Ghostbusters Quizzes

Ghostbusters Quiz 1

1 When was the film released?

1984

1982

1987

1990
2 Who directed the film?

Paul Feig

Dan Aykroyd

Harold Ramis

Ivan Reitman
3 Who produced the film?

Tim Bevan

Dan Aykroyd

Harvey Weinstein

Ivan Reitman
4 Where does the first scene of the film take place?

A Broadway theater

Columbia University

The New York Public Library

St John the Divine
5 Where do Peter, Ray and Egon work at the beginning of the film?

NYU

The Museum of Natural History

The Museum of Science

Columbia
6 What is Peter testing on the two students in the lab?

Ghost immunity

Telekinesis

Positive reinforcement

Memory
7 What is Peter's attitude towards the female student?

He is indifferent and thinks she's somewhat dumb

He is needlessly mean

He is very complimentary and flirtatious

He thinks she is brilliant and wants to make her his assistant
8 Who plays Peter Venkman?

Dan Aykroyd

John Belushi

Steve Martin

Bill Murray
9 What is Peter's personality like?

Happy-go-lucky and enthusiastic

Depressive and romantic

Dry and sarcastic

Resentful and vengeful
10 Who plays Ray?

Dan Aykroyd

Chevy Chase

Harold Ramis

Rick Moranis
11 Who wrote the screenplay?

Ivan Reitman

Harold Ramis and Dan Aykroyd

Jerry Zucker and Dave Zucker

Nora Ephron
12 Where does the film take place?

Los Angeles

New York City

San Francisco

Chicago
13 Who did the librarian's aunt think he was?

Joan of Arc

Ethel Merman

Louis XIV

St. Jerome
14 What is the librarian's name?

Jeanette

Joan

Carol

Alice
15 What do the men find on the card catalogue at the library?

A note from Gozer

Ectoplasmic Residue

Spilled purple ink

A strange smoke that will not dissipate
16 Who wrote the theme song?

Huey Lewis

Lionel Richie

Chaka Khan

Ray Parker Jr.
17 What television show were Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd both on?

M.A.S.H.

Cheers

Mad TV

Saturday Night Live
18 Which of the following movies is not a Bill Murray/Ivan Reitman collaboration?

Tootsie

Stripes

Meatballs

Ghostbusters II
19 What does the university administrator tell the trio when he shows up at their lab?

The campus has been taken over by ghosts

Columbia has gone bankrupt

They are being given more money to start the Ghostbusters

They are being fired and their grant has been terminated
20 Who plays Egon?

Bill Murray

Rick Moranis

Harold Ramis

Rob Reiner
21 How do the men get enough money to start the Ghostbusters?

They use the money they saved from their grant

Ray takes out a third mortgage on his family home

They steal money from a large bank

Peter's grandmother dies and leaves him a bunch of money
22 Where does Dana live?

The West Village

Murray Hill

Central Park West

Queens
23 Who plays Dana?

Annette Bening

Jessica Lange

Sigourney Weaver

Frances McDormand
24 What instrument does Dana play?

Guitar

Cello

Piano

Violin
25 Who plays Louis?

Rick Moranis

John Candy

Steve Martin

John Belushi

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