Here are the answers to our quiz from 19th May 2023 – how did you do?
1. Who plays singer Sugar “Kane” Kowalczyk in Some Like It Hot?
Marilyn Monroe
2. The original Final Destination opens with a disaster on what mode of transport?
On an airplane
3. In cinemas now! Complete the title of the long-awaited YA novel adaptation: Are You There, God? It’s Me,… who?
… Margaret
4. Born this week, who plays Edward Cullen in the Twilight films?
Robert Pattinson
5. Which very un-Marvel mystery thriller connects Mysterio, Iron Man, and the Hulk?
Zodiac, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr, and Mark Ruffalo
6. Which crime movie was the first sequel to win the Oscar for Best Picture?
The Godfather Part II
7. Who plays US President Tom Beck in Deep Impact?
Morgan Freeman
8. Which Gareth Evans-directed action thriller follows an elite police squad through a high-rise apartment block in Jakarta?
The Raid
9. Also born this week, who wrote the screenplay for Mean Girls and plays teacher Ms Norbury in the film?
Tina Fey
10. Back in cinemas this week for its 40th anniversary, which Scottish comedy-drama connects Peter Riegert, Peter Capaldi, and Burt Lancaster?
Local Hero
11. Which 2019 comic-book movie’s title starts and ends with the letter X?
X-Men: Dark Phoenix
12. Jason Nesmith and Alexander Dane are actors from which fictional TV show in the movie of the same name?
Galaxy Quest, in Galaxy Quest
13. Who plays Jennifer Check in 2009’s Jennifer’s Body?
Megan Fox
14. Which 1980 musical fantasy connects Olivia Newton John, Gene Kelly, and Michael Beck?
Xanadu
15. What is the name of the secret agent played by Vin Diesel in the xXx franchise?
Xander Cage
16. Which US state does the movie slasher Leatherface come from?
Texas
17. Ava the android is a major character in which 2015 sci-fi film?
Ex Machina
18. Who plays Tarzan in 2016’s The Legend Of Tarzan?
Alexander Skarsgård
19. Which Friday The 13th sequel is set in outer space?
2002’s Jason X
20. “They murdered his family. Now he’s going to run them over!” Which 1979 action movie used this tagline?
Mad Max
21. The film 1984, starring John Hurt and Richard Burton, was released in the year 1984: true or false?
True!
22. In which country is the 2009 vampire movie Let The Right One In set?
Sweden
23. Who directed and acted in the films The Lady From Shanghai, Touch Of Evil, and The Trial?
Orson Welles
24. Singer, actor, and recent Oscar nominee Robyn Fenty uses her middle name as her stage name – what is it?
Rihanna
25. Also in cinemas now! The Other Fellow is a new documentary about people who have the same name as which iconic movie hero?
James Bond
26. In the news! Who returns as mercenary Tyler Rake in Netflix’s upcoming action sequel Extraction 2: Chris Evans or Chris Hemsworth?
Chris Hemsworth
27. How many Independence Day movies have been released to date?
2 – the 1996 original and 2016’s Resurgence
28. What word goes after Buffalo, Small, and Toy to make the titles of three different movies?
Soldiers, as in 2001’s Buffalo Soldiers, 1998’s Small Soldiers, and 1991’s Toy Soldiers
29. Which Lynyrd Skynyrd song lent its title to a 2002 romantic comedy starring Reese Witherspoon?
“Sweet Home Alabama”, as in Sweet Home Alabama
30. And finally, what is the title of the 2022 prequel to the Ti West-directed horror movie, X?
Pearl
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