Questions and answers for this week's movie quiz

Questions

1. "Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore." Where are we
then?


2. Which heartthrob will shortly be cutting both hair and throats to the
strains of Stephen Sondheim?


3. What, according to Norma Desmond, got small while she remained big?


4. On the 28th January, we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the arrival of
something very, very big into Irish cinemas. What?


5. Vincent Price, Charlton Heston and, most recently, Will Smith appeared in
adaptations of which respected novel?


6. Bruno Ganz in 1987. Henry Travers in 1946. What are we talking about?


7. After first appearing in 1971, he went on to have a big score in 1972 and
spent time in Africa in 1973. Who is he?


8. John Singleton and John Huston were, respectively, the youngest and
oldest people to achieve what feat?


9. DeNiro's was comic. Jeffrey Hunter's was divine. John Goodman's was a
slob. Yul Brynner's had many children. Explain.


10. I was born in 2092 in Olympia, Luna. In 2122 I got a job as warrant
officer with the Weyland-Yutani corporation. While serving on the Nostromo I
made friends with Jones. Who am I?

Answers

1. On the way to Oz. Dialogue from The Wizard of Oz.



2. Johnny Depp in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.



3. The pictures



4. Titanic



5. I am Legend



6. Angels. The question refers to Wings of Desire and It's a Wonderful Life



7. Private eye John Shaft (Richard Roundtree).



8. Receive an Oscar nomination for best director.



9. We're talking about various kings in The King of Comedy, King of Kings,
King Ralph and The King and I.



10. Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) in the Alien series.