We’re back! This week’s film quiz includes questions about movie-related adverts and advertising in movies.
Happy New Year! It’s 2025 and we’ve got plenty of quizzes lined up in the next few weeks, mixing general-knowledge movie trivia with themed rounds on actors’ filmographies, comedy stars, and big-screen romance. But hey, there’s still time to grab some refreshments before the quizzes start, because this week is all about adverts in movies. We’ve got 30 questions in total, but like the general online browsing experience these days, we’ll interrupt the regular film quiz in the middle.
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. Oh, and if you’re gonna click an ad today, please click one of ours – why not buy yourself something nice!
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. 2025 – In cinemas now! Which actor connects 2024’s Nosferatu and 2000’s Shadow Of The Vampire, a horror movie about the making of 1922’s Nosferatu?
2. 1998 – Which Alfred Hitchcock movie was remade shot-for-shot by director Gus Van Sant?
3. 1987 – “If it bleeds, we can kill it” is a quote and tagline from which action movie?
4. 2002 – What type of clothing grants Jackie Chan the fighting prowess of Jackie Chan in an action-comedy of the same name?
5. 1996 – Also in cinemas now! Born this week, which Oscar-nominated British actor stars opposite Andrew Garfield in the decade-hopping romance We Live In Time?
6. 2019 – In which country is Jojo Rabbit set?
7. 1973 – Which martial-arts classic connects Bruce Lee, Jim Kelly, and John Saxon?
8. 1994 – Played by Jean-Claude Van Damme, Agent Max Walker is the title character of which movie?
9. 1956 – Also born this week, who plays Vera Drake in 2004’s Vera Drake?
10. 1963 – Which fictional diamond features in only six of the nine films named after it?
ROUND TWO – We’ll Be Back After These Messages…
Your weekly quizness will resume after these 10 questions that aren’t from our sponsors, covering film-related adverts both fictional and real…
11. Who plays Winston Wolfe in 1994’s Pulp Fiction and a long-running series of Direct Line insurance adverts?
12. Which movie franchise was inspired by Rowan Atkinson’s 1990s TV ads for Barclaycard?
13. Which actor reprised roles from several previous movies, including Apollo 13 and Friday The 13th, in a 2012 advert for EE’s 2 for 1 cinema promotion?
14. “We’re better than you, and we know it!” Which 2004 comedy features this gym advert slogan?
15. In UK TV adverts, which movie franchise connects Vodafone, Currys PC World, and Tunes cough sweets?
16. Soul Glo is a fictional hair product in which 1980s comedy?
17. 1996’s Space Jam was inspired by which sports company’s 1990s TV adverts, also featuring Bugs Bunny, Michael Jordan, and Bill Murray?
18. In Scott Pilgrim Vs The World, who plays movie star Lucas Lee in an array of fake trailers and posters?
19. Which 2004 film’s teaser trailer is presented as an advert for memory treatments from the fictional company Lacuna Inc?
20. Who reprises her Marvel Cinematic Universe role as King Valkyrie in some other Direct Line insurance ads?
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. “See it before you go swimming.” 50 years old this year, which film used this tagline?
22. Who plays Arwen in the Lord Of The Rings trilogy?
23. What goes before 44 and fall to make the titles of two different Roland Emmerich movies?
24. In DreamWorks’ Madagascar movies, what type of animal is Chris Rock’s character Marty?
25. Which literary character was played on screen by Greer Garson in 1940, Keira Knightley in 2005, and Lily James in 2016?
26. Now streaming on Disney+, Dream Productions is a spin-off from which Pixar animated franchise?
27. Who plays Scarlett O’Hara in 1939’s Gone With The Wind?
28. Which 2024 Netflix hit goes before Jack, Dick, and Henry to make the titles of three different comedy movies?
29. Which Oscar winner was born earliest: Nicole Kidman or Angelina Jolie?
30. And finally, largely set in the distant future of 2025, which sci-fi movie features a character called Marshal Stacker Pentecost?
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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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