This is the second quiz on movies from the eighties, nineties, noughties and the last few years. I hope you enjoy recalling fun moments in these films as you try to remember relevant details. The answers to the quiz questions can be found at the end
QUESTIONS
(1) What was the job of the character played by John Travolta in the first ‘Look Who’s Talking’ movie? How did he meet the character played by Kirstie Alley?
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(2) Which actor played Queen Victoria’ grandfather in Young Victoria? Who played Victoria?
(3) Which country is most of the film, ‘The Hundred Foot Journey’ set in? Which female star is a restaurant owner in the film?
(4) How many people were in ‘The Untouchables’ squad headed by Elliot Ness? Who was the big gangster that they battled? Where were the events located? Name the city. Which actor won an Academy Award for his acting performance in the film?
(5) Which character did Reese Witherspoon play in ‘Walk the Line’? What instrument did the main male character in the film play?
(6) Which veteran of the British stage and screen starred with Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson in a supernatural tinged, romantic murder mystery? Who was the Executive Producer on the film? Kenneth Branagh directed
(7) Who directed Jersey Boys? Which 1960’s rock group is the story based on?
(8) Which actress played a victim of domestic violence in ‘Chocolat’? What was the name of the character played by Judi Dench; the owner of the building that the chocolate shop is in?
(9) Where in Britain is the film ‘Ladies in Lavender’ set? Who plays the housekeeper of the ‘ladies’?
(10) Where is the beach house located in, ‘Something’s Gotta Give’? Who does Jack Nicholson’s character, Harry Sanborn, fall in love with during the course of the film? Which actress plays the part?
(11) Which member of the Monty Python team starred in a film written by Jonathon Lynn (Yes Minister), in which he and another male comedian, who played small time criminals, pretended to be a rather cloistered type of woman? Name the actor and the film
(12) Who plays the mother of Mathew McConaughey’s character, Tripp, in ‘Failure to Launch’? Which TV series actress co-starred in the film?
(13) Which actress plays the lead in ‘Eat, Pray, Love?
(14) Which band’s music features prominently on the soundtrack of ‘Sunshine on Leith’? Who plays the mother in the film?
(15) Who plays a journalist in ‘Philomena’? Which actress plays the title character?
(16) Which actress plays Tilly’s mother in ‘The Dressmaker’? Who did Tilly’s character fall in love with? Which actor played this role?
(17) Where does Flynn Carson (Noah Wylie) work in, ‘The Librarians’?
(18) Who directed Wah Wah? Which actress played the lead character’s mother?
(19) Which experienced female actress, starred in the Australian movie, ‘Kokoda Crescent’; along with Warren Mitchell and Bill Kerr?
(20) Which star of ‘Lord of the Rings’; played a deadbeat that lived in a skip in, ‘Jack and Sarah’?
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ANSWERS – POPULAR FILMS (2)
(1) He was a cab driver
She was a pregnant woman, who caught his cab, to go to the hospital to have her baby
(2) Jim Broadbent Emily Blunt
(3) France Helen Mirren
(4) Four Al Capone Chicago
Sean Connery won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his portrayal of Malone
(5) June Carter Cash Guitar
(6) Derek Jacobi Sydney Pollack
(7) Clint Eastwood Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
(8) Lena Olin Armande
(9) Cornwall Miriam Margolyes
(10) The Hamptons Erica Barry played by Diane Keating
(11) Eric Idle Nuns on the Run
(12) Kathy Bates Sarah Jessica Parker
(13) Julia Roberts
(14) The Proclaimers Jane Horrocks
(15) Steve Coogan Judi Dench
(16) Judy Davis Teddy Liam Hemsworth
(17) New York Metropolitan Library
(18) Richard E Grant Miranda Richardson
(19) Ruth Cracknell
(20) Ian McKellen
©Susan Davies, 2017 spooky52librarian.wordpress.com
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