Movie and Music Titles Trivia Quiz

Answer: Eve of Destruction

Barry McGuire had a number one hit with "Eve of Destruction" in 1965. Gregory Hines starred in the 1991 movie, "Eve of Destruction" about a female robot running amok.

Answer: Bus Stop

The Hollies "Bus Stop" peaked at number five in 1966. Marilyn Monroe and Don Murray star in the 1956 film about a young rodeo cowboy and a cafe singer. The other three answers are all movies that also featured Marilyn Monroe.

Answer: Alive

The song, "Alive" peaked at thirty-two on the charts in 1972. The movie featured Ethan Hawke and Josh Hamilton.

Answer: If

The song "If" peaked at number four for Bread in 1971. The movie, "If," directed by Lindsay Anderson was a film that signaled the emergence of the counter culture.

Answer: Ball of Fire

Henry Fonda is Barbara Stanwyck's co-star in the 1941 film "You Belong to Me." Stanwyck co-stars with Gary Cooper in the 1941 movie, "Ball of Fire." Stanwyck plays the girlfriend of a gangster who needs a place to hide from the police. She stumbles onto Professor Gary Cooper, who is working on a dictionary of the history of slang, and of course, she falls for him. Tommy James' song "Ball of Fire" hit the charts for one week in 1969 and peaked at number thirty-nine.

Answer: The Best of Times

The song peaked at number three in 1981. The movie starred Robin Williams as a man who never lived down dropping the game winning touchtown in a high school football game. He wants a second chance and he convinces all his old teammates (including his friend played by Kurt Russell) and the rival players to play a rematch.

Answer: Good News

The song reached number eleven on the charts for Cooke who also sang "Chain Gang." The movie was about a young football star and the girl (Allyson) who catches him. June Allyson also appeared in "Girl Crazy" and "The Secret Heart."

Answer: Girl Can't Help It

Jayne Mansfield starred in both "Too Hot to Handle" and "Kiss Them For Me." She also starred with Edmund O'Brien and Tom Ewell in the classic 1957 film, "The Girl Can't Help it." She plays the girlfriend of a gangster (O'Brien) who wants to make her a star.

He brings in Ewell to help her out and Mansfield and Ewell fall in love. The song by Journey, "Girl Can't help it" reached number seventeen on the charts. Journey also had a hit with "Don't Stop Believin."

Answer: All Through the Night

The other three songs are by Pat Benatar. "All Through the Night" peaked at number five for Cyndi Lauper. The movie "All Through the Night" starred Humphrey Bogart, William Demarest and Frank McHugh as a gang who track down fifth columnists.

Answer: Suspicion

Terry Stafford has often been compared to Elvis and his 1963 song "Suspicion" sounds very similiar to the 1969 hit by Elvis "Suspicious Minds." Alfred Hitchcock directed Gregory Peck in "Spellbound" in 1945. He directed Cary Grant in "Notorious" in 1946 and Grant again in "North By Northwest" in 1959.

In the 1941 film "Suspicion", Cary Grant plays a man whose wife (played by Joan Fontaine) thinks he is trying to kill her.