Here are the answers to our quiz from 5th January 2024 – how did you do?
1. Which crime thriller connects Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, and Gwyneth Paltrow?
Seven
2. Born this week, who plays Kay Adams-Corleone in the Godfather trilogy?
Diane Keaton
3. In which Disney-backed adventure film does Nicolas Cage steal the United States Declaration of Independence?
National Treasure
4. Who plays Lt. Frank Bullitt in Bullitt?
Steve McQueen
5. Which horror comedy is named after the fear of spiders?
Arachnophobia, as in arachnophobia!
6. Which English monarch does Colin Firth play in 2010’s The King’s Speech?
King George VI
7. Also born this week, who made his acting debut as Big Chris in 1998’s Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels?
Vinnie Jones
8. Which California street is also the title of a surrealist mystery directed by David Lynch?
Mulholland Drive, as in Mulholland Drive
9. Who plays Lieutenant Commander Joanna Galloway in A Few Good Men?
Demi Moore
10. In cinemas now! Which new Blumhouse horror movie revolves around a family’s haunted backyard pool?
Night Swim
11. The 1921 silent comedy The Kid is the first feature directed by which actor?
Charlie Chaplin
12. 1960’s The Magnificent Seven is a remake of which 1954 Akira Kurosawa epic?
Seven Samurai
13. Which British actor connects the 100% films The Ladykillers, Kind Hearts And Coronets, and The Lavender Hill Mob?
Alec Guinness
14. Complete the title of the 1944 Christmas musical – Meet Me In… where?
… St Louis
15. To date, how many of the four Toy Story feature films have a 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes?
2 – at the time of writing, only Toy Story and Toy Story 2 have perfect scores
16. In what decade is The Terminator primarily set?
The 1980s
17. Who plays prison-camp inmate Luke Jackson in 1967’s Cool Hand Luke?
Paul Newman
18. The documentary Hearts Of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse is about the making of which 1979 film?
Apocalypse Now
19. Complete the title of the 1988 anime drama – Grave Of The… what?
… Fireflies
20. Norman Maine and Vicki Lester are movie star characters in which 1937 drama?
A Star Is Born
21. What subtitle connects prequels to Psycho, The Exorcist, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre?
“The Beginning”, as in Psycho: The Beginning, Exorcist: The Beginning, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
22. “One man’s struggle to take it easy” is the tagline for which 1980s comedy?
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
23. Who connects the 2020s films Army Of The Dead, Glass Onion, and Knock At The Cabin?
Dave Bautista
24. In the news! Disney’s Steamboat Willie is now in the public domain along with their portrayals of Mickey Mouse and which female character?
Minnie Mouse
25. Which 2011 comic book movie grossed more money at the worldwide box office: Green Lantern or The Green Hornet?
The Green Hornet, by approximately $9 million
26. What word goes before Blood, Cow, and Daughter to make the titles of three different movies?
First, as in First Blood, First Cow, and First Daughter
27. “Dodge, duck, dip, dive, and dodge” is a repeated quote from which 2000s comedy?
They’re the five D’s of dodgeball, in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
28. Who directed 1994’s Forrest Gump?
Robert Zemeckis
29. Which 1970s disaster movie connects the answers to questions 4 and 17 in this week’s quiz?
Steve McQueen and Paul Newman co-starred in The Towering Inferno
30. And finally, what is the full title of the second Highlander film, set in the far-off future of 2024?
Highlander II: The Quickening – incidentally, a film with a 0% Rotten Tomatoes score…
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