Donald Clarke's weekly movie quiz

DONALD CLARKE 's weekly movie quiz

DONALD CLARKE's weekly movie quiz

1. Which of this week's releases had its title altered to (allegedly) avoid confusion with a 50-year-old TV series and its 14-year-old film spin-off?

2. The last line of which trilogy (and its literary source) is "Well, I'm back"?

3. Name the film from its iconic still.

4. Which Disney film features animated household objects named Lumiere, Cogsworth, Mrs Potts and Chip?

5. Which genius was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin in 1915?

6. What links George C Scott, Alec Guinness and Ben Kingsley?

7. What links Norman Jewison, Alan Parker and Joel Schumacher done that nobody else has?

8. What links Venom in Spider-Man 3, Lily in Black Swan and Jesse in Dude, Where's My Car?

9. What did The Sentinel, Red Alert and Traumnovelle all inspire?

10. A 1981 Siouxsie and the Banshees hit. A 2004 U2 hit. A 1994 Beastie Boys hit. A 1986 Duran Duran hit. What's the connection?

And this week's answers . . . .



1. Marvel Avengers Assemble

2. The Lord of the Rings

3. Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg in Fellini's La Dolce Vita (1960)

4. Beauty and the Beast

5. Orson Welles

6. They all played Fagin in versions of Oliver Twist

7. They all directed films derived from Andrew Lloyd Webber shows (Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Phantom of the Opera)
8. The actors were all regular cast members in That '70s Show (Topher Grace, Mela Kunis, Ashton Kutcher)

9. Films by Stanley Kubrick (the source novels of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Dr Strangelove and Eyes Wide Shut)

10. They share their titles with those of Alfred Hitchcock films (Spellbound, Vertigo, Sabotage, Notorious)