Pictures perfect?
Test your movie knowledge with our National Cinema Day quiz
TODAY is national cinema Day: a day to honour one of humankind’s greatest forms of entertainment.
Why not celebrate the marvels of the big screen – as well as the DCs, romcoms, action flicks and classics – with our Saturday movie quiz?
So are you a reel expert? Or will you need a few takes to get the perfect score?
PICK ’N’ MIX
1. What’s the first rule of Fight Club?
2. Which star holds the record for the most Best Actress Oscars?
3. Which film features Baby and Johnny and an iconic lift?
4. Who directed ET and Close Encounters of The Third Kind?
5. In Jurassic Park, what is the prehistoric mosquito preserved in, that allows them to extract the dinosaur blood?
6. Thelma and Louise featured Susan Sarandon and which other actress?
7. Who was the first African American star to win the Best Actress Oscar?
8. Which game-changing film company, now owned by Disney, was behind CGI-animated classics Toy Story, Finding Nemo, and Monsters Inc?
ONE-LINERS: 1930s to 1950s
Name the movie (decade is a clue).
1. We’ll always have Paris. (40s)
2. Rosebud. (40s)
3. Oh, do you feel the breeze from the subway. Isn’t it delicious? (50s)
4. If I have to lie, steal, cheat, or kill! As God is my witness, I’ll never be hungry again. (30s)
5. That’s funny… That plane’s dustin’ crops where there ain’t no crops. (50s)
ONE-LINERS: 1960s & 1970s
1. You’re going to need a bigger boat. (70s)
2. I love the smell of napalm in the morning. (70s)
3. Mrs Robinson, you’re trying to seduce me, aren’t you? (60s)
4. Kid. The next time I say: “Let’s go some place like Bolivia,” let’s go some place like Bolivia. (60s)
5. Well, a boy’s best friend is his mother. (60s)
ONE-LINERS: 1980s & 1990s
This time name the movie and, for an extra point, the actor/actress who speaks the line.
1. Roads? Where We’re Going We Don’t Need Roads! (80s)
2. I feel the need, the need for speed. (80s)
3. The truth? You can’t handle the truth! (90s)
4. I’ll be back. (80s) 5. They may take our lives, but they’ll never take our freedom. (90s)
21st CENTURY ONE-LINERS
1. Remember, with great power comes great responsibility. (2000s)
2. My precious! (2000s)
3. Some men just want to watch the world burn. (2000s)
4. At my signal, unleash hell. (2000s)
5. The year I turned 26, as the head of my own brokerage firm, I made $49million, which really p***ed me off because it was three shy of a million a week. (2010s)
REEL CONNECTIONS
Three movies, connected by one lead or supporting star. Who is it?
1. Raiders of the Lost Ark, Return of the Jedi, The Fugitive (1993).
2. Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade, The Rock, Diamonds Are Forever.
3. Breakfast At Tiffany’s, Roman Holiday, Sabrina (1954).
4. Kindergarten Cop, Predator, The Terminator. 5. Gone With the Wind, Mutiny On The Bounty (1934), The Misfits (1961).
NAME THAT MOVIE (FROM THE TUNE)
1. I Feel Pretty (from a musical).
2. I Will Always Love you (Whitney Houston).
3. Show Me Heaven (Maria McKee).
4. Everybody Needs Somebody (the artist is the clue).
5. Up Where We Belong (Jennifer Warne and Joe Cocker).
BEFORE THEY WERE FAMOUS
Which star did these people become?
1. Norma Jeane Mortenson (easy!).
2. Maurice Micklewhite (not Italian, but always does a good job).
3. Issur Danielovitch (father of an acting dynasty).
4. Betty Joan Perske (prone to being pictured with a Bogie).
5. Archibald Leach (Bristolian had an Affair to Remember).
ODD ONE OUT
1. Peter Parker, Bruce Banner, Bruce Wayne, Tony Stark.
2. The Joker, Two-Face, The Scarecrow, Thanos, The Riddler.
3. Gangster Squad, Silver Linings Playbook, La La Land, Crazy, Stupid Love.
4. Top Hat, Shall We Dance, Easter Parade, Swingtime.
5. Chadwick Boseman, Heath Ledger, James Dean, Sydney Pollack (Hint: award season).
MOVIE MATHS
Fill in the blanks and do the sum.
1. ____ (1995 thriller with Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman) x The Godfather: Part____ = Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill’s 2012 movie remake of an 1980s cop show.
2. The ___ Steps / The ___ Musketeers = Slasher horror movie, whose villain was Jason Voorhees.
3. _____ (Bo Derek and Dudley Moore) x How To Lose A Guy in ____ Days (Kate Hudson, Matthew MacConaughey romcom) plus Air Force ____ (Harrison Ford action thriller) = Classic pooch perfect Disney tail from 1961 and 1996.
4. ___ Weeks (steamy 1986 thriller) x ___ Weeks’ Notice (Sandra Bullock romcom) - Die Hard __: Die Harder = 2009 Body swap romcom which sees Matthew Perry turn back into his teenage self. Also starring zac Efron.
5. ____ Ways To Die In The West (Seth McFarlane comedy) / ___Years BC (1966 classic with Raquel Welch = Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert’s 1934 Frank Capra comedy, winner of all five top Oscars.