Film & TV

Question 1

On which TV quiz show can you choose to receive a question from behind the eye of Horus or the twisted flax in each of the first two rounds?

Answer 1

Only Connect

Question 2

Which foodstuff precedes “western” in the name of a subgenre of films that includes works such as A Fistful of Dollars by Sergio Leone?

Answer 2

Spaghetti

Question 3

Three films have won both the Academy Award for Best Picture and the top award at the Cannes Film Festival. The Lost 3 Weekend won the 1946 Grand Prix du Festival International du Film at Cannes while Marty and Parasite were awarded which famous prize that superseded the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film as the festival’s top award in 1955?

Answer 3

Palme D’Or

Question 4

In April this year, Gary Lineker missed hosting an episode of which football results show following a disagreement between him and the BBC over his conduct on social media?

Answer 4

Match of the Day

Question 5

A pair of Swedes, what surname is shared by the actor who portrayed Ilsa Lund in Casablanca and the director of films such as The Seventh Seal?

Answer 5

Bergman (Ingrid and Ingmar)

Question 6

“Wait a minute, wait a minute. You ain’t heard nothin’ yet!” Al Jolson in his role as Jakie Rabinowitz speaks these immortal words in which 1927 film? This was the first feature length film presented as a talkie.

Answer 6

The Jazz Singer

Question 7

First or last name acceptable. In The Big Bang Theory, which of the show’s four main male characters is distinctive for 8 being an engineer rather than a physicist and for lacking a PhD? Portrayed by Simon Helberg, this character marries Bernadette.

Answer 7

Howard Wolowitz

Question 8

Set roughly 100 years after the Seven Kingdoms are united by the Targaryen Conquest, and nearly 200 years before the 12 events of Game of Thrones, which fantasy drama series premiered in 2022 with Paddy Considine in the role of King Viserys I?

Answer 8

House of the Dragon

Question 9

In the DC Extended Universe, Arthur Curry is known by what superhero moniker? Portrayed by Jason Momoa, this superhero sets out to lead the underwater kingdom of Atlantis.

Answer 9

Aquaman

Question 10

Which American director is known for working on big-budget action films such as The Rock, Armageddon, and the Transformers film series?

Answer 10

Michael BAY

Question 11

The channel number 19 on Freeview television in the United Kingdom has what male name? A “ja vu” version of this channel is found at number 57.

Answer 11

Dave

Question 12

Which actor and presenter has narrated the reality show The Only Way Is Essex since its inception? This person once said she added “van” into her name because her ancestors were Dutch.

Answer 12

Denis Van OUTEN

Question 13

In SpongeBob SquarePants, Sandy Cheeks is an anthropomorphic example of which animal? In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, a group of these creatures carry Veruca Salt down the rubbish chute after deciding she is a bad nut.

Answer 13

Squirrel

Question 14

Which performer won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Anita in Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of West Side Story? In 2018, she portrayed Donna Summer on Broadway.

Answer 14

Ariana DEBOSE

Question 15

Which product, developed by Sony, was the closest rival to VHS in the so-called “videotape format war” of the late 1970s and early ’80s? This product lost the battle with VHS but continued to be manufactured until 2002.

Answer 15

Betamax

Question 16

Loosely based on three of Shakespeare’s history plays, which Gus Van Sant film follows two friends played by River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves? The film is known for its queer themes and has reached cult status with LGBT audiences.

Answer 16

My Own Private Idaho

Question 17

Which late actor starred as Paul Varjak alongside Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s and as Col. John “Hannibal” Smith in The A-Team?

Answer 17

George PEPPARD

Question 18

The 1954 film Godzilla is often considered to be the first film in which genre of Japanese film? This subgenre of tokusatsu typically focuses on giant monsters who attack major cities.

Answer 18

Kaiju

Question 19

Which 1955 film helped bring about the rock and roll revolution after featuring Bill Haley & His Comets’ hit “Rock Around the Clock’’ over the film’s opening credits and during the first scene? A social drama set in an interracial inner-city school, this film’s protagonist was the breakout role for Sidney Poitier.

Answer 19

Blackboard Jungle

Question 20

Natalie Wood drowned during a break from production in which film that had been billed as her comeback work? Finally released two years after her death with little publicity, this science fiction film also starred Christopher Walken but was not a commercial success.

Answer 20

Brainstorm

Question 21

In a season fourteen episode it is revealed that which iconic television character is the son of a Denver Broncos right 22 tackle? This character killed his father in season five and fed him to his half-brother, neither of which he was at this point aware he was related to.

Answer 21

Eric Carman

Question 22

Which South Korean film director, producer and screenwriter created the ubiquitous Netflix series Squid Game?

Answer 22

HWANG Dong-Hyuk

Question 23

Which 2021 animated film by Pixar is set on the Italian Riviera and centres around the title young sea monster boy who 24 can assume human form while on land? The film became the most-viewed streaming movie of 2021 after being released straight onto Disney+.

Answer 23

Luca

Question 24

Set in 1902, which 1991 Julie Dash film tells the story of three generations of Gullah women in the Peazant family as 25 they prepare to migrate north from South Carolina? The first work by an African American woman director to obtain general theatrical release, this film received critical acclaim for its non-linear narrative and gripping visuals.

Answer 24

Daughters of the Dust

Question 25

In early 2023 it was announced that which actor will portray Amy Winehouse in the upcoming biopic Back to Black? Since 2020, this actor has played the lead role of a young graduate working in investment banking in the HBO and BBC series Industry.

Answer 25

Marissa (Gabrielle) ABELA

Question 26

Production designer Simon Whiteley admitted in an interview that he likes to tell people that the code used in which  movie series is “made out of Japanese sushi recipes”?

Answer 26

The Matrix

Question 27

What is the name of the defence attorney and law professor who is portrayed by Viola Davis in the legal drama How to Get Away with Murder?

Answer 27

Annalise KEATING (Anna Mae HARKNESS)

Question 28

First or last name acceptable. Portrayed by Anita Dobson, which landlady of the Queen Vic was handed her divorce  papers on Christmas Day 1986 in an episode of EastEnders watched by over 30 million people?

Answer 28

ANGIE WATTS

Question 29

What is the four-letter name of the yellow drug that appeared on UK television screens in 1997 and is said to stimulate  an area of the brain known as Shatner’s Bassoon? One user of this drug is said to have cried all the water from his body.

Answer 29

Cake

Question 30

Which eccentric and camp television personality presented the show Pineapple Dance Studios?

Answer 30

Louis SPENCE