So you went to a lot of movies in 1989, eh? Remember them pretty well?

Well, if you don't, just go check 'em out at the local video rental store.Either way, here's a little quiz - several little quizzes, actually - to check your memory about 1989 releases:

DEJA VIEW

In what TWO movies:

1. Are the Three Stooges shown on television?

2. Does Patrick Dempsey hide under a bubble bath as someone enters the bathroom?

3. Does an English soldier during wartime volunteer to kill someone to prevent a battle between two tribes?

4. Is the climax a shootout in a white supremacist training camp?

5. Does a Southern belle perform a scene from "Gone With the Wind" as Scarlett O'Hara to demonstrate talent in a beauty contest?

6. Does a dog become a policeman's roommate, help him solve a murder and then get shot?

7. Does Sylvester Stallone go to prison?

8. Does an airplane fly into a tunnel, chopping off its wings?

9. Does a Christmas tree go up in flames?

10. Does someone woo Daphne Zuniga by going tunning with her?

MOVIE MOVIES

In what movies do you see scenes from these movies?

1. Innerspace

2. Harvey

3. The Lady from Shanghai

4. Destry Rides Again

5. Mars Needs Women

6. Rebel Without a Cause

7. This Gun For Hire

8. The Exorcist

9. Grapes of Wrath

10. A Fistful of Dollars

CUTESY CAMEOS

In what movies do these stars make brief, unbilled appearances?

1. Jim Belushi

2. Robin Williams

3. Cheech Marin

4. Jeff Bridges

5. Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon

ADVERTISEMANIA

What movies used these slogans in their advertising?

1. Like Father. Like Son.

2. Love at first sight. Consequences to follow.

3. The comedy that glows in the dark.

4. The true meaning of Fear.

5. The magic is back!

6. He's crude. He's crass. He's family.

7. No more Mr. Nice Guy.

8. Revenge is sweet ... and low.

9. Yule crack up!

10. When there's more trouble than one man can handle ... there's more than one man for the job.

TV OR NOT TV

In what films do you see these television programs?

1. The Home Shopping Club

2. Pee-wee's Playhouse

3. What's My Line?

4. Jeopardy

5. The Tonight Show

6. Mr. Ed

7. M*A*S*H

8. Captain Kangaroo

9. Leave It to Beaver

10. Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous

MULTIPLICITY

In what three films do each of the following stars appear?

1. Nick Nolte

2. Robert Downey Jr.

3. John Candy

4. Carrie Fisher

5. Rick Moranis

6. Gene Hackman

SPEAK EASY

What films contain these lines of dialogue:

1. "It's my way or the highway."

2. "Nazis. I hate those guys."

3. "If my life were a movie there'd be a sign on it saying, `Caution, some scenes too intense for younger viewers.' "

4. "We're back! We're bad! You're black! I'm mad!"

5. "Do you believe in the hereafter? Well, I'm here and you know what I'm after."

6. "I'm not crazy. I've just been in a very bad mood for 40 years."

7. "If it bends, it's funny. If it breaks, it's not funny."

BONUS QUESTIONS

1. What phrase that Robin Williams says repeatedly in "Dead Poets Society" is also the title of a 1986 film in which he starred?

2. Where did Indiana Jones grow up, according to the early scenes of "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"?

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ANSWERS

(BU) Deja View: (1) Lethal Weapon 2, Second Sight; (2) Loverboy, Some Girls; (3) Farewell to the King, Lawrence of Arabia; (4) Dead-Bang, Pink Cadillac; (5) Shag, Miss Firecracker; (6) K-9, Turner & Hooch; (7) Lock Up, Tango & Cash; (8) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Second Sight; (9) National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, The War of the Roses; (10) Gross Anatomy, Staying Together.

(BU) Movie Movies: (1) The Accidental Tourist; (2) Field of Dreams; (3) Ghostbusters II; (4) Dad; (5) UHF; (6) Earth Girls Are Easy; (7) Crimes and Misdemeanors; (8) The 'burbs; (9) The Dream Team; (10) Back to the Future, Part II.

(BU) Cutsey Cameos: (1) Who's Harry Crumb?; (2) The Adventures of Baron Munchausen; (3) Troop Beverly Hills, Ghostbusters II; (4) Cold Feet; (5) Troop Beverly Hills.

(BU) Advertisemania: (1) The Fly II; (2) Cousins; (3) Skin Deep; (4) Leviathan; (5) Lethal Weapon 2; (6) Uncle Buck; (7) Shocker; (8) She-Devil; (9) National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation; (10) Fletch Lives.

(BU) TV or Not TV: (1) The Accidental Tourist; (2) Cousins, Troop Beverly Hills; (3) Mississippi Burning; (4) The 'burbs; (5) Pink Cadillac; (6) UHF; (7) In Country; (8) Dad; (9) Shocker; (10) She-Devil.

(BU) Multiplicity: (1) Three Fugitives, Farewell to the King, New York Stories; (2) True Believer, Chances Are, 1969; (3) Who's Harry Crumb? Speed Zone, Uncle Buck; (4) The 'burbs, Loverboy, When Harry Met Sally . . . ; (5) Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Parenthood, Ghostbusters II; (6) Mississippi Burning, Full Moon in Blue Water, The Package.

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(BU) Speak Easy: (1) Road House; (2) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade; (3) Pink Cadillac; (4) Lethal Weapon 2; (5) Next of Kin; (6) Steel Magnolias; (7) Crimes and Misdemeanors.

(BU) Bonus Questions: (1) Seize the Day; (2) Southern Utah.

(BU) Roles to Dye For (photo above): Who's Harry Crumb? and Tap, respectively.

(BU) Cover Photo Questions: (1) "The pen is mightier than the sword." (2) When Harry Met Sally. . . .

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