From 'Overboard' to 'Pretty in Pink': The '80s Rom-coms Quiz

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From 'Overboard' to 'Pretty in Pink': The '80s Rom-coms Quiz
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The '80s were the heyday of the cheesy romantic comedy. This quiz will test your mastery of the romances and wacky hijinks of the best '80s rom-coms.
Name the '80s romantic comedy by the actors who played the main couple: Melanie Griffith and Harrison Ford.
"Working Girl"
"The Allnighter"
"Murphy's Romance"
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Working girl Tess (Griffith) falls for executive Jack (Ford) in the 1988 rom-com.

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Name the '80s romantic comedy by the actors who played the main couple: Susan Sarandon and Kevin Costner.
"Seems Like Old Times"
"Bull Durham"
"Two of a Kind"
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Sarandon and Costner play baseball groupie Annie and minor league catcher Crash in 1988's "Bull Durham."

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Name the '80s romantic comedy by the actors who played the main couple: Cher and Nicolas Cage.
"Roxanne"
"Moonstruck"
"About Last Night ..."
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Widow Loretta (Cher) has an affair with her boyfriend's brother, Ronny (Cage), in 1987's "Moonstruck."

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Name the '80s romantic comedy by the actors who played the main couple: Robin Wright and Cary Elwes.
"The Princess Bride"
"Blind Date"
"The Sure Thing"
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Wright plays Princess Buttercup and Elwes is her true love, Westley, in "The Princess Bride."

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Name the '80s romantic comedy by the actors who played the main couple: Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah.
"Overboard"
"Splash"
"Roxanne"
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Martin and Hannah star in "Roxanne," a 1988 "Cyrano de Bergerac" update.

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Name the '80s romantic comedy by the actors who played the main couple: Diane Keaton and Sam Shepard.
"Baby Boom"
"The Woman in Red"
"Chances Are"
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In "Baby Boom," Keaton is a high-powered executive who inherits a baby, and Shepard is the veterinarian she falls for.

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Name the '80s romantic comedy by the actors who played the main couple: Michael J. Fox and Helen Slater.
"Casual Sex?"
"The Secret of My Success"
"Best Friends"
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In the workplace rom-com "The Secret of My Success," Brantley (Fox) falls for Christy (Slater).

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Name the '80s romantic comedy by the actors who played the main couple: Debra Winger and Robert Redford.
"Legal Eagles"
"Better Off Dead"
"Blame it on Rio"
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In "Legal Eagles," Winger and Redford fall in love while trying a case.

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Name the '80s romantic comedy by the actors who played the main couple: Cybill Shepherd and Robert Downey Jr.
"Seems Like Old Times"
"Micki & Maude"
"Chances Are"
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Downey is Shepherd's reborn husband (long story) in "Chances Are."

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Name the '80s romantic comedy by the actors who played the main couple: Andrew McCarthy and Kim Cattrall.
"Mannequin"
"Best Friends"
"Overboard"
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Artist McCarthy creates mannequin Emmy (Cattrall), and of course she comes to life.

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Name the '80s romantic comedy by the actors who played the main couple: Bruce Willis and Kim Basinger.
"Romancing the Stone"
"Blind Date"
"Murphy's Romance"
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Hilarity ensues when workaholic Walter (Willis) brings Nadia (Basinger) to a work function in "Blind Date."

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Name the '80s romantic comedy by main couple character names: Andie Walsh and Blane McDonnagh.
"Can't Buy Me Love"
"The Allnighter"
"Pretty in Pink"
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Rich-boy Blane (Andrew McCarthy) and working-class teen Andie (Molly Ringwald) fall in love in "Pretty in Pink."

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Name the '80s romantic comedy by main couple character names: Diane Court and Lloyd Dobler.
"Splash"
"Blind Date"
"Say Anything ..."
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Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack) finally wins over his high school crush Diane (Ione Skye) in "Say Anything ..."

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Name the '80s romantic comedy by main couple character names: Josh Baskin and Susan Lawrence.
"Coming to America"
"Big"
"Micki & Maude"
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Josh Baskin (Tom Hanks) suddenly becomes "Big" and dates Susan (Elizabeth Perkins) in the 1988 film.

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Name the '80s romantic comedy by main couple character names: Samantha Baker and Jake Ryan.
"Sixteen Candles"
"Pretty in Pink"
"Better Off Dead"
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Lowly sophomore Sam (Molly Ringwald) lands hot senior Jake (Michael Schoeffling) in "Sixteen Candles."

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Name the '80s romantic comedy by main couple character names: Allen Bauer and Madison.
"Splash"
"Murphy's Romance"
"Coming to America"
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Tom Hanks is Allen and Daryl Hannah is his mermaid love, Madison, in "Splash."

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Name the '80s romantic comedy by main couple character names: Joanna Stayton and Dean Proffitt.
"About Last Night …"
"Overboard"
"Chances Are"
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Heiress Joanna (Goldie Hawn) gets amnesia and single dad Dean (Kurt Russell) convinces her that she's his wife in "Overboard."

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Name the '80s rom-com by plot: Boy meets girl on post-college road trip; boy finally gets girl 20 years later.
"Blame It on Rio"
"Arthur"
"When Harry Met Sally …"
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Harry and Sally's New Year's Eve kiss was a really long time coming.

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Name the '80s rom-com by plot: Heartbroken boy meets French exchange student.
"Better Off Dead"
"The Allnighter"
"The Sure Thing"
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John Cusack and Diane Franklin are the boy and girl in question in 1985's "Better Off Dead."

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Name the '80s rom-com by plot: Pizza delivery boy pays popular girl to be his girlfriend.
"Some Kind of Wonderful"
"Can't Buy Me Love"
"Pretty In Pink"
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Of course Ronald (Patrick Dempsey) and Cindy (Amanda Peterson) end up together, even after a rocky beginning.

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Name the '80s rom-com by plot: Boy meets girl at a bar, and they have an on-off relationship over the course of a year.
"Blind Date"
"Say Anything ..."
"About Last Night …"
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"About Last Night …" follows a couple (and their friends) from a one-night stand through a year of a relationship.

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Name the '80s rom-com by plot: Millionaire boy falls in love with shoplifter.
"Arthur"
"Romancing the Stone"
"Can't Buy Me Love"
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Arthur (Dudley Moore) and Linda (Liza Minnelli) meet cute in 1981's "Arthur."

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Name the '80s rom-com by plot: Boy wants to meet girl, so he gets a ride across the country with another girl, who's going to meet another boy.
"Two of a Kind"
"Seems Like Old Times"
"The Sure Thing"
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And despite it all, boy (John Cusack) and girl (Daphne Zuniga) end up together.

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Name the '80s rom-com by plot: The crown prince of Zamunda goes looking for a wife.
"Moonstruck"
"Overboard"
"Coming to America"
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Eddie Murphy is Prince Akeem in "Coming to America."

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Name the '80s rom-com by plot: Bored housewife gets amnesia, is mistaken for another, crazier woman and gets into all kinds of trouble.
"Best Friends"
"Desperately Seeking Susan"
"The Woman in Red"
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Rosanna Arquette is bored housewife Roberta, and Madonna plays free spirit Susan in "Desperately Seeking Susan."

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Name the '80s rom-com by plot: Novelist girl goes on wild goose chase with smuggler boy.
"Murphy's Romance"
"Seems Like Old Times"
"Romancing the Stone"
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Wrong Answer

Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner star in 1984's "Romancing the Stone."

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Name the '80s rom-com by plot: Actress' husband has an affair with his wife's sister, framed between two Thanksgiving parties.
"Overboard"
"Hannah and Her Sisters"
"Chances Are"
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In "Hannah and Her Sisters," Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, and Hannah's ex-husband marries her sister Holly.

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Name the '80s rom-com by plot: Boy is married to girl. Boy meets another girl and eventually becomes a bigamist.
"Micki & Maude"
"Blame It on Rio"
"Seems Like Old Times"
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Dudley Moore is Rob, and Amy Irving and Ann Reinking are his two pregnant wives in "Micki & Maude."

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Name the '80s rom-com by plot: Two girls try to meet boys at a resort for singles.
"Working Girl"
"Two of a Kind"
"Casual Sex?"
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Friends Stacy (Lea Thompson) and Melissa (Victoria Jackson) cruise for dudes in "Casual Sex?"

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Name the '80s rom-com by plot: Boy and girl get married but then question the decision.
"Best Friends"
"The Woman in Red"
"Murphy's Romance"
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Richard (Burt Reynolds) and Paula (Goldie Hawn) are happy life and work partners, but things go downhill when they get married.

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