We'll Give You 3 Characters, You Give Us The 80's Movie Name!

By: Michele Tescher
Estimated Completion Time
5 min
We'll Give You 3 Characters, You Give Us The 80's Movie Name!
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About This Quiz

How well do you know movies from 1980s? We will give you 3 of the main characters from these well-known movies and ask you to identify which movie they were in.
Can you identify which movie the characters Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and C-3PO are from?
Back to the Future
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Empire Strikes Back
The Empire Strikes Back was the last movie for the partnership of Gary Kurtz and George Lucas'.
Raging Bull

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Can you identify which movie the characters Doc Brown, Biff Tannen and Marty McFly are from?
Return of the Jedi
The Outsiders
Weird Science
Back to the Future
The Hoverboards didn't really fly. The actor used hanging wire suspended from a crane to create this allusions.

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Can you identify which movie the characters Antonio Salieri, Constanze Mozart and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are from?
This is Spinal Tap
Amadeus
Mozart's nickname was "Wolfie" and Rockstar Eddi Van Halen named his son"Wolfgang van Halen" in honor of Mozart.
The Untouchables
Raging Bull

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Can you identify which movie the characters Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader and Princess Leia?
The Goonies
Return of the Jedi
The "Ewoks" were named after the Native American tribe the Miwoks, who originally resided in Northern California.
Ghostbusters
The Lost Boys

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Can you identify which movie the characters Dr. Bruner, Raymond Babbitt and Charlie Babbit are from?
Rain Man
Dustin Hoffman, who played Rainman (Raymond Babbitt), spent a year working with autistic men and their families so that he could understand the complex relationships.
Repo Man
Blade Runner
Raging Bull

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Can you identify which movie the characters Ursula, Ariel and Sebastian are from?
Pretty in Pink
Ghostbusters
The Elephant Man
The Little Mermaid
Disney's Little Mermaid went from screen to stage and opened on Broadway on Nov 3, 2007.

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Can you identify which movie the characters Marion Ravenwood, Dr. Rene Belloq and Indy are from?
Die Hard
Fast Times at Ridgemont High,
The Goonies
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The original set of Raiders of the Lost Ark had 2,000 snakes at their disposal for the "Well of Souls" scene. Spielberg felt they needed more snakes to give the scene the right feel. Producers raided all the pet shops in London and elsewhere in Europe to get enough snakes for the scene.

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Can you identify which movie the characters Sloane Peterson, Ferris and Cameron Frye are from?
The Big Chill
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Right before the movie's release date, Matthew Broderick and Jennifer Grey (who played Jeanie, Ferris's sister) announced their engagement.
Stand By Me
The Color of Money

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Can you identify which movie the characters Judge Elihu Smails, Carl Spackler and Danny Noonan are from?
Caddyshack
Ted Knight became frustrated with what he considered irresponsible behavior (Arriving late, parting and going off script).
The Goonies
Ghostbusters
The Lost Boys

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Can you identify which movie the characters Hans Gruber, John McClane and Karl are from?
Full Metal Jacket
Repo Man
The Outsiders
Die Hard
The Nakatomi Tower in the movie is actually 20th Century Fox's headquarters. The studio charged themselves rent to film there.

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Can you identify which movie the characters Dr. Peter Venkman, Dr. Raymond Stantz and Dana Barrett are from?
Poltergeist
Stand By Me
Ghostbusters
The original trailer for Ghostbusters featured a 1-800 number that received 1,000 calls per hour, 24 hours a day, for 6 weeks.
Weird Science

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Can you identify which movie the characters Margaret Bourke-White, General Dyer and Mahatma Gandhi are from?
The Last Emperor
Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi never received the Nobel Peace Prize but was nominated for it 5 times, it is not given post-humously. His funeral procession was 8 kilometers (almost 5 miles) long.
Amadeus
The Goonies

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Can you identify which movie the characters Celie, Nettie and Harpo are from?
Tootsie
The Color Purple
Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey both made their acting debuts in the movie The Color Purple and both won Oscars for their performances.
This is Spinal Tap
Pretty in Pink

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Can you identify which movie the characters Ponyboy Curtis, Dallas Winston and Johnny Cade are from?
The Big Chill
Born on the 4th o f July
The Outsiders
S.E. (Susan Eleanor)Hinton, author of The Outsiders, has a cameo role in the movie as the nurse tending to Dallas after the fire.
Platoon

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Can you identify which movie the characters Terence Mann, Ray Kinsella and Shoeless Joe Jackson are from?
Field of Dreams
Field of Dreams was based on the book Shoeless Joe by W.P Kinsella. The baseball diamond was built in a cornfield in Drersville, Iowa.
Stand By Me
Fatal Attraction
The Terminator

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Can you identify which movie the characters Pu Yi, Wan Jung and Reginald Johnston are from?
The Last Emperor
The Last Emperor was the first feature film to be granted permission by the Chinese government to film in the 250-acre Forbidden City built in the early 15th century.
Big Trouble in Little China
Out of Africa
E.T. The Extra Terrestial

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Can you identify which movie the characters Mikey, Brand and Chunk are from?
The Empire Strikes Back
The Big Chill
Poltergeist
The Goonies
Sloth was played by the late Oakland Raiders player John "The Tootz" Matuszak.

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Can you identify which movie the characters Eliot Ness, Al Capone and Jimmy Malone are from?
Full Metal Jacket
The Untouchables
One of the last surviving real-life Untouchables, Albert H. Wolff, was a consultant on the film. Eliot Ness's role in bringing down Al Capone was almost completely forgotten . His notoriety began posthumously after the publications of the book he co-wrote with Oscar Fraley entitled Untouchables.
Big Trouble in Little China
Stand By Me

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Can you identify which movie the characters James Gordon, Alfred Pennyworth and Bruce Wayne are from?
Bull Durham
Born on the 4th o f July
Batman
Jack Nicholson had a schedule stipulation in his contract. He would not arrive until 10 a.m. at the earliest and then it would take the make up team up to 2 hours to change him into the Joker.
Hoosiers

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Can you identify which movie the characters Nancy Thompson, Glen Lantz and Freddy Krueger are from?
Purple Rain
The Elephant Man
A Nightmare on Elm Street
The movie a Nightmare on Elm Street saved New Line Cinema from bankruptcy.
Scarface

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Can you identify which movie the characters Michael, Sam and Lucy are from?
The Lost Boys
The merry-go-round sequence shows the order in which the Lost Boys will die in the movie, Marko, Paul, Dwayne and David.
The Big Chill
The Color of Money
The Goonies

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Can you identify which movie the characters Hoke Colburn, Boolie Werthan and Idella are from?
Sixteen Candles
Terms of Endearment
Driving Miss Daisy
Jessica Tandy, who won an Oscar for the Film Driving Miss Daisy, was the oldest person to win an Oscar
This is Spinal Tap

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Can you identify which movie the characters Jake La Motta, Joey and Salvy are from?
Return of the Jedi
Platoon
St Elmo's Fire
Raging Bull
Raging Bull was Martin Scorsese's first nomination for Best Director. Robert De Niro won an Oscar for Best Actor.

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Can you identify which movie the characters Billy, MacMillan and Older and Young Josh are from?
BIG
In preparation to play old Josh, Tom Hanks studied video tapes of David Moscow to see how he behaved and spoke. David Moscow was encouraged to just be himself.
This is Spinal Tap
E.T. The Extra Terrestial
Amadeus

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Can you identify which movie the characters Crash Davis, Annie Savoy and Eddy Calvin"Nuke" LaLoosh are from?
The Big Chill
Stand By Me
Bull Durham
Ron Shelton was a minor league second baseman with the Baltimore Orioles' farm team. The film was based on Shelton's former manager Joe Altobelli and pitcher Steve Dalkowski.
Hoosiers

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Can you identify which movie the characters Andrew Clark, Claire Standish and John Bender are from?
The Breakfast Club
Carl, the janitor, was Shermer High's "Man of the Year" as a student. The students are actually smoking oregano during the scene where they smoke marijuana. Allison's dandruff that is sprinkled to "make snow" was made of Parmesan cheese.
Pretty in Pink
The Big Chill
The Elephant Man

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Can you identify which movie the characters Kyle Reese, Terminator and Sarah Conner are from?
Full Metal Jacket
The Shining
The Terminator
Orion Films originally wanted Arnold Schwarzenegger to play Kyle Reese, the human fighter who is sent back in time. After James Cameron and Arnold met he wanted Schwarzenegger to play the Terminator.
The Color of Money

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Can you identify which movie the characters Apollonia, Morris and The Kid are from?
Purple Rain
Prince Rogers Nelson became the first artist to ever have the top album, movie and single at the same time. Purple Rain was not on the list of songs originally considered for the movie.
Fatal Attraction
E.T. The Extra Terrestial
The Lost Boys

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Can you identify which movie the characters Jeff Spicoli, Mark "Rat" Ratner and Stacey Hamilton are from?
E.T. The Extra Terrestial
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Fast Times at Ridgemont High was the acting debut for both Forest Whitaker (enraged football player) and Nicolas Cage who played "Brad's Bud" and was listed under the credits as "Nicolas Coppola," the name he used before changing it to Nicolas Cage.
Big Trouble in Little China
Repo Man

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Can you identify which movie the characters Tony Montana, Manny Ribera and Elvira Hancock are from?
Blade Runner
Raging Bull
Platoon
Scarface
The original 1932 movie Scarface was loosely based on the 1929 novel of the same name by Maurice Coons and loosely based on the rise to power of Al Capone. It was Al Pacino idea to remake and update the 1932 film.

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Can you identify which movie the characters Shooter, Coach Norman Dale and Jimmy Malone are from?
Born on the 4th o f July
Hoosiers
The movie was based on Milan High School with an enrollment of 161 kids who won the 1954 Indiana state basketball championship.
Scarface
Aliens

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Can you identify which movie the characters Berkeley Cole, Karen Blixen and Denys are from?
Out of Africa
Much of the movie was filmed on location at Maasai Mara National Preserve outside of Nairobi, Kenya.
Tootsie
Terms of Endearment
Purple Rain

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Can you identify which movie the characters John Merrick, Frederick Treves and Mrs. Kendal are from?
The Lost Boys
Big
The Elephant Man
Many in the movie industry were disappointed that the Academy Awards did not honor the Elephant Man for its make-up effects. A year later, an award for best make-up was created.
The Color of Money

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Can you identify which movie the characters Ellen Ripley, Bishop and Rebecca "Newt" Jordan are from?
Out of Africa
Stand By Me
Blade Runner
Aliens
The aliens were covered in lubricant to give them their slimy look and their screams are actually baboon shrieks that were altered in post-production.

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Can you identify which movie the characters Jack Torrance, Wendy Torrance and Danny are from?
Poltergeist
The Shining
The opening credits for The Shining were shot over Glacier National Park in Montana. The outside of Timberline Lodge on the south side of Mount Hood in Oregon was used as the outside of the hotel.
Fatal Attraction
Scarface

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