Monday, February 24, 2025

The "How to Destroy a Monster According to the Movies" Quiz

In this new quiz, we describe how a "monster" was killed in a specific movie and ask you to identify the film. As with all of quizzes, please answer no more than three questions per day and try not to research your answers. Good luck!

1. Salt water is used to kill carnivorous alien plants.

2. A dinosaur-like creature is eliminated with an "oxygen destroyer."

3. A jet squadron launches a napalm attack on an enormous spider.

4. Giant locusts are drowned in cold water.

5. A vampire is destroyed in the shadow of a windmill.

6. A large jelly-like mass is frozen. (Technically, it may not be destroyed....)

7. Aliens that possess human corpses are killed with a "sound gun."

8. A werewolf is beaten to death with a silver-headed cane.

9. Aliens that possess human corpses are killed by a bullet to the brain or being burned. (Looking for the first film....)

10. A torpedo destroys a giant octopus (which technically has less than eight tentacles).

11. A vampire is trapped in sunlight by forming a crucifix with two candlesticks.

12. A human-like creature is knocked into a hot sulfur pit.

13. A dragon is killed with a giant crossbow on a beach.

14. Common bacteria in Earth's atmosphere kill alien invaders.

15. A mechanical digger is used to shove a T-Rex over a cliff.

28 comments:

  1. 13. Seventh Voyage of Sinbad.
    14. War of the Worlds

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    1. This is DKoren, - blogger has been extremely stupid about letting me log in lately.

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    2. Well done, you! Sorry about the Blogger problems. Sometimes, I have to clear my browsing history.

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  2. 2 Godzilla (1954)
    11 Horror of Dracula
    15 The Crater Lake Monster

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    1. Great job on 2 and 11! The Crater Lake Monster is killed with a bulldozer, but not pushed off a cliff. So, #15 still needs an answer.

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  3. Happy Monday, all. I'll take a crack at three of them:
    4. Beginning of the End, with Peter Graves
    5. Brides of Dracula
    6. The Blob

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    1. Happy Monday to you, too, Al! You are correct on all three and I am impressed that you remember The Beginning of the End.

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    2. I remember it best from the MST3K airing.

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    3. Beginning of the End was on MST3K and I always loved the fact that Graves was in this and his brother was in Them!

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  4. 3. Tarantula (Clint Eastwood as the pilot!)
    12. Terminator 2

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    1. #3 is correct! As for #12, your movie kinda works, but I'm looking for a monster which is more human-like.

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  5. #1 is Day of the Triffids

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  6. Still looking for the anwers to 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, and 14.

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  7. 15 is Dinosaurous (sp?)

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  8. 7 is Invisible Invaders

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  9. 12 Frankenstein 14 War of the Worlds

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    1. 14 is War of the Worlds as previously answered, but 12 is not Frankenstein.

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    2. I first thought 12 was referring to Gollum in Return of the King but wasn't sure Mt Doom qualified as a 'sulfer pit' (saw the correct answer on twitter)

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  10. Just a reminder to folks to please answer no more than 3 per day as specified in the rules.

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  11. Is 10 It Came from Beneath the Sea?

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