# Guess the Movie Game in 30 questions

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [June 24, 2008, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-game-in-30-questions/454080 "2008-06-24T16:53:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-game-in-30-questions/454080/21 "2008-06-24T18:53:54Z")

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[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy]  
Then I think it’s gotta be **MASH**.  
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Nope. 😉

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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-game-in-30-questions/454080/22 "2008-06-24T18:55:08Z")

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Whoops, missed one: **Apocalypse Now** :smack:

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-game-in-30-questions/454080/23 "2008-06-24T18:57:04Z")

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[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy]  
Whoops, missed one: **Apocalypse Now** :smack:  
[/QUOTE]

Got it in 12.

The horror, the horror.

Your turn to make one up?

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**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-game-in-30-questions/454080/24 "2008-06-24T18:58:36Z")

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_Apocalypse Now_

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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-game-in-30-questions/454080/25 "2008-06-24T19:01:18Z")

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[QUOTE=tdn]  
Got it in 12.

The horror, the horror.

Your turn to make one up?  
[/QUOTE]

Sure. I’ll simply add that it’s one of my personal favorites.

**GO!** 🆒

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-game-in-30-questions/454080/26 "2008-06-24T19:02:30Z")

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_cracks knuckles_

Was it released in 1980 or after?

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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-game-in-30-questions/454080/27 "2008-06-24T19:05:15Z")

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[QUOTE=tdn]  
_cracks knuckles_

Was it released in 1980 or after?  
[/QUOTE]  
#1: No

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**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-game-in-30-questions/454080/28 "2008-06-24T19:10:33Z")

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Did it win an Academy Award?

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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-game-in-30-questions/454080/29 "2008-06-24T19:11:32Z")

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[QUOTE=Freudian Slit]  
Did it win an Academy Award?  
[/QUOTE]  
#2: No

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-game-in-30-questions/454080/30 "2008-06-24T19:13:02Z")

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Was it released in the 70s?

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**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-game-in-30-questions/454080/31 "2008-06-24T19:14:28Z")

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Was it filmed in black-and-white?

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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-game-in-30-questions/454080/32 "2008-06-24T19:18:40Z")

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[QUOTE=tdn]  
Was it released in the 70s?  
[/QUOTE]  
#3: No

> [@](#):
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> Was it filmed in black-and-white?

#4: Yes

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**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-game-in-30-questions/454080/33 "2008-06-24T19:19:22Z")

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Is it a foreign movie? (not American)

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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-game-in-30-questions/454080/34 "2008-06-24T19:20:34Z")

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[QUOTE=garygnu]  
Is it a foreign movie? (not American)  
[/QUOTE]  
#5: No

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-game-in-30-questions/454080/35 "2008-06-24T19:21:45Z")

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Did it include any of the following actors? Cary Grant, Kate Hepburn, Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, James Stewart.

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**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-game-in-30-questions/454080/36 "2008-06-24T19:22:14Z")

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[QUOTE=tdn]  
Got it in 12.

The horror, the horror.

Your turn to make one up?  
[/QUOTE]

Drat, that’s the one I thought you were thinking of but had to go to lunch before you answered my question. Ah well.

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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-game-in-30-questions/454080/37 "2008-06-24T19:25:36Z")

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[QUOTE=tdn]  
Did it include any of the following actors? Cary Grant, Kate Hepburn, Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, James Stewart.  
[/QUOTE]  
#6: Yes (one of them)

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**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-game-in-30-questions/454080/38 "2008-06-24T19:46:56Z")

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OK.

Is Cary Grant in it?

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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-game-in-30-questions/454080/39 "2008-06-24T19:50:31Z")

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[QUOTE=tdn]  
OK.

Is Cary Grant in it?  
[/QUOTE]  
#7: Yes

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**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-game-in-30-questions/454080/40 "2008-06-24T19:52:28Z")

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Is it a Hitchcock movie?

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