Q 01/05

Who directed the 1984 film Gremlins?

A) Joe Dante

B) John Landis

C) Ivan Reitman

D) Robert Zemeckis

Answer · why

A) Joe Dante

Joe Dante was down to his last few dollars when Steven Spielberg's script arrived in the mail, and he assumed it had been sent to the wrong address.

Q 02/05

Which screenwriter sold Gremlins to Steven Spielberg as a spec script, then wrote The Goonies for him?

A) John Hughes

B) Chris Columbus

C) Bob Gale

D) Lawrence Kasdan

Answer · why

B) Chris Columbus

Chris Columbus wrote Gremlins as a writing sample he never expected to see filmed, inspired by mice skittering around his loft at night; he later dire...

Q 03/05

Rand Peltzer buys the mogwai as a Christmas present in an antique store located in which neighborhood?

A) Little Italy

B) Koreatown

C) Chinatown

D) Greenwich Village

Answer · why

C) Chinatown

Chinatown is where the shop's owner refuses to sell the mogwai, so his grandson slips it to Rand behind his back, along with three rules for its care.

Q 04/05

In Gremlins, which mogwai rule does the shopkeeper's grandson call the most important?

A) keep it away from bright light

B) never let it get wet

C) never leave it alone at night

D) never feed it after midnight

Answer · why

D) never feed it after midnight

Never feed it after midnight is the rule he says can never be forgotten, though nobody defines when 'after midnight' ends, a gap the studio queried an...

Q 05/05

What is the name of the snowy small town where Billy Peltzer works at the local bank?

A) Kingston Falls

B) Bedford Falls

C) Grover's Corners

D) Castle Rock

Answer · why

A) Kingston Falls

Kingston Falls is the town; its picture-postcard setting deliberately echoes It's a Wonderful Life, a clip of which plays on television in the film.