Deadpool & Wolverine comes not to praise 20th Century Fox’s X-Men movies but to bury them, and this week’s film quiz follows suit.
No franchise is truly reboot-proof these days, but the X-Men franchise had a good go. It had a good 20 years on the clock when Disney acquired 20th Century Fox in 2019, cutting more than 4,000 jobs while pumping money into the possibility of characters like Deadpool and Wolverine turning up in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. And hey, here they are – Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman star in this week’s new release Deadpool & Wolverine (read Maria’s review here). Huzzah for corporate hegemony, and here’s a quiz about those earlier X-Men movies.
While I’ve got you though – older quizzers may remember that we usually take a summer break around this time. And so, this will be the last quiz for a month or so, but Film Quiz Friday will return in September, by which time we’re sure the latest Marvel movie will have washed its face at the worldwide box office.
Once you’ve completed 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. Until next time – have a great summer and, er, be the best there is at whatever it is you do.
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. 2023 – “Atomic Blonde” is an alternative viewing order for which two movies, both released on 21st July?
2. 1975 – The French Connection is set in France: true or false?
3. 2010 – Which action movie stars Liam Neeson as Colonel “Hannibal” Smith?
4. 1976 – Born this week, who plays the vampire Selene in Underworld and its sequels?
5. 1948 – What type of dance features prominently in The Red Shoes?
6. 1984 – Who won a Best Original Score Oscar for the rock musical Purple Rain?
7. 2001 – Which Jurassic Park actor also stars in Jurassic Park III: Jeff Goldblum or Sam Neill?
8. 1969 – Also born this week, who connects the 1990s films Money Train, Anaconda, and Out Of Sight?
9. 2018 – In Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, who plays Meryl Streep’s mother and Amanda Seyfried’s grandmother?
10. 2005 – Which comic-book villain does Julian McMahon play in Fantastic Four and its sequel?
ROUND TWO – The X-Men Movie Round
Every few hundred millennia, superhero cinema leaps forward. Here are 10 questions about the daddy of 21st-century Marvel movie franchises – the X-Men movies, including all sequels, prequels, and spin-offs…
11. “Mutation: it is the key to our evolution.” Which actor narrates the opening sequence of 2000’s X-Men?
12. In the Deadpool movies, what is Deadpool’s real name?
13. What is the full title of the thirteenth X-Men movie, finally released in 2020 and starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Maisie Williams?
14. In which country is 2013’s The Wolverine largely set?
15. What specifically connects En Sabah Nur, Kurt Wagner, Raven Darkholme, Hank McCoy, and no other X-Men movie characters?
16. In Deadpool 2, director David Leitch is billed as “one of the guys who killed the dog in” which 2014 movie?
17. X-Men 2’s villain is a military scientist called William… who?
18. In which decade is 2019’s Dark Phoenix set?
19. Which music star made his live-action film acting debut as teleporting mutant John Wraith in X-Men Origins: Wolverine?
20. Including Deadpool & Wolverine, how many films have featured Hugh Jackman playing Logan/Wolverine to date?
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 title character does Jennifer Garner play in a 2005 Daredevil spin-off?
22. Who plays Wanda Gershwitz in A Fish Called Wanda?
23. In the news! Sir Ulrich von Liechtenstein is a character in which medieval sports movie?
24. “Badges? We ain’t got no badges. We don’t need no badges. I don’t have to show you any stinkin’ badges!” Which 1948 movie features this famous quote?
25. Whose characters include Count Olaf, Colonel Stars and Stripes, and Doctor Robotnik?
26. “Rewrite The Stars” is a song from which movie musical?
27. Back in cinemas next week! Complete the title of the 1988 Studio Ghibli film: My Neighbour… ?
28. Also in the news! Whose director’s cuts of the Rebel Moon movies are due on Netflix in August?
29. Billy Crystal and Robert De Niro star in 1999’s Analyse This and which 2002 sequel?
30. And finally, what connects the comic book movie characters Nick Walker, Hannibal King, and Hal Jordan?
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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.
Your weekly film quiz will return on Friday 6th September, but until then, check out Issue 51 of Film Stories Magazine, which features 50 all-new questions on westerns, directing doubles, and the movies of 2010! You can also listen to our suitably named film quiz podcast, The Film Quiz Podcast, which features Nick Helm asking movie questions and occasionally berating contestants for getting them wrong.
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