A Familiar Red Herring movie trivia puzzle
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A Familiar Red Herring
You know the face. You remember the scene. Now find where every movie fits.
Hard · 6 movies · 6 parts · 3 checks
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Sapphire Blue
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
The Longest Day
Doctor Zhivago
Welcome to the South
The six parts
- Released in the 2010s
- Released in the 1960s
- Science Fiction
- Romance
- With John Wayne
- With Marilyn Monroe
Choose a movie or a category first.
One movie can fit more than one part.
Inside this movie puzzle
Play A Familiar Red Herring: six movies, overlapping clues and three optional hints. Find the full lineup in this free Double Take movie puzzle.
Part of Blondes Have the Right of Way, a 10-puzzle pack. Hard is an estimated difficulty, based on this lineup and its clues. Every movie must fit a different category; one tempting match can leave another film without a place.
This cast includes Sapphire Blue, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, The Longest Day, Doctor Zhivago, Welcome to the South. Its movie data spans Fantasy, Romance, Drama, Comedy. Read all six clues before committing to the first match. You can move movies and undo placements without spending a check.
Hard · Estimated difficulty. Six movies. Six categories. Use every movie once.
- Sapphire Blue
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
- Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
- The Longest Day
- Doctor Zhivago
- Welcome to the South
The categories
- Released in the 2010s
- Released in the 1960s
- Science Fiction
- Romance
- With John Wayne
- With Marilyn Monroe
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How the cast came together
Spoilers: the full lineup. Open after you play.
This library puzzle has an optional answer discussion. 3 of the six categories fit more than one film. The lineup below is the only way to give all six movies a part. Facts come from the puzzle’s verified movie data.
- Released in the 2010s — Welcome to the South was released in 2010, in the 2010s. Also fits: Sapphire Blue. Source
- Released in the 1960s — Doctor Zhivago was released in 1965, in the 1960s. Also fits: The Longest Day. Source
- Science Fiction — Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) is listed under Science Fiction. Source
- Romance — Sapphire Blue (2014) is listed under Romance. Also fits: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Doctor Zhivago. Source
- With John Wayne — John Wayne is in the cast of The Longest Day (1962). Source
- With Marilyn Monroe — Marilyn Monroe is in the cast of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953). Source