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Jun-16-2005 08:28

Well, as everyone else is doing it, I thought I'd give a quick quiz too. These are games we used to play when we were bored at work (I worked in a video store)

The first is a subtitle quiz, I will give some subtitles of movies and you guess the movie. For example:

Protecting the earth from the scum of the universe
=Men In Black

There is an extremely handy website out there that will tell you all the answers in 3 clicks, but it's more fun to think about it, isn't it??

And the second is a simple steps quiz; we called it 6 steps to Kevin Bacon. We played it naming 2 film stars with an obvious connection ie, Michael Douglas/Catherine Zeta-Jones or Tommy Lee Jones/Will Smith. Then you have to connect them again without using that link ie:
Will Smith - Wild Wild West w. Salma Hayek - Dogma w. Ben Affleck - Armageddon w. Liv Tyler - Lord of the Rings w. Cate Blanchett - the Missing w. Tommy Lee Jones!

You can use family ties, directors, any link. We used to pride ourselves on the most obscure links possible rather than the number of links. (We liked to show off our independent film knowledge - snobbery is everywhere lol)

Jun-16-2005 10:03

1) The Shawshank Redemption
2) Dirty Dancing
3) Chicago
4) American Pie
5) The Green Mile
6) Ghostbusters
7) Gladiator
8) Gremlins
9) Titanic
10) Star Wars

Jun-16-2005 10:14

And now for my contribution. Some are harder than others, and you'll pick up on their connecting factor very quick.


1) When there is no more room in Hell, the dead will walk the earth
2) The night HE came home
3) You'll wish it were only a nightmare...
4) If Nancy Doesn't Wake Up Screaming She Won't Wake Up At All...
5) They're here
6) Be careful what you wish for
7) If this one doesn't scare you, you're already dead!
8) The Devil inside (an alternate)
9) Beware the stare that will paralyze the will of the world
10) A new- and altogether different- screen excitement!!!
11) Who will survive and what will be left of them?
12) You'll wish it was only make-believe
13) We Dare You To Say His Name Five Times!

Jun-16-2005 10:53

Hmmm ... does your quiz say something for your taste in films, John? : o )

Jun-16-2005 11:48

lol that's better! I hope you didn't look those up John rofl. I started off with easy ones. I can do 6) offhand, that's the Wishmaster. 2) is Halloween, 4) Nightmare on Elm st. I shall have to ponder on the rest.

Jun-16-2005 11:53

<nods> Yes, yes it does.
Some of these are modern classics, though. I think #10 may give people the most trouble.

And yes, I chose thirteen answers out of homage for the genre.

Jun-16-2005 12:44

Thriller and horror movies are my favorite but I wasnt able to get all of them. *sigh*

1. Night of the Living Dead?
2. Halloween (Michael Myers terrifies me lol)
3. Friday the 13th (no clue ,just guessing) :)
4. Nightmare on Elm Street
5. Poltergeist
6. Wishmaster
7 through 12...dunno lol
13. Candyman?

Jun-16-2005 12:45

I am scared. :)

Jun-16-2005 13:05

Reese, correct for all answered. That leaves 7-12 up for grabs.

Jun-16-2005 14:03

wow....I guess, except for the 7 though 12, I know my scarey movies hehe Told u they were my favorite :) Oh, and Reese Withers is my other character name, I thought I was under Makensie when I answered them questions, and wasnt..oops :)

Jun-16-2005 18:14

hehe makensie! looks like your secret's out! :D