Here are the answers to our quiz from 3rd November 2023 – how did you do?
1. An American Werewolf In Paris is the sequel to which 1981 horror movie?
An American Werewolf In London
2. In Borat and its sequel, which country does Borat Sagdiyev originally come from?
Kazakhstan
3. Born this week, who plays nightclub singer Willie Scott in Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom?
Kate Capshaw
4. Which character connects Jon Hamm in a crime comedy and Chevy Chase in a 1980s franchise of the same name?
Fletch, in 2022’s Confess, Fletch, 1985’s Fletch, and 1989’s Fletch Wins
5. Complete the title of Dick Van Dyke’s musical feature film debut: Bye Bye… what?
… Birdie
6. Which 1999 horror film has a sequel subtitled Book Of Shadows?
The Blair Witch Project
7. Which submarine action-thriller marked Denzel Washington’s first film with director Tony Scott?
Crimson Tide
8. In which film does Matthew McConaughey play NASA pilot Joseph Cooper?
Interstellar
9. Also born this week, who connects the 1990s films Muriel’s Wedding, Velvet Goldmine, and The Sixth Sense?
Toni Collette
10. Which Clint Eastwood crime mystery thriller might a funambulist enjoy?
Tightrope (a funambulist is a tightrope walker)
11. Which film beat All The President’s Men, Bound For Glory, Network, and Taxi Driver to win the Best Picture Oscar in 1977?
Rocky
12. Bryan Mills is the main character in which action franchise?
Taken
13. What surname connects the film actors Elizabeth, Jonathan, and Morwenna?
Banks, as in Elizabeth Banks, Jonathan Banks, and Morwenna Banks
14. “Get ready for rush hour” is the tagline to which 1994 action film?
Speed
15. What five-letter word goes before Death, Magic, and Sheep to make the titles of at least three different movies?
Black, as in Black Death, Black Magic, and Black Sheep
16. Which film controversially beat Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Good Night And Good Luck, and Munich to win the Best Picture Oscar in 2006?
Crash
17. What first name connects the directors Berg, Strickland, and Weir?
Peter, as in Peter Berg, Peter Strickland, and Peter Weir
18. In which 2003 Disney film does Shia LaBeouf play Stanley Yelnats IV?
Holes
19. What title connects a 1997 martial-arts action movie, a 2011 neo-noir crime drama, and a 2019 Hindi heist thriller?
Drive
20. According to a famous movie theme song, “who’s the Black private dick that’s a sex machine to all the chicks?”
Shaft! (You’re damn right)
21. On sale now! Which actor connects two new Film Stories Blu-ray releases, 1987’s No Way Out and 1988’s Bull Durham?
Kevin Costner (more about those Blu-ray releases here)
22. “Not my tempo” is a repeated quote from which 2014 drama?
Whiplash
23. What is the full title of the third Blade movie?
Blade: Trinity
24. What colour connects a 1964 film starring Sean Connery, a 1974 film starring Roger Moore, and a 1995 film starring Pierce Brosnan?
Gold, as in Goldfinger, The Man With The Golden Gun, and GoldenEye
25. Who is older – Kevin Smith or Will Smith (no relation)?
Will Smith, by two years
26. What title connects a 1963 movie starring Jerry Lewis and a 1996 remake starring Eddie Murphy?
The Nutty Professor
27. Who plays Chev Chelios in Crank and its sequel?
Jason Statham
28. What is the name of the superhero fashion designer in the Incredibles movies?
Edna Mode
29. Which member of the Beatles does Aaron Taylor-Johnson play in 2009’s Nowhere Boy?
John Lennon
30. And finally, what year is the destination for the DeLorean’s first trip through time in Back To The Future?
1985 – Doc Brown’s dog Einstein travels one minute forward in time before Marty McFly takes the car back to 1955. Happy Friday, everybody!
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