The Silver Screen

1 In which 2002 thriller was Jodie Foster terrorised by intruders after moving into a new house?

2 Who on film has played characters with the surnames of Hammond, Nash and Foley?

3 In which musical did the heroine “wash that man right out of her hair”?

4 Which Oscar winning film was inspired by the book The Seven Pillars of Wisdom?

5 Which 2004 film starring Ben Stiller is subtitled A True Underdog Story?

6 In the blockbuster movie Jaws, what is the name of Captain Quint’s boat?

7 Whose first spoken words on screen were “hot dogs” uttered in 1929?

8 Which film saw the death of a horse called Khartoum?

9 Who did Howard Keel play in the film Calamity Jane?

10 Which famous cinematic role was played by a cairn terrier called Terry?

11 Which film contains the line “I am Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, your senior drill instructor”?

12 What connects Al Jolson in 1927 and Neil Diamond in 1980?

13 What was the subtitle of the sequel to Ace Ventura Pet Detective?

14 Who on film has played Batman, the Saint and Doc Holliday?

15 Which film sequel starring Sandra Bullock is subtitled Armed and Dangerous?

16 Which film role links Bernard Lee, Judi Dench and Edward Fox?

17 In Spice Girls The Movie, who played the girl’s manager?

18 In which movie western did Dean Martin play the brother of John Wayne?

19 In which city is The King and I set?

20 Which film was advertised with the publicity blurb “His whole life was a million to one shot”?

21 Who did Jane Fonda marry in 1965?

22 In which 1994 film did Elizabeth Taylor play the mother in law of John Goodman?

23 What was the first big screen movie of The Beatles?

24 What is the fraternal connection between the films Top Gun and Gladiator?

25 Which 1969 musical marked the directorial debut of Richard Attenborough?

26 Which famous author was portrayed by Paul Bettany in A Knight’s Tale?

27 In which film was a youngster named Danny warned to stay away from Room 237?

28 In the Sound of Music how old is the oldest member of the Von Trapp brats?

29 Which 1997 gangster movie was based on the memoirs of Joseph Pistone?

30 Which Disney animation features the song Little April Showers?

31 Which musical is based on the book The Milkman and Other Stories?

32 Which screen villain was played by Olympic silver medallist Harold Sakata in 1964?

33 Linda Susan Boorman died in a car crash in 2002. By what name was this porn movie icon better known?

34 Who born in 1901 was the subject of the warts and all biography Hollywood’s Dark Prince?

35 Which wife of Clark Gable died in 1942?

36 In which year did Richard Harris and James Coburn both die?

37 Which series of films features the character of Dr John Hammond?

38 Which novel by Damon Runyan was adapted into a musical starring Marlon Brando?

39 What title is shared by a 1987 film starring Steve Martin and a 1979 hit for the Police?

40 Which film ends with the line “The old man was right. Only the farmers won. We lost, we’ll always lose”?

Answers to Silver Screen

1 Panic Room
2 Eddie Murphy
3 South Pacific
4 Lawrence of Arabia
5 Dodgeball
6 The Orca
7 Mickey Mouse
8 The Godfather
9 Wild Bill Hickok
10 Toto in The Wizard of Oz
11 Full Metal Jacket
12 The Jazz Singer
13 When Nature Calls
14 Val Kilmer
15 Miss Congeniality 2
16 M in the Bond movies
17 Richard E Grant
18 The Sons of Katie Elder
19 Bangkok
20 Rocky
21 Roger Vadim
22 The Flintstones
23 A Hard Day’s Night
24 Directed by brothers Tony and Ridley Scott
25 Oh What a Lovely War
26 Geoffrey Chaucer
27 The Shining
28 16, going on 17
29 Donnie Brasco
30 Bambi
31 Fiddler on the Roof
32 Oddjob in Goldfinger
33 Linda Lovelace
34 Walt Disney
35 Carole Lombard
36 2002
37 Jurassic Park
38 Guys and Dolls
39 Roxanne
40 The Magnificent Seven