Weekly Movie Quiz

1. What are Howard, Daffy and Donald?

2. Travolta and Rhys Meyers wave guns. Marlon Brando reaches for the butter. Gene Kelly’s got rhythm. Where are we?

3. Whose death is alleged to have been reported beneath the headline “Sherry Man Dies”?

4. Who began life as Fred Austerlitz?

5. Which actor is, reportedly, about to play Margaret Thatcher?

6. The Lodger. Murder by Decree. Time After Time. From Hell. Who are we after?

7. Which of this week’s releases was directed by Julianne Moore’s husband?

8. Under what title was the film otherwise known as Duck You Sucker released in this territory?

9. Dead of Night. Quartet. Four Rooms. Dr Terror’s House of Horrors. What structure?

10. Which film adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest gave us a comic shop, a West End musical and the beginnings of electronic film music?

Answers:

1. Ducks

2. Paris (From Paris With Love. Last Tango in Paris. An American in Paris)

3. Orson Welles

4. Fred Astaire

5. Meryl Streep

6. Jack the Ripper

7. The Rebound

8. A Fistful of Dynamite

9. Portmanteau films (all comprise several stories)

10. Forbidden Planet (1956)