This week’s film quiz, should you choose to accept it, features questions about the Mission: Impossible movie franchise.
Over time, the Mission: Impossible franchise has become one of Hollywood’s most reliable staples. After running (practically galloping) for almost 30 years, Tom Cruise’s adventures as Ethan Hunt will apparently culminate in next Wednesday’s big release, The Final Reckoning, so we’re marking the occasion with a quiz round all about the thrills and spills so far.
Once you’ve completed this week’s 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. And after that, this film quiz will self-destruct in five seconds…
ROUND ONE – This Week In Movie History
This round is about UK cinema releases and general film history from this month in years past – we’ve given you the year at the start of each question to help out!
1. 1990 – Misery Chastain is the title character of which psychological thriller?
2. 1986 – Born this week, who plays Jennifer Check in Jennifer’s Body?
3. 2018 – Cable, Domino, and Vanisher are all characters in which Marvel sequel?
4. 1984 – Who was Oscar-nominated for playing an alien in Starman?
5. 1959 – “Marilyn Monroe and her bosom companions… Tony Curtis… Jack Lemmon.” Which comedy used this tagline?
6. 2009 – Fill in the missing movie in this Tom Hanks trilogy: The Da Vinci Code > what? > Inferno
7. 1980 – Which British punk band stars in the mockumentary The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle?
8. 1998 – Who plays US president Tom Bell in Deep Impact?
9. 1944 – Also born this week, who connects the 2010s movies Machete, Machete Kills, and Muppets Most Wanted?
10. 1989 – Which movie monster appears with a large pregnant belly on the poster for A Nightmare On Elm Street 5: The Dream Child?
ROUND TWO – The Mission: Impossible Round
Next, as Ethan Hunt faces The Final Reckoning in cinemas worldwide, let’s light the fuse on a round all about the Mission: Impossible movies to date.
11. Who directed 1996’s Mission: Impossible?
12. Which Dubai landmark does Ethan Hunt climb up and down in Ghost Protocol?
13. What part of animal anatomy is the name of the bio-hazardous MacGuffin in Mission: Impossible III?
14. Who plays Ilsa Faust in Rogue Nation and its sequels?
15. Including The Final Reckoning, how many Mission: Impossible films has Christopher McQuarrie directed to date?
16. What name connects the actors who play Max Mitsopolis and her daughter, Alana, a.k.a the White Widow?
17. Who plays arms dealer Owen Davian in Mission: Impossible III?
18. In M:I 2, the vaccine for the Chimera virus is named after which Greek mythological character?
19. August Walker’s moustache was notable by its absence in which 2017 film, whose reshoots clashed with the filming of Mission: Impossible – Fallout?
20. Other than Tom Cruise, who is the only actor who appears in all eight Mission: Impossible films?
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. What name goes after Austin, Gerard, and Sarah to make the names of three actors?
22. Who directed the films Booksmart and Don’t Worry Darling?
23. Who was born earliest: Tom Holland or Tom Hollander?
24. Complete the title of the 2009 animated comedy: Cloudy With A Chance Of… what?
25. “We spared no expense” is a repeated quote from which 1990s blockbuster about an ill-advised tech startup?
26. Which of these is longer – a 1986 erotic drama starring Mickey Rourke or a 2000 comedy-drama starring Sandra Bullock?
27. Who directed and starred in the 2014 film The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty?
28. Complete the title of the 2016 animated fantasy: Kubo And The Two… what?
29. Who plays socialite Charlotte Vale in Now, Voyager: Bette Davis or Joan Crawford?
30. And finally, in Shrek 2, which character does the often-spoofed Tom Cruise suspended on wires pose while the Mission: Impossible theme plays?
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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 55 of Film Stories Magazine, which features 50 more questions on all kinds of subjects, including 1989 in films, movie addresses, and video game adaptations.
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