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Quiz about My Favorite Movies of 1978
Quiz about My Favorite Movies of 1978

My Favorite Movies of 1978 Trivia Quiz


Now we come to 1978, another great year for movies. How many of these are some of your favorites as well?

A multiple-choice quiz by Reamar42. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
Reamar42
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
408,948
Updated
Apr 22 22
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
10 / 15
Plays
551
Last 3 plays: Guest 82 (11/15), mandy2 (10/15), Guest 68 (10/15).
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Question 1 of 15
1. In this film, set in 1964 Vietnam, an American commander of a unit of advisors to the South Vietnamese is given an impossible task. What is the film called? Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. This film is about a group of escaped Nazis and their followers who decide to take a second try at world domination. Can you name it? Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. Do you know the name of this movie, where a group of mercenaries are hired to rescue a deposed African president? Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. In this film, the lives of Pennsylvania steelworkers and their families are turned upside down by the Vietnam War. Do you know the name of it? Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. Can you name this movie, in which a San Francisco police detective and the girl he is assigned to protect fall in love? Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. Can you name this movie, about a man with a terminal illness who decides to end his life? Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. What is the name of this movie, where a famous French policeman is rumored to have been killed? Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. This film is about a small town doctor whose news about a nearby spring alienates him from his fellow residents. Can you name it? Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. This comedy film is about the first pregnant man. Do you know the name of the movie?
Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. A California truck driver moonlights as a bare-knuckle fighter and falls for a budding country music singer in this movie. What is it called? Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. This film, about a 60's college fraternity that won't follow the rules, is considered one of the first "gross-out" comedies. Can you name it? Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. A program manager and DJ at a rock radio station is fired, triggering a protest from his co-workers in this film. What is it called? Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. This film is about the experiences of an American sent to a brutal foreign prison for smuggling. Can you name it? Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. What is this movie called, detailing the rise of a union boss who gets help from organized crime along the way? Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. Do you know the name of this movie, in which a struggling ventriloquist meets an old girlfriend, who is stuck in a failing marriage? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. In this film, set in 1964 Vietnam, an American commander of a unit of advisors to the South Vietnamese is given an impossible task. What is the film called?

Answer: Go Tell the Spartans

Burt Lancaster stars as an American officer leading a team of advisors to the South Vietnamese Army who is ordered to occupy an indefensible hamlet. Lacking the men, weapons, and supplies to hold the village, they are worn down by continuous enemy attacks.
2. This film is about a group of escaped Nazis and their followers who decide to take a second try at world domination. Can you name it?

Answer: The Boys from Brazil

In this fictional story, a Nazi hunter learns that a group of Nazi fugitives living in South America have cloned Hitler. They send the children to different Western countries, placing the boys in circumstances resembling Hitler's upbringing. The film stars Laurence Olivier and Gregory Peck.
3. Do you know the name of this movie, where a group of mercenaries are hired to rescue a deposed African president?

Answer: The Wild Geese

In "The Wild Geese" a London banker hires a group of mercenaries, led by Richard Burton, to break a deposed African president out of prison. The men complete the mission, but are betrayed by the banker and suffer heavy casualties. The film also stars Roger Moore, Richard Harris, and Hardy Kruger.
4. In this film, the lives of Pennsylvania steelworkers and their families are turned upside down by the Vietnam War. Do you know the name of it?

Answer: The Deer Hunter

The Vietnam War experiences of three friends from a small Pennsylvania town are examined in "The Deer Hunter". One man comes home as an invalid, another deserts and stays in Saigon, while the third man finds that life at home is not what it once was. The film stars Robert DeNiro, John Savage, and Christopher Walken.
5. Can you name this movie, in which a San Francisco police detective and the girl he is assigned to protect fall in love?

Answer: Foul Play

Librarian Goldie Hawn is given microfilm hidden in a cigarette pack by a man she dates and becomes the target of assassins planning to kill the Pope. Chevy Chase is one of two detectives assigned to protect her, and the couple end up falling in love.
6. Can you name this movie, about a man with a terminal illness who decides to end his life?

Answer: The End

Burt Reynolds plays a man who is told that he has very little time left due to a blood disease. He attempts suicide and ends up in a mental hospital. There he meets Dom Deluise, a fellow patient who tries to help Reynolds end it all, even after Reynolds decides that he wants to live.
7. What is the name of this movie, where a famous French policeman is rumored to have been killed?

Answer: Revenge of the Pink Panther

In Peter Seller's last appearance as Inspector Jacques Clouseau, a drug smuggler targets him for death, but Clouseau and his bodyguard, Cato, fight off the assassins. It is rumored, however, that he is dead. His old boss, Dreyfus, now in a mental hospital, is delighted by the news. Clouseau ends up solving the case in his own way.
8. This film is about a small town doctor whose news about a nearby spring alienates him from his fellow residents. Can you name it?

Answer: An Enemy of the People

An adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's play, Steve McQueen stars as a doctor in a small Norwegian town who announces that a local therapeutic spring is polluted, costing the town profits from tourism.
9. This comedy film is about the first pregnant man. Do you know the name of the movie?

Answer: Rabbit Test

Billy Crystal plays a man who begins feeling strange shortly after a one-night stand. His doctor's diagnosis and the publicity surrounding the news leads to different reactions from society.
10. A California truck driver moonlights as a bare-knuckle fighter and falls for a budding country music singer in this movie. What is it called?

Answer: Every Which Way but Loose

Clint Eastwood stars as Philo Beddoe, a truck driver who is an accomplished bare knuckle fighter. He falls for a pretty country singer and follows her to Colorado, clashing with a pair of LA cops as well as an inept motorcycle gang.
11. This film, about a 60's college fraternity that won't follow the rules, is considered one of the first "gross-out" comedies. Can you name it?

Answer: National Lampoon's Animal House

At the fictional Faber College in 1962 Pennsylvania, the Delta House fraternity, consisting of fun-loving, heavy drinking party boys, has angered the Dean with their behavior. With the help of the rival Omega House, the Dean attempts to expel the Deltas, but the Deltas get the last laugh.
12. A program manager and DJ at a rock radio station is fired, triggering a protest from his co-workers in this film. What is it called?

Answer: FM

In "FM", the program director for a rock and roll radio station is fired for refusing to air ads for the U.S. Army. This leads to a "sit-in" at the station by his fellow DJs, leading the police to intervene. The owner of the station eventually sides with the DJs.
13. This film is about the experiences of an American sent to a brutal foreign prison for smuggling. Can you name it?

Answer: Midnight Express

Based on a true story, "Midnight Express" is a harrowing film about an American who is convicted of drug smuggling in 1970 Turkey. He is at first sentenced to five years, but the prosecution later gets his sentence increased to 30 years. He escaped in 1975.
14. What is this movie called, detailing the rise of a union boss who gets help from organized crime along the way?

Answer: F.I.S.T

Sylvester Stallone plays a fired, Cleveland, Ohio, warehouse worker who is hired by a fledgling union to recruit truck drivers. In order to help fight the companies' private police forces, the union turns to local gangsters for help.
15. Do you know the name of this movie, in which a struggling ventriloquist meets an old girlfriend, who is stuck in a failing marriage?

Answer: Magic

Anthony Hopkins plays Corky, a ventriloquist who is a bit too attached to his dummies. He rekindles a romance with a former girlfriend, played by Ann-Margaret, who is stuck in a loveless marriage. Corky's mental problems soon lead to murder.
Source: Author Reamar42

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