Movie quiz questions and answers

1In which of this week's releases might you meet Optimus Prime?

2Who is about to meet a Half-blood Prince?

3How are Felix Unger and Oscar Madison better known?

4Frank Drebin. Dr Rumack. Mr Magoo. Which beloved Canadian?

5Why did Alan Bennett's The Madness of George IIIbecome The Madness of King Georgewhen transferred to film?

6Who is the odd one out: Telly Salvalas, Donald Pleasence, Mike Myers, Charles Gray?

7Forest Whitaker plays sax. Mathew Modine and Nic Cage serve in Vietnam. Mel Gibson and Goldie Hawn flee villains. Paul Newman (with Geraldine Page, below) stars in Tennessee Williams. Which animal?

8Who you are. The state of being better than something. Final demand. Which spy franchise?

9Which (real) family runs through It Runs in the Family?

10Where might you find the son of the New Yorker's most esteemed editor playing the son of the Cowardly Lion?

Answers below:

ANSWERS:

1Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

2Harry Potter

3The Odd Couple

4Leslie Nielsen

5It was felt that American viewers might think it the third film in a franchise

6Mike Myers. All the rest played Blofeld in James Bond films (though Myers did play the eerily similar Dr. Evil)

7Bird. The question refers to Bird, Birdie, Bord on a Wire and Sweet Bird of Youth

8Jason Bourne. The reference is to Identity, Supremacy and Ultimatum.

9The Douglases. (Kirk, Michael and so on.)

10In Prick up Your Ears. Wallace Shawn (son of William) plays John Lahr (son of Burt)