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1 What island was the setting for the first season of Survivor?
2 What was the real name of millionairess ”Lovey” Howell on Gilligan’s Island?
3 By what means of conveyance does Indiana Jones reach the secret Nazi island base in Raiders of the Lost Ark?
4 Match the character to the desert-island movie:
A. Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks)
B. Amber Leighton (Madonna)
C. Quinn Harris
(Harrison Ford)
D. Emmeline (Brooke Shields)
1 The Blue Lagoon
2 Swept Away
3 Six Days, Seven Nights
4 Cast Away
5 What 1969 movie cheesily re-creates a huge real-life volcanic eruption on an island in the South Seas?
6 ”Islands in the Stream” was the title of a posthumously published Ernest Hemingway book (and a subsequent movie) before what two singers made it a radio hit?
7 According to legend, how did Captain Jack Sparrow escape from the first desert island in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl?
8 What was the name of the dinosaur-inhabited island in Jurassic Park?
9 Leonardo DiCaprio starred as a restless wanderer in the movie adaptation of what 1997 novel by Alex Garland?
10 In Joe Versus the Volcano, the natives on the island Waponi Woo have a craving for what kind of beverage?
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