The weekly movie quiz

Questions from the blood simple to the die hard . . . by Donald Clarke

1 Which of this week's releases had its origins in a ride at Disneyland?

2 What film was advertised with the slogan "In space no one can hear you scream"?

3 Who is the odd one out: Alec Guinness, Charlie Chaplin, Bruno Ganz, Noah Taylor?

4 According to the disapproving Family Media Guide, what happens 300 times in Good Fellas, 234 times in True Romance and 169 times in The Commitments?

5 Fanny and Alexander and Mulholland Dr were originally conceived in this form. The Godfather saga and Das Boot eventually succumbed to it. What are we talking about?

6 Bob Hope in The Paleface. Gibson Gowland in Greed. Steve Martin in both The Little Shop of Horrors and Novocaine. What did they all have in common?

7 Captain Teague in 2007. Turner in 1970. Which twins?

8 Twenty-five years later, Donald Pleasance - in a different guise - was the only actor to return for what?

9 What binds together the following films: Rochelle Rochelle, Prognosis Negative, The English Patient and CheckMate?

10 Jack Benny pretends to be a Nazi. Gene Tierney allows a child to drown. Jonathan Pryce brings a creepy circus to town. Robin Williams dies and goes to heaven. Which writer springs to mind?