Cult and Obscure Movies Trivia Quiz

Answer: Vanishing Point

Barry Newman starred as Kowalski in this 1971 cult classic, driving a white Dodge Challenger in a high speed adventure across the West. The movie also featured music from Delaney & Bonnie & Friends. "Porky's Road Race" was a 1935 cartoon starring Porky Pig. "The Cannonball Run" featured Burt Reynolds and an all-star cast, and was inspired by an actual series of illegal cross country car races. "Streets of San Francisco" was a gangster movie from 1949.

Answer: What's Up, Doc?

Barbra Streisand was indeed the funny girl in this 1972 screwball comedy centering on a suitcase full of rocks, and had previously starred in the 1968 Fanny Brice movie, "Funny Girl". Her co-star in "What's Up Doc?" was Ryan O'Neal, with Madeline Kahn in a hilarious supporting role. "The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean" was a 1972 comedy western, starring Paul Newman. "The Absent-Minded Professor" was a 1961 Disney classic that introduced us to the mysterious substance, Flubber.

Answer: Silent Running

"Silent Running" is a 1972 sci-fi cult classic detailing one man's desperate fight to preserve the last remaining vegetation from a now barren Earth, that is orbiting in space. Dewey and Huey are the robots he reprograms to help him. "The Jungle Book" is an animated Disney classic from 1967. "The Secret Garden" is a fantasy-drama from 1993. "The Backyard" is a comedy short from 1920 featuring Oliver Hardy.

Answer: Escape from New York

Kurt Russell starred as Snake Plissken in an attempt to rescue the President from Manhattan (in the movie it was a Federal prison) in this 1981 action movie. The line quoted was from the character, Cabbie (Ernest Borgnine), and was repeated in several variations throughout the movie. Russell also starred as Wyatt Earp in the 1993 movie "Tombstone". "Snake Eyes" was a 1998 mystery thriller starring Nicolas Cage. "Reptilicant" was a 2006 sci-fi adventure centered on Alcatraz Island.

Answer: Forbidden Planet

This line confirms that all was not swell with the Krell, the extinct denizens of the planet Altair IV, in the 1956 movie "Forbidden Planet". This landmark sci-fi classic was a large influence on outer space adventures to come, including "Star Trek" and "Star Wars". "The Bourne Identity" was a 2002 action mystery, starring Matt Damon. "The Psychic" was a 1977 horror flick starring Jennifer O'Neill. "Bride of Frankenstein" was a 1935 horror classic starring Boris Karloff.

Answer: Harold and Maude

Ruth Gordon (Maude) and Bud Cort (Harold) starred in this classic cult comedy from 1971 about growing up and growing young. The potted tree episode noted was a comic highlight, especially when they were stopped by the police officer, with the tree sticking up tall in the back of the car. Abbott and Costello did a comedy version of the fairytale in "Jack and the Beanstalk" from 1952. "Thelma and Louise" from 1991 starred Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis in a memorable cliffhanger. "Them Thar Hills" was a comedy short from 1934 featuring Stan and Ollie.

Answer: The Magnetic Monster

"The Magnetic Monster" from 1953 starred Richard Carlson, better known for his TV series "I Led Three Lives". The monster in the film was a dangerous radioactive substance, with an almost insatiable appetite for consuming energy. For fans of this cult B movie, it has finally become available on DVD. Carlson also starred in the 1953 sci-fi horror movie, "It Came from Outer Space". "The Abyss" was an underwater sci-fi adventure from 1989. "Underworld" was a 2003 fantasy movie pitting vampires against werewolves.

Answer: an affair

Directed by Alain Resnais, this haunting film from 1961 tells the story of a man and a woman who may or may not have had an affair the previous year. Time is not linear in the story, which makes trying to follow the story like being in a maze, from which there may not be a way out.

Answer: Wait Until Dark

The incredible tension in this scene usually caused screams from the audience in "Wait Until Dark" from 1967, a thriller in which a blind woman is threatened by thugs in her apartment. Audrey Hepburn also appeared in all the other listed movies, "Always" from 1989, "Charade" from 1963, and "The Unforgiven" from 1960.

Answer: King of Hearts

Alan Bates starred as Private Plumpick in this follies-of-war movie, the cult French classic, "King of Hearts" from 1966, which also featured the lovely Genevieve Bujold. "I Will Walk Like a Crazy Horse" was also a French film, a drama from 1973. "The Man from Yesterday" was a 1932 WW I drama featuring Claudette Colbert. "The Man Who was Afraid" was a WW I silent movie drama from 1917.