Donald Clarke's Weekly Movie Quiz

1Which old devil – and director of The Devils– passed away earlier this week?

2Who, according to a recent hit, is the youngest son of Santa Claus?

3In which film does Samuel L Jackson quote (somewhat loosely) from Ezekiel: 25:17?

4Name the beardy man (pictured).

5Which classic begins with the lines: "I never knew the old Vienna before the war, with its Strauss music, its glamour and easy charm – Constantinople suited me better"?

6Eddie Murphy in 1998. Joseph Wiseman in 1962. Vincent Price in 1971. Peter Sellers in 1963. Which qualification?

7What's wrong with Kristen Dunst, Kirsten Stewart and Kristen Scott Thomas?

8Voiced twice by Bill Murray. Voiced four times by Antonio Banderas. Played (in a sense) by Cary Grant for Hitchcock. What's the link?

9Why might Ioan Gruffudd, John Cleese and Nicholas Clay make you think of James Robertson Justice?

10Which film has won the most number of Oscars without picking up best director?

Answers

1.Ken Russell

2.Arthur Christmas

3. Pulp Fiction

4.Martin Scorsese

5. The Third Man

6.Doctor ( Doctor Doolitte, Dr No, Dr Phibes, Dr Strangelove)

7.Their forenames are all spelled wrongly (should be Kirsten, Kristen and Kristin)

8.Cats ( Garfield, Puss in Bootsfrom Shrek, John "The Cat" Robie in To Catch a Thief).

9.They all played Sir Lancelot (Gruffudd in King Arthur, Cleese in Monty Python and the Holy Grail,Clay in Excalibur). James Roberston Justice was Sir Lancelot Spratt in the Dirk Bogarde Doctor comedies.

10. Shakespeare in Love(it won seven Oscars and was nominated for six others, including best director)