📚 From beloved books to blockbuster movies, this Guess the Plot showdown challenges kids and parents to identify famous stories using just four clues. In this fun trivia for kids game, who’ll solve the most plots and take the win? 📖🎬

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Kids vs Parents is produced by Vandalpop Media

Producer: Steve Koch

Editors: Ever Cunningham, Steve Koch

Cover Design: Patrick Hardy

Chapters:

00:00 Welcome to Kids vs Parents

01:05 Kids' Questions

04:36 Parents' Questions

08:33 Bonus / Tiebreaker

10:00 Suggest a Topic

Quick guess the plot to start us off. What book turned movie is this?

Children discover magical kingdom.

Oh, that's the lion witch in the wardrobe.

Correct.

Welcome to Kids vs. Parents. I'm Lovella.

And I'm Steve.

This is the family trivia battle where the backseat takes on the frontseat.

And today we're playing guess the plot.

And our topic is books that have been turned into movie.

movies now this episode was suggested by Blakelyn Cameron and Paige thank you guys appreciate it

thanks for playing along exciting all right so there are lots of options here books to movies

lots of books have been turned into movies yeah and what are we playing for today Lovella what is

our prize the winner gets to choose the music in the car oh so the next road trip yeah or the next

commute yeah when you're not listening to kids versus parents yes you can play some you get to

use the music. All right, dad, who goes first? I think the parents should go first. Let us kick it

off. All right. Here we go. Parents, you're up first. Plot number one. Man runs through history.

Man Runs Through History.

Book turned movie.

Man Runs Through History.

Oh, Forrest Gump.

Correct.

I didn't know that was a book.

Yeah, me neither.

There you go.

It's a good movie.

Pretty much every movie.

It won an Academy Award, that one.

Oh, yeah.

Great movie.

Good job, Dad.

I showed you that recently, didn't we?

Yes.

What did you think of it?

I give it a five out of a ten.

Okay, so just halfway.

It was okay.

So-so.

All right.

What?

Number two.

Farm Boy Rescues True Love

Okay, Farm Boy Rescues.

That's, oh, you mean Farm Boy is one word.

Farm Boy, one word.

Yeah.

Farm Boy Rescues True Love.

Oh, that's, um, uh, I've showed it to you before.

Um, ah, you killed my father.

Prepare to die.

Um, The Princess Bride.

Correct.

Yes.

I almost went to Princess Diaries.

Princess Diaries.

Whoa, hold it.

The Princess Bride.

I was getting thrown off.

Oh, I love that movie.

That's such a good one.

That's a good movie.

All right.

You ready for the third one?

Yes.

Deadly Games Control Districts.

Deadly Games Control Districts.

Ugh.

Um, no.

I don't know about this one.

Deadly Games Control Districts.

Is it a spacey one?

Sounds like a spacey one or a futuristic one.

Deadly games?

Ah, I don't know.

I'm going blank.

Deadly games control.

Oh, no, wait.

Hunger Games.

Correct.

Yes.

Good job.

All right.

All right.

Last one.

Here we go.

Son becomes Mafia boss.

Son Becomes Mafia Boss

Ah, a mafia movie

So many mafia movies

Um, I don't know

Um, Goodfellas?

goodfellas incorrect no it was the godfather oh right all right what was my score was that four

was that four okay three out of four i'll take that all right not bad not bad all right all right

kids it's your turn oh boy books to movies this is gonna be interesting here we go all right plot

Number one.

Golden Ticket Changes Life.

Golden Ticket Changes Life.

Oh, that's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Correct.

Yes.

What is the movie called, though?

It wasn't called Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

I mean, there was a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

The original was called Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

Cool.

All right.

Well done.

One on the board, Val.

Straight up.

Nice.

Well done.

Looks good.

Okay.

Plot number two.

Robot befriends forest animals.

I know this one.

It's the wild robot.

I love that one.

Such a good one.

Good movie or a book?

I've read the first book and I've watched the movie.

Okay.

Yeah, I read the first book back in third grade.

Did you read the book before you watched the movie?

Yes, because the movie only just came out like a year ago.

Oh, okay, right.

So.

Yeah.

What did you think of the movie adaption?

Oh, it was good.

I loved it.

Great.

It was so cute.

I love it.

Yeah, it is a good film.

Yeah, nice one.

All right.

Spot number three.

Criminal animals attempt good.

Criminal animals attempt good.

Do you know what the first thing?

I don't think it was a book though.

Yeah?

I'm thinking of bad guys.

Bad guys 2.

Bad guys 2.

They attempt good.

or the movie bad guys

the movie bad guys

well they're bad guys in that

but then they become good

and then the second movie

they attempt to be good

they try to be good

and then they do in the end

I don't think that would have been a book

what was it again?

criminal animals attempt good

what are you thinking?

I don't know

you got any other ideas?

no

I only am thinking of bad guys

okay

is that your answer?

yeah

correct. What? Yes. It was a book? Uh-huh. It was a book first. Interesting. There you go.

Didn't know that, huh? No. Oh, you learn something every day. There you go. Wow. I haven't read the

book, but in my research, I saw that it was a book first. Wow. That's cool. Yeah. All right.

So you're on three from three. Whoa. I need to get a harder one here. Okay. Let me see if I can

find a hard one for you. All right, let's try this one. Here we go. Bear arrives in London.

Bear arrives in London. Oh, that's Paddington Bear. Paddington? Paddington.

Yes, you are correct. I don't think you've read that book though, right?

No.

No.

Have you seen the movie?

You know how at my old school, whenever it rained, they'd play a movie inside.

I think that was a movie once, but I've seen bits and pieces.

Yeah.

I thought you hadn't seen it, so I thought I might have stumped you.

No, but I know what that is.

You know the plot of it.

I know how it's a bear, a talking bear who moves to London and it's doing all this weird stuff.

Okay.

Likes marmalade.

Yeah.

Marmalade.

You know what marmalade is?

Nope.

It's like jam.

Jam, yeah.

Yeah.

All right.

Well done.

Yes.

Four from four.

You beat me.

I know.

All right.

We're going to go to our bonus question then.

No, let's just end it here.

I won.

No, let's go to our bonus question because I want a chance to win.

So our bonus question is worth two points.

It could also be a tiebreaker if you need that in your car, if you're a dead heat with your

kids or your parents.

Why don't you read the question out, Lovella?

Neither of us know the answer to it.

Mom's given us the question.

First team to buzz in and then answer correctly wins.

Two points.

For us, that will be they win because I'm only one point behind you, right?

Yeah.

So here we go.

Bonus tiebreaker plot.

Flying nanny fixes family.

Buzz.

That was like a tie.

That was a tie.

That was a tie.

I was going to get you to read it so that I would give a chance.

That's why I got you to read it.

No, as soon as I read it, I was like, oh, that's so easy.

Flying nanny fixes family.

Shall we say it at the same time?

Yeah.

Three, two, one.

Mary Poppins.

Well done.

You got there first, though, so you can take the points.

Kids win.

Yay.

In our car, anyway.

Don't know how it's going in yours.

What do you win today, Lovella?

You get?

To choose the music in the car.

What are you going to pick?

Ariana Grande.

Oh, again, more.

More of her.

Yeah.

Can we find something else?

No.

From earlier on?

No.

Maybe from the 90s?

What?

Ew.

2000s?

No.

Can we play something there?

We're not listening to Foo Fighters today.

Ah, Coldplay?

No.

Ah, all right.

Anyway, I'll lose.

Well done, Lovella.

And thank you to Blakelyn, Cameron and Paige for suggesting this episode.

Yes, it was very fun.

Thank you, guys.

If you are listening in the car and you have a topic that you want to suggest for us to play,

click the link in the show notes and we might feature your idea in a future episode.

Yes.

Thanks for playing.

See you later.

Bye.