80s Movie Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. In a rain-soaked, neon-lit future Los Angeles, an investigator uses an emotional-response test while hunting artificial humans. Which film is this?
The Running Man
RoboCop
Blade Runner
Escape from New York
2. A teenager takes over a Chicago parade float and performs while his best friend and girlfriend watch from the crowd. Which movie is shown?
Sixteen Candles
Adventures in Babysitting
Risky Business
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
3. A grandfather reads a story to his sick grandson; the tale includes a masked swordsman, a giant, and a kidnapped princess. Which movie frames its adventure this way?
Willow
Ladyhawke
The Princess Bride
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
4. After dying, a couple becomes trapped in their old home and seeks help from an unruly, striped-suit bio-exorcist. Which movie is this?
House
Ghostbusters II
Beetlejuice
High Spirits
5. Four investigators carrying proton packs confront a giant marshmallow figure in New York City. Which movie is it?
The Monster Squad
Little Shop of Horrors
Scrooged
Ghostbusters
6. Five students from different social groups spend a Saturday in their school library for detention. Which film follows their day together?
The Breakfast Club
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Heathers
Say Anything...
7. A silver sports car sits beside a clock tower while lightning is used to send a teenager through time. Which movie is this?
WarGames
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure
The Last Starfighter
Back to the Future
8. An adventurer in a fedora replaces a golden idol with a bag of sand, only to trigger a giant rolling boulder. Which movie opens with this sequence?
Romancing the Stone
Raiders of the Lost Ark
King Solomon’s Mines
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
9. During a Christmas party at Nakatomi Plaza, a barefoot New York police officer tries to stop armed criminals. Which film fits the scene?
Lethal Weapon
Cobra
Die Hard
Commando
10. A teenage girl enters a shifting maze to rescue her baby brother from a charismatic Goblin King. Which fantasy film is described?
Labyrinth
The Dark Crystal
Legend
The NeverEnding Story
11. A boy pedals a bicycle across the night sky with a small alien hidden in a front basket. Which film does this image evoke?
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Flight of the Navigator
Explorers
Batteries Not Included
12. A teenager receives a furry creature named Gizmo and is warned to keep it away from bright light, water, and food after midnight. Which movie is this?
Critters
Gremlins
The Gate
The Monster Squad
13. A group of children follows an old treasure map through underground tunnels while searching for the fortune of One-Eyed Willy. Which movie are they in?
Stand by Me
The Goonies
The Lost Boys
The Monster Squad
14. At a martial arts tournament, a teenage competitor balances on one leg before attempting a crane kick. Which movie is this?
The Karate Kid
Bloodsport
Kickboxer
No Retreat, No Surrender
15. A winter caretaker and his family become isolated inside the Overlook Hotel, where ominous visions and a hedge maze await. Which movie is described?
The Fog
The Thing
Poltergeist
The Shining
16. An archaeologist and his father pursue the Holy Grail, and the hero must select the unassuming cup of a carpenter. Which film concludes with this choice?
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
The Jewel of the Nile
Romancing the Stone