Here are the answers to our quiz from 12th April 2024 – how did you do?
1. “What if Peter Pan grew up?” Which movie has this tagline?
Hook
2. Which action movie star voices baby Mikey in Look Who’s Talking and its sequel?
Bruce Willis
3. Which South American city lends its name to a Blue Sky animated movie and its sequel?
Rio (and Rio 2)
4. Born this week, Saoirse Ronan is a four-time Oscar nominee. For a point each, name all four films. (4 points)
Atonement, Brooklyn, Lady Bird, and Little Women
5. Charting the history of Factory Records, 24 Hour Party People is set in and around which English city?
Manchester
6. Which German U-boat thriller’s title translates to “The Boat” in English?
Das Boot
7. “Peaches” by Jack Black is a UK top 40 hit single from the soundtrack of which animated movie?
The Super Mario Bros Movie
8. Also born this week, who plays casino mogul Terry Benedict in Ocean’s Eleven, Twelve, and Thirteen?
Andy Garcia
9. Which romantic comedy connects Holly Hunter, Albert Brooks, and William Hurt?
Broadcast News
10. In Shaun Of The Dead, what is the name of Shaun’s local pub?
The Winchester
11. Kirsten Dunst and her real-life husband Jesse Plemons both received their first acting Oscar nominations for which 2021 Western?
The Power Of The Dog
12. What is Mary Jane’s surname in the Spider-Man movies?
Watson
13. Which movie takes place in the world of competitive cheerleading: Bring It On or Get Over It?
Bring It On
14. In Hidden Figures, Vivian Mitchell works at which US government organisation?
NASA
15. Dunst voices a junior-witch-turned-courier in the English-language dub of which Studio Ghibli film?
Kiki’s Delivery Service
16. Which 1995 movie stars Dunst, Robin Williams, Bonnie Hunt, and Bebe Neuwirth?
Jumanji
17. In which 2004 romantic comedy does Dunst play tennis player Lizzie Bradbury?
Wimbledon
18. Which director connects The Virgin Suicides, Marie Antoinette, and The Beguiled?
Sofia Coppola
19. Complete the title of the 2016 sci-fi film: Midnight… what?
… Special
20. In which 1994 movie does Dunst play a 40-something girl called Claudia?
Interview With The Vampire
21. As of 2024, the titles of the top three all-time highest-grossing movies worldwide all start with what two letters of the alphabet?
A and V (as in Avatar, Avengers: Endgame, and Avatar: The Way Of Water)
22. Whose 1970s acting roles include Harry Caul, Popeye Doyle, and Lex Luthor?
Gene Hackman
23. In the news! Over at Netflix, David Fincher is reportedly remaking which 1951 Alfred Hitchcock film?
Strangers On A Train (read more about that here)
24. Who was born earliest: Bill Murray or Bill Nighy?
Bill Nighy, by less than a year!
25. How many Rocky movies were released in the 1980s?
2 – 1982’s Rocky III and 1985’s Rocky IV
26. Parker and Barrow are the surnames of which 1967 movie’s title characters?
Bonnie And Clyde
27. Who connects the 2010s sequels Mad Max: Fury Road, The Huntsman: Winter’s War, and Fast & Furious 8?
Charlize Theron
28. In which horror comedy does Michael J. Fox play ghost hunter Frank Bannister?
The Frighteners
29. Who plays Robin Hood in 1938’s The Adventures Of Robin Hood?
Errol Flynn
30. And finally, which 2003 drama’s title comprises a 1986 movie starring Bob Hoskins and a 2022 horror film that has a sequel due out this year?
Mona Lisa Smile, as in 1986’s Mona Lisa and 2022’s Smile
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