Movieguide Christmas Quiz
Yep, ’tis the season when, once again, Michael Doherty puts your movie knowledge to the test. Good luck!
1 We start, as always, with that festive perennial, The Great Escape (1963). Which of the escapers uttered the following line: “Colin’s not a blind man as long as he’s with me; and he’s going with me!”
2 Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at this year’s Oscars because the comedian made a joke about his wife’s alopecia in relation to which movie sequel?
3 Earlier this year, An Post issued four new stamps to celebrate the achievements of Ireland’s Academy Award winners of the last 30 years. Who was the only actress included?
4 In which of this year’s movies did an erstwhile Oscar-winning Gladiator play a Greek God? 5 In which movie, shot in Ireland, did an Artful Dodger kiss a Eurovision winner?
6 Which Irish-language drama won multiple IFTAS earlier this year?
7 In the 1964 musical, what was the first item that Mary Poppins unpacked from her remarkable carpet bag?
8 PHOTO: Name the Irish actor?
9 Tough question alert: in the movie On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969), 007 learns the motto of the Bond family through their coat or arms. That motto later became the title of a Bond movie. Name it.
10 The first to achieve it was Barry Fitzgerald in 1945; the third was Jamie Foxx in 2005. Who was the second?
11 Which screen musical contained the numbers, Put on Your Sunday Clothes, Before the Parade Passes By and It Only Takes a Moment?
12 PHOTO: Name this movie, starring an awardwinning actor we lost this year?
13 When Liam Neeson made his famous ‘’I will find you and I will kill you’’ speech in Taken (2008), what was the two-word response of the baddie on the other end of the phone?
14 “Shut up and deal . . .” is the famous closing line to which classic screen comedy?
15 Which legendary screen comedian played characters including Larson E. Whipsnade, Elmer Prettywillie, J. Effingham Bellweather and Professor Eustace Mccargle?
16 In which movie from 2022 did Tommy Tiernan play a tin whistle while an Oscarwinning actress sang a popular Soap theme?
17 . PHOTO: Name the legendary actress behind the eyes?
18 Born Tula Ellice Finklea, this trained ballet dancer made her movie debut in 1943. Throughout the 1950s, she appeared in a number of classic Hollywood musicals, opposite the likes of Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly. At the height of her fame, her legs were famously insured for $5 million. Name her.
19 Which Oscar-winning film provided the theme for this year’s Late Late Toy Show?
20 In which of his movies did Clint Eastwood literally paint the town red?
21 When Lee Marvin ordered The Dirty Dozen to line up in order of height, which of them was the tallest?
22 Which 2022 movie, based on a global bestselling novel, carried the tagline: “Secrets Are Buried Just Beneath The Surface”
23 PHOTO: In this classic finale scene from
The Searchers (1956), John Wayne is paying homage to which of his childhood acting heroes?
24 In which 2022 movie did Tony Curtis’ daughter play the piano with her feet?
25 Which movie destination comes after Zanzibar and Morocco, but before Rio?
26 They were born Julius, Adolph, Leonard and Herbert. Under what names would they become better known to the world?
27 If it wasn’t Jimmy Stewart, who was the man who shot Liberty Valance?
28 PHOTO: We lost the great Sidney Poitier this year. For which movie did he win his only acting Oscar?
29 PHOTO: How old would Marilyn Monroe be if she were alive on Christmas Day, 2022?
30 And finally, on a festive note, which of the children in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) was sucked down into the chocolate river?