Sunday Quiz – 13th October 2024 - Film Special

Round 1: Film Advertising Taglines

Identify the 10 Film titles from the advertising taglines for them.

"If Nancy doesn't wake up screaming, she won't wake up at all" is the tagline from which Wes Craven horror?

Starring Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, and Brad Pitt, which film had the tagline "The future is history"?

Which sequel had the tagline "Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water"?

"Check in. Unpack. Relax. Take A Shower" is the tagline to which Alfred Hitchcock film?

Steve Carell starred in what 2005 comedy with the tagline "The longer you wait, the harder it gets"?

Which film starring Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman had the tagline "There is no gene for the human spirit"?

Which film, starring Jim Carey, had the tagline "On the air. Unaware"?

Which film starring Michael Cera has the tagline "An epic of epic epicness"?

"Man is the warmest place to hide" is from which John Carpenter film?

"In space no one can hear you scream" is the tagline from which Ridley Scott film?

Round 2: ‘Remakes’

10 questions all about film remakes of originals.

In which remake of a 1974 film does a student take a job looking after an irritable, blind, medically retired Army officer played by Al Pacino?

Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis, which 1994 action comedy is a remake of 'La totale!' from 1991?

Which classic Western was remade in 2010 by the Coen's, it was originally released in 1969 starring John Wayne?

Which 1995 Michael Mann heist film was a remake of 'L.A. Takedown' from 1989?

Which 1960 classic Western was a "remake" of an Akira Kurosawa film from 1954?

Which Jason Statham film from 2008 is a remake of a film from 1975 starring Sylvester Stallone?

Which Best Picture Oscar winning film by Scorsese in 2006 was a remake of 'Infernal Affairs' from 2002?

Which 2018 film, starring Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga has been remade 4 times?

Which 1959 epic historical drama film directed by William Wyler and starring Charlton Heston was a remake?

Pierce Brosnan plays a billionaire who steals a painting from an art gallery in the 1999 remake of which 1974 film?

Round 3: Best Picture Oscars

10 questions about films which have won Best Picture Oscar.

In 2000, which epic historical drama film directed by Ridley Scott won the best picture Oscar?

Which disaster film, the higest grossing of all time for a while, won the Oscar for best picture in 1997?

What 2011 black and white film won the best picture Oscar – the first (arguably) since "Schindler's List" in 1994?

Set in WW1, and staring Gary Cooper, What is the only silent film to win the best picture Oscar?

Starring Jodie Foster, as of 2024 what is the only 'horror' film to win the best picture Oscar?

In 2019 which South Korean black comedy thriller film – directed by Bong Joon-ho – won the best picture Oscar?

Which film, directed by Woody Allen and featuring Diane Keaton in a role written specifically for her, won the best picture Oscar in 1978?

Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, and Josh Brolin, which film won best picture in 2007?

In what year of the 1990s did Forest Gump with the best picture Oscar (one year each way)?

Rain Man won the best picture Oscar in 1988. It starred Tom Cruise, and which other famous actor as his brother?

Round 4: Computer Game Adaptations

10 questions about computer/video games which have been adapted into films.

With lots of sequels, which film starring Milla Jovovich was based on the video game series of the same name?

Which 1993 adventure comedy film starring Bob Hoskins was based on a successful Nintendo game?

Dwayne Johnson and Karl Urban starred in this adaptation of which classic first person series of games?

Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, Brendan Gleeson, and others starred in which 2016 film based on which Ubisoft series of games?

Which 2007 film revolves around Agent 47, and is an adaptation of a series of stealth based video games?

Starring Christopher Lambert, which 1995 adaption was based on an ultra-violent fighting game?

Which 1994 action film starring Jean Claud Van Damme also featuring Kyle Minogue, was based on a Capcom arcade game?

A 2010 film which stars Jake Gyllenhaal as Prince Dastan, Gemma Arterton as Princess Tamina was based on a 2003 game, itself a remake of which 1989 classic?

The highest-grossing video game adaptation of all time, released in 2016, was based on which Blizzard Entertainment game?

What game was a 2001 film starring Angelina Jolie, which was remade again in 2018?

Round 5: Book to Film Adaptations

10 questions about films which have been adapted from books.

For which film trilogy have Classic FM listeners have voted Howard Shore’s film score to the top spot of the annual Movie Music Chart more than once?

Which 1999 film was directed by David Fincher and adapted from a book by Chuck Palahniuk?

Stanley Kubrick directed what controversial adaptation of a 1962 novella by Anthony Burgess?

Based on Margaret Mitchell’s novel of an incredible 1,037 pages, which 1939 film is nearly four hours long?

Mario Puzo wrote the book and assisted on the screenplay for which classic film trilogy by Francis Ford Coppola?

Which film, directed by Ang Lee, is based on a 2001 Canadian philosophical novel of the same name by Yann Martel?

Which cult classic film of the 1990s, directed by Danny Boyle, was based on an Irvine Welsh novel?

As of 2024 there have been four film versions of John Buchan’s The Thirty-Nine Steps, who directed the first?

The novel "Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep" by Philip K. Dick was the very loose inspiration for which film?

Gregory Peck's portrayal of Atticus Finch won him a Best Actor Oscar in To Kill a Mockingbird – who wrote the book it's based on?

Sunday Quiz – 13th October 2024 – Film Special