Questions and answers for this week's movie quiz.
Questions
1. Which actor's eyes provided Kim Carnes with a hit in 1981?
2. My trousers are too short. My mother compares life to confectionary. I am very adept at table tennis. What do people call me?
3. What comes between Lust for Life and Born Slippy?
4. "I hope to see my friend, and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope." What ends thus?
5. Tyler Durden, Harvey the rabbit and Wilson the volleyball all have what in common?
6. A little bit of W B Yeats's Sailing to Byzantium comes our way soon courtesy of two brothers. How so?
7. Which establishment unites the following: Down Periscope, Indecent Proposal, The Money Pit, Three Men and a Baby?
8. Who is the odd one out: Group Captain Lionel Mandrake, President Merkin Muffley, General Jack D Ripper, Dr. Strangelove?
9. Dodsworth, Chinatown, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Shrooms (in that order). Who are we talking about?
10. Michael Caine tries to kill the Prime Minister. Farrah Fawcett and Kirk Douglas in space. Mr Balboa's great rival. Played by Liam Neeson (sort of). Which recent documentary?
Answers
1. Bette Davis.
2. I'm Forrest Gump. People call me Forrest Gump.
3. Trainspotting
4. The Shawshank Redemption
5. They are all imaginary friends. (In Fight Club, Harvey and Cast Away.)
6. The Coen's latest film is titled No Country for Old Men
7. Cheers. These films featured, respectively, Kelsey Grammer, Woody Harrelson, Shelley Long and Ted Danson.
8. General Jack D Ripper. The rest were played by Peter Sellers in Dr Strangelove. Jack D Ripper was played by Sterling Hayden.
9. Successive generations of the Huston clan. The films in question starred Walter, John, Angelica and Jack.
10. In the Shadow of the Moon. The question refers to The Eagle has Landed (said when the lunar module touched down), Saturn 3 (the rocket used in the Apollo Programme was the Saturn), Apollo Creed (well, duh!) and Michael Collins (shared his name with the member of the Apollo 11 crew who remained in moon orbit).
