DreamWorks’ new animated movie Dog Man isn’t the only recent movie with that title. This week’s film quiz tries to avoid confusion!
Based on Dav Pilkey’s bestselling books, Dog Man is about a man and his dog merging to become a super-cop. It’s not to be confused with Luc Besson’s Dogman, in which Caleb Landry Jones sets his four-legged friends on people he doesn’t like. True, they’re unlikely to get mixed up, but this week’s film quiz features other movie titles where if you shouted them in the street, two movies might come running up to you expecting treats.
Once you’ve completed this week’s film quiz, you’ll find a link to a separate post with the correct answers at the bottom of this post. As always, this is just for fun, but please let us know how you did in the comments (scores out of 30 this week!) and give us any other lovely feedback. Hopefully, it’s the only “Film Quiz Friday” out today…
ROUND ONE – This Week In Movie History
This round is about UK cinema releases and general film history from this week in years past – we’ve given you the year at the start of each question to help out!
1. 1987/2014 – Which title character connects Peter Weller in 1987 and Joel Kinnaman in 2014?
2. 1970 – Born this week, who plays Willow in 1988’s Willow?
3. 2019 – Which animated film franchise’s third instalment is subtitled The Hidden World?
4. 1983 – What is the name of the Cuban gangster played by Al Pacino in Scarface?
5. 2025 – Complete the title of the new action movie starring Ke Huy Quan and Ariana DeBose: Love… what?
6. 1990 – In Kindergarten Cop, what type of animal does Arnold Schwarzenegger’s character own?
7. 1973 – Which star of The Way We Were sang its Oscar-winning title song?
8. 2012 – King Candy is an antagonist in which Disney-animated film?
9. 1967 – Starring Bernie Mac and Ashton Kutcher, 2005’s Guess Who is a loose remake of which longer-titled film?
10. 1982 – Also born this week, who connects the sequels Sex And The City 2, Star Trek Into Darkness, and Men In Black 3, but no other movies in those franchises?
ROUND TWO – One-Headed Dogs
11. Theresa Russell mates and murders (1987) and Scarlett Johansson has mates who murder (2021)
12. Jason Statham blazes a trail through modern London (2011) and Saoirse Ronan and son struggle through wartime London (2024)
13. Beach bums kidnap a retired gangster (1967) and Mark Wahlberg talks to a plastic plant (2008)
14. Don Cheadle is big on the airwaves (2007) and a cursed hand is big on TikTok. (2023)
15. Fred Savage befriends a gribbly (1989) and Lupita Nyong’o fights zombies (2019)
16. Gary Oldman takes football much too seriously (1989) and Tom Cruise doesn’t take his new job seriously enough (1993)
17. Renny Harlin directs male witches (2006) and Guy Ritchie directs a military operation (2023)
18. Michael Keaton hears dead people (2005) and Adam Driver tries to keep his family alive (2022)
19. Jennifer Lawrence creates a mop (2015) and Thomasin Mackenzie creates a test tube baby (2024)
20. Ida Lupino learns to bowl (1948) and Patrick Swayze is nice until it’s time to not be nice (1989)
ROUND THREE – Pot Luck
Let’s finish with a random selection of pot luck film quiz questions – these could come from any era, any genre, or any level of difficulty. Enjoy!
21. In the news! What is the full title of Marvel Studios’ new Fantastic Four movie?
22. Who was born earliest: James Brolin or Josh Brolin?
23. Which 1999 sci-fi comedy stars Alan Rickman as an actor called Alexander Dane?
24. Who connects the 2000s movies Traffic, Chicago, and The Terminal?
25. “I carried a watermelon.” Which 1980s movie features this quote?
26. Which sport features prominently in the films Draft Day, Gridiron Gang, and The Longest Yard?
27. In the UK, 2011’s Hugo is the only U-certificate film to date by which director?
28. How many Jurassic Park films were released in the 1990s?
29. Whose real-life characters include Julia Child, Florence Foster Jenkins, and Margaret Thatcher?
30. And finally, “TRA LA LAAAA!” Which animated hero uses this catchphrase in a 2017 movie?
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Ready for the answers?
That’s the end of this week’s film quiz – when you’re ready to check your answers, click here to get them (it’ll take you to another page) and let us know your scores in the comments below. We’ll be back next Friday with another film quiz, but until then, check out Issue 53 of Film Stories Magazine, which features 50 new questions about the movies of 2024.
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