Quiz of the Week – Films

Chris Stokley from DSI Kitchens and Bathrooms has created a quiz for you all to take part in and enjoy this weekend! Grab a notepad and a pen, gather the family together and get answering. You could even FaceTime some family and friends to include them in the quiz too!

The questions are below and answers will be following so don’t scroll too far and no cheating!

Round 1 – 1980s Movies

1. Which 1985 film directed by Joel Schumacher centres around seven Georgetown graduates?
2. Kevin Bacon and Lori Singer team up in which 1984 film which sees a city boy move to a conservative town?
3. Jennifer Beals is a Pittsburgh steel-mill welder by day and dancer by night in which 1983 film?
4. Directed by John Hughes, which 1985 film starring Anthony Michael Hall was his third following Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club?
5. Which 1986 film sees a robot called “Number 5” escape from a secret research centre?
6. Which actress played M’Lynn Eatenton in the 1989 film Steel Magnolias?
7. Which 1988 film directed by John Landis and starring Eddie Murphy catapulted the comedian to become a world star?
8. Christopher Lambert plays Connor MacLeod in which bizarre 1986 classic?

Round 2 – Television

1. In the sitcom Dad’s Army, which character always wore a thick scarf to prevent getting ill?
2. Directed by Brian De Palma and starring Al Pacino which film is about a determined Cuban immigrant who takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.
3. In the TV series Knight Rider, Knight was aided by his car which was called KITT, but what sort of car was KITT?
4. Which TV show of the 80s was about an alien named “Gordon Shumway” who crash-lands in the backyard of a suburban family and then proceeds to work his way into their hearts
5. Starring Eddie Murphy, which film is about an extremely pampered African prince travels to Queens, New York City?
6. In Only Fools and Horses, who played the part of Uncle Albert?
7. Created by Jim Henson, which series is about the adventures of Gobo, Mokey, Red, Wembley, Boober?
8. Running for 10 years between 1987 and 1997, this comedy series starred Ed O’Neill, Katey Sagal, Christina Applegate, David Faustino,

Round 3 – 1980s Movies

1. Directed by Albert Magnoli and taking its’ name from the title of one of its’ star’s songs, which 1984 film features a the lead singer of a a band called The Revolution?
2. Steven Spielberg and George Lucas teamed up to animate which 1988 much loved classic?
3. Spaceballs both starred and was directed by which actor?
4. Warwick Davis and Val Kilmer appeared together in which 1988 sci-fi film directed by Ron Howard?
5. In which 1986 classic does Tom Cruise play navy pilot Pete Mitchell?
6. Which actress plays Frances “Baby” Houseman in the 1987 film Dirty Dancing?
7. Annabeth Gish is Kat and Julia Roberts is Daisy in which 1988 cheesy romance?
8. Which 1980 golf-based slapstick comedy stars Chevy Chase and Rodney Dangerfield?

Round 4 – 2020 Movies

1. Which actor plays Dr. Ivo Robotnik in the Sonic the Hedgehog movie?
2. Which 2020 film starring Robert Downey Jr tells the story of a physician who can talk to animals?
3. Gisaengchung is the original title of this South Korean film which collected four Oscars in 2020. What is the English title?
4. Based on the novel by Jack London, Harrison Ford attempts to survive the frozen Yukon in which 2020 film?
5. Which British author wrote the classic book of the same name on which the 2020 film Emma starring Anya Taylor-Joy is based?
6. ‘Birds of Prey’ starring Margot Robbie is based on which character from the DC Comics universe?
7. Rose Byrne, Salma Hayek, Lisa Kudrow star in which 2020 film about two friends who start a beauty business together?
8. Will Smith and which other main star reprise their roles in ‘Bad Boys for Life’?

Round 5 – 2019 Films

Can you name the film these quotes are taken from?

1. From 1986 starring Matthew Broderick – “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
2. 1995 film starring Mel Gibson – “Every man dies, not every man really lives.”
3. 2008 film starring Chritian Bale – “I believe whatever doesn’t kill you, simply makes you…stranger.”
4. 1998 film starring Robin Williams – “Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary.”
5. 2012 film starring Stanley Tucci – “Hope. It is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective. A lot of hope is dangerous. A spark is fine, as long as it’s contained.”
6. 1959 film starring Marilyn Monroe – “Nobody’s perfect.”
7. 2006 film starring Hugh Jackman – “Now you’re looking for the secret, but you won’t find it, because of course you’re not really looking. You don’t really want to know. You want to be fooled.”
8. 1988 film starring John Cleese – “To call you stupid would be an insult to stupid people!”

Round 6 – Christmas Films

1. Which often shown Christmas film has the tagline ‘Every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings.’?
2. Film from 1988, John McClane is called on to save his wife and others taken hostage.
3. Who played Scrooge in the 1951 film of the same name?
4. Starring Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye, which film of 1954 is classic yuletide fayre?
5. In National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, who plays Chevy Chase’s wife Ellen?
6. Starring Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn this is the story of a couple who struggle to visit all four of their divorced parents at Christmas.
7. In the original 1947 version of Miracle on 34th Street who played Kris Kringle?
8. The story of Jonathan Trager and Sara Thomas who meet, fall in love and separate, trusting to fate to test if their love is real?
9. Film starring Winona Ryder and Susan Sarandon about the March sisters who live in post-Civil War America?
10. In The Muppet Christmas Carol, who played Scrooge?

 

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ANSWERS

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Round 1 – 1980s Movies

1. St. Elmo’s Fire
2. Footloose
3. Flashdance
4. Weird Science
5. Short Circuit
6. Sally Field
7. Coming to America
8. Highlander

Round 2 – Television

1. Private Pike
2. Scarface
3. Trans Am
4. ALF
5. Coming to America
6. Buster Merryfield
7. Fraggle Rock
8. Married with Children

Round 3 – 1980s Movies

1. Purple Rain
2. The Land Before Time
3. Mel Brooks
4. Willow
5. Top Gun
6. Jennifer Grey
7. Mystic Pizza
8. Caddyshack

Round 4 – 2020 Movies

1. Jim Carrey
2. Dolittle
3. Parasite
4. Call of the Wild
5. Jane Austen
6. Harley Quinn
7. Like a Boss
8. Martin Lawrence

Round 5 – 2019 Films

1. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
2. Braveheart
3. The Dark Knight
4. Dead Poets Society
5. The Hunger Games
6. Some Like It Hot
7. The Prestige
8. A Fish Called Wanda

Round 6 – Christmas Films

1. It’s a Wonderful Life
2. Die Hard
3. Alastair Sim
4. White Christmas
5. Beverly D’Angelo
6. Four Christmases
7. Edmund Gwenn
8. Serendipity
9. Little Women
10. Michael Caine