The Weekly Movie Quiz

A Quentin Tarantino special by Donald Clarke.

A Quentin Tarantino special by Donald Clarke.

1. What, according to Uma Thurman, did Poppa Tomato say to the dallying baby tomato?

2. What begins with Like a Virgin and ends with Coconut?

3. Where in the work of Quentin Tarantino might you encounter versions of Ed Sullivan and Marilyn Monroe?

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4. Which is, in Tarantino terms, the odd one out: The X Files, ER, CSI?

5. Which titular Tarantino character was originally supposed to be played by Warren Beatty?

6. Who kills Quentin Tarantino in the Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala- D'oh-cious episode of The Simpsons?

7. Which character in a Tarantino film later turned up in a picture by Steven Soderbergh?

8. Who is the odd one out: Edgar Wright, Rob Zombie, John Carpenter, Eli Roth?

9. What kind of product is Red Apple?

10. "Yes, they deserved to die, and I hope they burn in hell." What actor said that and in which two movies?

Answers:

1. "Ketchup" Dialogue from Pulp Fiction.

2. Reservoir Dogs. The gang discuss Like a Virgin in the opening scene. Coconut by Harry Nilsson plays over the closing credits.

3. At Jack Rabbit Slim's restaurant in Pulp Fiction.

4. The X Files. Tarantino directed an episode of the other two. But was forbidden from directing an episode of The X Files by the Directors Guild of America.

5. Bill in Kill Bill.

6. Itchy of Itchy and Scratchy.

7. Ray Nicolette, the FBI agent played by Michael Keaton in Jackie Brown and Out of Sight.

8. John Carpenter. The rest provided trailers for fake films for the US release of Grindhouse.

9. Cigarettes in Tarantino films.

10. Samuel L Jackson in Jackie Brown and, oddly, A Time to Kill.