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ONE
- Which movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock was the first to ever show a lavatory being flushed?
A: Psycho - Which well-known director co-wrote the screenplay for Stuart Little?
A: M. Night Shyamalan - A James Bond actor made a cameo as a stormtrooper in Star Wars — which actor was it?
A: Daniel Craig - Which actor accidentally broke a toe kicking a helmet while filming The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)?
A: Viggo Mortensen - What was the cultural phenomenon called when Barbie (2023) and Oppenheimer (2023) were released on the same day?
A: Barbenheimer - Which 1990s heartthrob returned to acting and won the Oscar for Best Actor for The Whale (2022)?
A: Brendan Fraser - Name both actors who play stepbrothers in Step Brothers (2008).
A: Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly - In which year was the British classic The Full Monty released?
A: 1997 - What is the name of Elle Woods’ dog in Legally Blonde (2001)?
A: Bruiser Woods - How many Spider-people form the team in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)?
A: 6 (7 if you count Peni Parker and her robot as separate) - In Puss in Boots (2011) and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022), what is the name of Puss’s feline companion voiced by Salma Hayek?
A: Kitty Softpaws - Which popular role-playing game was adapted into a movie in 2023?
A: Dungeons & Dragons - Which classic movie musical features songs such as “Make ’Em Laugh” and “Good Morning”?
A: Singin’ in the Rain - Name two actors who have portrayed the Joker in the mainline DC universe.
A: Jack Nicholson, Heath Ledger, Jared Leto, Joaquin Phoenix, Barry Keoghan, Cesar Romero, Zack Galifianakis - According to Shrek, ogres are like what?
A: Onions
TWO
- In Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), what is the name of Indiana Jones’s rival who also searches for the Ark of the Covenant?
A: René Belloq - What is the name of the saber-toothed tiger in Ice Age (2002)?
A: Diego - Alfonso Cuarón’s semi-autobiographical film Roma (2018) is set in which city?
A: Mexico City - In Blade Runner (1982), what is the name of the company that created the replicants?
A: The Tyrell Corporation - Which child finds the first golden ticket in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)?
A: Augustus Gloop - In Titanic (1997), Rose asks Jack to paint her like what?
A: One of his French girls - Which film chronicles the real-life story of the Texan wrestling family, the Von Erichs?
A: The Iron Claw - Which cinematographer worked on Christopher Nolan films Memento (2000), The Dark Knight (2008) and Inception (2010)?
A: Wally Pfister - How many movies did Pixar release in the 1990s?
A: Three — Toy Story (1995), A Bug’s Life (1998), Toy Story 2 (1999) - “Is butter a carb?”, “She doesn’t even go here”, and “I’m not like a regular mom, I’m a cool mom” are all quotes from which film?
A: Mean Girls (2004) - Guardians of the Galaxy actor Dave Bautista appeared in which James Bond film?
A: Spectre (2015) - Which Martin Scorsese film featured Max von Sydow in a supporting role?
A: Shutter Island (2010) - In Matilda (1996), what is the name of the boy forced to eat cake in front of the other children?
A: Bruce Bogtrotter - How many Planet of the Apes films are there?
A: Ten - In which year was Casablanca (1942) star Humphrey Bogart born?
A: 1899
THREE
- Which country has won the most Palme d’Or awards at the Cannes Film Festival?
A: USA (13) - What is the English title of the song repeated throughout Paweł Pawlikowski’s 2018 romance Cold War?
A: “Two Hearts, Four Eyes” - Who was the child actor who played the lead role in Ken Loach’s 1969 film Kes?
A: David Bradley - “What ‘things that matter’?” / “You know what things.” is a dialogue exchange from which 2010s movie?
A: Call Me by Your Name (2017) - Which director made The Young and the Damned (1950), El (1953), Nazarin (1959) and Belle de Jour (1967)?
A: Luis Buñuel - Who voiced Iago in Disney’s 1992 animated Aladdin?
A: Gilbert Gottfried - Complete the sequence: Ratcatcher; Morvern Callar; We Need to Talk About Kevin; …
A: You Were Never Really Here (these are notable films directed by Lynne Ramsay) - Billy Liar, Look Back in Anger, and Saturday Night and Sunday Morning are all part of which film movement?
A: British kitchen sink realism (also called kitchen sink drama) - What is the title of the 1919 film directed by D.W. Griffith that starred Lillian Gish?
A: Broken Blossoms - At the Academy Awards ceremony held in 1948, Song of the South won Best Original Song. What was the song’s title?
A: “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah” - The prisoner-of-war football movie Escape to Victory (1981) featured which former England captain among the players?
A: Bobby Moore - In which year was the film widely believed to be the first sound film released?
A: 1927 (The Jazz Singer) - Judi Dench, David Bradley and Mark Addy are all from which UK city?
A: York - How long is the 1960 historical epic Spartacus, in minutes?
A: 197 minutes (3 hours 17 minutes) - Laurence Olivier starred in which 1939 Best Picture nominee?
A: Wuthering Heights
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