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QUIZ: How well do you know these classic summer blockbusters?
Jaws, Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, Speed…
THE SUNSHINE MAY have abandoned us, but it is still summer.
And we’ve spent many Irish summers escaping from the rain at a cinema.
Some of the best blockbusters were summer releases – let’s find out how well you remember them.
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark was released in the summer of 1981, but in which year is the film actually set?
1936
1938
1940
1942
Name Chevy Chase's iconic character in the original National Lampoon's Vacation?
Ben
Kevin
Clark
Karl
What sweet treat does Elliott use to lure ET out of the woods and back to his house?
Smarties
Reece's Pieces
M&Ms
Skittles
From the 1975 classic Jaws, finish this now infamous line: 'We're gonna need a bigger...'
Gun
Boat
Shark
Axe
Name Sigourney Weaver's character in the sci-fi summer blockbuster Aliens
Joy Adams
Kate Stevens
Mary Higgins
Ellen Ripley
In what year was The Truman Show, starring funnyman Jim Carey, released?
1994
1996
1998
2000
The first Jurrasic Park film was released in the summer of 1993. Guests at the park are told the dinosaurs can't reproduce - why?
They're not sexually attracted to one another
They're all female
Volcanic activity on the island has rendered them infertile
They've been drugged
In which US city was the action blockbuster Speed set?
New York
Los Angeles
Boston
Seattle
In the 1985 classic Back to the Future, what was the name of Doc Brown's dog?
Rex
Einstein
Cesar
Albert
Die Hard is most definitely a Christmas movie, but it was released during the summer of 1988. Which floor is the Nakatomi Corporation Christmas party on?
20th
30th
40th
50th
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