The traditional Christmas Film Quiz was getting just too easy with so many entrants posting it on the Internet last year. In its place this year is a little test of wit and imagination.
1 Before...
The biggest cinema hit of this year was a prequel, the rather cumbersomely titled Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace. Suggest a wittier title for a prequel to any other movie, however unlikely the premise.
2 ...and After
As above, but for a sequel.
3 Countdown
Starting with one, proceed as far as you can go in numerical sequence with film titles containing a number anywhere in any language in the title. For example, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Chapter Two, Three in the Attic, and so on. Each number may by used only once. Can you make it to 12 Angry Men Miracle on 34th Street? Or even 101 Dalmatians?
4 The Player
Imagine you have been appointed head of a struggling Hollywood production company. You urgently need to make money, and your only immediate resource is a wad of Section 481 Irish tax incentive money raised by your accountant cousin in Dublin. Therefore, the movie has to be made in Ireland. Time is too tight to develop an original screenplay, so you decide to make a quickie Irish remake of an American movie. Name your proposed remake, complete with brief synopsis and suggested casting.
5 Younger Than Today
Put names to the three youthful faces pictured here. (Half-points will be awarded for witty guesses.)
6 Headline news
Explain this famous headline, and cite its source: Sticks Nix Hick Pix.
Prizes of books and videos for the best entries. Closing date Wednesday, January 5th. Results will be published on Saturday, January 15th. Answers can may be emailed to mdwyer@irish-times.ie or posted to Michael Dwyer, The Irish Times, 10-16 D'Olier Street, Dublin 2