Q 01/05

E.T. builds his 'phone home' communicator around which toy?

A) Etch A Sketch

B) Speak & Spell

C) Lite-Brite

D) View-Master

Answer · why

B) Speak & Spell

Speak & Spell. Gertie's spelling toy becomes the keyboard of a transmitter cobbled together from a record player, a saw blade and other household junk...

Q 02/05

Which animals does Elliott set free from his school science class in E.T.?

A) Mice

B) Frogs

C) Rabbits

D) Snakes

Answer · why

B) Frogs

Frogs. The class is about to dissect them when Elliott lets them all loose, and the classmate he then kisses is Erika Eleniak, later of Baywatch.

Q 03/05

Which candy is used to lure E.T. into the house?

A) Junior Mints

B) Peanut M&M's

C) Reese's Pieces

D) Hershey's Kisses

Answer · why

C) Reese's Pieces

Reese's Pieces. Mars refused to let M&M's appear, worried that E.T. would frighten children, so Hershey's new candy got the part and its sales soared.

Q 04/05

Who played Elliott, the boy who befriends the alien, in E.T.?

A) Corey Feldman

B) Keith Coogan

C) Sean Frye

D) Henry Thomas

Answer · why

D) Henry Thomas

Henry Thomas. After a flat reading, he improvised a scene pleading to keep E.T., crying real tears, and Spielberg hired him on the spot.

Q 05/05

Which future star played Gertie, the little sister in E.T.?

A) Drew Barrymore

B) Soleil Moon Frye

C) Jodie Foster

D) Christina Ricci

Answer · why

A) Drew Barrymore

Drew Barrymore. She first auditioned for Poltergeist, but Spielberg steered her to E.T. after the six-year-old spun him a tale about touring with her ...