Wednesday 13th August, 2003 – Film Round

So, for your pleasure, this is the list of 20 film questions that I have pulled out of my head for next week. Any comments welcome…

1) Complete the quote from ‘Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure: “Be excellent to each other….”
2) Name 3 of the Victorian-era heroes to be features in upcoming blockbuster ‘League of Extraordinary Gentlemen’ (Tie Breaker – who wrote the original graphic novel?)
3) Name the former WWF wrestler who featured in ‘The Mummy Returns’ and starred in the spin-off ‘The Scorpion King’.
4) Who played Robert De Niro’s unfortunate would-be girlfriend in ‘Taxi Driver’? 5) In the film ‘The Vanishing’, the villain of the piece has a particularly gruesome method of killing his victims. What is it? (Tie Breaker – who played the villain in the Hollywood re-make?)
6) In Pulp Fiction, Bruce Willis’ character ‘Butch’ is very attached to a watch, left to him by his father. Christopher Walken recounts the story of how his father hid the watch from the Viet Cong whilst in a Vietnamese POW camp. Where did he hide the watch?
7) The first rule of Fight Club is ‘Do not talk about Fight Club’. The second rule of Fight Club is ‘Do not talk about Fight Club’. What is the third rule of Fight Club?
8) In Lord of the Rings, Sam – the gay Hobbit – is played by Sean Astin. What character did Astin play in the film ‘Goonies’? (First name only will do)
9) In the same film, Goonies gang member ‘Chunk’ had a special dance move. What was it called?
10) The film ‘Rabbit Proof Fence’ is set in which country?
11) Which film had the tagline ‘Be Afraid. Be very Afraid’
12) In ‘The Matrix’, what is the name of the character played by Lawrence Fishburne? (For a bonus point, what the fuck is the Matrix?)
13) Who sang the track ‘Mrs Robinson’ for the film ‘The Graduate’?
14) Who starred as ‘Fast Eddie’ in the film ‘The Hustler’?
15) For what film did Tom Hanks win his first Oscar?
16) Who recorded the theme music for James Bond film ‘The Living Daylights’?
17) Who was Richard Pryor’s co-star in ‘Stir Crazy’?
18) Who played Lee Harvey Oswald in Oliver Stone’s ‘JFK’?
19) In Star Wars spoof ‘Spaceballs’ what was the name of Rick Moranis’ Darth Vader-style character?
20) Who starred as Bonnie alongside Warren Beatty’s Clyde in the film ‘Bonnie and Clyde’?