The Science Fiction Quiz

theartofmovieposters

NO idea on the other one.  Everything I think of turns out wrong, but I know I've seen that image before!

Bruce

174 Deluge

I remember when I auctioned this herald. Such striking images!

HONDO

theartofmovieposters said:

175. Dune

theartofmovieposters said:

176.
Invaders From Mars

 Both correct. Dune from 1984 and the original Invaders from Mars from 1953.

Bruce said:

174 Deluge

I remember when I auctioned this herald. Such striking images!

Correct and a good memory too. Deluge from 1933. I like the following image from the film.

HONDO

 177 178 179

A couple of easy ones, and I am thinking a most likely harder one in the mix as well.

jayn_j

Didn't seem too hard for any odf them.  I'll take #178, and use my 3 sheet as 'proof'

Eisenhower

Nice 3-Sheet, Jay!

HONDO

#178 answer correct from Jay. The Invisible Boy from 1957.

# 177 clue is a British film.
# 179 clue is a Japanese film.

jayn_j

As I said, not that tough.  I'll take #177 as the tougher of the two.  #179 is a classic 50s monster flick

#177: 1959

theartofmovieposters

Ok then.

#179 Rodan.

HONDO

jayn_j said:

As I said, not that tough.  I'll take #177 as the tougher of the two.  #179 is a classic 50s monster flick

#177: 1959

Correct. Titled The Giant Behemoth for the U.S.A. release, with Behemoth The Sea Monster being the original U.K. and Australian title.





theartofmovieposters said:

Ok then.

#179 Rodan.

Correct. Rodan from 1956.

HONDO

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                      
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Back again after a two year and eight month absence. This previously popular quiz has another four titles here for you to have a think about.       

Bruce

Totally guessing, but I am thinking 181 is Panic in the Year Zero, and 183 is the 1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers

HONDO

Bruce said:

Totally guessing, but I am thinking 181 is Panic in the Year Zero, and 183 is the 1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Spot on guessing Bruce with both 181 and 183 answered correctly. The 183 image is of the cameo appearance of Kevin McCarthy the star of the 1956 original version of the film.


Panic In Year Zero ( 1962 ) & Invasion Of The Body Snatchers ( 1978 ).

Rick

180 has similar colours to Terminal Man

theartofmovieposters

182 earlier Invasion of the Body Snatchers?

HONDO

Rick said:

180 has similar colours to Terminal Man

Good thinking, but it isn't The Terminal Man from 1974. Concentrate on the previous decade's sci-fi films.

theartofmovieposters said:

182 earlier Invasion of the Body Snatchers?

Correct, it is indeed the original 1956 version of Invasion Of The Body Snatchers.

Appearing in the below scene is Sam Peckinpah, the famous film director playing the part of Charlie the meter reader. 



In my opinion one of the best sci-fi films ever made. Anyone agree?

HONDO

Final clue for # 180 is gimmicks.

theartofmovieposters

180 Project X

HONDO

theartofmovieposters said:

180 Project X

Correct. Project X was one of many films that used this title. This version released in 1968. The film had special sequences animated by Hanna-Barbera and was produced and directed by William Castle.

HONDO

 184
 185
186                                                                                                 187

The previous four images displayed, with and without any clues, were answered promptly. I think this new batch will probably range from being easy and up to difficult to solve.

Bruce

Is 184 The Tunnel (Transatlantic Tunnel)? It is the only Richard Dix sci-fi I know.

HONDO

Bruce said:

Is 184 The Tunnel (Transatlantic Tunnel)? It is the only Richard Dix sci-fi I know.

Well picked up Bruce. This Richard Dix film from 1935 as far as I can see was his only sci-fi film. This ambitious British film imported a number of American actors to appear in the film.

dedeposter

186 is obviously Star Wars. I had a 6-sheet with that image on it.

HONDO

dedeposter said:

186 is obviously Star Wars. I had a 6-sheet with that image on it.

Correct, and it is of course from Star Wars from 1977.



 

The  original Star Wars U.S. international  6 sheet.

This poster is currently up for sale on eBay for $5,995.00 U.S.

 Are you thinking Dede perhaps you should have hung on to it for a while longer?

dedeposter

HONDO said:

dedeposter said:

186 is obviously Star Wars. I had a 6-sheet with that image on it.

Correct, and it is of course from Star Wars from 1977.



 

The  original Star Wars U.S. international  6 sheet.

This poster is currently up for sale on eBay for $5,995.00 U.S.

 Are you thinking Dede perhaps you should have hung on to it for a while longer?

I'm very glad I sold it when I did for much more than that! 

HONDO

Clue for # 185 is sometimes it doesn't pay to be perfect. A bonus clue is some firsts involved with this film.

Clue for # 187 is think of a number.

Bruce

187 is 12 TO THE MOON. 

HONDO

Bruce said:

187 is 12 TO THE MOON. 

Correct, with 12 To The Moon being originally released in 1960.

Bruce

Since I am the only one playing, I will post that #185 is Looker.

I do REALLY well with horror/sci-fi, but REALLY terribly with war movies. They all the look the same to me! I suspect I would be even worse with cowboy movies!

HONDO

Bruce said:

Since I am the only one playing, I will post that #185 is Looker.

I do REALLY well with horror/sci-fi, but REALLY terribly with war movies. They all the look the same to me! I suspect I would be even worse with cowboy movies!

Correct in that # 185 is Looker ( 1981 ). I really appreciate your participation Bruce with my quizzes on the genres that you obviously know and enjoy.

You are not alone in the subject of Western movies. I introduced a thread titled The Western Quiz in September 2015, and by the end of the same month ceased posting any new entries due to little interest. Pancho commented he wasn't interested in westerns and Ves said she would struggle. Fortuneately the War Movies Quiz I also introduced in September 2015 has been my most viewed and participated in quiz.

Now back to Looker.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Looker is a 1981 American science-fiction film[1] written and directed by Michael Crichton and starring Albert Finney, Susan Dey, and James Coburn.[4] The film is a suspense/science-fiction piece that comments upon and satirizes media, advertising, television's effects on the populace, and a ridiculous standard of beauty.

Though sparse in visual effects, the film is notable for being the first commercial film to attempt to make a computer-generated, three-dimensional, solid-looking model of a whole human body. However, as with its predecessors Futureworld, Star Wars, and Alien, this was an example of "CGI representing CGI", and only depicted on CRT screens in the movie, rather than being used as a special effect. The model had no skeletal or facial movements and was not a character. Looker was also the first film to create three-dimensional (3D) shading with a computer,[5] months before the release of the better-known Tron.