All these sets of MOVIES related questions have been used in the Colchester Quiz Leagues and the pictures inbetween are scenes or actresses that, at the time, created quite an impression on an impressionable lad!

QUIZ 1
1.          Which sport is featured in the 1997 film ‘The Fan’ starring Robert di Nero?
2.          ‘Cimarron’ in 1932 became the first western to win the Oscar for Best Picture. It would be 59 years before the Best Picture Oscar was won by another western. Name the movie?
3.          What type of creatures were Bernard & Miss Biana, the stars of Disney’s 1977 animated film ‘The Rescuers’?
4.          In which film did Pierce Brosnan play James Bond for the first time?
5.          Which star of the silent screen was the subject of the 1957 film ‘Man Of A Thousand Faces’, starring James Cagny?  
6.           From which 70s movie does this classic line come: “I want someone good, I mean very good, to plant the gun. I don’t want my brother coming out of the bathroom with just his dick in his hands”?
7.          How do we better know the actor born Michael Douglas in Coraopolis, PA, on September 9, 1951?  
8.          Which 1997 film has the subtitle ‘International Man Of Mystery’?
9.          What was the name of the character played by Marilyn Monroe in the 1959 film ‘Some Like It Hot’?
10.        Who played the title role in the 1946 film ‘The Al Jolson Story’?

 

ANSWERS
1. Baseball 2. Dances With Wolves 3. Mice
4. Goldeneye 5. Lon Chaney 6. The Godfather
7. Michael Keaton 8. Austin Powers 9. Sugar Cane
10. Larry Parks

Jamie Lee Curtis in "Trading Places"

Oh, how you wished she'd raise her hands.

And then she did!

QUIZ 2
1. Who directed and co-wrote the ‘Pink Panther’ series, also producing all but the first movie?
2. Alec Baldwin played CIA analyst Jack Ryan in ‘The Hunt For Red October’, Harrison Ford played the character in both ‘Patriot Games’ & ‘Clear & Present Danger’, but who played the role in ‘The Sum of All Fears’?
3. Which multi Oscar winning movie was based on a novel by Lew Wallace?
4. In which 1984 film did Sam Waterston play a New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg, trying to find his friend Dith Pran, after the Cambodian translator falls into the hands of the Khmer Rouge, after the US evacuation from Vietnam?
5. Who starred as ambulance driver Lt Frederic Henry in the 1932 adaptation of Ernest Hemmingway’s ‘A Farewell To Arms’?
6. Which song from Mary Poppins won an Oscar for Best Song?
7. What was the second of the movies in which Clint Eastwood played Inspector Harry Callaghan?
8. In which movie is it the aim of the 2 central characters to raise $5,000 for their old orphanage?
9. Who played the role of the forger Louis Dega in ‘Papillion’?
10. In the film ‘Finding Nemo’, where is Nemo eventually located?

 

ANSWERS:
1. Blake Edwards 2. Ben Affleck 3. Ben Hurr
4. The Killing Fields 5. Gary Cooper 6. Chim Chim Cheree
7. Magnum Force 8. The Blues Brothers 9. Dustin Hoffman
10. In a fish tank in a  Dentists surgery in Sydney, Australia

Ingrid Pitt in "The Vampire Lovers"

In The Bath!

No, I don't have a fixation about mirrors!

QUIZ 3
1. In which 1970 film does Dustin Hoffman play 121 year old Jack Crabbe, who reflects back on his life?
2. Michelle Pfeiffer & Maxwell Caldwell starred as Stephanie Zinone & Michael Carrington in the 1982 sequel to which blockbusting movie?
3. Which well-known actor both produced and directed the 1988 film ‘Bird’, a tribute to jazz legend Charlie Parker?
4. Julia Roberts earned an Oscar nomination for her performance as Vivian Ward in which film of 1990?
5. In how many movies did Sylvester Stallone play Rocky Balboa?
6. In which Walt Disney animated classic of 1955 did Barbara Luddy & Larry Roberts voice the title characters, who in one scene share an Italian meal?  
7. The music of Gustav Mahler features prominently in which 1971 film, based on a novel by Thomas Mann?
8. In which film did James Bond first encounter the adversary Jaws played by Richard Kiel?
9. The 1977 film Slap Shot is set in and around which sport?
10. Which film ends with the line "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship"?

  

ANSWERS
1. Little Big Man 2. Grease 3. Clint Eastwood
4. Pretty Woman 5. Six 6. Lady & The Tramp
7. Death In Venice 8. The Spy Who Loved Me 9. Ice Hockey
10. Casablanca

A montage of Demi Moore from 'Striptease'

QUIZ 4
1. If Tommy Lee Jones was Agent K, who was Agent J and in which film?
2. During which war is the film ‘The Longest Day’, which starred John Wayne, Henry Fonda and Robert Mitchum, set?
3. Which historical figure has been played on the big screen by, amongst others, Jay Silverheels in 1952, Chuck Connors in 1962 & Wes Strudi in 1993
4. Which  song from the1953 ‘Calamity Jane’, subsequently a No.1 in 1954 for Doris Day, won the 1953 Oscar for Best Song?
5. Who played Sheriff Martin Brody in the 1977 film Jaws?
6. Who, in addition to starring at Lt. John Chard in the 1964 film ‘Zulu’, also produced that film?
7. In which 1955 Alfred Hitchcock directed film did Cary Grant play John Robie & Grace Kelly play Frances Stevens?
8. Which actress, with the real name of Tula Ellice Finklea is described in Halliwell’s Filmgoers companion as ‘stylish, long legged American dancer and heroin of MGM musical drams of the 1950s'?
9.  In which 1991 film, that parodies several films, but especially ‘Top Gun’, does Charlie Sheen play Sean ‘Tipper’ Harley?
10. Which two actors have played the role of Doctor Dolittle on the big screen?

 

ANSWERS:
1. Will Smith – Men In Black 2. World War II 3. Geronimo
4. Secret Love 5. Roy Scheider 6. Stanley Baker
7. To Catch A Thief 8. Cyd Charisse 9. Hot Shots
10. Rex Harrison & Eddie Murphy

 

Here's a clever montage I found of Joan Collins from 'The Bitch'.

QUIZ 5
1. Who played the role of Stanley Ipkiss in the 1994 film ‘The Mask’?
2. Which sport featured in the 1992 film ‘A League Of Their Own’ starring Tom Hanks, Geena Davis & Madonna?
3. Which historical figure has been played on the big screen by, amongst others, Claudette Colbert in 1934, Sophia Loren in 1954, Liz Taylor in 1963 & Amanda Barrie in 1965?
4. In which city was the 1969 film ‘The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie’ set?
5. Complete the title of this 1966 film in which Michael Caine played secret agent Harry Palmer for the second time: ‘Funeral In ….’?
6.

What was the sequel to the 1975 film ‘Romancing The Stone’ called?
7. Which actor won a Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of both Kid Skelleen & Tim Strawn in the 1965 film ‘Cat Ballou’?
8. Which 1976 film, a spoof of 1920s gangster movies, was made with an all children cast?
9. What was the sequel to the film ‘In The Heat of the Night’?
10. Who played the title roles of the 1967 film ‘Bonnie & Clyde’?

  

ANSWERS:
1. Jim Carey 2. Baseball 3. Cleopatra
4. Edinburgh 5. Berlin 6. Jewel In The Nile
7. Lee Marvin 8. Bugsy Malone 9. Call Me Mr Tibbs
10. Rex Harrison & Eddie Murphy    

Erika Eleniak in "Under Siege"

Emerging from the birthday 'cake'

Teasing with her uniform!

Wow!

QUIZ 6
1. Which actress plays a singer who hides out as a nun in a San Francisco convent in ‘Sister Act’?
2. Complete the title of this 1985 film starring Maggie Clarke & Alexandra Pigg: ‘Letter to……’?
3. Who played Arnold Schwarzenegger’s wife Helen Tasker in the 1994 film ‘True Lies’?
4. In the 1957 Disney film, who or what is ‘Old Yeller’?
5. Which 1975 film, stars Robert Redford as Joe Turner, who on returning from lunch finds that his CIA Department has been wiped out and goes on the run. The female lead in the film is played by Faye Dunaway?
6. Which of the following films did not star John Wayne: ‘The Horse Soldiers’, How The West Was Won’ ‘The Commancheros’ and  ‘Rio Bravo’?
7. Who directed and co-wrote the 1968 film ‘Blazing Saddles’, as well as playing Governor Lepetomane in the movie?
8. Which song from the film ‘An Officer & A Gentleman’ became a top 10 chart hit?
9. In "Wayne’s World", if Mike Myers played ‘Wayne’, which actor played ‘Garth’?
10. Which 2 actors changed identity in the 1997 film ‘Face Off’?

ANSWERS:
1. Whoopi Goldberg 2 Brezhnev 3. Jamie Lee Curtis
4. A Dog 5. Three Days Of The Condor 6. How The West Was Won
7. Mel Brooks 8. Up Where We Belong 9. Dana Carvey
10. Nicholas Cage & John Travolta    

Halle Berry

From 'Die Another Day'

From 'Swordfish' - her first topless movie

QUIZ 7
1. Sean Connery won an Oscar for best supporting actor for his portrayal of James Malone in which 1987 film? 
2. Frank Morgan played the title role in which 1939 Hollywood  blockbuster?
3. Made in 1927, which film was the first "takie"?  
4. Which 1977 blockbuster is set on the US east coast resort of Amity Island?
5. Marlon Brando won an Oscar for his portrayal of Terry Malloy in the 1954 film ‘On The Waterfront. Who played Brando’s characters’ older brother Charley Malloy in that film?
6. The 1970 film ’10 Rillington Place’ tells the story of whom?
7. Complete the title of this 1982 film ‘Star Trek II ‘The Wrath of …….’?
8. In Disney’s ‘The Jungle Book’ which character sings the song ‘I’m the King of the Swingers’?
9. Between which 2 cities were the contestants in ‘Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines’ racing?
10. Sidney Poitier played the role of John Prentice in which 1967 film?

ANSWERS:
1. The Untouchables 2 The Wizard of Oz 3. The Jazz Singer
4. Jaws 5. Rod Steiger 6. John Reginald Christie
7. Khan 8. King Louis (Orangutan) 9. London & Paris
10. Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner    

 

Racquel Welch

From 'One Million Years BC'

Publicity Photo

Another Publicity Photo

QUIZ 8
1. What is the Christian name of Sylvester Stallone’s Rambo character?
2. True of False – The musical Oklahoma was filmed on location in Oklahoma? 
3. Who played the male lead, the lawyer Mitch Bremner, in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 classic film ‘The Birds’?
4. During which war was the 1987 film ‘Hamburger Hill’ set?
5. Who starred as Kate ‘Babe’ Williams in the 1957 film ‘The Pyjama Game’?
6. In which 1998 film do Jeff Goldblaum, Will Smith & Russell Casse, amongst others, try to stem off an alien invasion of earth?
7. Which historical figure was played by Genevieve Bujold in the 1969 film ‘Anne of 1000 Days’?
8.  Whose last role was as Gay Langland in the 1961 film ‘The Misfits’?
9. In which film of the 1980s did Michael J.Fox sing a version of Chuck Berry’s song ‘Johnny B.Goode’, before his character was actually born?
10. Which was the second film in which Peter Sellers played the role of Inspector Clouseau?

ANSWERS:
1. John 2 False (in Arizona) 3. Rod Taylor
4. Vietnam War 5. Doris Day 6. Independence Day
7. Anne Boelyn 8. Clark Gable 9. Back To The Future
10. A Shot In The Dark        

Sandra Bullock

Miss Congeniality

Publicity Photo

"On The Town" Photo

QUIZ 9 
1. Who starred as Glen Miller in the 1953 film ‘The Glen Miller Story’?
2. Which was the first film in which the character ‘Indiana Jones’, played by Harrison Ford appeared? 
3. Daniel Day-Lewis played Hawkeye, in the 1992 remake of the film ‘The Last of the Mohicans’. Who played the same role in the 1939 original?
4. Which 1997 film starring Pam Grier in the title role and also starred Samuel L.Jackson, was the long awaited follow-up film by Quentin Tarantino to Pulp Fiction?
5. In which film, his last movie, did John Wayne play ageing gunfighter John Bernard Brooks?  
6. Between which 2 cities were the contestants in ‘Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines’ racing?
7. Who starred as astronaut George Taylor in 1968 film ‘The Planet of the Apes’ 
8. Which tribe does Lt John Dunbar, played by Kevin Cosner, become one of in the 1990 film ‘Dancing With Wolves’?  
9. In which film did Timothy Dalton play James Bond for the first time?
10. Name either of the christian names of the two Bank’s children that Mary Poppins had been employed to look after.

 

ANSWERS:
1. James Stewart 2 Raiders of the Lost Ark   3. Randolph Scott
4. Jackie Brown 5. The Shootist 6. London & Paris
7. Charlton Heston 8. Sioux 9. A View To A Kill
10. Jane (Karen Dotrice) & Michael (Matthew Garber)    

Sophia Loren

From "A Boy On A Dolphin"

?From "The Millionairess"

From 1966

QUIZ 10
1. In which 1993 film does Tom Cruise play Mitch McDeere, a hot-shot Harvard Law School graduate, who is hired by an exclusive Memphis legal practice, only to find that the Company is a front for the mob?
2. Which title character, from a novel by Gaston Leroux, was played on the big screen in 1925 by Lon Chaney Jr, in 1943 by Claude Rains & in 1963 by Herbert Lom?
3. Complete the title of this 1944 musical starring Judy Garland: ‘Meet Me In ….’
4. Who stars as Samantha Caine in ‘The Long Kiss Goodnight’, a suburban school teacher who suffers from amnesia, but as the film progresses she learns that repressed from her memory is that she is infact Charly Baltimore, a highly trained secret agent and killer?
5. Pearce Brosnan and Rene Russo starred in which 1999 remake of a classic 1968 film, set in Boston?
6.  In the Disney movie ’Mighty Joe Young’, who or what is Mighty Joe Young?
7. The 1985 film Dance with a Stranger, starring Miranda Richardson, tells the life of which real life 20th Century person?  
8. Who played the role of Captain Nemo in the 1954 film ’20,000 Leagues under the Sea’?
9. What was the name of the character played by Gene Hackman in the 1971 film ‘The French Connection’?
10. Who played the role of the newly weds Paul & Corie in the 1967 film ‘Barefoot In The Park’?

 

ANSWERS:
1. The Firm 2 Phantom of the Opera 3. St. Louis
4. Geena Davis 5. Thomas Crown Affair 6. A Gorilla
7. Ruth Ellis 8. James Mason 9. Jimmy ‘Popeye’ Doyle
10. Robert Redford & Jane Fonda    

Saving the best 'till last - Maddy Smith in 'The Vampire Lovers'

First - the dress

The bodice

Off it comes!! Turn round!

Oh yes!!!

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