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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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1
Escape From New York
(1981) Written & directed by John Carpenter Post apocalyptic,
Manhattan Island
is now (1997) what?
A nuclear hot zone
A maximum security prison
A war zone
A wildlife refuge
2
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
(1989)Sci-Fi action Two slackers Bill & Ted parody
the Tardis & are
accompanied by who?
Christopher Lloyd
Richard Pryor
George Carlin
Michael J. Fox
3
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
Steal Earth's technology for his own homeworld of Oiolia
Return to his homeworld of Yuewn
Ferry water back to his thirsty homeworld Anthea
4
Ghostbusters
(1984)Sci-Fi/Comedy directed by Ivan Reitman. All but one of these actors were considered to be
GBs
except?
Christopher Walken
Chevy Chase
Eddie Murphy
Christopher Lloyd
5
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
Michael J. Fox & Martin Short
Glenn Close & Natalie Portman
Jack Nickelson & Danny DeVito
6
Starman
(1984) Sci-Fi film directed by John Carpenter and staring Jeff Bridges. All are elements of the movie except?
Saving humanity
Inhabiting a dead man's body
Kidnapping
Aliens responding to a signal that originated on Earth
7
Jamanji
(1995) Fantasy Adventure film staring Robin Williams. What does "Jamanji" mean in Zulu?
Many effects
Need fresh undies
Stampeed
Game of chance
8
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 spider bite
A mysterious fog that appears from nowhere
9
Westworld
(1973) Written & directed by Michael Crichton. Plot concerns amusement park androids malfunctioning and...
Taking photos with visitors for cash
Killing visitors
Angling for a tv pilot
Robbing visitors
10
Zathura: A Space Adventure
(2005) Sci-Fi Adventure film directed by Jon Favreau, what movie poster is seen in the movie?
Jeff Goldblum poster from Jurassic Park (1993)
Steve McQueen poster from Bullitt (1968)
Arnold Schwarzenegger poster from The Terminator (1984)
Charlton Heston poster from Planet of the Apes (1968)
11
Tomorrowland
(2015) Sci-Fi Mystery film created by Brad Bird. At the '64 World's Fair Inventor Frank Walker was selling?
Lightning Rods
Jetpacks
Mood Stones
Divining Rods
12
Hot Tub Time Machine
(2010) SCi-Fi comedy from New Crime Productions. Which 80's artist is not referenced in film?
Madonna
Michael Jackson
Rick Springfield
Poison
13
Back To the Future
(1985) Sci-Fi fantasy film written & directed by Robert Zemeckis. This movie was almost called what?
"Back In the Future"
"88 Gigawatts To the Future"
"Space Man From Pluto"
"Hot Rod Time Machine"
14
The Hunger Games
(2012) Dystopian Sci-Fi adventure film based on Suzanne Collin's novel. All are true about film except?
Like her character, Jennifer Lawrence claims to be able to skin a squirrel
Story was inspired by Iraq war & Reality TV
The humming Bird was originally a hawk
Jennifer Lawrence's childhood nickname was "plays with fire"
15
Groundhog Day
(1993) Fantasy Romance film. A depraved newsman gets his due! Which two actors turned down role of Phil?
Tom Hanks
Danny Devito
Dan Aykroyd
Michael Keaton
16
A Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy
(2005) Sci-Fi comedy by Douglas Adams. Who is threatening to destroy the Earth?
The Klingons
The Vegans
The Kloxians
The Vogons
17
Men In Black
(1997)Sci-Fi action comedy. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld & written by Ed Solomon. The year we make contact?
1997
1981
1954
1961
18
Earth To Echo
(2014) Sci-Fi Fantasy American found-footage film. Which is not one of the kids in the film?
Munch
Alex
Cesil
Tuck
19
John Carter
(2012)Disney's treatment of Edger Rice Burroughs novel
The Princess of Mars
Which of the following are true?
During the filming in Utah the crew discovered a large dinosaur bone
During the filming the show witnessed and recovered a meteorite
During the filming the crew claims to have all seen a U.F.O.
During the filming the crew suffered major power outages
20
Little Shop of Horrors
(1986) Sci-Fi comedy musical directed by Frank Oz. Which is false about the film?
Film cost 30 Million to make, Warner Bro. most expensive film at that time
Took 60 people to operate the Audrey II puppet
Steve Martin was seriously hurt on the set
Cameos in the film include: John Candy, Bill Murray & John Belushi
21
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
The Haunted Mansion @ Disneyland
Universal Studios Tour
The Jules Verne Museum in France
22
Super 8
(2011) Sci-Fi Fantasy thriller directed by J.J. Abrams & Co-Produced by S. Spielberg. Which best describes film?
A.I. encounter
Paranormal encounter
Time travel encounter
Alien encounter
23
Captain Marvel
(2019) Superhero/Sci-Fi Origin story converted neatly from comics except her cats name "Goose" in comics?
Chewie
Garfield
Gizmo
Waldo
24
The Last Starfighter
(1984)Space opera film directed by Nick Castle. The "Last Starfighter" in the movie refers to what?
An android
An arcade game
A ship
The last in a line of alien starfighters
25
War Games
(1983)
Cold War
Sci-Fi film starring all of the following except which?
William Hurt
Alley Sheedy
Matthew Broderick
Dabney Coleman
26
Avatar
(2009) James Cameron's epic Sci-Fi fantasy set in the 22nd Cen. Humans are colonizing a moon in Alpha-Centauri?
Gandameed
Pangea
Pandora
Calisto
27
Tron
(1982) Sci-Fi Adventure written & directed by Steven Lisberger who became inspired for Tron by which video game?
Breakout
Space Invaders
Pong
Pac Man
28
H.G. Wells' The Time Machine
(1960) based on 1895 novella, follows inventor who uses time machine to discover a race?
Morlocks
Gramoles
Terras
Zomboids
29
Cloud Atlas
(2012) Epic Sci-Fi Fantasy based on the 2004 novel by David Mitchell. Story overlaps on how many timelines?
Five
Four
Three
Six
30
The Butterfly Effect
(2004) SCi-Fi Thriller. Dark twist on a Ray Bradbury story. Won all these awards except which?
International Sci-Fi / Fantasy Award - A "Sunburst"
Teen Choice Awards
Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film Award
Academy of Sci-Fi Award - A "Saturn"
31
Ender's Game
(2013) Sci-Fi military action film based on novel by Orson Scott Card. Humanity is preparing to attack who?
The Mimics
The Horda
The Formics
The Romulans
32
The Illustrated Man
(1969) Ray Bradbury's strange psychedelic exploration into the mysteries of what?
ESP
Telekinesis
Clairvoyance
Fortune Telling
33
Ready Player One
(2018) Sci-Fi Action Adventure w/ animated segments. All are 80's Easter Eggs in the film except?
The A-Ha video for "Take On Me"
Pac Man Stand Up video game
T-Rex From Jurassic Park
Modified Delorean from "Back To the Future"
34
Time Bandits
(1981) Young boy joins a group of renegade dwarves on a journey through time! Creative vision of who?
Terry Gilliam
John Cleese
Terry Jones
Eric Idle
35
The Final Countdown
(1980) An aircraft carrier enters a time warp in the Pacific & is transported from (1980) to?
1941
1889
1946
1919
36
The Day the Earth Stood STill
(2008) Sci-Fi loose remake of 50's classic. Keanu Reeves tries to outsmart a robot or?
Nomad
The Control Unit
G.O.R.T.
I Robot
37
Lost In Space
(1998) The Robinson Family saves the world! All are true about the film except which?
The Robinson's ship is the Proteus
Special effects done by ILM
Puppeteering done by Jim Henson Studios
Score done by Jerry Goldsmith
38
Somewhere In Time
(1980) Romantic Fantasy film. A young man falls in love w/ a woman from the past & time travels using?
A Delorean
A Time Machine
A hot tub
Hypnosis & strength of will
39
Star Wars: Episode One
(1999) First prequel that lines up with "Episode VI" in it's fantasy approach. Which is false?
Lucas thought Jar-Jar would be the best part of the movie
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
40
E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
(1982) Stranded on Earth, with his friend Elliot, who lures him with which?
Gobstoppers
M & M's
Mars bars
Reeses Pieces
41
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
42
Fantastic Voyage
(1966) Sci-Fi Fantasy adventure film. Micronauts explore a human body. Based on story written by who?
Harry Kleiner
Rod Serling
Issac Asimov
Ray Bradbury
43
Maze Runner
(2014) Dystopian Sci-Fi Adventure The only way out is through a shifting
maze
of massive walls, guarded by?
Reapers
Terrors
Creepers
Grievers
44
Pixels
(2015)Aliens intercept video feed w/ arcade games & misinterpret them as declaration of war, which is not a boss?
Donky Kong
TRON
Centipede
Space Invaders
45
Flash Gordon
(1980) British-Dutch-American Space Opera
Ming the Merciless
faces off with
Flash Gordon
. Songs & score by?
The Who
Judas Priest
Pink Floyd
Queen
46
Solo: A Star Wars Story
(2018) Space Western & Second non-Jedi based Star Wars story. What is the crime syndicate named?
Orange Outlaws
Crimson Dawn
Satellite Stallions
Sons of Silence
47
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")
Modestina (Portugees for "Unbreakable")
Mogwai (Cantonese for "devil")
48
Saturn 3
(1980) British Sci-Fi film w/ Kirk Douglas & Farah Fawcett. Plot best described as which?
A clone story
A robot love story
A survival story
A murder mystery story
49
Beetlejuice
(1986) Fantasy-comedy w/ hints of Sci-Fi. Tim Burton creates an underworld; but don't say his name x 3 or???
Beetlejuice with give you a dollar
Beetlejuice will appear
Beetlejuice becomes enraged
Beetlejuice will take your soul
50
Innerspace
(1987) Sci-Fi comedy directed by Joe Dante with Spielberg as Ex-Producer. A revisioning of what 60's classic?
20,000 Leagues Beneath the Sea
Fantastic Voyage
The Time Machine
Journey To the Center of the Earth
51
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
(1989) A comic Sci-Fi adventure film When Ron, Russ & Amy are shrunk down what do they camp in?
A doll house
A Lego
An oatmeal box
A Barbie camper
52
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
(2016) Epic Space Opera parallels timeline of A New Hope. Princess Leia & who were "CGIed"?
Luke Skywalker
Grand Moff Tarkin
Darth Vader
R2-D2
53
Flight of the Navigator
(1986) This Disney Sci-Fi Fantasy film is bast described as which?
12 year old boy is lost in a world of erector sets and tinker toys
12 year old boy w/ the help of a little alien flys a bike over a lake
12-year-old boy who is abducted by an alien spaceship
12 year old boy has a touching encounter with an alien trying to get home
54
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
(2010) Direct to DVD release based on the reimagined tv show. All are true except which?
The Star Trek shows on tv inspired this shows reboot
The original reimagined story intended to explore the rest of the fleet
Changing the gender of the "Starbuck" character was controversial
Cylons roles change in the reboot, now they are allies
55
Twilight Zone: The Movie
(1983) Sci-Fi Fantasy anthology, w/ mini stories remade from original show, which is original?
Kick the Can
Nightmare At 20,000 Feet
Time Out
It's A Good Life
56
Valerian & the City of A Thousand Planets
(2017) Space Opera set to a psychedelic Beatle score. Production was from?
Canadian
French
Australian
British
57
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
Makes them immortal
Snatches they bodies
Abducts them
58
Short Circuit
(1986) Sci-Fi comic adventure Experimental military robot gains human like intelligence when what occurs?
Is exposed to a large dose of radiation
Is tazed by military police
Is left "plugged in charging" too long
Is struck by lightning
59
Ellipse
(2019) Sci-Fi Thriller A man & his dog are stranded on a strange alien world that is about to what?
Clone them
Kill them
Grant them both immortality
Offer them then deal of a lifetime
60
Spaceballs
(1987) Mel Brooks comedy Sci-Fi parody of Star Wars. Are are true about this movie, except which?
Lucas liked jokey nature of idea so much he gave Brooks full permission!
None of the principle actors claim to have seen the SW movies
Original title "Planet Moron"
Has a Millennium Falcon c/o IL & M