Here are the answers to our quiz from 19th April 2024 – how did you do?
1. ”Pop quiz, hot shot!” Back in cinemas this week for its 30th anniversary, which action movie features this repeated line?
Speed
2. Born this week, who plays dual roles as Lumpy the cook and the title character in 2005’s King Kong?
Andy Serkis
3. Which romantic comedy connects Melanie Griffith, Sigourney Weaver, and Harrison Ford?
Working Girl
4. Who plays Ivan Locke, the only character on-screen in the car-bound drama Locke?
Tom Hardy
5. The Magnificent Seven is an American-language remake of which Akira Kurosawa film?
Seven Samurai
6. Now streaming! Amazon’s The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare is the latest movie by which British director?
Guy Ritchie
7. Also born this week, who plays Alanna Mitsopolis, a.k.a. the White Widow, in the Mission: Impossible movies?
Vanessa Kirby
8. The zombified Buckner family are prominent characters in which horror movie?
The Cabin In The Woods
9. What comes before Sunset and Midnight in a trilogy of romantic dramas?
Sunrise, as in Before Sunrise
10. Which singer and actor plays the title character in Queen Of The Damned?
Aaliyah
11. What name connects the film actors Brody, Driver, and Scott?
… Adam
12. What type of animal is Bagheera in Disney’s The Jungle Book?
… Panther
13. The 1950s films We’re No Angels, Stalag 17, and The Holly & The Ivy all revolve around which annual occasion?
… Christmas
14. Complete the 2017 sequel directed by Michael Bay – Transformers: The Last…
… Knight
15. Which 2021 drama stars Jason Isaacs and Martha Plimpton as the parents of a high-school shooting victim?
… Mass
16. What is the name of William Sadler’s character in the Bill & Ted movies?
… Death
17. What type of animal are the Aardman characters Timmy, Shirley, and Nuts?
… Sheep
18. Complete the title of the 2015 movie directed by Ron Howard – In The Heart Of The…
… Sea
19. In the Twilight movies, what is Bella’s surname?
… Swan
20. In 1977’s Sorcerer, what dangerous cargo do Roy Scheider and his colleagues transport across South America?
… Dynamite
21. “The mission is a man.” Which 1998 movie has this tagline?
Saving Private Ryan
22. In cinemas now! Alisha Weir plays Abigail in this week’s new release Abigail – in which 2022 musical did she also play the title character?
Matilda: The Musical
23. Who connects the 1990s films Quiz Show, Strange Days, and The End Of The Affair?
Ralph Fiennes
24. What is the name of Hiccup’s Night Fury dragon in the How To Train Your Dragon movies?
Toothless
25. In the news! Which Oscar-winning actor requested a death scene where he “shrinks” and “explodes” in his most recent Marvel movie appearance?
Michael Douglas, in Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania (read more about that here)
26. Which historical action epic connects Alexander Skarsgård, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Nicole Kidman?
The Northman
27. Who plays Barbarella in 1968’s Barbarella?
Jane Fonda
28. How many of the five Dirty Harry movies were directed by Clint Eastwood?
1 – just the fourth instalment, 1983’s Sudden Impact
29. Also in the news! What name connects a horse in Disney’s Tangled and the winning horse in this year’s Grand National?
Maximus, as in “I Am Maximus”
30. … And finally, who won a Best Actor Oscar for playing a character of the same name as Q29, in a film that has a sequel out this year?
Russell Crowe. in Gladiator
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