Here are the answers to our quiz from 23rd February 2024 – how did you do?
1. Which comedy connects Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, and Mia Sara?
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
2. Who reprised his role as Detective Harry Callaghan in Sudden Impact?
Clint Eastwood (as in “Dirty” Harry)
3. In which American-language horror remake did Sadako become Samara?
The Ring
4. Born this week, whose first three film roles were in Altered States, E.T., and Firestarter?
Drew Barrymore
5. “Act like you own the place” is the tagline to which Best Picture Oscar winner?
Parasite
6. Which prison movie connects Clancy Brown, Morgan Freeman, and Tim Robbins?
The Shawshank Redemption
7. Who plays Coach Carter in Coach Carter?
Samuel L Jackson
8. The Skeksis and the Gelflings are creatures in which dark fantasy film?
The Dark Crystal
9. Also born this week, who directed 2022’s Nope?
Jordan Peele
10. “I eat Green Berets for breakfast” is a quote from which Arnold Schwarzenegger film?
Commando
11. Complete the title of the 2013 horror blockbuster: World War… what?
… Z
12. What codename does Will Smith’s character adopt in the Men In Black films?
J
13. In which high-school Shakespeare adaptation does Josh Hartnett play a character called Hugo?
O
14. The 2022 horror film Pearl is a prequel to which other 2022 horror film?
X
15. In which 1931 German thriller does Peter Lorre play Hans Beckert?
M
16. Which franchise character connects Desmond Llewellyn, John Cleese, and Ben Whishaw?
Q
17. Voiced by Hugo Weaving, which comic-book revolutionary dresses as Guy Fawkes in a 2006 movie?
V
18. In which movie does Josh Brolin play the 43rd President of the United States?
W.
19. In The Grand Budapest Hotel, Ralph Fiennes plays hotel concierge Gustave… what?
… H
20. Which UK film certificate did PG replace in 1982?
A
21. In which 2000 comedy does Adam Sandler play a son of Satan?
Little Nicky
22. Who was born earliest: Ryan Gosling or Ryan Reynolds?
Ryan Reynolds, by four years
23. How many John Wick feature films have been released to date?
4
24. “When You Believe” is a song from which 1990s animated musical?
The Prince Of Egypt
25. Which movie character connects Alex Hyde-White, Ioan Gruffudd, and Miles Teller?
Reed Richards/Mr Fantastic (in 1994’s unreleased Fantastic Four movie, the Fox movies of the 2000s, and the 2015 reboot, respectively – this week’s podcast features the former and the latter!)
26. Back in cinemas this week for its 48.5th anniversary, which comedy stars Graham Chapman as King Arthur?
Monty Python And The Holy Grail
27. Who connects the 2010s films The Iron Lady, The Lobster, and The Favourite?
Olivia Colman
28. Thomas O’Malley is a character in which Disney animated film?
The Aristocats
29. Which Frances Hodgson Burnett novel inspired a 1995 Alfonso Cuarón film of the same name: A Little Princess or The Secret Garden?
A Little Princess
30. And finally, in the news – Ludwig Göransson, Hoyte van Hoytema, and Jennifer Lame all won BAFTAs for their work on which 2023 film?
Oppenheimer (Best Original Score, Best Cinematography, and Best Editing, respectively)
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