1 Who was born as Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1st, 1926?
2 Who has been played by Anthony Hopkins, Frank Langella and Philip Baker Hall?
3 Film about a sinking liner. Mira Sorvino wins her Oscar. Ron Howard dramatises the space programme. Ridley Scott’s latest. What’s the connection?
4 Which Disney film features The Siamese Cat song?
5 Identify the star from the ancient snap (above).
6 What role links Robert Donat, Robert Powell and Kenneth More?
7 What do director Sidney Lumet, Walter Murch and (shortly) Sam Raimi have in common?
8 A monument to which actor can be found at Tourmakeady in Co Mayo?
9 Only one film-maker has, in the same year, been nominated at the Oscars as producer, actor, director and writer – and he’s done it twice. Who?
10 Whose only feature as director was Butley (1974)?
And the answers . . .
1. Marilyn Monroe
2. Richard Nixon (Nixon, Frost/Nixon, Secret Honor)
3. Figures from Greek mythology (The Poseidon Adventure, Mighty Aphrodite, Apollo 13, Prometheus)
4. Lady and the Tramp
5. Bette Davis
5. All played Richard Hannay in versions of The 39 Steps.
7. All directed sequels to or variations on The Wizard of Oz (The Wiz, Return to Oz and the upcoming Oz, the Great and Powerful).
8. Robert Shaw (he died there)
9. Warren Beatty (for Heaven Can Wait and Reds)
10. Harold Pinter
