E.T. the Extra Trivia
Take flight with this trivia game celebrating the 40th anniversary of beloved cinematic classic "E.T. the Extra Terrestrial."
15 questions · Published June 27, 2022
Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. What actress, in only her second feature film role, plays Elliott's little sister, Gertie Taylor?
FUN FACT
Drew Barrymore auditioned for a role in "Poltergeist" (1982) but that film's producer, Steven Spielberg, felt she might be better suited for a different sci-fi film he was working on...
- Multiple Choice
2. What Hollywood heartthrob was married to "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" screenwriter Melissa Mathison for over two decades?
Melissa Mathison was married to Harrison Ford from 1983 to 2004; the couple had two children.
- Multiple Choice
3. What Academy Award-nominee was among the seventeen actors who recorded various sounds and dialogue to create E.T.'s "voice"?
The majority of voice work for E.T. was performed by Pat Welsh, whose two-pack-a-day cigarette habit gave her voice a unique quality. However, the sound effects team also employed sixteen other people, including director Steven Spielberg and actress Debra Winger, to achieve the perfect vocal sound.
- Multiple Choice
4. Which of these films is NOT one of over two dozen collaborations between "E.T." director Steven Spielberg and the film's composer, John Williams?
Since 1974's "The Sugarland Express," Steven Spielberg and John Williams have collaborated on twenty-six films. One of the rare productions on which the duo did not work together is 1986's "The Color Purple," which was scored by Quincy Jones.
- Multiple Choice
5. What was digitally inserted into the hands of federal agents to replace their guns in the 2002 "Special Edition" re-release of "E.T. the Extra Terrestrial"?
For the 20th Anniversary of 1982's "E.T. the Extra Terrestrial," Steven Spielberg replaced the guns carried by federal agents chasing Elliott and company with walkie-talkies. These changes were parodied by "South Park" in the 2002 episode "Free Hat." Spielberg himself admitted in a 2011 interview that the walkie-talkies were a "mistake."
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