The weekly movie quiz

By Donald Clarke

By Donald Clarke

1 Which two muttering FBI agents return to our screens this week?

2 In which classic did Richard Dreyfuss manufacture a model of the Devil's Tower from mashed potato?

3 Which scrapper was trained by Mickey Goldmill and romanced by Adrian Pennino?

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4 Lord Asriel, Thomas Crown, Professor Henry Jones, Simon Templar. Which hero connects them?

5 Which song by Billy Idol took its title from an avant- garde French horror film?

6 A large ape. Rupert Pupkin. Jeffrey Hunter's Jesus. Which honorific?

7 "Everybody say, 'He sure look funny.' That's Montgomery Clift, honey!" Which iconic band?

8 In which upcoming film, based on an adored graphic novel, will we encounter versions of the characters in the above image?

9 Janet Gaynor. Judy Garland. Barbra Streisand. Which much-told story?

10 Who's the odd one out: Kenneth Williams, David Frost, John F Kennedy, Tony Blair

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ANSWERS

1. Mulder and Scully from The X-Files

2. Close Encounters of the Third Kind

3. Rocky Balboa

4. James Bond. These are all roles played by actors who also played Bond (Daniel Craig, Pierce Brosnan, Sean Connery and Roger Moore, respectively).

5. Eyes Without a Face

6. King. The question refers to King Kong, The King of Comedy and King of Kings.

7. The Clash. The line is from The Right Profile.

8. Watchmen

9. A Star Is Born

10. John F Kennedy. All the rest have been played by Michael Sheen. (But Martin Sheen did play JFK on television.)