Here are the answers to our quiz from 20th October 2023 – how did you do?
1. Born this week, which action movie star plays himself in the 2008 crime drama JCVD?
Jean-Claude Van Damme
2. In which film does Patrick Swayze play Johnny Castle?
Dirty Dancing
3. In cinemas now! What is the full title of the third Trolls movie?
Trolls Band Together
4. In The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert, what form of transport is Priscilla?
She’s a bus
5. “Who will save you from yourself?” Which Will Smith action movie has this tagline?
Gemini Man
6. Which major movie studio was founded by brothers Walter and Roy on 100 years ago this week?
Disney
7. Who directed Stardust?
Matthew Vaughn
8. Complete the title of the British crime drama – The Cook, The Thief, His Wife And… ?
… Her Lover
9. Which fantasy adventure stars Dennis Quaid as an English knight and Sean Connery as the last creature of his kind?
Dragonheart
10. Also born this week, who plays Ilsa Faust in the Mission: Impossible movies?
Rebecca Ferguson
11. Which Martin Scorsese movie shares its name with a UK frozen pizza brand?
Goodfellas
12. Which fictional mental facility is the setting of a 2010 psychological horror film?
Shutter Island, in Shutter Island
13. Who plays upstart pool hustler Vincent Lauria in 1986’s The Color Of Money?
Tom Cruise
14. Aspiring late-night star Rupert Pupkin is the main character in which 1983 film?
The King Of Comedy
15. According to the title of a 1974 movie, who Doesn’t Live Here Anymore?
Alice, as in Alice Doesn’t Live Here Any More
16. In which US city is The Departed set?
Boston
17. Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum both appear in Scorsese’s 1991 remake of which 1962 thriller?
Cape Fear
18. Which British comedy star plays Aunt Emma in The Wolf Of Wall Street?
Joanna Lumley
19. What is Nicolas Cage’s character’s occupation in Bringing Out The Dead?
He’s a paramedic/ambulance driver
20. Including Killers Of The Flower Moon, which actor has Scorsese worked with more times to date: Robert De Niro or Leonardo DiCaprio?
De Niro has appeared in 10 Scorsese movies, and DiCaprio has been in 6
21. In the news! Which singer’s Eras Tour concert movie topped the worldwide box office last weekend?
Taylor Swift
22. In which comedy franchise does Shannon Elizabeth play Nadia?
American Pie
23. Who provides the voice of Mr Fox in 2009’s Fantastic Mr Fox?
George Clooney
24. What colour goes before Steel, Hawaii, and Beetle to make the titles of three other movies?
Blue, as in 1990’s Blue Steel, 1961’s Blue Hawaii, and 2023’s Blue Beetle
25. “I’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore” is a repeated quote from which 1976 satire?
Network
26. Also in the news! Which animation studio’s new feature The Boy And The Heron is due in UK cinemas on Boxing Day?
Studio Ghibli
27. Who plays the 30-year-old version of teenager Jenna Rink, in 13 Going On 30?
Jennifer Garner
28. As of 2023, how many movies in the Alien franchise are directed by Ridley Scott?
3 (Alien, Prometheus, and Alien: Covenant)
29. Which Pixar film goes after Blow, Step, and Knocked to make the titles of three other films?
Up, as in 1966’s Blow-Up, 2006’s Step Up, and 2007’s Knocked Up
30. And finally, which of the Archers directed the 1960 horror film and Scorsese favourite, Peeping Tom – Michael Powell or Emeric Pressburger?
Michael Powell
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