MOVIE QUIZ NO. 72

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30. Oscar Wilde

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1 Which author of Breakfast at Tiffany’s was the subject of a critically acclaimed 2005 film?
TRUMAN CAPOTE
2 In which 1994 film did Field play the mother of Hanks?
FORREST GUMP
3 Clueless starring Alicia Silverstone was based on which Jane Austen novel?
EMMA
4 What was Alfred Hitchcock’s final film as director?
FAMILY PLIT
5 Who played the mother in law of Fred Flintstone in a 1994 film?
ELIZABETH TAYLOR
6 Who did Ed Tudor Pole portray in the 2004 film The Life and Death of Peter Sellers?
SPIKE MILLIGAN
7 In which film did Cher play the mother of Winona Ryder?
MERMAIDS
8 Which Carry On film chronicled the exploits of a man who was executed in York?
CARRY ON DICK
9 What links the films The Parent Trap, Dead Ringers and The Prince and the Pauper?
3 FILMS HAD TWINS AS THE PLOT
10 Who played the mother of Sissy Spacek in Carrie?
PIPER LAURIE
11 In which 1991 film flop did Bruce Willis play a cat burglar?
HUDSON HAWK
12 In which 1998 film did the title character initially pen a play entitled Romeo and Ethel, The Pirates Daughter?
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
13 Which actor played the lead singer of The Commitments?
ANDREW STRONG
14 Elmo Lincoln was the first ever actor to play which literary character on film?
TARZAN
15 Which founder member of United Artists died on May 29, 1979?
MARY PICKFORD
16 Who directed the 2006 film The Da Vinci Code?
RON HOWARD
17 What is the middle name of Austin Powers?
DANGER
18 Which Carry On film had the working title Carry On Round the Bend?
CARRY ON AT YOUR CONVENIENCE
19 Who founded the Sundance Film Institute?
ROBERT REDFORD
20 Which actress was born Camille Javal?
BRIGETTE BARDOT
21 What is the X Man alter ego of James Howlett?
WOLVERINE
22 Which James Bond movie has the shortest title?
DR. NO
23 Which husband and wife provide a connection between the films Spy Kids and Working Girl?
ANTONIO BANDERAS AND MELANIE GRIFFITH
24 What was the name of the spiv character played by George Cole in the St Trinian’s films?
FLASH HARRY
25 Which film starring Robin Williams was set at the Welton Academy?
DEAD POETS SOCIETY
26 Which 1982 film co-directed by Frank Oz and Jim Henson featured mythical races called the Urskeks and the Mystics
THE DARK CRYSTAL
27 Who won a Best Actor Oscar for his role in The Pianist?
AIDREN BRODY
28 Who did Richard Burton play in the film Cleopatra?
MARC ANTONY
29 In which film did Al Pacino play a psychotic gang land leader called Antonio Montana?
SCARFACE
30 Who was born in 1854, died in 1900 and was played on film 97 years later
OSCAR WILDE
31 Who played the Bond villain Renard in The World Is Not Enough?
ROBERT CARYLE
32 In which 1999 film did Will Smith play the hero and Kenneth Branagh play the villain?
WILD WILD WEST
33 Who won a Best Director Oscar for The Deer Hunter?
MICHAEL CIMINO
34 Who on film has played the Prince of Wales, Hercule Poirot and Charlie Chan?
PETER USTINOV
35 Which 2002 film saw David Arquette battling against giant spiders?
EIGHT LEGGED FREAKS
36 What name was given to early American cinemas due to the entry fee being five cents?
NICKELODEON
37 Who played Frankenstein’s monster when Kenneth Branagh played Frankenstein?
ROBERT DE NIRO
38 What was the surname of the Beverly Hills Cop as played by Eddie Murphy?
FOLEY
39 What five letter word was deliberately omitted from the screenplay of The Godfather?
MAFIA
40 How many times did Judy Garland marry?
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