Final Exam (1981 film)
  • 1. What year was the film Final Exam released?
A) 1981
B) 1982
C) 1979
D) 1980
  • 2. Who wrote and directed Final Exam?
A) John Carpenter
B) Jimmy Huston
C) Wes Craven
D) Sean Cunningham
  • 3. Who are the lead actors in the film?
A) Adrienne Barbeau and Rob Morrow
B) Jamie Lee Curtis and Kevin Bacon
C) Tom Atkins and Stacy Nelkin
D) Cecile Bagdadi and Joel S. Rice
  • 4. Where was Final Exam filmed?
A) California and Nevada
B) Florida and Georgia
C) New York and New Jersey
D) North Carolina and South Carolina
  • 5. Which company released the film?
A) Universal Pictures
B) New Line Cinema
C) Paramount Pictures
D) Motion Picture Marketing
  • 6. What is the name of the college where the first murders take place?
A) March College
B) Haddonfield College
C) Crystal Lake College
D) Lanier College
  • 7. Why did a fraternity stage a fake shooting on campus?
A) To initiate new pledges
B) To delay the final exam
C) To prank the coach
D) To cover up a murder
  • 8. What is the name of the college where the majority of the film takes place?
A) March College
B) State University
C) Lanier College
D) Springfield College
  • 9. What is Lisa's roommate's name?
A) Courtney
B) Emily
C) Janet
D) Sarah
  • 10. Who is Lisa having an affair with?
A) The football coach
B) Dr. Reynolds
C) Wildman
D) Gary
  • 11. What happens to the character Gary before he is murdered?
A) He is caught stealing drugs
B) He is locked in a classroom
C) He is bound to a tree as part of a prank
D) He is trapped in the conservatory
  • 12. Who kills Gary?
A) Dr. Reynolds
B) The nameless murderer
C) A fellow fraternity brother
D) The football coach
  • 13. How is the character Wildman killed?
A) Stabbed in a barrel
B) Shot with an arrow
C) Pushed off the clock tower
D) Garroted on a weight-lifting machine
  • 14. Where does Mark get killed?
A) The parking lot
B) The school's electrical building
C) The conservatory
D) The football coach's office
  • 15. Who discovers the carnage and tries to call the police?
A) Courtney
B) Lisa
C) Mark
D) Radish
  • 16. Where is Radish's body found by Courtney?
A) In the electrical building
B) In the conservatory
C) Pinned to her dormitory door
D) Inside a barrel
  • 17. Who kills Lisa?
A) The murderer
B) Dr. Reynolds
C) The coach
D) Courtney
  • 18. Where is Lisa killed?
A) In the dormitory
B) In the conservatory
C) In the gymnasium
D) In the clock tower
  • 19. What weapon does Courtney use to finish off the killer?
A) A weight-lifting bar
B) A knife
C) An arrow
D) A wood plank
  • 20. How many times does Courtney stab the killer at the end?
A) 12
B) 20
C) 8
D) 5
  • 21. Which company released Final Exam on VHS in 1983?
A) Scream Factory
B) Scorpion Releasing
C) BCI
D) Embassy Home Entertainment
  • 22. What was the approximate budget of the film?
A) $1.3 million
B) $363,000
C) $500,000
D) $250,000
  • 23. Where did the film have its Los Angeles premiere?
A) June 5
B) May 13
C) September 23
D) February 27
  • 24. How long was the filming period for Final Exam?
A) Eight weeks
B) Four weeks
C) Six weeks
D) Three months
  • 25. Who released the film on DVD in 2008?
A) Embassy Home Entertainment
B) BCI
C) Scorpion Releasing
D) Scream Factory
  • 26. What was the total U.S. box office gross for the film?
A) $2.5 million
B) $700,000
C) $363,000
D) $1.3 million
  • 27. Who released the film on Blu-ray for the first time in 2014?
A) Scorpion Releasing
B) AEI Records
C) Scream Factory
D) BCI
  • 28. In which city did the film NOT have a limited regional release on February 27, 1981?
A) St. Louis
B) Dayton
C) Missouri
D) Los Angeles
  • 29. At what studio was the film shot?
A) Limestone Studios
B) Coronet Studios
C) Embassy Studios
D) E.O. Studios
  • 30. In what city was E.O. Studios located?
A) Spindale
B) Shelby
C) St. Louis
D) Gaffney
  • 31. According to Variety, what was the film's box office ranking on June 26?
A) Number 5
B) Number 10
C) Number 1
D) Number 7
  • 32. Which production company released the film on DVD in 2011?
A) Scream Factory
B) BCI
C) Scorpion Releasing
D) AEI Records
  • 33. Which film did Hal Lipper compare Final Exam to?
A) Animal House
B) Halloween (1978)
C) Scream
D) Prom Night
  • 34. Who described Final Exam as vacillating between Animal House and Prom Night?
A) Lou Cedrone
B) Gene Siskel
C) Hal Lipper
D) Linda Gross
  • 35. How did Gene Siskel characterize the stalking-shots in the film?
A) Standard
B) Cinematic
C) Innovative
D) Complex
  • 36. What criticism did TV Guide have regarding the film's dialogue?
A) It was too sparse
B) It was too heavy
C) It was too funny
D) It was incoherent
  • 37. Which critic noted that the film reeks of cheapness?
A) Gregg Swem
B) Hal Lipper
C) Brett Gallman
D) Jim Harper
  • 38. What was the Rotten Tomatoes average rating for Final Exam?
A) 6/10
B) 2/10
C) 4/10
D) 5/10
  • 39. What positive trait did Lou Cedrone identify regarding the killings?
A) They were highly inventive
B) They were expertly choreographed
C) They were handled with restraint
D) They were very frequent
  • 40. How many critics gave the film a positive review on Rotten Tomatoes?
A) 13%
B) 0%
C) 50%
D) 25%
  • 41. What did Brett Gallman criticize about the murders?
A) They were uninventive
B) They were too fast
C) They were too frequent
D) They were too bloody
  • 42. Who wrote the 1981 novelization of the film Final Exam?
A) Ian Jane
B) Todd Gilchrist
C) Geoffrey Meyer
D) Pinnacle Books
  • 43. Which publisher released the novelization of Final Exam in 1981?
A) AGFA
B) DVD Talk
C) Pinnacle Books
D) IGN
  • 44. According to Todd Gilchrist, what themes are present in the fraternity hazing rituals?
A) Political satire
B) Homoeroticism
C) Economic disparity
D) Religious symbolism
  • 45. What film compilation featured the trailer for Final Exam in 2020?
A) AGFA Horror Trailer Show
B) The Horror Archive
C) 1981 Retrospective
D) Slasher Classics Volume 1
  • 46. What information does the novelization provide that the film does not regarding the killer?
A) Name
B) Origin
C) Motivation
D) Age
  • 47. What does the novelization add regarding the couple murdered at the start of the film?
A) A supernatural origin
B) New murder methods
C) A surviving witness
D) A backstory
  • 48. Which critic noted that the hazing rituals do not connect to anything else in the movie?
A) Geoffrey Meyer
B) Todd Gilchrist
C) Ian Jane
D) Pinnacle
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