Christmas Quiz
Yep, ’tis the season when, once again, Michael Doherty puts your movie knowledge to the test. Good luck!
We start, as always, with that festive perennial, The Great Escape (1963). What was the only (none too helpful) Russian phrase that Charles Bronson could teach James Coburn?
The main cast of which 2018 blockbuster boasted four Oscars, two Emmys, nine Grammys, six Golden Globes, five BAFTAS and 10 SAGS between them?
“Do you speak Gaelic?” asked the leading lady of Cary Grant in this popular 1950s romance. “Fluently”, he replied. The movie?
In the last five years, which Irish actor has appeared on screen opposite the following: Brie Larson, Rebecca Hall, Jennifer Connelly, Catherine Walker and Emily Mortimer?
PHOTO (of eyes) Name the legendary actress…
In which of this year’s dramas did a famous Yeats poem, set to music and sung by the lead actress, feature prominently?
Which movie took Best Film honours at this year’s IFTA Film & Drama awards?
Who comes next in the following sequence: Janet, Judy, Barbra, ______?
In which of Liam Neeson’s movies did an Oscarwinning actress carefully place a daisy between the Ballymena man’s derrière? In which screen musical would you hear the following numbers: Let Me Entertain You, Some People and Everything’s Coming Up Roses? Bette Davis, Audrey Hepburn, Greer Garson, Olivia de Havilland and Barbra Streisand all delivered Oscar-winning performances with which director?
I am an actress who has appeared in more than 40 movies. My father has made over 100 movies. My aunt won two Oscars in the 1970s, the second of which she secured three years before my legendary grandfather won his only Oscar. Who am I?
When Hitch later remade his own film, Edna was replaced by Doris. Who replaced Leslie?
PHOTO Name this Oscar-winning star…
In which classic Hollywood movie does the main character work on the 19th floor of a New York insurance company, Ordinary Policy Department, Premium Accounting Division, Section W, desk number 861?
Which current A-lister in Hollywood has been nominated for an Academy Award in six different categories?
In which American Civil War western did Errol Flynn tell a Yankee-hating Southern boy: “I think I know how you feel. When I was a boy in Ireland, I felt pretty much the same about Englishmen.” Which historical drama from 2003 co-starred Hollywood’s Top Gun and Scotland’s Big Yin?
PHOTO Name the actress…
In which popular movie does the lead character live off the royalties of a Christmas single his father wrote in 1958?
In which of his movies was Alan Ladd, quoteunquote, “tamed by a brunette and framed by a blonde”? Which live-action drama from this decade featured a Golden Globe winner, two BAFTA winners and a Spider-man, but all only as voices?
PHOTO On whose behalf did Sacheen Littlefeather reject an Oscar?
“There’s nothing like a nice piece of hickory”, growls Clint Eastwood after using a block of aforementioned wood to make short work of a group of baddies in which Western?
Which Dublin-born actor, whose centenary is in 2019, was known for playing quintessentially English roles, and indeed was Ian Fleming’s personal choice to play James Bond?
Small for a turkey, perhaps, but what weight was Sharon’s snapper?
PHOTO Name the movie…
When Marty Mcfly first drove his Delorean back to 1955, which Barbara Stanwyck movie was playing at the Hill Valley cinema?
How old would Marilyn Monroe be if she were alive today?
And finally, on a seasonal note, what two words did the Wicked Witch write in the sky above Emerald City in The Wizard of Oz (1939)?