Here are the answers to our quiz from 28th June 2024 – how did you do?
1. In cinemas now! What is the full title of the new prequel to A Quiet Place?
A Quiet Place: Day One
2. Born this week, who won acting Oscars for Kramer Vs Kramer, Sophie’s Choice, and The Iron Lady?
Meryl Streep
3. In which action thriller does Sylvester Stallone play Gabe Walker?
Cliffhanger
4. Who plays the bride of Frankenstein in Bride Of Frankenstein?
Elsa Lanchester
5. In Splash, what is the name of the mermaid played by Daryl Hannah?
Madison
6. Which action thriller is the highest-grossing zombie movie of all time worldwide?
World War Z
7. Also born this week, who founded the production company Brooksfilm?
Mel Brooks
8. Which religious artefact is the subject of Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade?
The Holy Grail
9. Morgan Freeman is one of only two actors who feature in both Bruce Almighty and Evan Almighty: who is the other?
Steve Carell, who plays Evan in both movies
10. What breed of dog is also the title of a World War II thriller written by and starring Tom Hanks?
Greyhound, as in Greyhound
11. Emma Stone has two acting Oscars for two different films, but which made more at the worldwide box office: La La Land or Poor Things?
La La Land ($472 million vs Poor Things’ $117 million)
12. Which 2007 comedy marked Stone’s film acting debut: Knocked Up or Superbad?
Superbad
13. Who plays Stone’s character’s father in Easy A: Thomas Haden Church or Stanley Tucci?
Stanley Tucci (Haden Church plays her teacher)
14. In which movie does Stone play Estella von Hellman: Cruella or The Favourite?
Cruella
15. As of 2024, Stone has never played a real-life figure in a movie: true or false?
False, on several counts – she plays Abigail Hill in The Favourite, Billie Jean King in Battle Of The Sexes, and herself in The Interview.
16. Which movie features a villain called Curt Connors: The Amazing Spider-Man or The Amazing Spider-Man 2?
He’s the Lizard in The Amazing Spider-Man
17. What is the subtitle of the second Zombieland movie: A New Age or Double Tap?
Double Tap (A New Age is the sequel to The Croods, also starring Stone)
18. What Muppet is also Stone’s character’s nickname in The Help: Scooter or Skeeter?
Skeeter, as in Eugenia “Skeeter” Phelan
19. In which of 2011’s casual-sex comedies did Stone make a cameo appearance: No Strings Attached or Friends With Benefits?
Friends With Benefits (also directed by Easy A’s Will Gluck)
20. To date, who has co-starred with Stone the most times: Ryan Gosling or Jesse Eisenberg?
Ryan Gosling, in La La Land, Gangster Squad, and Crazy Stupid Love (Eisenberg is in the two Zombieland movies)
21. Back in cinemas now! “I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore” is a repeated quote from which 1976 drama?
Network
22. Which horror author wrote and directed 1987’s Hellraiser?
Clive Barker
23. What title connects a 1961 film starring Hayley Mills and a 1998 remake starring Lindsay Lohan?
The Parent Trap
24. Who plays Amélie Poulain in 2001’s Amélie?
Audrey Tautou
25. The Marvel Cinematic Universe films Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk were both released in what year?
2008
26. Who plays clergymen in the films Wonka, Keeping Mum, and Four Weddings And A Funeral?
Rowan Atkinson
27. What goes after Doc and before Homicide to make the titles of two different movies?
Hollywood, as in 1991’s Doc Hollywood and 2003’s Hollywood Homicide
28. “A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes” is a song from which Disney animated film?
Cinderella
29. What animal connects the 2024 movies No Way Up, Something In The Water, and Under Paris?
They’re all about sharks
30. And finally, we’re almost halfway through the year – which sequel is the highest-grossing film of 2024 so far at the worldwide box office?
Inside Out 2 (already!)
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