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This quiz examines key 1980s psychological thrillers through questions on directors, cast members, plot details, source material and production facts. The ten questions range from straightforward to more demanding. All answers derive from verified film records and cast credits.

10 Trivia Questions

Question 1: Who directed the 1980 film The Shining?

A. John Carpenter
B. Stanley Kubrick
C. David Lynch
D. Brian De Palma

Question 2: In the 1987 film Fatal Attraction, what is the profession of Dan Gallagher, played by Michael Douglas?

A. Architect
B. Surgeon
C. Lawyer
D. Journalist

Question 3: Which actor portrayed both Beverly and Elliot Mantle in the 1988 film Dead Ringers?

A. Jeremy Irons
B. Mickey Rourke
C. William Hurt
D. Jeff Bridges

Question 4: The 1986 film Manhunter is an adaptation of which novel by Thomas Harris?

A. The Silence of the Lambs
B. Red Dragon
C. Hannibal
D. Black Sunday

Question 5: Who directed the 1987 film Angel Heart?

A. Alan Parker
B. Adrian Lyne
C. Ridley Scott
D. Michael Cimino

Question 6: In the 1980 film Dressed to Kill, which actor played the role of Dr. Robert Elliott?

A. Michael Caine
B. Donald Sutherland
C. Christopher Walken
D. Gene Hackman

Question 7: The 1981 film The Hand starred which actor as the cartoonist Jon Lansdale?

A. Michael Caine
B. Jack Nicholson
C. Clint Eastwood
D. Robert De Niro

Question 8: Which 1984 Brian De Palma film features a character named Jake Scully who becomes involved in a murder plot?

A. Blow Out
B. Body Double
C. Scarface
D. The Untouchables

Question 9: The 1981 film Blow Out starred which actor as the sound effects technician Jack Terry?

A. John Travolta
B. Harrison Ford
C. Kevin Costner
D. Tom Hanks

Question 10: Who wrote the novel upon which the 1980 film The Shining is based?

A. Peter Straub
B. Stephen King
C. Clive Barker
D. Anne Rice

Answers

  1. B. Stanley Kubrick – Kubrick directed and co-wrote the screenplay for The Shining. Carpenter, Lynch and De Palma had no involvement in its direction.
  2. C. Lawyer – Dan Gallagher works as a lawyer in the film. The other professions do not match his character.
  3. A. Jeremy Irons – Irons played both twin gynaecologists. The other actors were not cast in those roles.
  4. B. Red Dragon – Manhunter adapts Harris’s novel Red Dragon. The other titles are different Harris works or unrelated books.
  5. A. Alan Parker – Parker directed Angel Heart. Lyne, Scott and Cimino did not direct it.
  6. A. Michael Caine – Caine played Dr. Robert Elliott. The other actors were not cast in the role.
  7. A. Michael Caine – Caine starred as Jon Lansdale. Nicholson, Eastwood and De Niro were not in the lead role.
  8. B. Body Double – Body Double features Jake Scully. Blow Out has a different protagonist and the other films do not match the description.
  9. A. John Travolta – Travolta played Jack Terry. The other actors were not cast in that part.
  10. B. Stephen King – King wrote the source novel. The other authors did not write The Shining.

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