Here are the answers to our quiz from 26th January 2024 – how did you do?
1. In which film do Kate Winslet and Gloria Stuart play the same character at different ages?
They both play Rose in Titanic
2. Born this week, which singer duetted with Jack White on “Another Way To Die”, the theme song from Quantum Of Solace?
Alicia Keys
3. Which Hollywood drama connects Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, and Tobey Maguire?
Babylon
4. Who plays teenage werewolf Scott Howard in Teen Wolf?
Michael J Fox
5. In the news! Which British gangster movie has a streaming prequel series on Paramount+ this week?
Sexy Beast
6. What is the name of the fish voiced by Ellen DeGeneres (also born this week) in Finding Nemo and its sequel?
Dory, as in Finding Dory
7. In which film does Alicia Vikander play an android called Ava?
Ex Machina
8. Which western connects Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, and Bill Paxton?
Tombstone
9. Who directed Big Fish?
Tim Burton
10. “When he pours, he reigns.” Which film has this frankly unimprovable tagline?
Cocktail
11. Complete the title of the 2007 movie: Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber Of… where?
… Fleet Street
12. Which 2019 movie musical connects pop stars Jason Derulo, Jennifer Hudson, and Taylor Swift?
Cats
13. Who plays Fanny Brice in Funny Girl and its sequel? And for a bonus point, what is the title of the sequel? (2 points)
Barbra Streisand, and the sequel is called Funny Lady
14. Donna Sheridan is a major character in which stage musical, later a 2008 movie?
Mamma Mia!
15. With eight wins, which 1972 movie musical won the most Oscars without also winning Best Picture?
Cabaret (The Godfather scooped the top prize)
16.Who plays Inspector Javert in 2012’s Les Misérables?
Russell Crowe
17. In Grease, Sandy Olsson moves to America from which country?
Australia
18. Nathan Detroit is a major character in which stage musical, later a 1955 movie?
Guys And Dolls
19. Which action movie star plays the Phantom in 2004’s The Phantom Of The Opera?
Gerard Butler
20. “96,000”, “Blackout”, and “Carnaval del Barrio” are songs from which 2021 movie musical?
In The Heights
21. Who plays Billy Elliot in Billy Elliot?
Jamie Bell
22. Which movie’s soundtrack features “Can You Picture That?” by Dr Teeth and The Electric Mayhem?
The Muppet Movie
23. What word goes after Horror, Midnight, and Pineapple to make the names of three different movies?
Express, as in 1972’s Horror Express, 1978’s Midnight Express, and 2008’s Pineapple Express
24. Which Avenger and current Oscar nominee was born earliest: Robert Downey Jr or Mark Ruffalo?
Robert Downey Jr, by two years
25. In which English city is 1971’s Get Carter set?
Newcastle
26. Who comes next in this sequence: Noomi Rapace > Rooney Mara > … ?
Claire Foy (who plays Lisbeth Salander in The Girl In The Spider’s Web)
27. Operation Kino is a major plot point in which war movie?
Inglourious Basterds
28. In 1969’s Easy Rider, what is the name of Peter Fonda’s motorcycle: Iron Man or Captain America?
Captain America
29. Who connects the 2010s sci-fi films Attack The Block, Pacific Rim: Uprising, and Star Wars: The Last Jedi?
John Boyega
30. And finally, following the success of The Producers, which 1974 comedy did Mel Brooks adapt into a 2007 Broadway musical: Blazing Saddles or Young Frankenstein?
Young Frankenstein
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