Here are the answers to our quiz from 21st June 2024 – how did you do?
1. “The greatest fairy tale never told” is the tagline for which animated movie?
Shrek
2. Who plays Dr Stanley Goodspeed in The Rock?
Nicolas Cage
3. In cinemas now! Which drama connects Austin Butler, Jodie Comer, and Tom Hardy?
The Bikeriders
4. Born this week, who plays Fred Flintstone in 1994’s The Flintstones?
John Goodman
5. Which Charlton Heston sci-fi movie is named after a fictional futuristic foodstuff?
Soylent Green, as in Soylent Green, as in… well, we won’t spoil that one!
6. Bride Of Chucky is the fourth instalment in which slasher movie franchise?
Child’s Play
7. Who plays Barry Allen, a.k.a. The Flash in The Flash?
Ezra Miller
8. Which of these films was directed by Alfred Hitchcock: The Man Who Knew Too Much or The Man Who Knew Too Little?
The Man Who Knew Too Much (the other was a 1997 spy parody starring Bill Murray)
9. Horus, Set, and Thoth are among the title characters of which action fantasy?
Gods Of Egypt
10. Also born this week, which American actor connects the current top three highest-grossing movies of all time at the worldwide box office?
Zoe Saldaña is in both Avatar movies and Avengers: Infinity War
11. Who directed 1973’s The Exorcist?
William Friedkin
12. … And what is the full title of the 2023 Exorcist legacyquel directed by David Gordon Green?
The Exorcist: Believer
13. Which “bio-exorcist” is the subject of a 1988 supernatural comedy, soon to be seen in a new sequel?
Beetlejuice!
14. What title connects a 1979 horror film starring James Brolin and its 2005 remake starring Ryan Reynolds?
The Amityville Horror
15. In 2015’s The Witch, what type of animal is Black Phillip?
He’s a goat
16. In Ghostbusters, what is the name of the entity that possesses Dana: the Keymaster or the Gatekeeper?
The Gatekeeper (The Keymaster possesses Rick Moranis’ Louis)
17. Who plays John Constantine in Constantine?
Keanu Reeves
18. The movies Dogma, Stigmata, and End Of Days all feature possession scenes and were all released in what year?
1999
19. Complete the title of the supernatural legal drama: The Exorcism Of Emily… who?
… Rose
20. In which demon horror franchise has Patrick Wilson both acted and directed a movie: Insidious or The Conjuring?
Insidious (he directed and starred in 2023’s The Red Door)
21. In the news! Screening in UK cinemas tonight, The Legend Of Ruby Sunday and Empire Of Death are episodes of which long-running TV show?
Doctor Who
22. In which Disney animated film does Mickey Mouse play a sorcerer’s apprentice?
Fantasia
23. The films Sunset Boulevard, Mulholland Drive, and Lakeview Terrace are all set in which US city?
Los Angeles
24. Who was born earliest: Adam Sandler or Drew Barrymore?
Adam Sandler, by nine years
25. … And on a related note, which 2014 film comes next in this sequence: The Wedding Singer > 50 First Dates > … ?
Blended marked the third collaboration between Sandler and Barrymore
26. Also in the news! How many Lethal Weapon films have been released to date?
Four (with a fifth allegedly on the way – more on that here)
27. Following its film festival premiere in 2000, the British coming-of-age movie Dancer was renamed after which title character?
Billy Elliot, as in Billy Elliot
28. Who connects the 2005 films Fantastic Four, Into The Blue, and Sin City?
Jessica Alba
29. Which Celine Dion song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1998?
“My Heart Will Go On”, from Titanic
30. And finally, in which 1980s psychological horror does Robert De Niro play Louis Cyphre?
Angel Heart (we’re not spoiling that one either)
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