Here are the answers to our quiz from 1st November 2024 – how did you do?
1. In cinemas now! Super/Man is a documentary about the life of which actor?
Christopher Reeve
2. Both celebrating birthdays today, Toni Collette and Alex Wolff co-starred in which A24-produced horror film?
Hereditary
3. Who won an Oscar for playing Lynn Bracken in L.A. Confidential?
Kim Basinger
4. In the news! Which Brat Pack movie is reportedly getting a belated sequel, with Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, and Emilio Estevez among the returning cast?
St Elmo’s Fire (more on that here)
5. Who plays Laura Mars in Eyes Of Laura Mars?
Faye Dunaway
6. Which US TV series was spun-off from a cult teen horror-comedy movie starring Kristy Swanson?
Buffy The Vampire Slayer
7. Who directed The Martian?
Ridley Scott
8. Mickey Rooney and Kurt Russell voice the title characters in which Disney animated film?
The Fox And The Hound
9. Also born this week, who connects the 1990s movies Flatliners, Hook, and Stepmom?
Julia Roberts
10. “Every piece has its puzzle.” Back in cinemas this week for its 20th anniversary, which horror franchise-starter used this tagline?
Saw
11. Still in cinemas! Who plays Donald Trump in 2024’s The Apprentice?
Sebastian Stan
12. Which US president’s death is the subject of a 1991 film starring Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, and Tommy Lee Jones?
John F. Kennedy, as in JFK
13. David Gordon Green’s feature directorial debut is named after which debut president?
George Washington, as in George Washington
14. In Spy, which president does Jason Statham’s character claim to have successfully impersonated in Congress?
Barack Obama
15. Which Richard Nixon actor was born earliest: Anthony Hopkins or Frank Langella?
Anthony Hopkins (by one day!!!)
16. According to a 2012 horror comedy, which president was a Vampire Hunter?
Abraham Lincoln
17. Which president does Sam Rockwell play in 2018’s Vice?
George W. Bush
18. In Wild Wild West, Kevin Kline plays the dual roles of Artemus Gordon and which president?
Ulysses S. Grant
19. Which president connects the films Love Is On The Air, Kings Row, and Bedtime For Bonzo?
Ronald Reagan acts in all of them
20. For a point each, name the two real-life presidents that have been played by Robin Williams on film. (2 points)
Theodore Roosevelt (in the Night At The Museum films) and Dwight D. Eisenhower (in The Butler)
21. Also in cinemas now! Juror #2 is reportedly the final film by which director?
Clint Eastwood
22. Which sci-fi drama connects Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, and Michael Sheen?
Passengers
23. Also in the news! An upcoming documentary about Hammer horror will use an AI-generated likeness of which actor: Peter Cushing or Christopher Lee?
Peter Cushing (more on that here)
24. What is the full title of the fourth Jaws movie?
Jaws: The Revenge
25. “Maniac” by Michael Sembello is featured on the soundtrack of which 1983 movie?
Flashdance
26. The character Randall Boggs first appeared in 1994’s Clerks: true or false?
False, he appeared in 2001’s Monsters Inc – the Clerks character is called Randal Graves
27. Who plays Zorro in 2005’s The Legend Of Zorro?
Antonio Banderas
28. Complete the title of the British kitchen-sink drama: Saturday Night And… what?
… Sunday Morning
29. Caryn Johnson is the real name of which Oscar-winning actor?
Whoopi Goldberg
30. And finally, in which movie do Oscar Isaac, Justin Timberlake, and Adam Driver sing an original song called “Please Mr Kennedy”?
Inside Llewyn Davis (“OUTER… SPACE!”)
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