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Movies by Clue Quiz #1

Based on the clues, name the movie!
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Last updated: November 27, 2016
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First submittedMay 24, 2012
Times taken75,002
Average score54.5%
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Clues
Movie
King of the World, Kate Winslet, Iceberg
Titanic
President, Harrison Ford, Get Off My Plane!
Air Force One
Teen Pregnancy, Ellen Page, Track Shorts
Juno
Maria, Jets, Leonard Bernstein
West Side Story
Ice World Hoth, Daddy Surprise, Lando Calrissian
The Empire Strikes Back
Cornfield, Shoeless Joe Jackson, If You Build It
Field of Dreams
Guantanamo, Navy Lawyers, Inability to Handle Truth
A Few Good Men
Doomsday Device, Fighting in War Room, Peter Sellers
Dr. Strangelove
Uninvited Guests, Stage 5 Clinger, D.C.
Wedding Crashers
John McClane, Yippee Ki Yay, Hans Gruber
Die Hard
Simon & Garfunkel, Wedding Interruption, Trying to Seduce Me?
The Graduate
Rugby, South Africa, Matt Damon
Invictus
Snotty Nose, Found the Videotape, Shaky Camera
The Blair Witch Project
Stay Puft, Slimer, Ectoplasm
Ghostbusters
DeLorean, Biff, Hill Valley
Back to the Future
Identity Disc, Jeff Bridges, Master Controller
Tron
Spider Pig, EPA, Grand Theft Walrus
The Simpsons Movie
Balloon Trip, Talking Dog, Paradise Falls
Up
Wingman, Volleyball, Maverick
Top Gun
Corleone, Cannoli, Crime
The Godfather
Arnold, John Connor, Killer Robot
The Terminator
Oil Baron, Daniel Day Lewis, Milkshake Drinking
There Will Be Blood
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Level 62
Jun 10, 2012
fun quiz
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Level 33
Jun 10, 2012
SIMPLE
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Level 63
Jun 10, 2012
Great quiz, and a lot of classic movies on it, from best picture winners like the Godfather and West Side Story to just plain classics like Back to the Future and Empire Strikes Back. Fun.
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Level 47
Jun 11, 2012
why is'The Never Ending Story', not acceptable for talking dog?
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Level 71
Jun 12, 2012
Was there a talking dog in that movie?
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Level 90
Jul 17, 2012
It was more of a giant, flying, talking beast (that sort of looked like a dog). Oh no! Look out!!! The NOTHING!!!!!!
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Level 33
Feb 17, 2013
The 'talking dog' was called the 'luck dragon'. So... not a dog. Mind you, not really a dragon either.
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Level 65
Jul 22, 2015
Plus, there was no balloon trip or Paradise Falls.
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Level 72
Mar 1, 2016
It's a Luck dragon
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Level 48
Apr 16, 2017
What LadyScroop said. Did you completely ignore the other two clues?
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Level 24
Jun 12, 2012
Surprised how many of these I didn't get and recognized after I finished (like for some reason I could remember "witch project" but not "Blair," and I somehow didn't see the first clue :P) And by the way, "Inability to Handle Truth" is officially my favorite quiz hint. Ever.
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Level 37
Jun 14, 2013
I can't help but feel a little proud of myself when I get the least guessed answer... but I'm a littel surprised it was missed as much as it was - scifi classic!
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Level 72
Jul 15, 2020
Yeah, Wedding Crashers is one of the best scifi movies! (I know the results must have changed over time. Please refrain from correcting me. Damned, now you've ruined the joke!)
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Level 24
Sep 16, 2013
LOL! Inability to Handle Truth, Snotty Nose, and Milkshake Drinking are all great hints!
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Level 83
May 7, 2014
Yay spiderpig, yay invictus. More of these, please.
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Level 47
Jul 10, 2014
Can you take "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb " for Dr Strangelove?
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Level 84
Sep 8, 2014
Subtitle
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Level 77
Jan 5, 2015
I typed it just for fun to see if it counted. When it didn't, I typed Dr. Strangelove. And you did too...show off...
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Level 75
Feb 17, 2015
It makes sense that three of these I've never seen and they were the three I missed - Invictus, The Simpsons Movie, and Wedding Crashers.
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Level 55
Feb 17, 2015
Because, no matter how good he is, Daniel Day Lewis has actually not made that many mainstream films, I was like, "Gangs? No. Lincoln? No. Laundrette? No. My Left Foot? No." So the actual answer is seriously, yep, that's the other one.

May I say, a superb movie quiz encompassing many great movies across many eras.

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Level 75
Jul 15, 2020
The first movie I saw him in was Last of the Mohicans. Room With A View is the other one I'd add to your list.
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Level 29
Apr 27, 2016
I love the clue for the Simpsons movie
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Level 69
Apr 15, 2017
'Inability to Handle Truth' has taken clues to a whole other level. The best clue I've seen in a while
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Level 43
Apr 15, 2017
I've only seen 2 of these, but I got some others correct
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Level 48
Apr 16, 2017
I have never seen such a big drop off from the #1 most recognized answer to the second.

It was because of that other quiz site that I finally made myself go out and rent 'There Will Be Blood', so I could get all the references.

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Level 68
Apr 16, 2017
Is 5/22 really bad?
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Level 82
Apr 18, 2017
Daddy Surprise is the best clue :)
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Level 12
Aug 21, 2017
If you put ESB on this quiz, you should have put Revenge of the sith or something like that on here too.
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Level 82
May 25, 2019
why? Every good Star Wars movie has to be balanced out by a crappy one? If that's the case, since Empire is the best, why not go for broke and put on The Last Jedi which is clearly the worst.
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Level 70
Jul 15, 2020
I'm in a rare minority, but I'd take eps 7-9 over eps 1-6 every time. The nostalgia of the original trilogy doesn't do much for me, and frankly, Mark Hamill - though a great human being - just isn't a great actor imho. The prequels were poorly conceived and even more poorly written which undermined what really ought to have been some great films considering the cast and all the latest special effects. If I haven't offended Star Wars fans enough, I'll also say that I like the direction Disney has taken the franchise. They really nailed it. I'm looking forward to seeing what else they can do with the universe.
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Level 67
Jul 15, 2020
The prequels are unbearable. The originals are definitely the best. I actually liked The Last Jedi, mostly because it is the first film since the originals to take a totally different direction, and doing the same old thing was getting really tired (or long past tired). I am not as nostalgic about or devoted to Star Wars canon as many people, so I don't really care that Rian Johnson broke a bunch of rules. I thought it was an interesting movie. I thought it was good they killed that useless faux emperor in the middle. I thought the arc between Rey and Kylo was interesting, and I liked that for once, the goal wasn't "we need to blow up an indestructible empirical super weapon with a precision strike." Like Empire (the consensus best movie of the lot), it ends with the good guys playing defense. It's just a much more interesting way to tell a story, I think.
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Level 82
Jul 15, 2020
The Last Jedi was bad for many reasons. Yes, it completely broke Star Wars canon. That's reason enough to hate it on its own. Yes, it completely shat all over Episode 7, casually binned everything that Abrams had set up for the trilogy, which is the dumbest thing you could possibly do for the 2nd part of a trilogy, and that would be reason enough to hate it. Yes, it was weighed down by an obnoxious on-the-nose heavy-handed SJW 3rd-wave feminist political agenda. Is that enough reason to hate it? Meh. I'm personally kind of ambivalent on that point. Maybe.

But... if you took all of that away... it's still just a HORRIBLE movie. Dull. Stupidly and badly written. Illogical. Full of plot holes that make NO sense. Full of characters that you cannot help but loathe. With a 40-minute completely unnecessary extremely boring and simultaneously preachy PSA about rich people going to horse races shoehorned in the middle. Fathead Rian Johnson just did not care. Obviously.

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Level 82
Jul 15, 2020
It's like he was intentionally setting out to make a shitty movie and try and destroy the franchise and many of the things he has said in interviews suggest that this is true and not just conspiracy theory.

but all that being said now that I finally saw Rise of Skywalker it might actually be worse than The Last Jedi. It's a close call.

Originaly trilogy is obviously the best. But the prequels, as bad as they were in parts, were still 1000x better than episodes 8 and 9. Episode 7... was bad... but.... not that bad. It was at least as good as Attack of the Clones. Better in some ways. Worse in others.

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Level 72
Jul 15, 2020
@martay "The nostalgia of the original trilogy doesn't do much for me". The original sequel can't be nostalgic about itself. It was a whole new thing when it was made. Also, episodes 7 and 9 are nothing if not a whole bunch of nostalgia. Your argument for the most recent trilogy doesn't hold up.
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Level 73
Jul 15, 2020
"it was weighed down by an obnoxious on-the-nose heavy-handed SJW 3rd-wave feminist political agenda". I can't believe you just said that. I haven't always agreed with you but this is really pathetic. I wouldn't have guessed you were a misogynistic fanboy.
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Level 82
Jul 15, 2020
Right. Everyone who thinks that story or character development should take precedence over misandrist and toxic politics is a misogynistic fanboy.... at least that's what Kathleen Kennedy and Rian Johnson want you to believe. Couldn't possibly be that.. you know... they think that story or character development should take precedence over misandrist and toxic political messages. If you don't like The Room what does that make you? A Nazi incel? Really strong argument.
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Level 67
Jul 15, 2020
Oh man. I forgot about that Monte Carlo subplot. That was truly dreadful, and that woman (Rose?) cannot act worth a lick. I didn't like The Force Awakens because it was such an obvious ripoff of A New Hope. It felt pointless. Most of what I remember from The Last Jedi is Kylo Ren, who I thought was a very interesting character. I also liked what they did with Luke. I know most people didn't, but Star Wars is just so played out by now. I was happy to be surprised by what they did with him.
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Level 67
Jul 16, 2020
Having typed it out, I actually think I like the Last Jedi precisely *because* it tore down The Force Awakens. I just remember sitting in that theater in 2015 getting increasingly annoyed and disappointed. "Oh, there's a new empire? Oh, they're still on Storm Troopers? Oh, the new emperor is basically a clone of Palpatine? Oh, there's a new Death Star and the goal is to destroy it by exploiting its one weak spot with a daring mission? Oh, the main villain has a key family relationship to the Skywalkers and is a former Jedi prodigy? Oh, there's a charming but arrogant pilot who needs to learn that he's a better man than he thinks? I waited all these years for this?" It was maddening. Snoke in particular felt really insulting, so I was especially happy during the Last Jedi when they just killed him right in the middle of the movie with little fanfare. That moment alone set the Last Jedi above the Force Awakens for me.
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Level 82
Jul 17, 2020
If they were going to tear down A Force Awakens then they should have done that in a meeting room or storyboarding session when the directors and producers were sitting around agreeing on a solid blueprint and plan for the entire trilogy before they began filming. Not just ad-libbing in the middle of a 3-part story. Either that or go back after Episode VII was released, announce that it wasn't canon, and start over. As is it's a total mess.
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Level 82
Jul 18, 2020
Particularly given that they were already planning to give the reigns back to Abrams for the 3rd installment. So... if they knew that going in... allowing someone to try and completely blow up his plan in the 2nd part just makes this the most poorly planned and executed trilogy in cinematic history. As much as I hate Johnson for what he did and think that he is a horrible overrated hack... if they were going to let him destroy Episode VII with Episode VIII... then they should have just let him do Episode IX, too.

but.. ugh... the whole new trilogy is a trainwreck. Best forgotten about completely.

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Level 76
Oct 2, 2020
How rich, talking about the previous movies being poorly written while defending the new trilogy. Adding to that, defending these for going on a new direction when all they did was bank on nostalgia. Yes, even TLJ, which only feinted at going in a new direction, only to go back to good guy rebels vs. evil empire by the end of it, all while achieving the astonishing feat of not only contradicting (or, more blatantly put, shitting all over) the original trilogy and the immediate previous movie, but also doing it to its own story. So much talk about letting go of the past (very subtle, Rian), and then by the end they even drop the pretense of calling the good guys the "Resistance" and just flat out call them "rebels". The movie only pretends to do something new, it's a cop out, and I can't believe how all these TLJ defenders are so blind to this point. It's almost as if they need to believe it's good, to justify their preconceptions.
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Level 72
Jul 15, 2020
Finally, a movie quiz without The Princess Bride and Office Space!
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Level 72
Jul 15, 2020
Also, don't you usually accept "bttf" for Back to the Future? My fingers had to take a break because of all the tiresome typing...
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Level 75
Jul 15, 2020
That surprised me too.
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Level 83
Aug 15, 2021
Elliot Page please - great quiz otherwise
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Level 67
Sep 7, 2021
Ellen Page's name has been legally changed at this point.