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