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Great Quiz! I love this film! :D xxx

Jessica 3/9/12 6:08 am

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1.	As with most spoofs these days, Airplane! has a lot of cameo appearances from random actors and other celebrities. Which of these people does NOT show up in the 1980 film?
		Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
		William Shatner
		Barbara Billingsley
		Robert Stack

2.	What is seen sporadically during the short scene set in the Mayo Clinic?
		A human heart bouncing up and down off a desk
		A person’s hand appearing from under a desk
		A talking computer
		A liver

3.	What 1950s drama is Airplane! based on, despite not being credited in the film?
		From Here to Eternity
		12 Angry Men
		Zero Hour
		North By Northwest

4.	During the flashback scene set in the scummiest dive outside of Detroit, Ted Striker manages to ignore a pretty crazy bar fight. Who are the two participants of that fight?
		A pair of Shriners
		A pair of Boy Scouts
		A pair of Bible salesmen
		A pair of Girl Scouts

5.	Name the band whose famous disco song accompanies the first dance between our two leads, Ted and Elaine.
		The Bee Gees
		ABBA
		KC and The Sunshine Band
		Earth, Wind, & Fire

6.	Who is, in the end credits, credited as “Himself?”
		Robert Stack
		Lloyd Bridges
		Otto
		Leslie Nielsen

7.	Dr. Rumack, played by Leslie Nielsen, springs into action as soon as food poisoning strikes the majority of passengers aboard the titular airplane. The two choices of dinner were steak and fish. What did Dr. Rumack have to eat?
		Steak
		Fish
		Hamburger
		Lasagna

8.	What message does McCroskey (Lloyd Bridges) want his wife to relay to the milkman?
		No more cheese!
		Don’t forget the 1% milk!
		Stop switching the order!
		Stop delivering milk!

9.	Ted Striker spends the first half of Airplane! by boring various passengers with the story of his romance with flight attendant Elaine. Which of these choices is NOT one of the ways those bored passengers commit suicide?
		Being hanged
		Being shot
		Being stabbed
		Being burned alive

10.	Rex Kramer is the only person who can help the stricken airplane land safely, according to McCroskey. When we first meet the man, we see his incredibly playful Golden Retriever attack an airline employee. What’s the dog’s name?
		Skip
		Spot
		Shep
		Sally

11.	Which of the following choices doesn’t fill in the blank of the following running gag? “A ____? What is it?”
		Airplane
		Cockpit
		Hospital
		Headquarters

12.	What’s so unique about the ride to the airport that Rex Kramer takes with the airline employee who was previously attacked by his Golden Retriever?
		They ride on a bicycle built for two.
		They ride on a motorcycle and sidecar.
		They ride in a canoe.
		They appear to run over a bicyclist and drive past a scene out of a Western movie.

13.	When Roger Murdoch (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) succumbs to the food poisoning, what is he found to be wearing?
		Nothing
		Goggles and a Lakers uniform
		A tuxedo
		Pajamas

14.	How many pairs of sunglasses is Rex Kramer wearing when he walks into the air traffic control center?
		2
		3
		4
		5

15.	What city does the titular airplane land in?
		New York
		Los Angeles
		Chicago
		Denver

16.	What famous television mother comes to the rescue of a flight attendant by saying “I speak jive”?
		Florence Henderson
		Marion Ross
		Jane Wyatt
		Barbara Billingsley

17.	Who is seen sleeping with Clarence Oveur’s wife?
		The next-door neighbor
		A horse
		Clarence Oveur
		A dog

18.	When things get rough, a male passenger resorts to drinking some whiskey. He offers it to a female passenger, who’s disgusted at the offer. How does she choose to relax?
		By smoking a cigarette
		By drinking a gallon of water
		By sniffing a line of cocaine
		By going to the bathroom

19.	Dr. Rumack, late in the film, gives Ted an inspirational speech. What college’s famous theme song plays behind this speech?
		Notre Dame
		Yale
		Harvard
		UCLA

20.	Ted Striker has many horrible memories of the war he was in. The fate of one of his soldiers, George Zip, seems to be the worst memory of all. What rank did Zip hold in the military?
		Sergeant
		Private
		Colonel
		Lieutenant

21.	Which airline employee is apparently “getting larger”?
		Rex
		McCroskey
		Leon
		Joe

22.	What part of the newspaper’s front page excites airline employee Johnny most?
		The fact that passengers on the plane are certain to die
		The sale at J.C. Penney
		The fact that the airline will be negligent
		The fact that there’s no writing on the front page

23.	Which gate is the airplane originally supposed to land at?
		Gate 6
		Gate 7
		Gate 8
		Gate 9

24.	At one point, we see a picture of McCroskey on the wall in the air traffic control center. What is he doing in the picture?
		Smoking
		Drinking
		Sniffing glue
		Sleeping

25.	In one flashback, we see Ted in a hospital, where he tells Elaine about the various injuries soldiers have suffered from the war. What is Lieutenant Hurwitz’s reason for being in the hospital?
		He thinks he’s still in a fighter jet.
		He thinks he’s the doctor, not the patient.
		He thinks he’s an angel.
		He thinks he’s Ethel Merman.

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