The weekly movie quiz
QUESTIONS:
1. Who is currently finding the adventurous life "not as easy as it used to be"?
2. "You were a tomato! A tomato doesn't have logic. A tomato can't move." Which actor and director, who died this week, delivered this line?
3. Where might you encounter Simba, Scar and Pumbaa?
4. In which film was Bedford Falls temporarily transformed into Pottersville?
5. What role did Irish hatter Philip Tracy have in the launch of this week's big movie?
6. The Moon's a Balloon and Bring on the Empty Horses told the story of whose life?
7. Charlie Chaplin, Donald Woods, Malcolm X, Ghandi: Who's the odd one out?
8. Stinky Pete in 1999 and John Dean in 1995. Which cerebral brothers?
9. Michael Moore, Dardennes brothers, Ken Loach, Cristian Mungiu. Who's next?
10. What unites Oscar triumphs by Louise Fletcher, Marlee Matlin and Jane Fonda?
ANSWERS
1. Indiana Jones
2. Sydney Pollack in Tootsie.
3. In The Lion King
4. It's a Wonderful Life
5. He designed the strange garment worn by Sarah Jessica
Parker at the premiere of Sex and the City.
6. David Niven
7. Malcolm X. All the rest were the subject of biopics by
Richard Attenborough.
8. Frasier and Niles Crane. Kelsey Grammer and David Hyde
Pierce played those characters in, respectively, Toy Story 2 and
Nixon.
9. Laurent Cantet, director of The Class. The question refers
to the last five winners of the Palme d'Or at Cannes.
10. When picking up their awards for, respectively, One Flew
Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Children of a Lesser God and Coming Home,
they all used sign language in their speeches.
