There were great holiday movies made in the 80s, and tis the season for them to play ad nauseam on your oldies cable channels. We created an 80s Holiday Quiz to try and stump you 80s enthusiasts out there.
But how much do you know about these festive flicks? Have you been hitting the Eggnog too hard and not really paying attention? Well, here’s your chance to test your knowledge. See how many of these 10 trivia questions you can answer. Then share your results on FB and see how well your friends do.
Here we go: five, four, three, two, Holiday Movie Quiz!
In 1988’s "Ernest Saves Christmas," what Kentucky-born comic played Ernest?
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Eve Plumb chose not to reprise her role of Jan Brady in ABC’s short-lived, "The Brady Bunch Variety Hour." But, who played Jan Brady in the 1988 TV movie, "A Very Brady Christmas"?
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They made Christmas horror movies in the 80s too. Name this bloody 1984 movie, best described by IMDB this way: “After his parents are murdered, a tormented teenager goes on a murderous rampage dressed as Santa, due to his stay at an orphanage where he was abused by the Mother Superior.”
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1988’s "Die Hard" takes place during Christmas and was released for the holidays… In it, Bruce Willis, as the indestructible John McClane, fights terrorists in this LA skyscraper…
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This unlikely 1983 holiday movie, directed by John Landis, stars Eddie Murphy as a street con, Dan Aykroyd as a snobbish investor, and a pre-Activia/post-Halloween Jamie Lee Curtis as a hooker with a heart of gold.
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John Hughes’ 1987 film, "Planes, Trains & Automobiles," is about a man (Steve Martin) who struggles to travel home—with an obnoxious slob (John Candy) as his only companion—for what holiday?
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In the 1983 classic, "A Christmas Story," little Raphie wanted something for Christmas that prompted adults to nag at him over and over again: “You’ll shoot your eye out…”
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A peasant woodcutter becomes Santa Claus and later foils an evil toy manufacturer's scheme to take over Christmas. That is the plot of what 1985 Dudley Moore movie?
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Who played the Ghost of Christmas Present in the Bill Murray 1988 movie, "Scrooged"?
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In 1989’s "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation," name the child actor who played Chevy Chase’s disposable son, Russell 'Rusty' Griswold.
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