Music in Movies

Music in Movies Trivia!

 1.  Which movie's soundtrack, featuring "You Sexy Thing" and "You Can Leave Your Hat On" won the 1997 Academy Award for "Best Original Musical or Comedy Score"?
            a.  Titanic
            b.  L.A. Confidential
            c.  The Full Monty
            d.  Apollo 13

 2.  The Bee Gees are known for their work on which soundtrack?
            a.  Urban Cowboy
            b.  Saturday Night Fever
            c.  Chicago
            d.  The Sound of Music

 3.  The song "I Will Always Love You" was sung by Whitney Houston on the "Bodyguard" soundtrack but was originally written and recorded by which artist?
            a.  Barbara Streisand
            b.  Celine Dion
            c.  Pat Benatar
            d.  Dolly Parton

 4.  Who was Gwyneth Paltrow's singing partner in the film "Duets"?
            a.  Robert Smith
            b.  Huey Lewis
            c.  Mick Jagger
            d.  Paul McCartney

 5.  Which movie did Sissy Spacek portray Loretta Lynn in?
            a.  Coal Miner's Daughter
            b.  Sweet Dreams
            c.  Carrie
            d.  In the Bedroom

 6.  The movie "La Bamba" was about the life of this singer and also featured his music.
            a.  Buddy Holly
            b.  Elvis Presley
            c.  Ritchie Valens
            d.  John Lennon

 7.  John Williams has composed the score for which of the following movies?
            a.  Jurassic Park
            b.  Jaws
            c.  Raiders of the Lost Ark
            d.  All of the above

 8.  Which of these hobbits sand during a scene in "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King"?
            a.  Merry 
            b.  Pippin
            c.  Sam
            d.  Frodo

 9.  This 1960's band made an outrageous, psychedelic film called "Head".
            a.  The Monkees
            b.  The Beatles
            c.  The Who
            d.  The Byrds

10.  Madonna portrayed her in the film "Evita".
            a.  Cher
            b.  Queen Elizabeth
            c.  Eva Peron
            d.  Marilyn Monroe 

 

 

 

 

Answers to Music in Movies Trivia

 

 

  1. Which movie's soundtrack, featuring "You Sexy Thing" and "You Can Leave Your Hat On" won the 1997 Academy Award for "Best Original Musical or Comedy Score"?

The correct answer is:  C

      “The Full Monty” also included the songs “Hot Stuff” and “Land of 1000 Dances”.

 

  1. The Bee Gees are known for their work on which soundtrack?

      The correct answer is: B

      The Bee Gees’ “Saturday Night Fever” remains one of the top selling movie soundtracks.

 

  1. The song "I Will Always Love You" was sung by Whitney Houston on the "Bodyguard" soundtrack but was originally written and recorded by which artist?

The correct answer is: D

Dolly Parton wrote and recorded the song which became a hit on country radio before Whitney Houston recorded it for the “Bodyguard” soundtrack.

 

  1. Who was Gwyneth Paltrow's singing partner in the film "Duets"?

      The correct answer is: B

Gwyneth’s co-star and singing partner was Huey Lewis.

 

  1. Which movie did Sissy Spacek portray Loretta Lynn in?

The correct answer is: A

Sissy Spacek won the Academy Award for portraying Loretta Lynn in “Coal Miner’s Daughter”.  She also did most of her own singing.

 

  1. The movie "La Bamba" was about the life of this singer and also featured his music.

      The correct answer is: C

      Lou Diamond Phillips portrayed Ritchie Valens in the movie “La Bamba”.

 

  1. John Williams has composed the score for which of the following movies?     

The correct answer is: D

The infamous John Williams has composed music for “Jurassic Park”, “Jaws”, “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and many other films.

 

  1. Which of these hobbits sand during a scene in "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King"?

The correct answer is: B

It was Pippin!  He sang a haunting solo during a scene in the film.

 

  1. This 1960's band made an outrageous, psychedelic film called "Head".

      The correct answer is: A

To cash in on their popularity as TV and music stars, The Monkees made the film “Head”.  As an extra note, Jack Nicholson was one of the writers of the film.

 

  1. Madonna portrayed her in the film "Evita".

The correct answer is: C

      Madonna portrayed Eva Peron in “Evita” and won a Golden Glove for her performance.