The Science Fiction Quiz

jayn_j

Well, lLooker seemed too obvious.  I should have responded, but I have been swamped with stuff for the last week or so.

theartofmovieposters

sci fi is not my thing...I try but I only know so much

HONDO

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 191

Four more images to challenge our science fiction quiz participants. One image should be incrediably easy to identify, and two others shouldn't be a problem. The remaining one though is from a film a little different from your normal sci-fi films, so you may need to look outside the box with this one. 

theartofmovieposters said:

sci fi is not my thing...I try but I only know so much

You do answer your fair share and your participation here is much appreciated.

dedeposter

189 - is it the 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock? They're obviously looking up at something.

HONDO

dedeposter said:

189 - is it the 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock? They're obviously looking up at something.

Correct and it is The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock ( 1959 ). The crowd is looking up at the lovely giant woman played by Dorothy Provine.

 Good work dede. I had thought this would be the hardest of the four images to identify. The below U.S.A. poster says - ''A Science Friction Masterpiece''.

Matt

#188 is Dark Star (1974) One of the first Sci-fi films I remember seeing as a kid.

HONDO

Matt said:

#188 is Dark Star (1974) One of the first Sci-fi films I remember seeing as a kid.

Correct. Having seen the film always helps.

 

theartofmovieposters

190 looks like a modern-ish film about Mars.
After some investigation...Red Planet

HONDO

theartofmovieposters said:

190 looks like a modern-ish film about Mars.
After some investigation...Red Planet

 
Correct. Red Planet from 2000.

jayn_j

I believe 191 is The Land Unknown (1957)

HONDO

jayn_j said:

I believe 191 is The Land Unknown (1957 )

Yes and correct indeed. Of the four posted images in the last batch, I had thought this one would have been the easiest one to recognise. I was going to post a clue this morning but happily it wasn't required.

Good work Dede, Matt. Ves and Jay for correctly answering the last batch without any clues having been provided.

HONDO

 192
 193 194 195

A mixed batch here to work with. Three of the four images have clues appearing in the form of the actors images.

theartofmovieposters

192 looks like Starlord in Guardians of the Galaxy

jayn_j

193 Sleeper (1973)

HONDO

theartofmovieposters said:

192 looks like Starlord in Guardians of the Galaxy

Correct. Yes it is Chris Pratt's played Starlord character from Guardians Of The Galaxy ( 2014 ).

jayn_j said:

193 Sleeper (1973)

 Correct. This science fiction Woody Allen comedy had an uncredited appearance of the great American sportscaster Howard Cosell, seen featured on the television screen in some Wide World Of Sports archive footage.

  

HONDO

HONDO said:

 194 195

Clues following for the yet unanswered two images apearing above.

# 194  A povery row film. According to one of the main actors, who is seen  at the control of the spaceship in the image, it was shot in only 5 days.

# 195  Has a small connection with the Planet Of The Apes film series.

Bruce

#194 is one of the first sci-fi films of the 1950s, and I am told, one of the worst (I never watched it).

Flight to Mars

HONDO

Bruce said:

#194 is one of the first sci-fi films of the 1950s, and I am told, one of the worst (I never watched it).

Flight to Mars

Correct. It was released in 1951 by Monogram Pictures. I remember watching it on television many years ago and finding it sleep inducing as very little of interest happened in the film. Cinecolor didn't hold up very well over time.



IMDB credits the actress in the above image as being Margueite Chapman, when in fact the actress in the scene is actually Virginia Huston. 

 

jayn_j

195 is The Illustrated Man (1969)

HONDO

jayn_j said:

195 is The Illustrated Man (1969)

Correct. 

My earlier clue ''# 195  Has a small connection with the Planet Of The Apes film series'' referred to the following.

''The full-size crashed spaceship used in the second segment, "The Long Rain" is actually the spaceship used in Planet of the Apes (1968), Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) and Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)'' ( IMDB Trivia )

''According to the Guinness Book of World Records, this film has the record for longest time applying make-up each day, at 20 hours.'' ( IMDB Trivia )    

                     

HONDO

 196

 197

 198

 199

 200

 201

Back again with a selection of six more images to hopefully challenge you. 

dedeposter

197 is some thing? I can't quite put my finger on the thing it is? Maybe it's The Thing?

Rick

197 is indeed The Thing (81)

theartofmovieposters

dedeposter said:

197 is some thing? I can't quite put my finger on the thing it is? Maybe it's The Thing?

  Subtle...I like it. 

HONDO

dedeposter said:

197 is some thing? I can't quite put my finger on the thing it is? Maybe it's The Thing?

Yes it is The Thing ( 1982 ), and extra points for being amusing.

Rick said:

197 is indeed The Thing (81)

Correct answer also, but from 1982.

 

HONDO

Are the remaining five unanswered images perhaps too difficult to identify? If they are a few clues would should be in order.

196 clue is a government law.

198 clue is life under scrutiny.

199 clue is famous novelist.

200 clue is a first feature film.

201 clue is a recent appearance.

HONDO

HONDO said:

Are the remaining five unanswered images perhaps too difficult to identify? If they are a few clues would should be in order.

196 clue is a government law.

198 clue is life under scrutiny.

199 clue is famous novelist.

200 clue is a first feature film.

201 clue is a recent appearance.

It would certainly appear  like I have set the bar far too high with this selection of images.

Some final clues follow below to hopefully assist in the answers being found.

196 clue is penalty of death.

198 clue is 

199 clue is dangerous to health.

200  clue is a science fiction legend involved here.

201  clue is  a bridge is involved. 

HONDO

Anyone have any thoughts before I will shortly reveal the answers?

Definitely the following image clues are the final ones to be given. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           196   198   199


 200  201

With these images, combined with the previous clues, I am now hoping at least a couple, if not more of the film titles will be able to be identified. 

Bruce

198 is Deathwatch I thought it was a great and thought provoking movie with fine actors, but I think it did poorly at the box office.

jayn_j

200 THX1138 (1971)
George Lucas' directorial debut.

The Lola was a limited production car at the time, but very futuristic. Paul Newman raced the car before being passed to Lucas.  Good article 9n the car
https://www.classicdriver.com/en/article/cars/police-drove-lola-t70s-george-lucass-directorial-debut