Random Summer Film Quiz

 Which one of these films did Dede Allen not edit?

A. America, America
B. Addams Family Values
C. The Wiz
D. The Breakfast Club

Which of these is the character name of Jack Lemmon in How to Murder Your Wife?

A. Stanley Ford
B. Stanley Matthews
C. Stanley Carter
D. Stanley Baker

And the butler?

A. Jeeves
B. Charles
C. James
D. Creaves

Which of these objects connects Great Britain to Jimmy Cagney in One, Two, Three?

A. A bowler hat
B. A record
C. A teapot
D. An umbrella

Name the films Cary Grant appears in as these characters.

A. David Huxley
B. Roger Thornhill
C. Mortimer Brewster
D. John Robie

Which of these was Hitchcock’s final film?

A. Frenzy
B. Torn Curtain
C. Family Plot
D. Topaze

Which of these is not an Endeavour title?

A. Terminus
B. Scherzo
C. Prey
D. Prayer

Which of these is the earliest Russell Metty film?

A. All That Heaven Allows
B. Spartacus
C. Bringing Up Baby
D. The Stranger

Which of these famous editors-turned-directors won an Oscar for editing?

A. David Lean
B. Steven Soderbergh
C. Hal Ashby
D. Robert Wise

Which of these actors is not in The Road to Perdition?

A. Daniel Craig
B. Kevin Spacey
C. Stanley Tucci
D. Jude Law

Name the comedians who starred in these films.

A. The Music Box
B. Horse Feathers
C. Steamboat Bill Jr.
D. Safety Last
E. Modern Times

Name the dog.

A. Frasier
B. The Thin Man
C. The Wizard of Oz
D. Legally Blonde

Which of these is not a Stephen King adaptation?

A. The Shawshank Redemption
B. The Green Mile
C. Stand By Me
D. Halloween

Name the lead actress.

A. Joe Versus the Volcano
B. My Man Godfrey
C. Mildred Pearce
D. Up In the Air
E. Roman Holiday

In which US cities are these films set?

A. Vertigo
B. Good Will Hunting
C. Marathon Man
D. The Untouchables
E. Ocean’s Eleven
F. Chinatown
G. Targets

Name the films in which Walter Matthau played these characters.

A. Albert Einstein
B. Oscar Madison
C. Willie Gingrich
D. Charley Varrick

Name the film studio.

A. A mountain
B. A roaring lion
C. A radio mast
D. Big Ben
E. A man striking a gong
F. The world

Name the Powell and Pressbuger films.

A. “You can’t hurry an elm.”
B. “Three – what’s it got to do with the Home Office? Four – I’ll tell you.”
C. “ ‘Ad a few?”
D. “You and I will invent the biggest medical lie in history.”

Identify the film.

A. “It’s only the poor old Johnny Walker.”
B. “Chuck us the crackers, Phil.”
C. “A nice bit of leg of lamb it was too.”
D. “You make me tired.”

Name the film director.

A. Taxi Driver
B. Bringing Up Baby
C. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon.
D. The Magnificent Ambersons
E. Roma (2018)
F. Love Actually
G. Happy-Go-Lucky

Which of these has not won an Oscar?

A. Quentin Tarantino
B. Jack Cardiff
C. Paul Newman
D. Barbra Streisand
E. Michael Powell
F. Bernard Herrmann

Name the Alec Guinness film from the character.

A. Obi Wan Kenobi
B. Ascoyne D’Ascoyne
C. Colonel Nicholson
D. George Smiley
E. Prince Faisal

Who wrote –

A. The Princess Bride
B. True Romance
C. Palm Beach Story
D. Two For the Road

Identify the Tom Hanks film in which he

A. Contracts AIDS
B. Is marooned on a desert island
C. Becomes a table tennis champion
D. Is a children’s TV presenter
E. Pursues a fraudster called Frank Abagnale

Sort out these Barrymore films for me. Was it John, Lionel or Drew who was in

A. It’s a Wonderful Life
B. Irreconcilable Differences
C. Twentieth Century
D. Midnight
E. Key Largo
F. 50 First Dates

Who’s my favourite film composer?

A. Bernard Herrmann
B. Max Steiner
C. Ennio Morricone
D. John Barry

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