A lot of iconic movies came from the ’70s. Familiar titles include Star Wars, Jaws, Rocky, and Taxi Driver. Even if you haven’t seen these movies yourself, you’ve probably heard the names in one way or another. Theme Parks around the world have rides and attractions themed on classic ’70s movies.
Some of the movies that are still popular today came out in the ’70s. So even if you haven’t seen them on the big screen, you probably watched them on your TV at home. There are so many titles to choose from, but how much do you really know about them? This quiz will test your knowledge of 70’s movies and what they have to offer.
With these 70’s movie trivia questions and answers, you’ll either already know everything or learn something new.
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Cosmo Vittelli is one of the characters in which movie?
Bedknobs and Broomsticks’ (1971)
The Towering Inferno’ (1974)
Cabaret’ (1972)
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie’ (1976)
Henry Lloyd Moon is a character in which movie?
Goin’ South’ (1978)
That Obscure Object of Desire’ (1977)
Tales That Witness Madness’ (1973)
Quadrophenia’ (1979)
Susan Weinblatt is a character in which movie?
All That Jazz’ (1979)
Ganja & Hess’ (1973)
The Poseidon Adventure’ (1972)
Girlfriends’ (1978)
What is the name of the American pilot in the movie ‘The Other Side of Midnight’ (1977)?
Jerry
Berry
Larry
Gary
Charley Kittridge is a character in which movie?
Grizzly’ (1976)
When a Stranger Calls’ (1979)
Alice, Sweet Alice’ (1976)
Escape from Alcatraz’ (1979)
Mandy Pepperidge is a character in which movie?
National Lampoon’s Animal House’ (1978)
Zombie’ (1979)
The Man Who Loved Women’ (1977)
Assault on Precinct 13′ (1976)
What is the name of Judith’s brother in the movie ‘Halloween’ (1978)?
Dennis
Scott
Tony
Michael
Professor Lorrimer Van Helsing is one of the characters in which movie?
The Satanic Rites of Dracula’ (1973)
Bound for Glory’ (1976)
Superman’ (1978)
Manhattan’ (1979)
Dr. Hans Reinhardt is a character in which movie?
Amarcord’ (1973)
The Black Hole’ (1979)
La Grande Bouffe’ (1973)
Silent Running’ (1972)
What is the name of Mr. Krammer in the movie ‘Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)?
Sam
Ben
Mike
Ted
What is the name of the American pilot in the movie ‘Hanover Street’ (1979)?
David
Vinnie
Dale
Sean
Maxwell Kirshner is a character in which movie?
The Magnificent Seven Ride!’ (1972)
The Thing with Two Heads’ (1972)
Savage Messiah’ (1972)
The Gore Gore Girls’ (1972)
In which Italian city is the movie ‘A Special Day’ (1977) set?
Rome
Venice
Milan
Verona
How many Academy Awards did the movie ‘Kramer vs. Kramer’ (1979) win?
2
4
5
3
Councilman Edmund Harris is a character in which movie?
Real Life’ (1979)
Battlestar Galactica’ (1978)
Winter Kills’ (1979)
Flesh Gordon’ (1974)
Count Zarth Arn is one of the characters in which movie?
Kelly’s Heroes’ (1970)
Three Days of the Condor’ (1975)
Starcrash’ (1978)
Marathon Man’ (1976)
In the movie ‘Fat City’ (1972), Jeff Bridges plays the role of which athlete?
A boxer
A golfer
A swimmer
A mountain climber
Germaine Wadsworth is a character in which movie?
The Baby’ (1973)
All That Jazz’ (1979)
All the President’s Men’ (1976)
Cannibal Girls’ (1973)
In which European country is Billy Hayes imprisoned in, in the movie ‘Midnight Express’ (1978)?
Greece
Yugoslavia
Turkey
Romania
Father Oliver Van Horne is a character in which movie?
Suspiria’ (1977)
Piranha’ (1978)
Silent Running’ (1972)
The Wrath of God’ (1972)
Charlotte Andergast is one of the characters in which movie?
Midway’ (1976)
Autumn Sonata’ (1978)
Paper Moon’ (1973)
Two Mules for Sister Sara’ (1970)
Elizabeth Driscoll a character in which movie?
Bedknobs and Broomsticks’ (1971)
The Thirty Nine Steps’ (1978)
The Outlaw Josey Wales’ (1976)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ (1978)
Martin Dysart is a character in which movie?
Equus’ (1977)
Theater of Blood’ (1973)
Magic’ (1978)
Catch-22′ (1970)
Brenda and Bobby Carter are characters in which movie?
The Man Who Fell to Earth’ (1976)
The Poseidon Adventure’ (1972)
The Hills Have Eyes’ (1977)
Westworld’ (1973)
Alexandra Lopez de Pulido is one of the characters in which movie?
Cuba’ (1979)
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders’ (1970)
Family Plot’ (1976)
The Lords of Flatbush’ (1974)
How many Academy Awards did the movie ‘Alien’ (1979) win?
3
1
2
4
Gator McKlusky is a character in which movie?
Days of Heaven’ (1978)
Gus’ (1976)
Gator’ (1976)
Cabaret’ (1972)
Max Schumacher is a character in which movie?
Network’ (1976)
Mean Streets’ (1973)
Death on the Nile’ (1978)
Murder by Death’ (1976)
Clifford Sturges is one of the characters in which movie?
Carnal Knowledge’ (1971)
Cannibal Girls’ (1973)
Deliverance’ (1972)
Breaking Away’ (1979)
How many Academy Awards has the movie ‘Jaws’ (1975) won?
5
7
3
9
Captain Paul Metrand is a character in which movie?
Ashanti’ (1979)
Roller Boogie’ (1979)
The Concorde… Airport ’79’ (1979)
Fascination’ (1979)
Peggy Ann Snow is one of the characters in which movie?
The Message’ (1976)
The Mirror’ (1975)
Magic’ (1978)
Up in Smoke’ (1978)
Jake Rumsey is a character in which movie?
Bad Company’ (1972)
Earthquake’ (1974)
Night Moves’ (1975)
Kingdom of the Spiders’ (1977)
Helmut Wallenberg is one of the characters in which movie?
Serpico’ (1973)
Fiddler on the Roof’ (1971)
Salon Kitty’ (1976)
Solaris’ (1972)
Erzebeth Bathory is one of the characters in which movie?
Moonraker’ (1979)
Death on the Nile’ (1978)
Walkabout’ (1971)
The Legend of Blood Castle’ (1973)
Commissar Edouard Coleman is a character in which movie?
Airport’ (1970)
The Towering Inferno’ (1974)
The Poseidon Adventure’ (1972)
A Cop’ (1972)
Colonel Allen Faulkner is a character in which movie?
Tourist Trap’ (1979)
The Wild Geese’ (1978)
Vanishing Point’ (1971)
Starcrash’ (1978)
In the movie ‘I Wanna Hold Your Hand’ (1978), six teenagers run to see the performance of which band?
The Doors
Led Zeppelin
Queen
The Beatles
In the movie ‘Hair’ (1979), Claude Bukowski is leaving Oklahoma for which US city?
San Francisco
Miami
New York
Los Angeles
How many Academy Awards has the movie ‘The French Connection’ (1971) won?
5
3
4
6
How many Academy Awards did the movie ‘The Godfather’ (1972) win?
6
4
5
3
Major Charles Rane isa character in which movie?
Rolling Thunder’ (1977)
High Plains Drifter’ (1973)
Escape to Witch Mountain’ (1975)
The Rescuers’ (1977)
For which NFL team does Joe Pendleton play in the movie ‘Heaven Can Wait’ (1978)?
49ers
Chiefs
Ravens
Rams
Chris MacNeil a character in which movie?
The Exorcist’ (1973)
The Way We Were’ (1973)
Silent Running’ (1972)
Salem’s Lot’ (1979)
In which US city is the movie ‘Fleshpot on 42nd Street’ (1973) set?
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Boston
New York
Moses Pray is a character in which movie?
Silver Streak’ (1976)
Scarecrow’ (1973)
Paper Moon’ (1973)
Straw Dogs’ (1971)
Maggie McKeown is a character in which movie?
Pink Flamingos’ (1972)
Pete’s Dragon’ (1977)
Piranha’ (1978)
Death Wish’ (1974)
How many Academy Awards did the movie ‘The Sting’ (1973) win?
7
4
8
6
Lt. Robert Yeager is a character in which movie?
The Shootist’ (1976)
The Rescuers’ (1977)
The Inglorious Bastards’ (1978)
Tales from the Crypt’ (1972)
What is the name of Johan’s wife in the movie ‘Scenes from a Marriage’ (1974)?
Maria
Michelle
Marianne
Melanie
In the movie ‘The Emigrants’ (1971), a farming family embarks on the arduous journey to the USA from which country?
Portugal
Sweden
Mexico
Brazil
In the movie ‘All the President’s Men’ (1976), Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein are reporters for which newspaper?
The Chicago Tribune
The New York Times
The Boston Global
The Washington Post
Aristotle Bolt is a character in which movie?
Get Carter’ (1971)
Phantasm’ (1979)
A Bridge Too Far’ (1977)
Escape to Witch Mountain’ (1975)
Desiree Thibodeau is one of the characters in which movie?
The Hills Have Eyes’ (1977)
Gator Bait’ (1973)
Stalker’ (1979)
Pretty Baby’ (1978)
How many Academy Awards did the movie ‘Patton’ (1970) win?
4
6
7
5
Claude Lacombe is a character in which movie?
All That Jazz’ (1979)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind’ (1977)
Frenzy’ (1972)
The Poseidon Adventure’ (1972)
In which category did the movie ‘Breaking Away’ (1979) win an Academy Award?
Best Cinematography
Best writing, screenplay written directly for the screen
Best music
Best picture
Cliff Kirtland is a character in which movie?
Ben’ (1972)
Every Which Way but Loose’ (1978)
The Parallax View’ (1974)
Network’ (1976)
J.J. Gittes is a character in which movie?
The Deer Hunter’ (1978)
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory’ (1971)
Chinatown’ (1974)
The Omen’ (1976)
Moonbeam Swyner is a character in which movie?
The Pig Keeper’s Daughter’ (1972)
The Harder They Come’ (1972)
Ulzana’s Raid’ (1972)
All the Colors of the Dark’ (1972)
Arnold and Roz Allardyce are characters in which movie?
Soylent Green’ (1973)
The Conversation’ (1974)
Murder on the Orient Express’ (1974)
Burnt Offerings’ (1976)
If Sissy Spacek plays the character of Holly, who plays Kit in the movie ‘Badlands’ (1973)?
Elliott Gould
Max von Sydow
Donald Sutherland
Martin Sheen
How many steps are in the title of 1978 movie directed by Don Sharp?
39
29
100
19
What is the name of the art dealer played by Dennis Hopper in the movie ‘The American Friend’ (1977)?
Tom Ripley
Raoul Minot
Marcangelo
Jonathan Zimmermann
Suzy Bannion is a character in which movie?
The Man Who Loved Women’ (1977)
Straw Dogs’ (1971)
Suspiria’ (1977)
The Thirty Nine Steps’ (1978)
Thomas Babbington Levy is a character in which movie?
Marathon Man’ (1976)
The French Connection’ (1971)
Deep Red’ (1975)
Smokey and the Bandit’ (1977)
Screamin’ Steve Stevens is a character in which movie?
The Inglorious Bastards’ (1978)
The Long Goodbye’ (1973)
Rock ‘n’ Roll High School’ (1979)
Shampoo’ (1975)
The action of the movie ‘Blazing Saddles’ (1974) takes plays in a town where everybody seems to have which last name?
Johnson
Jackson
Robinson
Williams
How many Academy Awards did the movie ‘The Man with the Golden Gun’ (1974) win?
1
0
3
2
What character does Raquel Welch play in the movie ‘Bluebeard’ (1972)?
A singer
A nun
A prostitute
A nurse
In which US city does the movie ‘Blacula’ (1972) take place?
Chicago
Seattle
San Francisco
Los Angeles
How many Academy Awards did the movie ‘Cabaret’ (1972) win?
6
5
7
8
Captain Ben Morris is a character in which movie?
Shock Waves’ (1977)
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
The Boys from Brazil’ (1978)
The Fury’ (1978)
In the movie ‘Lost Horizon’ (1973), what are the main characters escaping from?
Iran
China
India
Turkey
Fin, Isla, Klen and Sel are characters from which movie?
The Holy Mountain’ (1973)
An Unmarried Woman’ (1978)
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie’ (1976)
Don’t Look Now’ (1973)
Cleopatra Schwartz is a character in which movie?
The Kentucky Fried Movie’ (1977)
The Message’ (1976)
Zardoz’ (1974)
The Mirror’ (1975)
How many Academy Awards did the movie ‘The Godfather: Part II’ (1974) win?
7
9
6
8
Henry Dailey is one of the characters in which movie?
Fantastic Planet’ (1973)
The Black Stallion’ (1979)
The Driver’ (1978)
Manhattan’ (1979)
In which European country does the movie ‘Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom’ (1975) take place?
Italy
France
Germany
Poland
What is the name of Bill’s girlfriend in the movie ‘Days of Heaven’ (1978)?
Hilda
Abby
Linda
Vilma
Jerzy Colsowicz is a character in which movie?
The Conformist’ (1970)
Picnic at Hanging Rock’ (1975)
The Visitor’ (1979)
The Cowboys’ (1972)
How many Academy Awards did the movie ‘The Deer Hunter’ (1978) win?
7
5
4
6
Dr. John Leslie Stevenson, also known as Jack the Ripper, is a character in which movie?
Silver Streak’ (1976)
Five Easy Pieces’ (1970)
Hercules in New York’ (1970)
Time After Time’ (1979)
What is the name of role played by Jessica Lange in the movie ‘All That Jazz’ (1979)?
Michelle
Audrey
Kate
Angelique
In which of these movies from the 1970s is Charles Bronson not part of the cast?
Rider on the Rain’ (1970)
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!’ (1970)
Violent City’ (1970)
London Affair’ (1970)
In the movie ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ (1975), in which US city do the characters rob a bank?
Brooklyn
Newark
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Nola and Frank Carveth are characters from which movie?
The Wanderers’ (1979)
The Jerk’ (1979)
Hardcore’ (1979)
The Brood’ (1979)
What are the names of the two grifters in the movie ‘The Sting’ (1973)?
Johnny and Doyle
Billie and Eddie
Henry and Johnny
Doyle and Henry
In the movie ‘The Gauntlet’ (1977), the cop named Ben needs to take Gus from Phoenix to which city?
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Ohlahoma City
Salt Lake City
Captain Apollo is a character in which movie?
Battlestar Galactica’ (1978)
Escape to Witch Mountain’ (1975)
Hair’ (1979)
The Rescuers’ (1977)
In which European country does is the movie ‘Island of Death’ (1976) set?
France
Poland
Greece
Austria
Harry Stoner is one of the characters in which movie?
Dog Day Afternoon’ (1975)
The Spy Who Loved Me’ (1977)
Save the Tiger’ (1973)
Night of Dark Shadows’ (1971)
The movie ‘Death on the Nile’ (1978) is based on the novel of which famous writer?
Robert Louis Stevenson
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Agatha Christie
Jane Austen
George Meaning is a character in which movie?
Caligula’ (1979)
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie’ (1974)
Madhouse’ (1974)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind’ (1977)
Billy Clyde Puckett is a character in which movie?
Meatballs’ (1979)
Semi-Tough’ (1977)
The Devils’ (1971)
When a Stranger Calls’ (1979)
What is the name of the basketball phenomenon in the movie ‘One on One’ (1977)?
Gonzalez
Malcolm
Moreland
Henry
How many sharks were built for the movie ‘Jaws 2’ (1978)?
33
3
13
23
In which category did movie ‘Days of Heaven’ (1978) win an Academy Award?
Best music
Best costume design
Best sound
Best cinematography
Bertrand Morane is a character in which movie?
The Candidate’ (1972)
The Man Who Loved Women’ (1977)
Being There’ (1979)
Pink Flamingos’ (1972)
How many Oscars did the movie ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ (1975) win?
7
5
4
6
In the movie ‘French Postcards’ (1979), a group of American students visit which French city?
Cannes
Nice
Paris
Lyon
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