Donald Clarke's Weekly Movie Quiz

1 Which current hit stars Sandler and Sandler?

1 Which current hit stars Sandler and Sandler?

2 “Turmoil has engulfed the Galactic Republic. The taxation of trade routes to outlying star systems is in dispute.” The thrilling beginning to which recent reissue?

3 Name the director (pictured).

4 Which Brooklyn charmer used to dance in 2001: Odyssey?

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5 Who has been both Etta James and Foxy Cleopatra?

6 Why might the words Dust, Dawn, Desert and Corner make you think of a Warren Beatty film?

7 The end of the world. The Mesolithic era. The end of the world. Shakespeare’s a fraud. Whose recent work?

8 Who has taken on roles played by Rex Harrison, Jerry Lewis and Bill Cosby?

9 What links Michael J Fox, David Cronenberg and a school of véritécinema?

10 Buscemi scores six. Tarantino scores four. Bunker scores five. Explain.

ANSWERS:

1. Jack and Jill

2. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

3. Werner Herzog

4. Tony Manero (John Travolta) in Saturday Night Fever

5. Beyoncé Knowles (in Cadillac Recordsand Austin Powers in Goldmember)

6. Because they are Reds (that is to say, in each case "Red" completes the title of a film)

7. Roland Emmerich ( The Day After Tomorrow, 10,000 BC, 2012, Anonymous)

8. Eddie Murphy ( Dr Doolittle, The Nutty Professor, I Spy)

9. Fly ( The Fly, Marty McFly in Back to the Future,Fly on the wall)

10. They played Mr Pink, Mr Brown and Mr Blue in Reservoir Dogs. Those are the scores attached to the relevant snooker balls.