Donald Clarke's weekly movie quiz

1. Die Hard. Elf. Gremlins. Miracle on 34th Street. What season is it?

2. Where was young Kevin McCallister left on Christmas 1990?

3. Which Irving Berlin Christmas song - the most durable of all - first appeared in the film Holiday Inn?

4. "That's it then. Cancel the kitchen scraps for lepers and orphans, no more merciful beheadings, and call off Christmas." Which medieval villain in which 1991 hit?

5. In which film might you see a future governor search high and low for Turbo Man?

6. "Well, what are you doing creeping around a cow shed at two o'clock in the morning? That doesn't sound very wise to me." When were the Magi so addressed?

7. Who is the odd one out: Michael Caine (1992), Albert Finney (1970), Bill Murray (1988), Alistair Sim (1951)?

8."He's naughty and he's not very nice." Which controversial figure from 2003?

9. According to a recent poll, Denise Richards's character in The World Is Not Enoughis the worst Bond girl ever. What is this unlikely nuclear physicist's name?

10. Gary Busey warbles in 1978 and Uma Thurman fights the caped crusader in 1997. What's our favourite carol?

Answers

1. Christmas, of course

2. Home Alone

3. White Christmas

4. The Sheriff of Nottingham (Alan Rickman) in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.

5. Jingle All the Way

6. In Monty Python's Life of Brian

7. Bill Murray. All the rest played Scrooge. Murray did, however, play Frank Cross in Scrooged.

8. Bad Santa

9. Christmas Jones

10. The Holly and the Ivy. The question refers to the hero of The Buddy Holly Storyand Poison Ivy in Batman and Robin.