Q 01/05

Which country music star made her acting debut in Tremors as survivalist Heather Gummer?

A) Dolly Parton

B) Reba McEntire

C) Wynonna Judd

D) Barbara Mandrell

Answer · why

B) Reba McEntire

Reba McEntire postponed her honeymoon until the shoot was over. She kept touring on weekends, taking two flights and a drive to reach the desert set f...

Q 02/05

Which actor plays Val McKee in Tremors, a role he at first saw as a low point in his career?

A) Kevin Bacon

B) Bill Paxton

C) Patrick Swayze

D) Kurt Russell

Answer · why

A) Kevin Bacon

Kevin Bacon changed his mind about the film. He later called it the only one of his movies he wanted to revisit, and the only one he had watched again...

Q 03/05

In Tremors, what are the giant worm-like monsters that tunnel beneath the desert town called?

A) Sandworms

B) Burrowers

C) Graboids

D) Tunnelers

Answer · why

C) Graboids

Graboids got a name on screen but never an origin. The writers left it unexplained because the usual science-fiction answers felt too familiar.

Q 04/05

In Tremors, what do the giant underground worms sense in order to hunt people on the surface?

A) Body heat

B) Carbon dioxide

C) Vibrations

D) Fresh blood

Answer · why

C) Vibrations

Vibrations in the soil give away every footstep, which is why the survivors spend much of the film stranded on boulders and rooftops.

Q 05/05

The gooey innards of the exploded monsters in Tremors were made partly from which canned food?

A) Carrots

B) Pumpkin

C) Apricots

D) Peaches

Answer · why

B) Pumpkin

Pumpkin from a can gave the splattered monster guts their orange colour. The creature heads themselves were foam latex skins over fiberglass jaws.

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