Can You Score 20/20? Guess the Movie From the Release Year Ultimate Trivia Quiz!

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Challenge your inner cinephile with this thrilling quiz! Guess which iconic film matches each exact release year from the four plausible options. Spanning horror classics, sci-fi epics, and blockbuster legends from easy starters to tough brain-teasers – how many can you nail?

20 Trivia Questions on Guess the Movie From the Release Year

Question 1: Which of the following films was released in 1960?

A. The Exorcist
B. Jaws
C. Psycho
D. Halloween

Question 2: Which of the following films was released in 1968?

A. Psycho
B. Night of the Living Dead
C. Star Wars
D. The Shining

Question 3: Which of the following films was released in 1973?

A. Jaws
B. The Exorcist
C. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
D. Alien

Question 4: Which of the following films was released in 1974?

A. Halloween
B. Star Wars
C. Aliens
D. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Question 5: Which of the following films was released in 1975?

A. The Exorcist
B. Poltergeist
C. Jaws
D. Raiders of the Lost Ark

Question 6: Which of the following films was released in 1977?

A. Alien
B. The Shining
C. Halloween
D. Star Wars

Question 7: Which of the following films was released in 1978?

A. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
B. Halloween
C. The Matrix
D. Jaws

Question 8: Which of the following films was released in 1979?

A. Star Wars
B. The Thing
C. Alien
D. Poltergeist

Question 9: Which of the following films was released in 1980?

A. The Shining
B. Raiders of the Lost Ark
C. A Nightmare on Elm Street
D. Halloween

Question 10: Which of the following films was released in 1981?

A. Alien
B. Jaws
C. Back to the Future
D. Raiders of the Lost Ark

Question 11: Which of the following films was released in 1982?

A. The Shining
B. Poltergeist
C. Jurassic Park
D. Aliens

Question 12: Which of the following films was released in 1984?

A. Raiders of the Lost Ark
B. The Matrix
C. A Nightmare on Elm Street
D. Poltergeist

Question 13: Which of the following films was released in 1985?

A. Back to the Future
B. The Conjuring
C. Scream
D. A Nightmare on Elm Street

Question 14: Which of the following films was released in 1986?

A. Aliens
B. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
C. Jurassic Park
D. Poltergeist

Question 15: Which of the following films was released in 1993?

A. Scream
B. The Matrix
C. Jurassic Park
D. Aliens

Question 16: Which of the following films was released in 1996?

A. The Conjuring
B. Get Out
C. Scream
D. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Question 17: Which of the following films was released in 1999?

A. Jurassic Park
B. The Matrix
C. Back to the Future
D. Scream

Question 18: Which of the following films was released in 2001?

A. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
B. The Conjuring
C. Alien
D. Get Out

Question 19: Which of the following films was released in 2013?

A. The Matrix
B. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
C. The Conjuring
D. Night of the Living Dead

Question 20: Which of the following films was released in 2017?

A. Poltergeist
B. Get Out
C. The Exorcist
D. The Shining

Answers

  1. C. Psycho – Alfred Hitchcock’s horror masterpiece Psycho was released on 16 June 1960. The Exorcist (1973), Jaws (1975), and Halloween (1978) came later.
  2. B. Night of the Living Dead – George A. Romero’s groundbreaking zombie film premiered on 1 October 1968. Psycho (1960), Star Wars (1977), and The Shining (1980) were different years.
  3. B. The Exorcist – William Friedkin’s terrifying possession tale hit theatres on 26 December 1973. Jaws (1975), The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), and Alien (1979) were nearby but distinct.
  4. D. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre – Tobe Hooper’s raw horror classic opened on 26 October 1974. Halloween (1978), Star Wars (1977), and Aliens (1986) followed later.
  5. C. Jaws – Steven Spielberg’s shark thriller debuted on 20 June 1975. The Exorcist (1973), Poltergeist (1982), and Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) were other eras.
  6. D. Star Wars – The original Star Wars (later subtitled A New Hope) launched on 25 May 1977. Alien (1979), The Shining (1980), and Halloween (1978) came after.
  7. B. Halloween – John Carpenter’s slasher pioneer premiered on 24 October 1978. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), The Matrix (1999), and Jaws (1975) mismatched.
  8. C. Alien – Ridley Scott’s sci-fi horror arrived on 25 May 1979. Star Wars (1977), The Thing (1982), and Poltergeist (1982) were adjacent years.
  9. A. The Shining – Stanley Kubrick’s psychological horror released on 23 May 1980. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), and Halloween (1978) differed.
  10. D. Raiders of the Lost Ark – Steven Spielberg’s adventure epic bowed on 12 June 1981. Alien (1979), Jaws (1975), and Back to the Future (1985) were not 1981.
  11. B. Poltergeist – Tobe Hooper’s supernatural chiller hit screens on 4 June 1982. The Shining (1980), Jurassic Park (1993), and Aliens (1986) missed the mark.
  12. C. A Nightmare on Elm Street – Wes Craven’s dream-stalker slasher debuted on 9 November 1984. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), The Matrix (1999), and Poltergeist (1982) were wrong.
  13. A. Back to the Future – Robert Zemeckis’s time-travel comedy premiered on 3 July 1985. The Conjuring (2013), Scream (1996), and A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) varied.
  14. A. Aliens – James Cameron’s action-horror sequel released on 18 July 1986. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), Jurassic Park (1993), and Poltergeist (1982) did not match.
  15. C. Jurassic Park – Steven Spielberg’s dinosaur blockbuster roared in on 11 June 1993. Scream (1996), The Matrix (1999), and Aliens (1986) were off.
  16. C. Scream – Wes Craven’s meta-slasher opened on 20 December 1996. The Conjuring (2013), Get Out (2017), and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) mismatched years.
  17. B. The Matrix – The Wachowskis’ revolutionary sci-fi hit on 31 March 1999. Jurassic Park (1993), Back to the Future (1985), and Scream (1996) preceded it.
  18. A. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Peter Jackson’s epic fantasy premiered on 19 December 2001. The Conjuring (2013), Alien (1979), and Get Out (2017) were elsewhere.
  19. C. The Conjuring – James Wan’s haunted-house horror debuted on 19 July 2013. The Matrix (1999), The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), and Night of the Living Dead (1968) were much earlier.
  20. B. Get Out – Jordan Peele’s social horror-thriller released on 24 February 2017. Poltergeist (1982), The Exorcist (1973), and The Shining (1980) pre-dated it.

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