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THIS WEEK THERE were hundreds of reports of a ‘meteor’ crossing the sky over Ireland and the UK.
Experts have said the “fireball” that was spotted hurtling through the sky was likely to have been a piece of man-made space debris that was burning up in the Earth’s atmosphere.
It was, many remarked, like something out of a sci-fi film, but thankfully did not end in the destruction of the planet. The space junk incident got us thinking about some of those dramatic movie moments – let’s put your knowledge to the test.
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Apollo 13 wasn’t ’69. That was the moon landing – Apollo 11.
@Watchful Axe: yeah you’re right …it was 1970.
@Watchful Axe: The Mission took place in 1970. The story of the mission takes place from around mid to late ’69 after Lovell is told that his crew will fly Apollo 13. They had been originally slated to be the crew for Apollo 14. It’s splitting hairs of course ….
@Watchful Axe: and it isn’t Sci Fi.
I actually watched Deep Impact earlier and my hungover self sobbed throughout like a lemon
@Ísla Carabine: because you had put yourself through watching it is it?!
@Ísla Carabine: Always preferred that film to Armageddon.
7/10 and I havent even been to space before
@Aidy McBride: winning…. I heard its just full of tech billionaire’s anyway
@SPQH: my ex called me a waste of space a few times if that’s any consolation
Did Ripley in Alien wear the skimpiest ever knickers in a non porno movie?
8/10. So close.
I tried but I didn’t make it
6 / 10
6/10 here, I love a disaster film but I haven’t seen them all, yet!
10/10 Think I need to get a life
@Mark: Sure you have a life – watching disaster movies! When the next fireball strikes, we’ve a good chance of knowing where to be to avoid it
7 out of ten, I’ve got to watch more fiction ;)
8/10… would have been a 9 but that Apollo 13 question… (I knew it was the 70s) Damn you journal that’sthe difference between a B and an A!
Apollo 13 wasn’t set in 1969! Easy money being a journalist for this lot.
8/10.
8/10 for me. Don’t look up was a very underrated film i thought.
10/10 woop!
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