Image: Youtube
About This Quiz
You had us at "Ditto." Relive the love that will last forever with our swoon-worthy 'Ghost' quiz!
The film Ghost, a romantic fantasy thriller, was released in which year:
1988
1990
Ghost, was the highest-grossing film of 1990.
1995
1998
In which American city does the movie Ghost take place?
New York City
At the beginning of the movie, Sam and Molly live together in Manhattan.
Chicago
Dallas
Los Angeles
What is the name of Sam’s friend and co-worker at the bank?
Willie Lopez
Lyle Ferguson
Carl Bruner
Carl is played by actor Tony Goldwyn, most recently known for his role as President on the TV Series “Scandalâ€.
Oda Mae Brown
Advertisement
When Molly would say, “I love you†to Sam, he would reply:
“I know.â€
“I love you too.â€
“Thanks.â€
“Ditto.â€
The word “ditto†comes from the Latin “dictusâ€, which means: having been said.
Sam takes Oda Mae Brown to the bank to close out the account holding $4 million. Which name does he instruct her to sign the check as?
Oda Mae Brown
Rita Miller
By mistake, Oda Mae Brown starts signing the wrong name and Sam stops her in her tracks!
Molly Jensen
Sam Wheat
After leaving the bank with the $4 million, Sam takes Oda Mae to donate the money to…
A political campaign
An elementary school
A youth baseball team
Nuns
This comical scene shows Oda Mae truly struggling to hand over the check. The nuns were raising money for a homeless shelter.
Advertisement
Which song by the Righteous Brothers was recorded in 1965 but reappeared on the Billboard charts in 1990 after playing in the film Ghost?
Just Once in My Life
Unchained Melody
This song has become one of the most-recorded songs of the 20th century!
You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’
Ebb Tide
What are Sam and Molly doing during the scene when Unchained Melody is playing in the movie?
Cooking
Riding bicycles
Sleeping
Pottery
They are sitting together at the wheel, their hands are intertwined with the clay in this romantic and memorable scene!
In the subway station, Sam learns from another ghost that if you concentrate, you can touch things in real life. What does he successfully move after concentrating?
A soda can
The word for soda was originally applied when sodium carbonate was contained in water – although now it is carbonic acid that is forced under pressure.
A train door
A piece of paper
A pencil
Advertisement
To prove that he is present as a ghost, which object does Sam pick up move across the room in front of Molly?
A glass
A penny
To Molly, the penny appears to be floating in the air because she can’t see Sam!
A piece of paper
A spoon
Ted the Subway ghost gets angry at Sam, pushing him and yelling at him to, “____________!â€
Help me!
Watch out!
Save yourself!
Get off my train!
Sam fights back and tells Ted that he wants to learn how to move things in real life. Ted gives in and successfully teaches him to dig deep down in his soul and concentrate.
Sam taunts Carl when he is alone at the office by:
Typing words on his computer
Sam typed “murderer†and “Sam†and it scared Carl!
Calling him on the phone
Delivering him a pizza
Punching him in the face
Advertisement
What did Oda Mae Brown do for a living?
Secretary
Train conductor
Psychic
Oda Mae’s gift for connecting with the dead ran in her family. Her mother had it, and her mother’s mother had it, though Oda Mae never wanted it!
Pediatrician
When Oda Mae connects a woman named Ortisha with her late husband Orlando, he asks what Ortisha did to her hair. She responds:
It’s a wig.
It’s Autumn Sunrise.
Sam barges in and interrupts this session, leaving the woman wondering where Orlando went, and Oda Mae breathless.
It’s a new weave.
I don’t like it.
At the bank, Sam instructs Oda Mae to say she has a transaction to make. Mistakenly however, Oda Mae tells the clerk she has a __________ to make.
Transport
Translation
Transfer
Transfusion
Oda Mae Brown was played by actress Whoppi Goldberg.
Advertisement
When Carl visits Molly in a panic following Sam’s death, he complains of a stomach ache and asks for:
Pepto Bismol
When Molly goes looking for the medicine, Carl snoops around, trying to find Sam’s address book.
Crackers
Water
The bathroom
What does Sam tell Molly about the love inside of you when you die?
You lose it all.
You take it with you.
This marked a point in the movie where the threat (Carl) to Molly was gone, and Sam can be at peace with his death.
You forget about it.
You can’t feel love.
How did Sam die in the movie?
Gunshot wound
He was mugged on the street with Molly and was shot by accident.
Car accident
Stabbing
Heart attack
Advertisement
Which actor played Sam Wheat in the movie Ghost?
Christopher Knight
Tony Goldwyn
Richard Gere
Patrick Swayze
He was nominated for a Golden Globe award for his role in Ghost, but did not win.
Ghost was nominated for 5 different Academy Awards. How many of them actually won?
1
2
Whoopi Goldberg won for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, and Bruce Joel Rubin won for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen.
5
0
Following the shoot, Patrick Swayze referred to the pottery scene as “the __________ thing he has ever done on film.â€
worst
silliest
sexiest
And he looked very sexy doing it too!
hardest
Advertisement
Who comes to take the bodies of Willie and Carl at the moment of their deaths?
Oda Mae Brown
The dark shadows of death
The horrible sounds that the dark shadows make are really sound effects of babies crying played at a slow speed backwards!
Ambulance
Medical Examiner
What is the name of the song that Sam sang incessantly to Oda Mae until she agreed to help him?
Row Row Row Your Boat
99 Bottles of Beer
Henry the Eighth, I am
Part of the lyrics say, “She wouldn’t have a Willie or a Sam…†reflecting Willie who killed Sam in the movie.
The Alphabet Song
Patrick Swayze died in 2009. How did he die?
Gunshot wound
Stabbed
Heart attack
Cancer
Patrick Swayze died of pancreatic cancer on September 14, 2009.
Advertisement
At the end of the movie, what does Molly hear one last time?
Sam’s voice
Ghost had a running time of 2h 7min and was rated PG-13.
“Unchained Melodyâ€
Oda Mae’s yelling
The moans of the dark shadows
Before the role was offered to Patrick Swayze, which famous actor turned down the opportunity to play Sam Wheat in Ghost?
Bruce Willis
In an interview with the New York Times in 1996, he called himself a “knucklehead†for having said no to the role!
Luke Perry
Burt Reynolds
Tom Cruise
Upon winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in Ghost, Whoopi Goldberg credited who or what for her win?
Her humor
Her acting skills
Demi Moore
Patrick Swayze
Swayze is said to have pleaded with the director to cast Goldberg in the role of Oda Mae Brown.
Advertisement
Why did Carl need Sam’s address book?
He wanted to update his address.
It had the correct spelling of Oda Mae’s name.
It contained passwords for the bank accounts.
Little did he know Sam was working with Oda Mae to withdraw the money and donate it!
He wanted to know Molly’s address.
When Molly tells Carl about Oda Mae Brown, where does Sam go in a panic?
Willie’s apartment
This is where Sam, following as a ghost, learns that Carl and Willie were working together and Carl had a hand in his death.
Grocery store
The bank
His office
As a ghost, Sam heads back to the Subway to locate the Subway Ghost Ted. How does he find him?
He asks around.
He calls out his name.
He sticks his head into the moving train.
Ted gets angry and territorial with him but then warms up to Sam.
He sits and waits for him to show.
Advertisement
What is the color of the suit and hat that Oda Mae Brown wears to the bank?
Blue
White
Black
Pink
She goes to the bank posing as a woman named Rita Miller per Sam’s instructions.
What does Sam write in the bathroom mirror fog to scare and terrorize Willie?
Murderer
Boo
They are in Oda Mae’s bathroom when this happens, but she is hiding.
Sam
Die
Who says, “Have a nice life, have a nice death, goodbye!â€
Carl
Molly
Oda Mae
She was annoyed by them and just wanted the drama with them to be over!
Sam
Advertisement
What does Ted break in the subway station?
A cigarette machine
Vincent Schiavelli, who played Ted, died in 2005 from lung cancer.
A fire extinguisher
A telephone
A turnstile
You Got:
/35
Youtube