Nov. 16, 2012, is the 35th anniversary of the U. S. Release of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." Test your CE3K smarts.
Muncie, Ind.
Norman, Okla.
Omaha, Neb.
Wichita, Kans.
Grocery store assistant manager
High school band director
Lineman for power company
Long-haul truck driver
"The ancients have come home."
"The sun came out last night and sang to me."
"The universe beats with the rhythm of our hearts."
"When I had fear, they brought me peace."
"The Day the Earth Stood Still"
"Jaws"
"Pinocchio"
"The Ten Commandments"
Dirt from his yard
His daughter's Play-Doh
Mashed potatoes
Shaving cream
Her young son disappeared on a UFO
She's in love with Roy, her high school sweetheart
She suspects she's from another planet
She wants to convince her estranged husband it's not a sin to believe in extraterrestrial life
A cholera outbreak
A hazardous chemical spill
An impending volcanic eruption
A nuclear power plant meltdown
Bodysuits made of garbage bags
Charcoal detox pills
Knee-high rubber boots
Two birds in a cage
He breathes sleep aerosol from a military helicopter and passes out
He panics at the arrival of the scout ships and hides in a latrine
He slips while traversing the tower's flank and falls to his death
He touches an extraterrestrial and dissolves
The Dark Side of the Moon
The Green Room
Last Exit to Brooklyn
The Sea of Tranquility
Terrence Malick
Louis Malle
Steven Spielberg
Francois Truffaut
Melinda Dillon
Richard Dreyfuss
Teri Garr
Cary Guffey
"Close Encounters of the Third Kind"
"Logan's Run"
"The Man Who Fell to Earth"
"Star Wars"
A folded pizza
A glowing taco shell
An inside-out cantaloupe
An orange ice cream cone
An ancient lost tribe depicted in petroglyphs
The five-tone theme that the extraterrestrial craft broadcasts
The Mexican plateau that is a hotbed of UFO activity
A ship that disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle
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