This week’s film quiz features questions about silent-era classics, dialogue-lite movies, and even the occasional out-loud quote.
After last week’s widespread reports of rubbish cinema behaviour during Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’s bumper opening weekend, this week’s Speak No Evil would quite an extreme response to the offenders. Still, it’s as good a springboard as any for some questions about silent movies, or at least the characters and actors who don’t have much to say on screen, in this week’s film quiz.
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. And remember… SHUSH.
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. 2006 – Which road comedy stars Alan Arkin, Greg Kinnear, and Abigail Breslin as three generations of the Hoover family?
2. 1998 – Who plays Private James Francis Ryan in Saving Private Ryan?
3. 2022 – Which nursery rhyme lyric is also the title of a comedy mystery starring Sam Rockwell and Saoirse Ronan?
4. 1981 – Born this week, Jennifer Hudson won an Oscar for playing Effie White in which 2006 movie musical?
5. 2004 – Who plays female news anchor Veronica Corningstone in Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy and its sequel?
6. 1996 – What is the full title of the sequel to 1981’s Escape From New York?
7. 1984 – “Tonight I’m Gonna Rock You Tonight” is a song from which rock mockumentary?
8. 1951 – Also born this week, who connects the 1990s films Bad Boys, The Fugitive, and The Matrix?
9. 2013 – Which “Die Hard in the White House” action movie was directed by Roland Emmerich: Olympus Has Fallen or White House Down?
10. 1982 – “It’s too bad she won’t live. But then again, who does?” Which sci-fi film (usually) ends with this quote?
ROUND TWO – No Talking During The Film Quiz
Next, James McAvoy has plenty of dialogue in Speak No Evil, but here are some other questions about silent movies, silent-era stars, and other dialogue-lite business.
11. George Valentin is the title character in which Best Picture Oscar winner?
12. In Buster Keaton’s The General, who or what is the General?
13. Who plays fictional silent-movie star Nellie LaRoy in 2022’s Babylon?
14. Which elephant is the first non-verbal protagonist of a Disney animated feature?
15. 1925’s The Pleasure Garden is the debut feature by which British director?
16. Complete the title of the 2024 slapstick comedy – Hundreds Of… what?
17. The character Silent Bob first appeared in which 1994 comedy?
18. Who plays real-life silent-movie star Charlie Chaplin in 1992’s Chaplin?
19. The 2012 Spanish film Blancanieves is a black-and-white silent adaptation of which Brothers Grimm fairy tale?
20. They have more dialogue than you’d think, but how many A Quiet Place movies have been released to date?
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. The sequel to The Hustler is called Hustlers: true or false?
22. Which UK Prime Minister does Michael Sheen play in The Queen?
23. Which 1975 film connects Sean Connery, Michael Caine, and Christopher Plummer?
24. 1990’s The Two Jakes is a sequel to which 1974 drama?
25. “The movie was fake. The mission was real.” Which 2012 drama used this tagline?
26. Who connects the 1980s movies Coming To America, Conan The Barbarian, and Return Of The Jedi?
27. Which German composer is also the name of a dog in a family comedy franchise?
28. Who plays Madame Web in 2024’s Madame Web?
29. What colour goes after Soldier, Perfect, and Betty to make the titles of three different movies?
30. And finally – in cinemas now, Speak No Evil is a British-American remake of a 2022 psychological horror thriller made in which country?
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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 51 of Film Stories Magazine, which features 50 questions about 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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