Q 01/05

In The Money Pit, which animal leaps out of the dumbwaiter and attacks Anna when she pulls its ropes?

A) A squirrel

B) A stray cat

C) A raccoon

D) An opossum

Answer · why

C) A raccoon

A raccoon springs from the shaft, and Anna's screams send Walter sprinting to help just as more of the house gives way.

Q 02/05

In The Money Pit, which roast shoots out of the oven and through a window as the kitchen goes haywire?

A) A turkey

B) A leg of lamb

C) A whole ham

D) A goose

Answer · why

A) A turkey

A turkey flies from the stove after the blender and the popcorn popper explode, and it lands by way of a second-floor window.

Q 03/05

In The Money Pit, what crashes through the upstairs floor just after Walter and Anna pour water into it?

A) A water tank

B) A bathtub

C) A copper boiler

D) A washing machine

Answer · why

B) A bathtub

A bathtub drops to the room below, a gag that needed five tubs: one genuine period piece plus fiberglass and plaster copies made to smash.

Q 04/05

In The Money Pit, what completion estimate do the contractors keep repeating as the repairs drag on for months?

A) Two days

B) Two weeks

C) Two months

D) Two years

Answer · why

B) Two weeks

Two weeks is the promise every time, yet four months after work begins the house is still a construction site.

Q 05/05

Which famous director has a presenting credit on The Money Pit, having served as its executive producer?

A) George Lucas

B) Francis Ford Coppola

C) John Landis

D) Steven Spielberg

Answer · why

D) Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg's company Amblin bought the screenplay after it first arrived in 1980 as nothing more than a writing sample.