Donald Clarke's Weekly Movie Quiz

1 The death of which film star is under investigation again after 30 years?

1The death of which film star is under investigation again after 30 years?

2What sort of suit have the likes of Tim Allen, Billy Bob Thornton and Richard Attenborough been known to don around this time of year?

3Which film star's allegedly forceful parenting habits inspired Mommie Dearest?

4Why might Mr Popper make you think of Burgess Meredith and Danny DeVito?

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5Which punked-out computer-genius protagonist is about to be played by Rooney Mara?

6Who links Renaldo Clara, Simple Twist of Fate, Pat Garrett & Billy the Kidand Don't Look Back?

7Who has played the Motorcycle Boy, Johnny Handsome and King Hyperion?

8Which is the odd one out: The Patriot, The Good, the Bad and The Ugly, Gloryand Gone with the Wind (pictured )?

9Who comes next: Kim Novak, Eve Marie Saint, Janet Leigh?

10John Kennedy O'Toole, Edith Wharton, Terence Rattigan. Whose last three?

Answers

1. Natalie Wood

2.Santa suit ( The Santa Clause, Bad Santa, Miracle on 32nd Street)

3.Joan Crawford

4.The film character associated with penguins. Those two actors played Batman's nemesis, The Penguin.

5. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

6.Bob Dylan (wrote, named after Dylan song, appeared in, documentary on)

7.Mickey Rourke ( Rumblefish, Johnny Handsome, Immortals)

8. The Patriot.All the rest are set during the American Civil War. (The Patriot is set during the War of Independence.)

9.Tippi Hedren (female leads in successive Hitchcock films)

10.Literary sources for Terence Davies films ( The Neon Bible, The House of Mirth, The Deep Blue Sea).