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They Live Trivia Quiz

To paraphrase the movie, if you've come here to chew bubble gum and kick butt and you're all out of bubble gum, this is the quiz for you.

A multiple-choice quiz by JOSCO. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
JOSCO

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
148,519

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
483

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. How long did Piper's character claim he had worked in Denver, Colorado? Hint

5 years

12 years

7 years

10 years

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Question 2 of 10

2. What instrument does Piper's character play? Hint

Harmonica

Guitar

Accordian

Cymbals

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is written on the church wall? Hint

"They live, we sleep."

"We sleep, they live."

"They give, we sheep."

"They live, we see."

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Question 4 of 10

4. After stealing a box of sunglasses, where does Piper's character hide it? Hint

An abandoned car

A garbage can

The field behind the church

The construction site

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is the subliminal message appearing on the paper currency? Hint

"This is your god"

"Do not challenge authority"

"Consume"

"Charge it"

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Question 6 of 10

6. Why didn't Piper's character shoot the cop behind the bank? Hint

Piper's character is out of bullets

The cop was human

The cop bribed Piper's character

The cop disappeared

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Question 7 of 10

7. After he kidnapped her and made her take him to her house, how did Holly get away from Piper's character? Hint

Pushed him off the balcony

Hit him in the head with a bottle and threw him out of the window

Shot him and pushed him down the stairs

Pile drived him through the floor

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is the big fight scene in the alley between Piper's character and Frank about? Hint

Frank owed Piper's character money

Frank was an alien

Piper's character smashed the back window of Frank's car

Frank wouldn't put on the sunglasses

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Question 9 of 10

9. What year does the speaker at the alien banquet says the aliens will rule the world? Hint

2005

2025

2050

2015

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Question 10 of 10

10. What is Roddy Piper's character's name, as listed in the credits? Hint

Dada

Bob

Ray

Nada

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. How long did Piper's character claim he had worked in Denver, Colorado?

Answer: 10 years

He never said what he did but it was before the banks went under.

2. What instrument does Piper's character play?

Answer: Harmonica

He played it his first night at the homeless village across from the church. The proper instrument for a man in shades.

3. What is written on the church wall?

Answer: "They live, we sleep."

Piper's character doesn't know what he has stumbled on to when he finds the store room full of boxes of sunglasses.

4. After stealing a box of sunglasses, where does Piper's character hide it?

Answer: A garbage can

He returns a little late to reclaim the box. He must sift through a garbage truck and gets a ride down the slide of garbage as the truck dumps its load (for no apparent reason).

5. What is the subliminal message appearing on the paper currency?

Answer: "This is your god"

The billboards had similar messages, such as "obey", "sleep" and "marry and reproduce".

6. Why didn't Piper's character shoot the cop behind the bank?

Answer: The cop was human

Later in the movie Gilbert explains that the majority of the police are humans who have been told that the rebels are communists trying to take over the government.

7. After he kidnapped her and made her take him to her house, how did Holly get away from Piper's character?

Answer: Hit him in the head with a bottle and threw him out of the window

Piper's character gets even when he shoots her on the roof of the Cable 54 building at the end of the movie.

8. What is the big fight scene in the alley between Piper's character and Frank about?

Answer: Frank wouldn't put on the sunglasses

Frank thought Piper's character was crazy. This is male bonding at its finest.

9. What year does the speaker at the alien banquet says the aliens will rule the world?

Answer: 2025

They are in the basement beneath the building which houses Cable 54. One of the guards looking for them uses an instrument which looks strangly like one seen in 'Ghostbusters'.

10. What is Roddy Piper's character's name, as listed in the credits?

Answer: Nada

Roddy Piper's character's name is never mentioned in the movie.

Source: Author JOSCO

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