DONALD CLARKE's quiz...
1Walter, John, Angelica, Danny, Jack. Which dynasty?
2Which current release features the advertising tagline "No Goats. No Glory"?
3Which recent British flop has been retitled Pirate Radio for the US market?
4What (precisely) is defined by the American and British Film Institutes as being longer than 40 minutes and, in marked contrast, by the Screen Actors Guild as being longer than 80 minutes?
5Born Walworth, south London in 1889. Died Vevey, Switzerland in 1977. Who?
6Emilio Zapata, Marc Antony, Napoleon and Tomás de Torquemada all have what in common?
7Steven Spielberg in 1979. Bernardo Bertolucci in 1976. Ridley Scott in 1992. Roland Emmerich in 2009. What's the connection?
8What comes after Duel and The Sugarland Express?
9Extraterrestrial cubed. Square-root of 49. The pastime. Brawling society. The first what?
10What have both Franc Roddam and Ken Russell done?
Answers
1.The Hustons
2.The Men Who Stare at Goats
3.The Boat That Rocked
4.A feature film
5.Charlie Chaplin
6.They were played by Marlon Brando
7.The question refers to films named for years: 1941, 1900, 1492 and 2012.
8.Jaws. These are the first two Steven Spielberg films to receive a theatrical release.
9.David Fincher films (Alien3, Se7en, The Game, Fight Club)
10.They directed film adaptations of rock operas by The Who (Quadrophenia and Tommy)
