Questions and answers to this week's movie quiz
Questions
1. Who is Vito Corleone?
2. Which upcoming film is promoted with the tagline "There
will be greed. There will be vengeance"?
3. Which of this week's releases might remind you of a
classic Britpop-era album from the Britpop era?
4. In what sense are U2 and Hannah Montana about to follow in
the
footsteps of Beowulf?
5. Ron Kovic. Ethan Hunt. Charlie Babbitt. Which tiny actor?
6. What begins with a body in a pool and ends with the female
lead demanding her close-up?
7. Which is the odd one out: Friday Night Lights, Remember
the Titans, The Longest Yard, Eight Men Out?
8. Who is the only person to have won an Oscar for best
actress and for best screenplay?
9. Rod Steiger is Napoleon. Colin and Brendan cool their
heels. The beginning and the end of The Nun's Story. Where are we?
10. Robin is a DJ. Coop must stand alone. Al takes over a
bank. A first outing for George's walking dead. (In that order)
Explain.
Answers
1. The Godfather.
2. There Will be Blood.
3. Definitely, Maybe (Album by Oasis).
4. They are releasing concert films in 3-D.
5. Tom Cruise. He played these roles in Born on the Fourth of
July, Mission: Impossible and Rainman.
6. Sunset Boulevard
7. Eight Men Out. That film concerns baseball. The rest
revolve around American Football
8. Emma Thompson (best actress for Howards End and best
screenplay for
Sense and Sensibility)
9. Belgium. Steiger was in Waterloo. The boys are about to
appear in In Bruges
10. Times of the day. The films in question are Good Morning
Vietnam, High Noon, Dog Day Afternoon and Night of the Living
Dead.