Something Wicked this way comes in this week’s film quiz, with 30 all-new film-related questions, some of them about witchy business…
A movie version of Wicked has been a long time coming down the yellow brick road and this week’s new release still only covers the first half of the smash-hit Broadway musical. Meanwhile, this week’s film quiz is themed around witches but there are also questions about werewolf and vampire movies, slasher-movie villains, found-footage horror… heck, it’s looking more like a Halloween quiz than some of our Halloween ones.
Once you’ve completed all three rounds of movie-related questions, 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 31 this week!) and give us any other lovely feedback. And your little dog too! Ahem. Sorry, that just slipped out…
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. 1974 – 50 years old this year, which horror franchise-starter stars Gunnar Hansen as Leatherface?
2. 1993 – Complete the title of the Mike Myers comedy: So I Married An…
3. 1984 – Born on 22nd November, who connects Ghost World, Don Jon, and Marriage Story, all released this week in years past?
4. 1967 – … and sharing the same birthday, which actor first starred opposite the answer to Q3 in 2012’s The Avengers?
5. 2012 – What is the full title of the fifth and final movie in The Twilight Saga?
6. 1992 – Who directed Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me?
7. 2007 – Which fantasy epic’s title character is played by both Ray Winstone and Alan Ritchson?
8. 1969 – Who plays US Marshal Rooster Cogburn in True Grit?
9. 2023 – Which 2001 song by Sophie Ellis Bextor returned to the UK Singles Chart Top 10 after it featured in Saltburn?
10. 1990 – Which horror threequel features a serial killer called the Gemini?
ROUND TWO – The Witching Round
Your next round is all about witches on film, from family-friendly fare to teen movies and even a couple of scary grown-up ones too…
11. Which Oscar winner plays Maleficent in Disney’s live-action Maleficent movies?
12. Which 1998 movie stars Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, and Dianne Wiest as witches?
13. Which DC Comics movie features an evil sorceress called Enchantress?
14. Which lion king battles the White Witch in The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe?
15. Which 1996 witch movie stars Winona Ryder: The Craft or The Crucible?
16. Which American town are 1993’s Hocus Pocus and its sequel set in?
17. Which actor plays witches in both The Witches Of Eastwick and Stardust?
18. Which Marvel Cinematic Universe movie features the first appearance of Wanda Maximoff, a.k.a. the Scarlet Witch?
19. 2020’s Earwig And The Witch is the first CG-animated feature by which animation studio?
20. “I’m scared to close my eyes, I’m scared to open them! We’re gonna die out here!” Which 1999 horror movie features this quote?
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. Which song from The Wizard Of Oz won an Oscar for Best Original Song in 1940?
22. Now streaming! What title connects a 2011 action movie starring Jason Statham and Apple’s new wartime drama starring Saoirse Ronan?
23. Who plays Max Payne in the 2008 video-game adaptation Max Payne?
24. In the news! Kevin Smith has announced he’s writing a sequel to which 1999 comedy?
25. Who plays Sandy Olsson in 1978’s Grease?
26. Which crime movie stars Kevin Costner, Andy Garcia, Charles Martin Smith, and Sean Connery as its title characters?
27. Sean Ambrose and Castor Troy are major characters in which 1998 action movie?
28. Which 2011 sci-fi thriller is named after a motion-picture film format?
29. “Anyone can cook” is a repeated quote from which animated movie?
30. And finally, there are two possible answers that could complete the sequence of answers starting in Q26, Q27, Q28, and Q29 – for a point each, name them. (2 points)
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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 52 of Film Stories Magazine, which features 50 all-new questions about billion-dollar blockbusters, the films of 1991, and the movies so good they named them twice!
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