Donald Clarke's weekly movie quiz

QUESTIONS

1 Rogers, Kidman and Holmes. Whose pals?

2 Which 2008 rollicking crowd-pleaser has been recently issued in a "sing along" version?

3 Don't get them, keep them out of bright light, and never feed them after midnight. Which beasties?

4 Lee Remick (1976), Ellen Burstyn (1973), Mia Farrow (1968). What similar fate?

5 Who, this week, claimed she gave up cocaine because of Klaus Barbie?

6 "There's an old joke. Two elderly women are at a Catskill Mountain resort. And one of 'em says: 'Boy, the food in this place is really terrible.'" What's the punch line?

7 Ray Charles, Truman Capote, Idi Amin. Who's next?

8 The pictured actor first came to fame as part of which 1980s pop group?

9 Which Polish seaman inspired films by Francis Ford Coppola, Alfred Hitchcock, Ridley Scott and Richard Brooks?

10 Who was the first woman to direct a movie that took in more than $100 million?

ANSWERS

1. Tom Cruise

2. Mamma Mia!

3. Mogwai, which turn into Gremlins

4. Their children were all possessed in one fashion or another. The question refers to The Omen, The Exorcistand Rosemary's Baby.

5. Helen Mirren

6. "And such small portions." The opening lines of Annie Hall.

7. Daniel Plainview. These are the characters played by the last four actors to win the Oscar for best actor.

8. Bros. It's Luke Goss in Hellboy II: The Golden Army.

9. Joseph Conrad. The question refers to Apocalypse Now, Sabotage, The Duellistsand Lord Jim.

10. Penny Marshall. She achieved the feat with Big.