Donald Clarke's Weekly Movie Quiz

1 Who jumped on Oprah’s couch way back in 2005?

2 Name the director in the snap (left).

3 Combine the patron saint of lost causes with a piece of legislation to create a current star.

4 Who has been Boo Radley, Tom Hagen and Bill Kilgore?

5 To which film was The Two Jakes a sequel?

6 What currently runs from Catch Us if You Can to The Tiger’s Tail?

7 How are Moses Horwitz, Jerry Horwitz and Louis Feinberg better known?

8 Who is missing: Demián Bichir, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Gary Oldman?

9 The first, in 1927, was at a news desk. The last, in 1976, was through a frosted door. What?

10 The Usual Suspects, Rush Hour, Tsotsi, Kick-Ass (in that order). What’s the connection?

ANSWERS

1. Tom Cruise

2. Sofia Coppola

3. Jude Law

4. Robert Duvall (To Kill a Mockingbird, The Godfather, Apocalypse Now)

5. Chinatown

6. The feature directing career of John Boorman

7. The Three Stooges

8. Jean Dujardin (the remaining nominee – and winner – for best actor at the 2012 Oscars)

9. Cameo appearances by Alfred Hitchcock

10. Films directed by film-makers who went on to helm successive films in the X-Men cycle (Bryan Singer, Brett Ratner, Gavin Hood, Matthew Vaughn).