Framed Movie Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. A fedora-wearing archaeologist runs toward the camera through a stone passage while an enormous boulder rolls behind him. Which movie opens with this escape?
The Mummy
Romancing the Stone
Raiders of the Lost Ark
King Solomon's Mines
2. A child in a red coat moves through an otherwise black-and-white crowd during the liquidation of a ghetto. Which film uses this visual contrast?
The Pianist
Schindler's List
Life Is Beautiful
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
3. A pale-faced man with scissors instead of hands shapes a large block of ice while artificial snow falls over a suburban garden. Which film is being described?
Beetlejuice
Edward Scissorhands
Big Fish
The Nightmare Before Christmas
4. A tiny figure walks through a vast doorway into a hall where a seated emperor is framed by red-armored guards. Which film is this?
Flash Gordon
Dune
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
5. A man sits alone on a park bench with a box of chocolates, telling strangers about his life. Which film uses this scene as a recurring frame for its story?
The Green Mile
Big Fish
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Forrest Gump
6. In the closing shot, a spinning top wobbles on a table before the screen cuts to black. Which movie ends this way?
Inception
Shutter Island
Memento
The Prestige
7. A boy rides a bicycle across the full moon with an alien passenger hidden in the front basket. Which movie created this image?
Flight of the Navigator
The Last Starfighter
Explorers
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
8. A lone astronaut floats beyond reach while Earth fills the background and a damaged spacecraft spins nearby. Which film centers on this disaster?
Gravity
The Martian
Interstellar
Apollo 13
9. At an isolated hotel, two identically dressed girls stand side by side at the end of a patterned corridor. Which film is being evoked?
The Shining
Poltergeist
The Omen
The Exorcist
10. A DeLorean waits beneath a clock tower while lightning is expected to strike at exactly 10:04 p.m. Which movie does this describe?
Back to the Future
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
The Terminator
The Last Starfighter
11. A young woman in ruby slippers stands with three companions on a yellow brick road leading toward a distant green city. Which film is being described?
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
The Wizard of Oz
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
12. A suited man bends backward in impossible slow motion as bullets leave visible trails through the air. Which film popularized this sequence?
Equilibrium
The Matrix
Dark City
Minority Report
13. A police chief on a crowded beach suddenly realizes something is wrong as the camera appears to stretch the space behind him. Which film features this famous moment?
The Birds
The Poseidon Adventure
Jaws
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
14. A dancer in a black bodysuit performs with two partners against a bright red backdrop as the camera tracks sideways. Which film contains this memorable dance sequence?
Chicago
Moulin Rouge!
Saturday Night Fever
Pulp Fiction
15. Two passengers stand at the bow of an ocean liner with their arms spread as the ship crosses the Atlantic. Which film contains this scene?
Pearl Harbor
The English Patient
A Night to Remember
Titanic
16. A shadowy figure pulls back a shower curtain at the Bates Motel while stabbing violin sounds dominate the soundtrack. Which film is it?
Peeping Tom
Psycho
Halloween
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre