The Film Magazine Issue 1 Quiz Questions and Answers

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ONE

1. Which movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock was the first to ever show a lavatory being flushed?
   A: Psycho
2. Which famous movie director co-wrote the screenplay for Stuart Little?
   A: M. Night Shyamalan
3. A James Bond actor has made a cameo as a stormtrooper in Star Wars – but which one?
   A: Daniel Craig
4. Which actor accidentally broke their toe kicking a helmet whilst filming The Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers (2002)?
   A: Viggo Mortensen
5. What was the name given to the cultural event when Barbie (2023) and Oppenheimer (2023) were released on the same day?
   A: Barbenheimer
6. Which 90s heartthrob made his acting comeback (and won the oscar for best actor) in The Whale (2022)?
   A/. Brendan Fraser
7. Name both of the actors who star as step-siblings in Step Brothers (2008)?
   A: Will Ferrel and John C. Reilly
8. In which year was the British classic The Full Monty released?
   A: 1997
9. What is the name of Elle Woods’ dog in Legally Blonde (2001)?
   A: Bruiser Woods
10. How many Spider-people form the team in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)?
    A: 6 (7 if you count Peni Parker and her robot as separate people)
11. In Puss in Boots (2011) and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022), what is the name of Puss’s feline friend, voiced by Salma Hayek?
    A: Kitty Softpaws
12. Which popular role-playing game was adapted into a movie in 2023?
    A: Dungeons and Dragons
13. Which movie musical features songs such as “Make ‘Em Laugh” and “Good Morning”?
    A: Singin’ in the Rain
14. Name two actors to have portrayed the role of the Joker in the mainline DC universe?
    A: Jack Nicholson, Heath Ledger, Jared Leto, Joaquin Phoenix, Barry Keoghan, Cesar Romero, Zack Galifianakis
15. According to Shrek, Ogres are like what?
    A: Onions

TWO

1. In Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), what is the name of Indiana Jones’s rival who also searches for the Ark of the Covenant?
   A: René Belloq
2. What is the name of the saber-toothed tiger in Ice Age (2002)?
   A: Diego
3. Alfonso Cuarón’s semi-autobiographical film Roma (2018) is set in which city?
   A: Mexico City
4. In Blade Runner (1982), what is the name of the company that created the replicants?
   A: The Tyrell Corporation
5. Which child finds the first golden ticket in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)?
   A: Augustus Gloop.
6. In Titanic (1997), Rose asks Jack to paint her like what?
   A: One of his French girls
7. Which film chronicles the real-life story of Texan wrestling family the Von Erichs?
   A: The Iron Claw
8. Which cinematographer connects Christopher Nolan films Memento (2000), The Dark Knight (2008) and Inception (2010)?
   A: Wally Pfister
9. How many movies did Pixar release in the 1990s?
   A: 3 – Toy Story (1995), A Bug’s Life (1998), Toy Story 2 (1999).
10. “Is butter a carb?”, “She doesn’t even go here”, and “I’m not like a regular mom, I’m a cool mom” are all quotes from which film?
    A: Mean Girls (2004).
11. Guardians of the Galaxy actor Dave Bautista appeared in which James Bond film?
    A: Spectre (2015).
12. Which Martin Scorsese film starred Max von Sydow in a supporting role?
    A: Shutter Island (2010).
13. In Matilda (1996), what is the name of the boy forced to eat cake in front of the children at his school?
    A: Bruce Bogtrotter.
14. How many Planet of the Apes films are there?
    A: 10
15. In which year was Casablanca (1942) star Humphrey Bogart born?
    A: 1899.

THREE

1. Which country has won the most Palme d’Ors at the Cannes Film Festival?
   A: USA (13).
2. What is the English title for the song that is repeated through Pawel Pawlikowski’s 2018 romance Cold War?
   A: “Two Hearts, Four Eyes”.
3. What is the name of the child actor who played the lead role in Ken Loach’s 1969 film Kes?
   A: David Bradley
4. “What ‘things that matter’?” / “You know what things.” is a dialogue exchange in which 2010s movie?
   A: Call Me By Your Name (2017).
5. Which filmmaker directed The Young and the Damned (1950), El (1953), Nazarin (1959) and Belle de Jour (1967)?
   A: Luis Buñuel
6. Who voiced Iago in the 1992 Disney animation Aladdin?
   A: Gilbert Gottfried
7. Complete the sequence: Ratcatcher; Morvern Callar; We Need to Talk About Kevin; …
   A: You Were Never Really Here (Lynne Ramsay directorial features).
8. Billy Liar, Look Back in Anger, and Saturday Night and Sunday Morning are all part of which film movement?
   A: British kitchen sink realism (aka kitchen sink drama, and British kitchen sink).
9. What is the title of the 1919 film directed by D.W. Griffiths and starring Lillian Gish?
   A: Broken Blossoms.
10. At the ceremony held in 1948, Song of the South won the Oscar for Best Original Song. What was the song titled?
    A: “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah”.
11. Prisoner of War football (soccer) movie Escape to Victory (1981) featured which former England captain as one of the players?
    A: Bobby Moore
12. In which year was the film widely believed to be the first sound film released?
    A: 1927 (The Jazz Singer).
13. Judi Dench, David Bradley and Mark Addy are all from which UK city?
    A: York.
14. How long is 1960 historical epic Spartacus (in minutes)?
    A: 197mins (3hrs 17mins).
15. Laurence Olivier starred in which 1939 Oscars Best Picture nominee?
    A: Wuthering Heights.

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