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Fantastic Sci-Fi / Fantasy Film Faire (1954 - Present)
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A quiz about softer sci-fi / fantasy films
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Back To the Future
(1985) Sci-Fi fantasy film written & directed by Robert Zemeckis. This movie was almost called what?
"88 Gigawatts To the Future"
"Back In the Future"
"Space Man From Pluto"
"Hot Rod Time Machine"
2
The Incredible Shrinking Man
(1957)Universal Sci-Fi adventure. The shrinking effects on our main character is caused by?
A lab accident
A nuclear accident
A mysterious fog that appears from nowhere
A spider bite
3
A Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy
(2005) Sci-Fi comedy by Douglas Adams. Who is threatening to destroy the Earth?
The Vegans
The Klingons
The Vogons
The Kloxians
4
Jamanji
(1995) Fantasy Adventure film staring Robin Williams. What does "Jamanji" mean in Zulu?
Stampeed
Need fresh undies
Game of chance
Many effects
5
The Day the Earth Stood STill
(2008) Sci-Fi loose remake of 50's classic. Keanu Reeves tries to outsmart a robot or?
I Robot
Nomad
The Control Unit
G.O.R.T.
6
Somewhere In Time
(1980) Romantic Fantasy film. A young man falls in love w/ a woman from the past & time travels using?
A Time Machine
A hot tub
A Delorean
Hypnosis & strength of will
7
Little Shop of Horrors
(1986) Sci-Fi comedy musical directed by Frank Oz. Which is false about the film?
Took 60 people to operate the Audrey II puppet
Cameos in the film include: John Candy, Bill Murray & John Belushi
Steve Martin was seriously hurt on the set
Film cost 30 Million to make, Warner Bro. most expensive film at that time
8
Short Circuit
(1986) Sci-Fi comic adventure Experimental military robot gains human like intelligence when what occurs?
Is struck by lightning
Is left "plugged in charging" too long
Is exposed to a large dose of radiation
Is tazed by military police
9
The Hunger Games
(2012) Dystopian Sci-Fi adventure film based on Suzanne Collin's novel. All are true about film except?
Story was inspired by Iraq war & Reality TV
Like her character, Jennifer Lawrence claims to be able to skin a squirrel
Jennifer Lawrence's childhood nickname was "plays with fire"
The humming Bird was originally a hawk
10
Tomorrowland
(2015) Sci-Fi Mystery film created by Brad Bird. At the '64 World's Fair Inventor Frank Walker was selling?
Jetpacks
Mood Stones
Divining Rods
Lightning Rods
11
Gremlins
(1984) Steven Spielberg Sci-Fi fantasy where alien's are cute, well some of them! What is their species?
Modina (Swahili for "conjurer")
Mogli (Indian for "dweller")
Mogwai (Cantonese for "devil")
Modestina (Portugees for "Unbreakable")
12
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
(1989) A comic Sci-Fi adventure film When Ron, Russ & Amy are shrunk down what do they camp in?
An oatmeal box
A Barbie camper
A doll house
A Lego
13
The Final Countdown
(1980) An aircraft carrier enters a time warp in the Pacific & is transported from (1980) to?
1919
1946
1889
1941
14
Cocoon
(1985) Sci-Fi Fantasy film directed by Ron Howard. What do aliens do to the residence of a senior living center?
Rejuvenates them with health & youth
Snatches they bodies
Makes them immortal
Abducts them
15
War Games
(1983)
Cold War
Sci-Fi film starring all of the following except which?
Dabney Coleman
Matthew Broderick
William Hurt
Alley Sheedy
16
Groundhog Day
(1993) Fantasy Romance film. A depraved newsman gets his due! Which two actors turned down role of Phil?
Tom Hanks
Danny Devito
Michael Keaton
Dan Aykroyd
17
Valerian & the City of A Thousand Planets
(2017) Space Opera set to a psychedelic Beatle score. Production was from?
British
Canadian
Australian
French
18
Maze Runner
(2014) Dystopian Sci-Fi Adventure The only way out is through a shifting
maze
of massive walls, guarded by?
Grievers
Creepers
Terrors
Reapers
19
Fantastic Voyage
(1966) Sci-Fi Fantasy adventure film. Micronauts explore a human body. Based on story written by who?
Harry Kleiner
Issac Asimov
Rod Serling
Ray Bradbury
20
Captain Marvel
(2019) Superhero/Sci-Fi Origin story converted neatly from comics except her cats name "Goose" in comics?
Gizmo
Garfield
Waldo
Chewie
21
Beetlejuice
(1986) Fantasy-comedy w/ hints of Sci-Fi. Tim Burton creates an underworld; but don't say his name x 3 or???
Beetlejuice becomes enraged
Beetlejuice with give you a dollar
Beetlejuice will take your soul
Beetlejuice will appear
22
Spaceballs
(1987) Mel Brooks comedy Sci-Fi parody of Star Wars. Are are true about this movie, except which?
None of the principle actors claim to have seen the SW movies
Original title "Planet Moron"
Has a Millennium Falcon c/o IL & M
Lucas liked jokey nature of idea so much he gave Brooks full permission!
23
Avatar
(2009) James Cameron's epic Sci-Fi fantasy set in the 22nd Cen. Humans are colonizing a moon in Alpha-Centauri?
Gandameed
Pandora
Pangea
Calisto
24
John Carter
(2012)Disney's treatment of Edger Rice Burroughs novel
The Princess of Mars
Which of the following are true?
During the filming the show witnessed and recovered a meteorite
During the filming in Utah the crew discovered a large dinosaur bone
During the filming the crew suffered major power outages
During the filming the crew claims to have all seen a U.F.O.
25
E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
(1982) Stranded on Earth, with his friend Elliot, who lures him with which?
M & M's
Gobstoppers
Reeses Pieces
Mars bars
26
Solo: A Star Wars Story
(2018) Space Western & Second non-Jedi based Star Wars story. What is the crime syndicate named?
Satellite Stallions
Orange Outlaws
Crimson Dawn
Sons of Silence
27
Super 8
(2011) Sci-Fi Fantasy thriller directed by J.J. Abrams & Co-Produced by S. Spielberg. Which best describes film?
Alien encounter
A.I. encounter
Paranormal encounter
Time travel encounter
28
Flight of the Navigator
(1986) This Disney Sci-Fi Fantasy film is bast described as which?
12 year old boy has a touching encounter with an alien trying to get home
12-year-old boy who is abducted by an alien spaceship
12 year old boy w/ the help of a little alien flys a bike over a lake
12 year old boy is lost in a world of erector sets and tinker toys
29
Hot Tub Time Machine
(2010) SCi-Fi comedy from New Crime Productions. Which 80's artist is not referenced in film?
Rick Springfield
Poison
Madonna
Michael Jackson
30
Ghostbusters
(1984)Sci-Fi/Comedy directed by Ivan Reitman. All but one of these actors were considered to be
GBs
except?
Christopher Lloyd
Christopher Walken
Eddie Murphy
Chevy Chase
31
The Last Starfighter
(1984)Space opera film directed by Nick Castle. The "Last Starfighter" in the movie refers to what?
An android
A ship
The last in a line of alien starfighters
An arcade game
32
Starman
(1984) Sci-Fi film directed by John Carpenter and staring Jeff Bridges. All are elements of the movie except?
Aliens responding to a signal that originated on Earth
Kidnapping
Saving humanity
Inhabiting a dead man's body
33
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
(1954) Jules Vern's classic w/ big name star power! Captain Nemo's pipe organ is now where?
The Smithsonian
Universal Studios Tour
The Haunted Mansion @ Disneyland
The Jules Verne Museum in France
34
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
(2016) Epic Space Opera parallels timeline of A New Hope. Princess Leia & who were "CGIed"?
Luke Skywalker
R2-D2
Darth Vader
Grand Moff Tarkin
35
The Man Who Fell To Earth
(1976) Thomas Newton (David Bowie)an alien comes to Earth seeking to construct a spaceship to?
Breed with a human woman to continue his race
Return to his homeworld of Yuewn
Ferry water back to his thirsty homeworld Anthea
Steal Earth's technology for his own homeworld of Oiolia
36
Ender's Game
(2013) Sci-Fi military action film based on novel by Orson Scott Card. Humanity is preparing to attack who?
The Horda
The Formics
The Romulans
The Mimics
37
H.G. Wells' The Time Machine
(1960) based on 1895 novella, follows inventor who uses time machine to discover a race?
Zomboids
Morlocks
Terras
Gramoles
38
The Butterfly Effect
(2004) SCi-Fi Thriller. Dark twist on a Ray Bradbury story. Won all these awards except which?
Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film Award
Teen Choice Awards
International Sci-Fi / Fantasy Award - A "Sunburst"
Academy of Sci-Fi Award - A "Saturn"
39
Cloud Atlas
(2012) Epic Sci-Fi Fantasy based on the 2004 novel by David Mitchell. Story overlaps on how many timelines?
Three
Six
Five
Four
40
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
(2010) Direct to DVD release based on the reimagined tv show. All are true except which?
Cylons roles change in the reboot, now they are allies
Changing the gender of the "Starbuck" character was controversial
The original reimagined story intended to explore the rest of the fleet
The Star Trek shows on tv inspired this shows reboot
41
Zathura: A Space Adventure
(2005) Sci-Fi Adventure film directed by Jon Favreau, what movie poster is seen in the movie?
Steve McQueen poster from Bullitt (1968)
Arnold Schwarzenegger poster from The Terminator (1984)
Charlton Heston poster from Planet of the Apes (1968)
Jeff Goldblum poster from Jurassic Park (1993)
42
Flash Gordon
(1980) British-Dutch-American Space Opera
Ming the Merciless
faces off with
Flash Gordon
. Songs & score by?
Judas Priest
Queen
Pink Floyd
The Who
43
Pixels
(2015)Aliens intercept video feed w/ arcade games & misinterpret them as declaration of war, which is not a boss?
Centipede
Space Invaders
TRON
Donky Kong
44
Tron
(1982) Sci-Fi Adventure written & directed by Steven Lisberger who became inspired for Tron by which video game?
Breakout
Pong
Pac Man
Space Invaders
45
Earth To Echo
(2014) Sci-Fi Fantasy American found-footage film. Which is not one of the kids in the film?
Tuck
Cesil
Alex
Munch
46
Time Bandits
(1981) Young boy joins a group of renegade dwarves on a journey through time! Creative vision of who?
Eric Idle
Terry Jones
John Cleese
Terry Gilliam
47
Lost In Space
(1998) The Robinson Family saves the world! All are true about the film except which?
Puppeteering done by Jim Henson Studios
The Robinson's ship is the Proteus
Score done by Jerry Goldsmith
Special effects done by ILM
48
Escape From New York
(1981) Written & directed by John Carpenter Post apocalyptic,
Manhattan Island
is now (1997) what?
A maximum security prison
A nuclear hot zone
A war zone
A wildlife refuge
49
Ellipse
(2019) Sci-Fi Thriller A man & his dog are stranded on a strange alien world that is about to what?
Clone them
Grant them both immortality
Offer them then deal of a lifetime
Kill them
50
Saturn 3
(1980) British Sci-Fi film w/ Kirk Douglas & Farah Fawcett. Plot best described as which?
A clone story
A survival story
A robot love story
A murder mystery story
51
Ready Player One
(2018) Sci-Fi Action Adventure w/ animated segments. All are 80's Easter Eggs in the film except?
T-Rex From Jurassic Park
Modified Delorean from "Back To the Future"
The A-Ha video for "Take On Me"
Pac Man Stand Up video game
52
Twilight Zone: The Movie
(1983) Sci-Fi Fantasy anthology, w/ mini stories remade from original show, which is original?
Time Out
Nightmare At 20,000 Feet
It's A Good Life
Kick the Can
53
Mars Attacks!
(1996) Comic Sci-Fi,directed by Tim Burton. Thought to be a "Cult-Classic" which two are not in the film?
Christopher Lloyd & William Shatner
Jack Nickelson & Danny DeVito
Michael J. Fox & Martin Short
Glenn Close & Natalie Portman
54
Westworld
(1973) Written & directed by Michael Crichton. Plot concerns amusement park androids malfunctioning and...
Robbing visitors
Taking photos with visitors for cash
Angling for a tv pilot
Killing visitors
55
Star Wars: Episode One
(1999) First prequel that lines up with "Episode VI" in it's fantasy approach. Which is false?
Film was shipped to theaters under the title “Doll House” because of piracy
Darth Maul only speaks two lines in the whole movie
Ewan McGregor made lightsaber noises throughout film had to be edited out
Lucas thought Jar-Jar would be the best part of the movie
56
Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi
(1983) As the saga turns away from harder sci-fi, you do get more muppets & which?
Ewoks
Banthas
Jawas
Porgs
57
The Illustrated Man
(1969) Ray Bradbury's strange psychedelic exploration into the mysteries of what?
Clairvoyance
ESP
Telekinesis
Fortune Telling
58
Men In Black
(1997)Sci-Fi action comedy. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld & written by Ed Solomon. The year we make contact?
1981
1961
1997
1954
59
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
(1989)Sci-Fi action Two slackers Bill & Ted parody
the Tardis & are
accompanied by who?
Michael J. Fox
George Carlin
Christopher Lloyd
Richard Pryor
60
Innerspace
(1987) Sci-Fi comedy directed by Joe Dante with Spielberg as Ex-Producer. A revisioning of what 60's classic?
The Time Machine
20,000 Leagues Beneath the Sea
Fantastic Voyage
Journey To the Center of the Earth