ANSWERSMASH DOES THE 80s
The answer smash round is always popular, and today’s quiz is all answers smashed together from the 1980s.
The first half of the answer will be a famous ‘80s movie and the second part will be entertaining…lets find out as we play along!
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Let’s SMASH.
QUESTIONS
1. Which 1989 Disney film saw Ariel fall in love with a handsome prince against the advice of her friend, Flounder, and which 2002 film starring Jennifer Lopez and Ralph Fiennes was originally titled Uptown Girl?
2. in 1984 Ralph Macchio learned to fight in what film, and what was the nickname of the Canadian born Radio One DJ and Top of the Pops host whose first names were David Allan and who was most active from 1977 – 1984?
3. This 1986 John Hughes teen comedy starred Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck and Jennifer Grey and a plot about a group of friends taking the day off from school, and the second answer is a film featuring Keira Knightley in a 2019 drama on the case of whistle-blower Katharine Gun regarding the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
4. Starring Robert de Niro, Jeremy Irons and Ray McAnally, this 1987 Golden Globe Winner is a period drama set in 18th-century South America about bringing Christianity to the natives, and the second answer is a TV and hit film series where a tape recording would be destroyed five seconds after being played?
5. This comedy film starred John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Palin and Kevin Kline and follows a jewel heist gone awry, and what was German band’s ‘Trio’ biggest hit, released in 1982, reaching No 2 in the UK and Germany and No 1 in Austria and New Zealand?
6. Originally a 1980 Willy Russel screenplay, this 1983 film saw Michael Caine as an Open University tutor to mature student, Julie Walters (both winning a Bafta along with the Best Film award), and what was the title of the 1982 novella by Stephen King on which the film, ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ was based?
7. Titled Episode VI, but the third film released in the Star Wars trilogy in 1983, which film saw Boba Fett thrown into the Sarlacc pit, and what is the full name alter-ego of Wonder Woman?
8. What 1980 comedy Western film starring and directed by Clint Eastwood which sees him starring as a stuntman in a circus opposite Sondra Locke (his soon to be real-life wife), and what was the name of the Beano character who could run extraordinarily fast and was identifiable by his two curly hairs on his shaved head?
9. This 1988 ‘Christmas’ film is set in the Nakatomi Plaza, and what is the open source hardware and software company behind the Raspberry Pi micro computer?
10. This 1983 family comedy-drama based on the Larry McMurty 1975 novel of the same name starred Debra Winger, Shirley MacLaine and Jack Nicholson with both Nicholson and MacLaine receiving Oscars, and which was Bruce Lee’s final completed film appearance before his death aged 32 in 1973?
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ANSWERS
1. Which 1989 Disney film saw Ariel fall in love with a handsome prince against the advice of her friend, Flounder, and which 2002 film starring Jennifer Lopez and Ralph Fiennes was originally titled Uptown Girl?
THE LITTLE MERMAID IN MANHATTAN (The Little Mermaid – Maid in Manhattan)
2. in 1984 Ralph Macchio learned to fight in what film, and what was the nickname of the Canadian born Radio One DJ and Top of the Pops host whose first names were David Allan and who was most active from 1977 – 1984?
THE KARATE KID JENSEN (The Karate Kid – Kid Jensen)
3. This 1986 John Hughes teen comedy starred Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck and Jennifer Grey and a plot about a group of friends taking the day off from school, and the second answer is a film featuring Keira Knightley in a 2019 drama on the case of whistle-blower Katharine Gun regarding the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFFICIAL SECRETS (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off – Official Secrets
4. Starring Robert de Niro, Jeremy Irons and Ray McAnally, this 1987 Golden Globe Winner is a period drama set in 18th-century South America about bringing Christianity to the natives, and the second answer is a TV and hit film series where a tape recording would be destroyed five seconds after being played?
THE MISSION IMPOSSIBLE (The Mission – Mission Impossible)
5. This comedy film starred John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Palin and Kevin Kline and follows a jewel heist gone awry, and what was German band’s ‘Trio’ biggest hit, released in 1982, reaching No 2 in the UK and Germany and No 1 in Austria and New Zealand?
A FISH CALLED WANDA DA DA (A Fish Called Wanda – Da Da Da)
6. Originally a 1980 Willy Russel screenplay, this 1983 film saw Michael Caine as an Open University tutor to mature student, Julie Walters (both winning a Bafta along with the Best Film award), and what was the title of the 1982 novella by Stephen King on which the film, ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ was based?
EDUCATING RITA HEYWORTH AND THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (Educating Rita – Rita Heyworth and the Shawshank Redemption)
7. Titled Episode VI, but the third film released in the Star Wars trilogy in 1983, which film saw Boba Fett thrown into the Sarlacc pit, and what is the full name alter-ego of Wonder Woman?
RETURN OF THE JEDIANA PRINCE (Return of the Jedi – Diana Prince)
8. What 1980 comedy Western film starring and directed by Clint Eastwood which sees him starring as a stuntman in a circus opposite Sondra Locke (his soon to be real-life wife), and what was the name of the Beano character who could run extraordinarily fast and was identifiable by his two curly hairs on his shaved head?
BRONCO BILLY WHIZZ (bronco Billy – Billy Whizz)
9. This 1988 ‘Christmas’ film is set in the Nakatomi Plaza, and what is the open source hardware and software company behind the Raspberry Pi micro computer?
DIE HARDUINO (Die Hard – Arduino)
10. This 1983 family comedy-drama based on the Larry McMurty 1975 novel of the same name starred Debra Winger, Shirley MacLaine and Jack Nicholson with both Nicholson and MacLaine receiving Oscars, and which was Bruce Lee’s final completed film appearance before his death aged 32 in 1973?
TERMS OF ENDEARMENTER THE DRAGON (Terms of Endearment – Enter the Dragon)