Movie Trivia. TV Quizzes. Pop Culture Tests. Are You Game?

Comments for
How Well Do You Know: Steven Spielberg Trivia, Part I

Users are allowed and even encouraged to submit specific feedback about quizzes.
Please keep in mind that some of these comments may spoil individual quiz questions.

Looking for the quiz that goes along with these comments?
Find it here.

Comments are the sole responsibility of the person posting them.
By posting, you agree not to post comments that are off topic,
defamatory, obscene, abusive, threatening or an invasion of privacy.
Violators may be banned.

You must be logged in to post or rate comments.
Please log in or register.

Comments

For reference, click here reveal the answers for this quiz.
We know that you could sneak in through the comments page,
view the answers, and then take the quiz.
But nobody likes a cheater.

Answers:

1.	Which sweet treat was used to lure the alien in E.T., and was also later marketed as "E.T.'s Favorite Candy"?
		M & M's
		Hershey's Kisses
		Reese's Pieces
		Jujyfruits

2.	Spielberg's TV movie Duel is widely cited as a precursor to Jaws. In Duel, Dennis Weaver has to fend off a malicious:
		Shark
		Semi truck
		Bi-plane
		Mountain lion

3.	Which Spielberg film was not set during World War II?
		Schindler's List
		Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
		Saving Private Ryan
		Amistad

4.	Spielberg directed the blockbusters: Jaws Raiders of the Lost Ark Jurassic Park He also directed the sequel for:
		None of the above
		A and C
		B and C
		All of the above

5.	Updating H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds, Spielberg moved the action to this US state:
		Maryland
		Massachusetts
		Georgia
		New Jersey

6.	Bad Hat Harry is a production company started by writer/director Bryan Singer. The name of the company is a reference to which Spielberg film?
		Jaws
		Raiders of the Lost Ark
		Schindler's List
		Always

7.	Three of Spielberg's films broke box office records, each becoming the highest-grossing film made at the time. Which did not?
		Jaws
		Jurassic Park
		E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
		Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

8.	Which animated cartoon made a classic reference to Spielberg's non-union, Mexican replacement, called Senor Spielbergo?
		Futurama
		The Simpsons
		King of the Hill
		South Park

9.	"Spielberg is no friend of Israel." These harsh words came from influential Jewish author Jack Engelhard following the release of which of the director's works?
		Saving Private Ryan
		Munich
		Schindler's List
		1941

10.	Tom Hanks' Viktor Navorski was confined to which United States airport in The Terminal?
		Dulles
		O'Hare
		Logan
		JFK

11.	From 1985 to 1989 Spielberg was married to actress Amy Irving. In their 1989 divorce settlement, she received $100 million from Spielberg after a judge nullified a prenuptial agreement written on:
		A Hershey bar wrapper
		The back of a page from the script of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
		A napkin
		A prescripton for Valium

12.	Fans of the original were dismayed this colorful phrase was edited out of the re-release of E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial:
		Penis breath
		D!ckweek
		Ballmuncher
		Pantywaste

13.	Which of these actors has not starred in a film directed by Steven Spielberg?
		Christian Bale
		Russell Crowe
		Sam Neill
		Tom Cruise

14.	Spielberg started a production company called Amblin Entertainment. What was the origin of the name?
		He didn't want to set down roots at just one studio
		It was his childhood favorite comic
		It was the name of his first commercially released movie
		His first wife Amy Irving thought of it

15.	Which of Spielberg's movies is widely considered to be the film that triggered the summer box office release style we have today?
		Close Encounters of the Third Kind
		E.T.
		Jaws
		Raiders of the Lost Ark

16.	How many times has Spielberg been nominated as Best Director at the Academy Awards and how many times has he won?
		5, 4
		6, 2
		7, 3
		9, 1

17.	*For which of these cartoons is Spielberg not* an executive producer?**
		Animaniacs
		Gargoyles
		Pinky and the Brain
		Tiny Toons

18.	Spielberg directed at least one episode of all of these shows except:
		Columbo
		Marcus Welby M.D.
		Night Gallery
		The Rockford Files

19.	What was the name of the short-lived television series produced by Spielberg and Danny Elfman that was itself spun off from another short-lived television series?
		Automan
		Cop Rock
		Family Dog
		The New Adventures of Beans Baxter

20.	For which George Lucas film was Spielberg credited as a second unit/assistant director?
		American Graffiti
		Star Wars
		Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
		THX 1138

21.	Spielberg got executive director and writing credits for The Goonies. Which cast member of that film had been prominently featured in an earlier Spielberg-directed film?
		Jonathan Ke Quan
		Corey Feldman
		Josh Brolin
		Martha Plimpton

22.	Which film deals with the fortunes of Jamie Graham?
		Munich
		Empire of the Sun
		1941
		Minority Report

23.	Oscar-winning cinematographer Janusz Kaminski has worked with Speilberg on numerous films. Which of the below did Kaminski not shoot?
		Jaws
		Saving Private Ryan
		War of the Worlds
		Artificial Intelligence: AI

24.	Which actress starred in Spielberg's first major studio release?
		Nancy Allen
		Teri Garr
		Goldie Hawn
		Was E.T. a chick? What about that shark at Universal Studios?

25.	Only three of the movies Spielberg directed in the 1980s failed to make at least $100 million in domestic box office. Which of these is not one of the three?
		Always
		The Color Purple
		Empire of the Sun
		Hook

Your Account

Main Page

Announcements

Movie Trivia

TV Trivia

Celebrity Trivia

Sports Trivia

Music Trivia

Contact
Add a Question/Add a Quiz
Wanted Quizzes
Sitemap
Privacy Policy
Timeline
SLW Cover Image Gallery Most Popular Quizzes

Upcoming Quizzes:

Plus each Friday:
This is So Last Week

(Pop culture week in review)

...and each Monday:
Overpaid Jerks

(Sports week in review)

New at

boxofficeprophets.com

Big Picture of the Day: