Film Quiz Friday: Inside Number 10

Our end-of-the-week film quiz includes a few questions about UK politics and prime ministers on screen: 30 questions await.

Contrary what certain contenders might think, the UK prime minister is not a president. Between awards-baiting biopics, the movies largely cover Normal Island’s politicians as side-characters in spy movies or a cutesy dad-dancing Tory-in-sheep’s-clothing in a Richard Curtis confection. You’re not going to get Air Force One starring (checks notes) the person most likely to command the confidence of the House of Commons. Accordingly, this week’s film quiz is even more tenuous than usual!

Once you’ve finished all three rounds, 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. Orderrrrrrr!

 

ROUND ONE – This Week In Movie History

This round is about new 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. 1955 – In which Disney animated feature does Peggy Lee’s character sing “He’s A Tramp”?
2. 2001 – Which medieval sport features prominently in A Knight’s Tale?
3. 2016 – Election Year is the third film in which horror movie series?
4. 1990 – Who directed Wild At Heart?
5. 1972 – Born this week, who connects the 2000s films Gangs Of New York, Shrek, and Vanilla Sky?
6. 1980 – Ted Striker is the main character in which spoof comedy franchise?
7. 2006 – Who plays Chev Chelios in Crank and its sequel?
8. 1997 – Which Best Picture Oscar nominee has the tagline “The year’s most revealing comedy”?
9. 2013 – Directed by Adam Wingard, which slasher film sees killers in animal masks attack a family reunion?
10. 1982 – “Flying” by John Williams is the theme from which movie, currently back in cinemas for an 40th anniversary re-release?

 

ROUND TWO – Prime Minister’s Questions

Next, just what we need to distract us from the news – 10 questions on UK premierships on film, both real and fictional…

11. Who plays Tony Blair in The Deal, The Queen, and The Special Relationship?
12. What is the full title of the UK-set sequel to Olympus Has Fallen?
13. Meryl Streep won an Oscar for playing Margaret Thatcher in which 2011 drama?
14. In Love Actually, Hugh Grant’s PM dances around 10 Downing Street to Girls Aloud’s cover of which Pointer Sisters hit song?
15. Which In The Loop star gets a promotion to playing the unnamed Prime Minister in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation?
16. Gary Oldman won an Oscar for playing Winston Churchill in which 2017 drama?
17. Which James Bond actor plays fictional PM Adam Lang in The Ghost?
18. In 2008’s Doomsday, which country does the government wall off from the rest of Great Britain – Scotland or Wales?
19. In which comic-book movie does John Hurt play dictatorial PM Adam Sutler?
20. Which British comic actor plays two fictional PMs in The Rise And Rise Of Michael Rimmer and Whoops Apocalypse?

 

ROUND THREE – Pot Luck

Let’s finish with a random selection of pot luck movie questions – these could come from any era, any genre, or any level of difficulty. Enjoy!

21. Which sci-fi comedy features a race of aliens called the Thermians?
22. In cinemas this week! Complete the title of George Miller’s 2022 film – Three Thousand Years Of…
23. Who plays Captain Richard Phillips in 2013’s Captain Phillips?
24. What connects the title characters of Black Beauty, Hidalgo, and Secretariat?
25. In the news! Which public-domain children’s favourite features in a new horror movie called Blood And Honey?
26. True or false? To date, The Hateful Eight is Quentin Tarantino’s only film not set in the 20th century?
27. Who connects the 1980s films Innerspace, Top Gun, and When Harry Met Sally?
28. Also in cinemas this week! Which “Lord Of The Dance” wrote, directed, produced, and starred in the long-delayed spy thriller Blackbird?
29. Which Transformers character is the hero of a 2018 prequel spin-off set in the 1980s?
30. And finally, which comedy duo’s theme song is called “Dance Of The Cuckoos”?

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Ready for the answers?

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