A Quiz of Pure Curiosity:

See how many you can get right WITHOUT looking up the answers!

[1] Top grossing _______ movie of all time:
     [a] Western:   (1) Dances with Wolves (2) Django Unchained (3) Unforgiven
     [b] Zombie:    (2) Night of the Living Dead (2) 28 Days Later (3) Zombieland 
     [c] Drama:      (1) Gone with the Wind (2) Titanic (3) The Passion of the Christ
     [d] Thriller:    (1) The Dark Knight (2) The Hunger Games (3) The Sixth Sense
     [e] Horror:     (1) Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2) Blair Witch Project (3) The Exorcist
     [f] Comedy:   (1) Groundhog Day (2) Home Alone (3) Liar Liar
     [g] Animated: (1) The Lion King (2) Toy Story 3 (3) Shrek 2 
     [h] Any Genre: (1) Avatar (2) Titanic (3) Terminator



[2] Top grossing James Bond movie:
    [a] Skyfall (Daniel Craig, 2013) 
    [b] On Her Majesty's Secret Service (George Lazenby, 1969)
    [c] A View to a Kill (Roger Moore, 1985)
    [d] From Russia with Love (Sean Connery, 1964)



[3] Adjusted for inflation, which movie tops out the list for having made the most money for the time at which it was released? 
[a] Avatar [2009] [b] Jaws [1975] [c] Jurassic Park [1993] 


ANSWERS are below, so don't scroll down yet if you don't want to check your answers!
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ANSWERS
[1] Top grossing _______ movie of all time:
     [a] Western:   (1) Dances with Wolves [184 million]
     [b] Zombie:    (3) Zombieland [75.5 million]
     [c] Drama:      (2) Titanic [659 million]
     [d] Thriller:    (1) The Dark Knight [533 million]
     [e] Horror:     (3) The Exorcist [441 million]
     [f] Comedy:   (2) Home Alone [285 million]
     [g] Animated: (3) Shrek 2 [441 million]
     [h] Any Genre: (1) Avatar [2.78 billion]

[2] Top grossing James Bond movie:
    [a] Skyfall (Daniel Craig, 2013) [1.1 billion]

[3] Adjusted for inflation, which movie tops out the list for having made the most money for the time at which it was released? 
[b] Jaws [1975, 471 million]

SO ... How'd you do?

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