Q 01/05

In what year was Stripes released?

A) 1981

B) 1977

C) 1975

D) 1979

Answer · why

A) 1981

Columbia Pictures put it out on June 26. Sony re-released it in cinemas for a few days in 2021 for the 40th anniversary.

Q 02/05

Who directed Stripes?

A) Harold Ramis

B) Ron Howard

C) Ivan Reitman

D) John Landis

Answer · why

C) Ivan Reitman

He had just made a summer-camp comedy with Murray. He was born in Komárno, in the very country his platoon invades by mistake.

Q 03/05

Reitman's original one-line pitch for the film was which comedy duo 'join the army'?

A) The Smothers Brothers

B) Laurel and Hardy

C) Abbott and Costello

D) Cheech and Chong

Answer · why

D) Cheech and Chong

He thought of it on the way to a premiere. The duo's manager loved the script, but they wanted complete creative control, so the leads were rewritten ...

Q 04/05

What is the name of Bill Murray's character in Stripes?

A) Russell Ziskey

B) John Winger

C) Dewey Oxberger

D) Elmo Blum

Answer · why

B) John Winger

He is a cab driver who loses his job, apartment, car and girlfriend in a single day and decides the Army is his best remaining option.

Q 05/05

Harold Ramis plays Russell Ziskey, Winger's best friend. What is Russell's job before he enlists?

A) Taxi dispatcher

B) Substitute science teacher

C) Wedding photographer

D) ESL teacher

Answer · why

D) ESL teacher

Ramis had co-written Animal House and Caddyshack but was little known as an actor. Columbia disliked his audition; Reitman hired him anyway.