Movie Quiz

DONALD CLARKE's Weekly Movie Quiz

1 Which angry creature first appeared in Porky's Duck Huntand went on to star in Duck Amuckand Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century?

2 "Calm down. Calm down." Which colourful British director has, in recent years, become well known for flogging car insurance?

3 Which team of paranormal investigators operated out of an firehouse in New York's Tribeca?

4 Which series of films focuses on the adventures of Thomas A Anderson?

5 What begins and ends with The End?

6 Which current film is advertised with the tagline "The hilarious true story of two nobodies who took on the biggest somebody on earth"?

7 If Russell Brand is Dudley Moore and Greta Gerwig is (somewhat implausibly) Liza Minnelli, then who is John Gielgud?

8 What, according to the trade paper Variety, is an "oater"?

9 The soundtrack to which recent film includes the tracks LaBoeuf Takes Leave, The Snake Pitand I Will Carry You?

10 Why might a 1980 Robert Altman flop and a 1991 Alan Parker smash make you think of The French Connection?

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1. Daffy Duck

2. Michael Winner

3.

Ghostbusters

4.

The Matrix

5.

Apocalypse Now

6.

Killing Bono

7. Helen Mirren (We’re talking about the upcoming remake of

Arthur

)

8. A western

9.

True Grit

10. The Altman film is

Popeye

. The Parker film is

The Commitments

, which was written by Roddy Doyle. Popeye Doyle (Gene Hackman) is the protagonist of

The French Connection.