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Questions

1.What ends with the destruction of the (first) Death Star?

2.Which franchise launched the careers of Ms Hudgeons and Mr Efron?

3."There's something wrong with Esther" The tagline to which of this week's releases?

4.Alan Rickman, William Sadler, Jeremy Irons, Timothy Olyphant (in that order). What are we discussing?

5.What links Charlie Kaufman, Castor Troy, Sailor and Ghost Rider?

b What's the odd one out: The Filth and the Fury, Sid and Nancy, The Future Is Unwritten, The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle?

7.Link Debbie Reynolds to Richard Burton in three marriages?

8.Upcoming Wes Anderson film. Mikaela Banes. The Jackal. Murdoch's studio. What's the link?

9.What comes next: Pirates of the Caribbean at World's End, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, The Dark Knight, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King?

10."They made me deaf, you know." Michelle Pfeiffer in Dangerous Mindsand Ryan Gosling in Half Nelson. Films not in colour. Captain Spaulding. What are you having?

Answers

1.Star Wars. (Oh, all right then. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope)

2. High School Musical

3. Orphan

4.Villains in successive Die Hardfilms

5.All played by Nicolas Cage

6. The Future Is Unwritten. All the rest concern The Sex Pistols. The Future Is Unwrittenconcerns Joe Strummer of The Clash.

7.Reynolds was married to Eddie Fisher (1) who was married to Elizabeth Taylor (2) who was married to Burton (3)

8.Fox. The question refers to Fantastic Mr Fox, Megan Fox (in Transformers), Edward Fox (in The Day of the Jackal) and 20th Century Fox.

9.Titanic. These are (rather depressingly) the films that, in order, precede Titanicin the list of all-time worldwide box-office champs.

10.Scotch whiskey. The question refers to Bells (in The Hunchback of Notre Dame), Teachers, Black and White and exploitation star Sid Haig (who played that role in House of 1000 Corpses).