia quiz  
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Here's a quiz on an excellent spoof of the "Living Dead" series. Great movie if you want a chuckle.
Average, 10 Qns, DelGriffith, Apr 25 04
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What is the name of the chemical that caused the dead to come back to life?

From Quiz "The Return of the Living Dead"





The Return of the Living Dead Trivia Questions
1. In "The Return of the Living Dead" what movie did Frank claim was a true story, but they "changed things all around"?

From Quiz Zombies of the Acid Rain

Answer: Night of the Living Dead

Frank told Freddy that "Night of the Living Dead" was loosely based on something that happened at a VA hospital when a chemical re-animated the dead. To prove his story was true he showed Freddy a canister containing a previously re-animated corpse which had been accidentally sent where they worked.

2. Where is Freddy working?

From Quiz Return of the Living Dead

Answer: UNEEDA Medical Supply Warehouse

At UNEEDA, Freddy, Frank, and Burt did illegal work by shipping out skeletons and receiving corpses and split dogs and deceased butterflies.

3. What is the name of the warehouse where the film's plot unravels?

From Quiz The Return of the Living Dead

Answer: Uneeda Medical Supply

The warehouse where some of the funniest scenes of the movie were filmed belonged to the Uneeda Medical Supply Co.

4. In "The Return of the Living Dead" what happened when Frank slapped the canister?

From Quiz Zombies of the Acid Rain

Answer: The chemical sprayed on Frank and Freddy.

The chemical gas sprayed Frank and Freddy and spread on the dead things at the medical supply place, re-animating half a dog, butterflies pinned to a board, and a corpse. Frank and Freddy fell asleep for a while and woke up feeling sick.

5. Where do the skeletons, with perfect teeth, come from?

From Quiz Return of the Living Dead

Answer: India

After showing Freddy the ropes of the job, he showed them the skeletons from India and said, "Let me ask you a serious question, how many people do you know, die with a perfect set of choppers in their puss?"

6. According to Frank, what does the company "get a lot of orders for?"

From Quiz The Return of the Living Dead

Answer: split dogs & split dog

According to Frank, the company gets a lot of orders for "split dogs" for veterinary schools.

7. In "The Return of the Living Dead" what did Frank tell Burt to do about the zombie?

From Quiz Zombies of the Acid Rain

Answer: Stab its brain

Frank called Burt after hearing a resurrected corpse banging on the door. Burt had previously told Frank not to touch that canister, and now he tried to figure out how to kill something that was already supposed to be dead. They tried stabbing its brain, because that's how the zombies were killed in "Night of the Living Dead", but it was still alive.

8. What chemical made the cadavers jump around, according to Frank?

From Quiz Return of the Living Dead

Answer: 245 Trioxin

Trizoak acid blows up, maybe they should've used that on the zombies.

9. Who manufactured the drum in the warehouse basement?

From Quiz The Return of the Living Dead

Answer: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

One of the best scenes in the movie: "This thing was made by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers!" Frank hits the side of the drum, which causes it to rupture.

10. In "The Return of the Living Dead" what did Burt suggest Ernie do about the "rabid weasels"?

From Quiz Zombies of the Acid Rain

Answer: Burn them

Burt brought wiggling bags to Ernie, claiming they were rabid weasels and wanting them burned in the crematory. Ernie said that would be cruel to burn living things, and wanted to shoot them instead. Burt said that wouldn't work, and then a dismembered hand came out of a bag and ripped Ernie's pants. Eventually, Ernie cremated the zombie, but the smoke containing that strange chemical rose up into a cloud and rained onto the nearby cemetery, bringing those dead people back to life.

11. On the extended version of the movie, Freddy explains to Frank he has a date with Tina after they finish at work. Where did Freddy plan on going with Tina on his date?

From Quiz Return of the Living Dead

Answer: Red Dog Saloon

Freddy and Tina never got around to their date, Frank started the trouble that would last the rest of the night.

12. What is the name of the chemical that caused the dead to come back to life?

From Quiz The Return of the Living Dead

Answer: 245 Trioxin

245 Trioxin was developed by the Darrow Chemical Company in 1966 "to be sprayed on marijuana plants", but it was really used to reanimate soldiers killed in battle.

13. What does Burt tell Ernie is in the writhing garbage bags?

From Quiz The Return of the Living Dead

Answer: Rabid weasels

Burt tells Ernie that he mistakenly received a shipment of rabid weasels, and wanted to use the crematorium to dispose of them. Ernie offers to shoot the weasels with his Luger handgun, then the yellow arm comes out of a bag and grabs his leg.

14. In "The Return of the Living Dead" what did the paramedics tell Frank and Freddy?

From Quiz Zombies of the Acid Rain

Answer: "You're dead."

Burt had sent for paramedics to examine Frank and Freddy, who were sick from that re-animating chemical from the canister. The paramedics examined Frank and Freddy, and thought their instruments were malfunctioning. Frank and Freddy appeared to be at room temperature. They had no heartbeats, and their bodies had bruises symptomatic of rigor mortis. One paramedic (paraphrasing) said, "Our instruments say you're dead, but you're talking. Dead people don't talk, so we don't know what to think."

15. How did Freddy's friends get to the warehouse?

From Quiz Return of the Living Dead

Answer: Suicide drove, he's the only one with a car

When discussing where to go for the night, Spider suggested the park, Scuz replied, "We can't go back the park, the cops said they'd shoot us if we went back there."

16. How does the graveyard become contaminated with the reanimation chemical?

From Quiz The Return of the Living Dead

Answer: Released from the crematorium

Ernie attempts to burn the yellow cadaver, and green smoke is released from the crematorium's smokestack. The smoke turns into acid rain, and is spread evenly across the graveyard.

17. What happened to the paramedics in "The Return of the Living Dead"?

From Quiz Zombies of the Acid Rain

Answer: Their brains were eaten by zombies.

One of the paramedics got on the radio at his vehicle and was attacked by zombies who ate his brain. The other paramedic looked to see what was wrong, and he also got attacked by zombies.

18. Who does the first zombie come after?

From Quiz Return of the Living Dead

Answer: Burt

Notice how Frank and Freddy are closer to the zombie than Burt is, but the zombie goes directly for him?

19. Who is the official in charge of the Trioxin cover-up?

From Quiz The Return of the Living Dead

Answer: Colonel H. Glover

Col. H. Glover was in charge of the cover-up of the V.A. Hospital incident in 1969. He has also been looking for the missing "Easter eggs" since they went missing.

20. Complete this statement: In "The Return of the Living Dead" the zombie said over the police radio, "Send more _____."

From Quiz Zombies of the Acid Rain

Answer: Cops

After the zombies came out of the graves and attacked Trash, who had complained of "acid rain" burning her skin, the rain which had resurrected the dead, police drove by to find out what was going on. There were two ambulances sitting there, because the paramedics had been killed. The policeman shot the zombies running at him, but they held him down and ate his brain anyway. One of the talking zombies got on the police radio and said, "Send more cops." This was their way of getting more brains to eat until they could break into the buildings where the people were hiding.

21. How do they plan to get rid of the zombie and the split dogs?

From Quiz Return of the Living Dead

Answer: Ernie's crematorium

In this movie, they quickly learn a blow to the brains will not kill the zombies, and they still move no matter how many times they're chopped up.

22. What is the army's contingency plan, should the missing "Easter eggs" turn up?

From Quiz The Return of the Living Dead

Answer: Nuclear warhead

The army decides that the world is not ready for hatched "Easter eggs", and proceeds to launch a low-yield nuclear missile on Jefferson County. Can a cremation of this size solve the problem?

23. What did Frank do after he became a zombie in "The Return of the Living Dead"?

From Quiz Zombies of the Acid Rain

Answer: Cremated himself

After being sprayed with that strange chemical at the beginning of the movie, Freddy and Frank eventually became zombies. Freddy talked about his craving for brains, especially the brain of his girlfriend. However, Frank seemingly had enough intelligence to know when he was becoming a zombie, and didn't want to hurt anyone. He climbed into the crematory, turned it on, and burned himself away. Later, Freddy's girlfriend and Ernie were hiding in the attic while Freddy climbed a ladder and tried to break in.

24. What was Ernie doing in the mortuary?

From Quiz Return of the Living Dead

Answer: Reversing Rigor Mortis on a corpse

Regular Rigor Mortis lasts about 12 hours, but he decided to reverse it never-the-less.

25. What is the number stenciled on the side of the drum, to call in case of emergency?

From Quiz The Return of the Living Dead

Answer: (800) 454-8000

If you look closely at the side of the drum, you can see it stenciled in white. "IN CASE OF EMERGENCY CALL (800) 454-8000".

26. Whom did Burt call near the end of "The Return of the Living Dead"?

From Quiz Zombies of the Acid Rain

Answer: The army

There was a number on the side of the canister to be called in the case of an emergency. Frank warned everyone not to call the army, because it would cause trouble. However, Burt decided to call the number anyway when the police couldn't help. He eventually spoke to a general.

27. How did Suicide die?

From Quiz Return of the Living Dead

Answer: Tar man ate his brains

Interestingly enough, the same was done to Scuz, and they never came back as zombies.

28. What happens to the tar man?

From Quiz Return of the Living Dead

Answer: Its head got beaten off with a baseball bat

A zombie much like this one, if not the exact tar man, came back in the sequel, and was the first one to be seen.

29. Where are Frank and Freddy kept when their Rigor Mortis goes into effect?

From Quiz Return of the Living Dead

Answer: The chapel

Anyone who saw the movie would know that the zombies smashed the chapel's windows and were trying to get in, after that, when Frank and Freddy were put in it, the windows were back in place.

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