Here are the answers to our quiz from 22nd September 2023 – how did you do?
1. Escape From L.A. is the sequel to which 1981 sci-fi adventure?
Escape From New York
2. Who plays hitman passenger Vincent in Collateral?
Tom Cruise
3. Back in cinemas this week, which horror movie marks the first screen appearance of “Pinhead” and the Cenobites?
Hellraiser
4. Which historical figure is the subject of the Horrible Histories spin-off comedy Bill?
William Shakespeare
5. Born this week, who connects the 2000s comedies Charlie’s Angels, Legally Blonde, and Old School?
Luke Wilson
6. According to its tagline, which comedy “Does for rock and roll what The Sound Of Music did for hills”?
This Is Spinal Tap
7. In The Omen, Damien has a distinctive birthmark shaped like what numbers?
666 (or three sixes)
8. Which future Oscar winner received her first Best Actress nomination for playing Ree in Winter’s Bone?
Jennifer Lawrence
9. The Proteus is a microscopic submarine in which classic sci-fi film?
Fantastic Voyage
10. Also born this week, who directed, wrote, and starred in the 2019 British film Rare Beasts?
Billie Piper
11. Bride Of Chucky is the fourth film (and the first not to use the same title) in which horror movie series?
Child’s Play
12. Who plays Lady Thor in Thor: Love And Thunder?
Natalie Portman
13. The Doof Warrior is a character in which Oscar-worthy fourth instalment?
Mad Max: Fury Road (he’s the fellow with the flame-throwing guitar)
14. Who plays Aaron Cross in The Bourne Legacy?
Jeremy Renner, a.k.a. the Bourne Lazenby!
15. Released in 1997, the fourth Vacation movie is set in which US city?
Las Vegas, as in Vegas Vacation
16. What is the full title of the fourth Superman movie starring Christopher Reeve?
Superman IV: The Quest For Peace
17. Who directed 2011’s Scream 4?
Wes Craven
18. What is the name of Yahya Abdul-Mateen II’s character in The Matrix Resurrections?
Morpheus (but not that one)
19. Later an Oscar winner, who plays Julie Pierce, the next karate kid in The Next Karate Kid?
Hilary Swank
20. What comes fourth in this sequence – Ocean’s Eleven > Ocean’s Twelve > Ocean’s Thirteen > …?
Ocean’s 8 is the fourth film in the series
21. Which 2010 British comedy’s poster depicts an explosive device strapped to a crow?
Four Lions
22. Who was born earliest – Tom Hanks or Meg Ryan?
Tom Hanks, by 5 years
23. Which 1998 fantasy romance connects Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, and Dianne Wiest?
Practical Magic
24. The American music group Quad City DJs provided the title song for which 1996 animated comedy?
Space Jam
25. DIVERSE IDEAL is an anagram of which 2023 horror movie title?
Evil Dead Rise
26. What word goes after Cutthroat, Fantasy, and Shutter to make the titles of three different movies?
Island, as in Cutthroat Island, Fantasy Island, and Shutter Island
27. Miranda Priestley is a major character in which 2006 comedy-drama?
The Devil Wears Prada
28. Who plays Pluto Nash in 2002’s The Adventures Of Pluto Nash?
Eddie Murphy
29. In the news! Samuel L. Jackson, Sylvester Stallone, and the Muppets have all starred in UK TV adverts for which company?
Warburtons (and Jackson’s is a doozy)
30. And finally, for a point each, name the four actors who play the title characters in 2015’s Fant4stic, a.k.a. Fantastic 4? (4 points)
Miles Teller, Kata Mara, Michael B. Jordan, and Jamie Bell
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