Quiz Answers: 1st December 2023 (Future Nostalgia)

Here are the answers to our quiz from 1st December 2023 – how did you do?

1. Who plays male model Derek Zoolander in Zoolander and its sequel?

Ben Stiller

2. Which Charles Dickens adaptation stars Helena Bonham Carter as Miss Havisham?

Great Expectations

3. Born this week, who plays Catwoman in both 2017’s The LEGO Batman Movie and 2022’s The Batman?

Zoë Kravitz

4. What natural event is also the title of a disaster movie originally presented in “Sensurround”: Earthquake or Volcano?

Earthquake

5. Hard Target is the English-language debut by which action movie director?

John Woo

6. The Thrombeys and the Cabreras are prominent characters in which murder mystery?

Knives Out

7. Complete the title of the comedy starring Steve Martin: Dead Men Don’t Wear… what?

… Plaid

8. Also born this week, who plays “Cockney” explosives expert Basher Tarr in Ocean’s Eleven and its sequels?

Don Cheadle

9. In which comedy does Will Ferrell play a character in Emma Thompson’s novel?

Stranger Than Fiction

10. Who connects the films Annette and House Of Gucci, both released in UK cinemas on the same day?

Both star Adam Driver

11. “I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that.” Which 1968 sci-fi movie features this quote?

2001: A Space Odyssey

12. Who plays satellite designer Jake Lawson in 2017’s Geostorm?

Gerard Butler

13. What is the name of Kurt Russell’s character in Escape From New York and Escape From LA?

Snake Plissken

14. The director’s cut of X-Men: Days Of Future Past is named The Rogue Cut, featuring which actor as Rogue?

Anna Paquin

15. According to Terminator 2: Judgement Day, the original date of Judgement Day is August 29th in what year?

1997

16. Which fictional 2015 sequel is advertised on the 3D marquee of Hill Valley’s cinema Back To The Future Part II?

Jaws 19

17. In District 9, which country is visited by a giant alien spaceship in 1982?

South Africa

18. Who plays mnemonic courier Johnny in 1995’s Johnny Mnemonic?

Keanu Reeves

19. Set in the 1980s, Futureworld is the sequel to which 1973 sci-fi western?

Westworld

20. The film 2012 depicts a prophesied apocalypse in December 2012, but in what year was it originally released?

2009

21. Which Clint Eastwood character’s surname is Callahan?

“Dirty” Harry, in Dirty Harry and its sequels

22. Back in cinemas this week for its 40th anniversary, which film connects Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Steven Bauer?

Scarface

23. Which filmmaking brothers directed There’s Something About Mary?

(Peter and Bobby) Farrelly

24. In cinemas this week! Renaissance is a new concert film starring which actor and music superstar?

Beyoncé Knowles

25. Which 2014 biographical drama goes before Hogs, Tales, and Things to make the titles of three other movies?

Wild, as in 2007’s Wild Hogs, 2014’s Wild Tales, and 1998’s Wild Things

26. Who was born earliest: Julia Roberts or Eric Roberts?

Eric Roberts, by 11 years

27. In the news! Ethan Hawke and director Scott Derrickson will return for a sequel to which 2022 Blumhouse horror movie?

The Black Phone – more on that here

28. Who connects the 1990s films The Cable Guy, Godzilla, and Election?

Matthew Broderick

29. “Somewhere Out There” is an Oscar-nominated song from which 1986 animated movie?

An American Tail

30. And finally, what comes next in this sequence: Fallen > Moon > Extinction > …?

Knight – these are the last words of the titles of Michael Bay’s Transformers sequels

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