1Who links Romeo, Howard Hughes and J Edgar Hoover?

2Which film series concerns Jim, Steve, Oz and – here's the giveaway – Stifler's Mom?

3Who is that in a famous mugshot (pictured)?

4What have Guy Maddin, Mel Brooks and Michel Hazanavicius all done (or nearly done)?

5According to Dr Lecter, which wine goes well with liver and fava beans?

6Who's missing: Albert Nobbs, Aibileen Clark, Lisbeth Salander, Marilyn Monroe?

7What links Angel Heart, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Big Easyand the 1982 Cat People?

8What links Red, White and Blaine, Mayflower Kennel Dog Show, The Folksmen and Home for Purim?

9Whose works have been adapted for film by Franc Roddam and Ken Russell?

10Which film inspired later adaptations starring Charles McGraw, David Soul and Pamela Anderson?

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Answers

1. Leonardo DiCaprio ( Romeo + Juliet, The Aviator, J Edgar)
2. American Pie
3. Nick Nolte
4. Directed contemporary silent movies. (We add the "or nearly" to appease pedants who complain that Brooks's Silent Movie and Hazanavicius's The Artist contain very brief snatches of dialogue.)
5. Chianti
6. Margaret Thatcher (characters played by nominees for this year's best actress Oscar)
7. All take place in New Orleans
8. The subjects of Christopher Guest's movies (play in Waiting for Guffman, dog show in Best in Show, band in A Mighty Wind, film in For Your Consideration)
9. The Who ( Quadropheniaand Tommy)
10. Casablanca(1955 TV series, 1983 TV series, the movie Barb Wire)