The Ultimate 1980’s Movie Quiz in Movie Quiz on with 1 Comment Welcome to our 80's movie quiz. There are 30 questions in all, some harder than others. Let's see if you can get on our Top 5 leaderboard. Name 1. What was the first bond film to be released in the 1980’s? Octopussy For Your Eyes Only Moonraker A View to a Kill 2. In what year was E.T. The Extra Terristerial released? 1980 1981 1982 1983 3. What on the license plate of the ghostbusters car? BUSTIN' SLIMER EGON 1 ECTO 1 4. How much money did The Empire Strikes Back take at the box office? $290m $380m $450m $600m 5. Skip and Harry are framed for a Bank Robbery and sentenced to 125 years in prison. Name the film? The Shawshank Redemption Brubaker Escape from Alcatraz Stir Crazy 6. Who directed The Blues Brothers? Ivan Reitman John Landis Ron Howard Steven Spielberg 7. Who played Chunk in The Goonies? Jeff Cohen Sean Austin Josh Brolin Corey Feldman 8. In what year was Raiders of the Lost Ark released? 1980 1981 1982 1983 9. Who directed Time Bandits? Jim Henson Irvin Kershner John Hughes Terry Gilliam 10. What was the highest grossing movie of the 80’s? Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) Return of the Jedi (1983) Batman (1989) 11. What movie featured a Detroit detective called Axel Foley? Beverly Hills Cop K-9 Red Heat Who's Harry Crumb? 12. What is the name of the building in Die Hard where Bruce Willis is trapped? Glitterati Towers Nakatomi Plaza The Elliot Bay Towers The Bradbury Building 13. Who did Mel Gibson play in Lethal Weapon? Roger Murtaugh Joshua Martin Riggs Michael Hunsaker 14. Which 80’s war movie featured Pvt. Leonard 'Gomer Pyle' Lawrence? Full Metal Jacket Platoon Hamburger Hill Born on the Fourth of July 15. Who played Indiana Jones's friend Sallah in Raiders of the Lost Ark? Paul Freeman Denholm Elliott Alfred Molina John Rhys-Davies 16. Which of these movies won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1986? Hannah and Her Sisters Platoon The Mission A Room with a View 17. Who played John Book in 1985’s Witness? Mel Gibson Kurt Russell Tommy Lee Jones Harrison Ford 18. Who played Baby in Dirty Dancing? Elisabeth Shue Kelly McGillis Jennifer Grey Kelly LeBrock 19. Who starred alongside Emilio Estevez in 1986’s Stakeout? Kiefer Sutherland Richard Dreyfuss Christian Slater Samuel L. Jackson 20. Who played Mister Miyagi in 1984’s The Karate Kid? Noriyuki 'Pat' Morita Chow Yun Fat Wai-Leung Kwok Nicholas Tse 21. What famous 80’s movie featured the line; “They’re hee-eere!”? Poltergeist Ghostbusters Gremlins Weird Science 22. What famous 80’s movie featured the line; “Life moves pretty fast. You don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”? Fast Times at Ridgemont High License to Drive Adventures in Babysitting Ferris Buellers Day Off 23. In 'The Breakfast Club' why was John Bender in detention? He punched a fellow pupil He backchatted a teacher He pulled the fire alarm He walked out of school at lunchtime 24. 1985’s The Jewel of the Nile was the sequel to which movie? The Rose of the Nile Romancing the Stone Better off Dead War of the Roses 25. What was Val Kilmer’s callsign/name in Top Gun? Maverick Charlie Goose Iceman 26. What was the name of the small town in Australia where you could find Crocodile Dundee? Huntback Valley Walkabout Creek Wongan Hills Dingo Creek 27. In 1987’s Three Men and a Baby, Tom Selleck played Peter Mitchell, but what was his profession? Architect Actor Artist Accountant 28. Who played Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Michael Ironside Dustin Hoffman Robin Williams Christopher Lloyd 29. In what year was the Arnold Schwarznegger movie ‘Twins’ released? 1986 1987 1988 1989 30. What was the name of Dirty Harry's 4th big screen outing? The Dead Pool Sudden Impact The Enforcer Magnum Force Time's up [mlw_quizmaster_leaderboard mlw_quiz=2] Previous Post← The Ultimate Star Wars Quiz The Ultimate Star Wars Quiz Next PostDenzel Washington’s Top 20 Best Films Ranked → Denzel Washington's Top 20 Best Films Ranked
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