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Quiz about My Favorite Movies of 1971
Quiz about My Favorite Movies of 1971

My Favorite Movies of 1971 Trivia Quiz


In my opinion, the 1970s saw the release of some of the best films ever made. Here are my favorites from the year 1971.

A multiple-choice quiz by Reamar42. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
Reamar42
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
408,700
Updated
Mar 30 22
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
11 / 15
Plays
598
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Baldfroggie (11/15), Guest 173 (10/15), Guest 82 (13/15).
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Question 1 of 15
1. Do you know the name of this movie? A concert organist and acoustic expert, thought to have died in an auto accident, stalks and kills the members of a surgical team that he holds responsible for his wife's death in 1920s London. Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. This historical drama follows the life of a sixteenth century Scottish queen as she tries to rule her country amid intrigue and murder among her courtiers and interference from her English cousin, Queen Elizabeth I. Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. This film is a comedy containing sketches from the English television series "Monty Python's Flying Circus". Can you name it? Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. Can you name this movie, about a group of mercenaries who discover and occupy a village miraculously untouched by the horrors of the Thirty Years War in Germany circa 1640? Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. What is this film called, where a nerdy New Yorker gets involved in a small Latin American country's revolution and ends up as the president? Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. Do you know the title of this film; a comedy in which a gambler plays off two rival mining companies against each other while they search for a large deposit of gold in 1880s Colorado? Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. This film is set in a futuristic London where teenage gangs prey on the citizens. When a leader of one of the gangs is imprisoned, the government tries an experimental rehabilitation method on the young man. Can you name it? Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. Do you know the name of this movie, a horror film in which a misfit loner befriends a horde of rats and uses them to exact revenge on those who have wronged him? Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. Can you guess the name of this movie, wherein a scout for an 1820's fur trapping expedition is mauled by a bear and left for dead by his comrades? Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. This film is the story of a team of scientists trying to understand why an alien organism killed all but two people in a small American town. Can you name it? Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. This film is a Western about a Texas rancher whose grandson is kidnapped and held for ransom by a ruthless gang of outlaws. Do you know the name of the movie? Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. What is the name of this movie, about an eccentric owner of a chocolate factory who announces a contest for an exclusive tour of his facility? Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. This movie is a comedy about a white con man and his black partner in the pre-Civil War American South who pretends to sell the partner as a slave. He then promptly escapes and the pair move on to the next town with their loot. What is the film called? Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. Can you name this movie, an historical epic about the lives of the last Czar of Russia and his family? Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. Do you know the name of this movie? It is a story of a survivor of a global pandemic, who is at war with another group of survivors who were mutated by the plague virus into nocturnal, albino-like creatures. Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Do you know the name of this movie? A concert organist and acoustic expert, thought to have died in an auto accident, stalks and kills the members of a surgical team that he holds responsible for his wife's death in 1920s London.

Answer: The Abominable Dr. Phibes

Vincent Price stars as Dr. Anton Phibes, a man obsessed with getting revenge on the surgical team that he believes killed his wife. Phibes uses the biblical Ten Plagues of Egypt as a vehicle for his vengeance.
2. This historical drama follows the life of a sixteenth century Scottish queen as she tries to rule her country amid intrigue and murder among her courtiers and interference from her English cousin, Queen Elizabeth I.

Answer: Mary, Queen of Scots

Vanessa Redgrave stars as Queen Mary of Scotland, whose reign was plagued by instability among her nobles as well as external threats from her English cousin Elizabeth I. The film also stars Glenda Jackson, Patrick McGoohan, Timothy Dalton, Ian Holm, Trevor Howard, and Nigel Davenport.
3. This film is a comedy containing sketches from the English television series "Monty Python's Flying Circus". Can you name it?

Answer: And Now For Something Completely Different

A collection of sketches from the British comedy team's television series, "And Now For Something Completely Different" brings the Pythons to the big screen for the first time as a group.
4. Can you name this movie, about a group of mercenaries who discover and occupy a village miraculously untouched by the horrors of the Thirty Years War in Germany circa 1640?

Answer: The Last Valley

"The Last Valley" stars Omar Sharif as a German teacher seeking shelter during the Thirty Years War. He discovers a calm village, untouched by the conflict, and persuades a troop of mercenaries led by Michael Caine to protect the town through the winter instead of sacking it.
5. What is this film called, where a nerdy New Yorker gets involved in a small Latin American country's revolution and ends up as the president?

Answer: Bananas

Woody Allen wrote, directed, and stars in this farce about a New Yorker who travels to a small Latin American country and becomes involved in a revolution against the government. He then is made the country's President and tries to get aid from the U.S.
6. Do you know the title of this film; a comedy in which a gambler plays off two rival mining companies against each other while they search for a large deposit of gold in 1880s Colorado?

Answer: Support your Local Gunfighter

James Garner stars as a con man who arrives in a Colorado mining town where two rival companies are competing to find a huge load of gold. Posing as a gunfighter, he defeats an imposter claiming to be a feared local tough. The film also stars Suzanne Pleshette, Harry Morgan, and Jack Elam.
7. This film is set in a futuristic London where teenage gangs prey on the citizens. When a leader of one of the gangs is imprisoned, the government tries an experimental rehabilitation method on the young man. Can you name it?

Answer: A Clockwork Orange

Stanley Kubrick directed this film, based on the 1962 novel by Anthony Burgess, in which gang leader Alex and his "droogs" rob, rape, and murder In a bleak London of the future. Malcolm McDowell stars as Alex.
8. Do you know the name of this movie, a horror film in which a misfit loner befriends a horde of rats and uses them to exact revenge on those who have wronged him?

Answer: Willard

Bruce Davison plays Willard, a 28 year old loner who is socially awkward and easily exploited by others. He tames a pack of rats and uses them to revenge himself on his enemies. Ernest Borgnine also stars as Willard's overbearing boss.
9. Can you guess the name of this movie, wherein a scout for an 1820's fur trapping expedition is mauled by a bear and left for dead by his comrades?

Answer: Man in the Wilderness

Richard Harris plays a fur trapper who is mauled by a bear and left for dead on orders of the party's leader, played by John Huston. Harris slowly recovers from his wounds and seeks out the men who left him in the wilderness.
10. This film is the story of a team of scientists trying to understand why an alien organism killed all but two people in a small American town. Can you name it?

Answer: The Andromeda Strain

Arthur Hill stars in this adaptation of the 1969 Michael Crichton novel in which an alien organism is brought back to Earth by an American spacecraft. The organism kills off all of a small town's residents except an infant and an elderly alcoholic. A team of scientists race against time to try to find a cure.
11. This film is a Western about a Texas rancher whose grandson is kidnapped and held for ransom by a ruthless gang of outlaws. Do you know the name of the movie?

Answer: Big Jake

When his grandson is kidnapped by a gang of outlaws, rancher Jake McCandles and his estranged sons set off to pay the ransom and retrieve the boy. The ransom money is fake, however, as the men have no intention of paying the outlaws and seek to kill them instead. The film stars John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Richard Boone, and Patrick Wayne.
12. What is the name of this movie, about an eccentric owner of a chocolate factory who announces a contest for an exclusive tour of his facility?

Answer: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Based on the Roald Dahl novel and starring Gene Wilder, "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" is the story of a diverse group of children who win a tour of the greatest chocolate factory in the world, owned by an enigmatic character who is secretly looking for someone to eventually take over for him.
13. This movie is a comedy about a white con man and his black partner in the pre-Civil War American South who pretends to sell the partner as a slave. He then promptly escapes and the pair move on to the next town with their loot. What is the film called?

Answer: Skin Game

Louis Gossett Jr. plays a free, educated black man who teams with con man James Garner and pretends to be sold as a slave in the American South of the 1850s. He always escapes and the two men split the loot, but trouble ensues when Gossett is sold to a man who plans to take him further South.
14. Can you name this movie, an historical epic about the lives of the last Czar of Russia and his family?

Answer: Nicholas and Alexandra

A sprawling, lavish film with some historical inaccuracies, "Nicholas and Alexandra" details the lives of the last Russian Czar and his family from their only son's 1905 birth until their 1918 execution at the hands of the Bolsheviks. The film stars Michael Jayston and Janet Suzman as the royal couple, supported by Laurence Olivier, Jack Hawkins, Ian Holm, John Wood, Tom Baker, and Brian Cox.
15. Do you know the name of this movie? It is a story of a survivor of a global pandemic, who is at war with another group of survivors who were mutated by the plague virus into nocturnal, albino-like creatures.

Answer: The Omega Man

An adaptation of Richard Matheson's 1954 novel "I am Legend", the film stars Charlton Heston as a government scientist who was unaffected by the plague. He seeks out other non-mutant survivors while trying to find a cure.
Source: Author Reamar42

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