Cinematic
1 Which horror movie was set in a New York apartment building called the Bramford?
2 Which Spielberg movie had the working title of Watch the Skies?
3 According to Captain Blackadder whose films were “As funny as getting an arrow through the neck”?
4 In 1998, Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett both received Oscar nominations for portrayals of whom?
5 Which film star once came second in the Le Mans 24 race?
6 Which film had the working title of Eggs Beans and Chippendales?
7 Which actress replaced Liz Hurley as the face of Estee Lauder?
8 Which brothers were played by Owen and Luke Wilson in Around the World in Eighty Days?
9 In 2006, which Brit picked up his fourth career Oscar?
10 Which knighted actor co-founded the gay rights lobby group Stonewall?
11 Who won the Oscar for Best Director in 2006?
12 What was Steve Martin’s profession in the film Roxanne?
13 Who played Brian’s mother in The Life of Brian?
14 What was the subtitle of Star Trek II?
15 Which 1988 film sequel was subtitled On the Rocks?
16 What connects the films Fever Pitch, About a Boy and High Fidelity?
17 Which cricket star was referred to by Tim Rice in an Oscar acceptance speech?
18 In which 1996 film did George Clooney fall in love with Michelle Pfeiffer?
19 Which film earned Marlon Brando his first Best Actor Oscar?
20 Who on a film has played a Kelly’s Hero, a Space Cowboy and one of the Dirty Dozen?
21 Who voiced the rabbit Dylan in the 2005 film The Magic Roundabout?
22 Who played the title role in the 2005 film Nanny McPhee?
23 Which film starring Michael Caine was set in 1879?
24 Which film marked the big screen directorial debut of Quentin Tarantino?
25 Who played Jett, Jim and Cal in his three major film roles?
26 A piano piece entitled The Entertainer is the theme music for which Oscar winning film?
27 Which actor reprised his role as Gregory in the 1999 film sequel Gregory’s Two Girls?
28 Which rock band made the film The Song Remains the Same?
29 In which 2000 comedy did Adam Sandler play the Son of the Devil?
30 Who played Indiana Jones as a teenager in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade?
31 Which role has been played on film by Harvey Stephens, Jonathan Scott -Taylor and Sam Neill?
32 Which classic movie would have been titled Dar el – Beida in its local language?
33 Which film ends with the line, “It’s your kids Marty, something’s got to be done about your kids”?
34 Which Oscar winning film contains the line, “Tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they’ll never take our freedom”?
35 In which 1993 did Sigourney Weaver play the First Lady of the USA?
36 In which Oscar winning weepie was the father called Ted, the mother Joanna and the son Billy?
37 In which 1974 film did Sean Connery, Vanessa Redgrave and Lauren Bacall all play train passengers?
38 Who was the subject of the 1958 biopic The Small Woman?
39 Which film the recipient of 10 BAFTA nominations in 2006 was based on a novel by John le Carre?
40 Which actor once said, “Just call me a
clean cut Mongolian boy”?
Answers to Cinematic
1 Rosemary’s Baby
2 Close Encounters of the Third Kind
3 Charlie Chaplin
4 Elizabeth I
5 Paul Newman
6 The Full Monty
7 Gwyneth Paltrow
8 The Wright Brothers
9 Nick Park
10 Ian McKellen
11 Ang Lee
12 Fireman
13 Terry Jones
14 The Wrath of Khan
15 Arthur 2
16 All adapted from novels by Nick Hornby
17 Dennis Compton
18 One Fine Day
19 On the Waterfront
20 Donald Sutherland
21 Bill Nighy
22 Emma Thompson
23 Zulu
24 Reservoir Dogs
25 James Dean
26 The Sting
27 John Gordon Sinclair
28 Led Zeppelin
29 Little Nicky
30 River Phoenix
31 Damien Thorn in the Omen trilogy
32 Casablanca
33 Back to the Future
34 Braveheart
35 Dave
36 Kramer vs Kramer
37 Murder on the Orient Express
38 Gladys Aylward
39 The Constant Gardener
40 Yul Brynner