XXXXXX XX XX XXX XXX XXXXX XX XX XX XXXXXXX XX XX XX XX X XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XXXX XX XX XX X XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XXX XX XX XX XX XX XX XXXXX XX XX XXXXX XXXX XX XXXXXXX X BOB KELL DIGS OUT HIS BIG THICK BOOK AND POSES SOME QUESTIONS Do you enjoy watching films? Would you say you knew a fair bit about them? Do you like to test yourself with competition questions but can't be bothered to actually send your answers in? Well someone must because nobody seems to enter the competitions do they? If the answer to any or all of the above questions is yes,then this quiz is for you.There are no prizes,it`s purely a fun test of your celluloid knowledge.The answers are at the end and there is also a rating for you to see how you have done.To be fair,there is a section for most types of movie. Pen and paper ready?Are you sitting comfortably,good,then we`ll begin. SECTION 1 - HORROR ================== 1.Which actor famous for his Hammer Film roles,starred in the big screen version of Dennis Wheatley`s "The Devil Rides Out". 2.What is the screen name of the psychopathic killer in "Halloween". 3.Everyone is familiar with the classic film "The Exorcist",but in what year was it made. 4.The movies "House",and "House 2",share a "cheery" link in the casting of a couple of co-stars.What is it. 5.In the "Hellraiser" series,the Pinhead character is one several pretty disgusting characters that are menacing our heroes,but what are they collectively known as. SECTION 2 - COMEDY ================== 6.Dan Aykroyd played it by the book as Sgt Joe Friday in the 1987 version of a classic 50`s police serial,what was it. 7.In "National Lampoon`s Christmas Vacation",Chevy Chase drained the USA`s national grid by connecting up what to his power supply. 8.Complete the quote from the Woody Allen film "Sleeper". "Oh my God,I`ve just knocked a man senseless with a ..................?" 9."Blazing Saddles" is one of everyones favourite comedy movies and starred the excellent Gene Wilder,but who played alongside him as the towns new black sheriff. 10.The unusual combination of Arnold Schwarzeneggar and Danny Devito worked very well in the film "Twins".What were their on screen christian names. SECTION 3 - WAR MOVIES ====================== 11.In the 1953 film Albert RN,there was something decidedly wooden about the acting of the character in the title,why. 12.Charlie Sheen played the new recruit and Tom Berenger the battle hardened veteran in which 1986 Vietnam war film. 13.In one famous war movie,starring Clint Eastwood,the plot revolved around the theft of 14,000 bars of gold from an occupied French bank,which movie. 14.The 1978 film,The Deer Hunter,is probably one of the most well known of "modern" war movies.It starred Robert De Niro,but who was the director,(whose career incidentally almost ended with the 1980 total disaster Heaven`s Gate). 15.The 1951 film The Desert Fox,was the story of the German Field Marshall,Rommel.Which British actor played the lead role. SECTION 4 -FUTURE FANTASY ========================= 16.In 1975,Sylvester Stallone made a "road " movie,featuring a cross country car race where extra points were given for running over pedestrians,what was it. 17.Name the policeman whose "death" enabled Robocop to live. 18.Total Recall was yet another smash hit for Arnold Scharzenegger,the plot revolved around the discovery of " alien artifacts ",but what were the miners looking for at the time. 19.A fairly youthfull Sean Connery,starred in a wholly British film in 1973 which involved a flying bust of Zeus travelling the countryside giving out arms and ammo to " exterminators " to enforce the law,what was it. 20.Fahrenheit 451,is set in a future society where television is everything and books are banned,what is the relevance of the title. SECTION 5 - SPACE ================= 21."Valley Forge",is the name of a botanic space station orbitting the Earth containing the remnants of the world`s forests in which film starring Bruce Dern. 22.The acclaimed director John Carpenter`s very first feature film concerned four astronauts on a mission to destroy meaningless planets with the aid of their intelligent bombs.That is until one of the bombs begins to question it`s own mortality.Name the film. 23.A ship sent up to examine Halleys Comet brings back to earth a buxom alien who duly springs to life and begins to suck the vital energy from humans causing a vampire-like chain reaction and turns London into a throng of sex crazed zombie vampires,(not a documentary is it?),name the film. 24.The film 2001 is probably one of the best,most famous,and most examined of all space movies.When was it made. 25.The Star Wars trilogy was the most watched of all space movies,the main characters becoming household names.Which British actor sweated it out inside Darth Vaders costume but was switched to an American actor when he was unmasked. SECTION 6 - MONSTER MOVIES ========================== 26.In the film " Predator ",which black actor played the part of Arnie`s old army buddy who conned him into taking the mission and went along for the ride. 27.Jeff Goldblum in " The Fly ",gives himself a nickname as he begins to mutate,what is it. 28.The original Boris Karloff version of Frankenstien is still a very credible film and Karloff himself is excellent.Name the year in which this film was made. 29.Ridley Scott directed "Alien", but who directed the sequel "Aliens". 30.Fay Wray provided the "babe" for King Kong in the 1933 film,but who provided the glamour for the 1976 version. SECTION 7 - WESTERNS ==================== 31.In the 1970 western,"The Cheyanne Social Club",James Stewart inherits the club of the title,and his partner played by Henry Fonda tags along to see exactly what the club is,but do you know. 32.Who plays the young girl,(as a teenager),who has been kidnapped by the indians,in the all time classic,"The Searchers". 33.Name John Waynes last western when he played a gunslinger ironically dying of cancer,as he was himself at the time. 34.Which 1964 western was released in the country in which it was filmed under the title,"Per Un Pugno di Dollari". 35.Lee Marvin and Jane Fonda played excellently alongside each other in the comic western "Cat Ballou",but which extremely famous singer had a role in the film. SECTION 8 - GANGSTERS ===================== 36.Everyone knows the classic gangster movie "The Godfather",but in which year was it made. 37.James Cagney`s much imitated quote,"Top of the world Ma",came in which 1949 movie. 38.Who was surrounded by Japanese gangsters in the 1974 film,"The Yakuza". 39.Name the actor that connects "Home Alone" with "The Goodfellas". 40.Who starred in the 1972 movie "Prime Cut". SECTION 9 - ACTION/ADVENTURE ============================ 41.What was special about the Chinese girl that was kidnapped Lo Pan`s henchmen in the movie "Big Trouble In Little China",and then rescued by Kurt Russel. 42.In which action movie does Arnold Schwarzenegger play "Colonel John Matrix",who`s daughter has been kidnapped. 43.Michael Douglas and Danny DeVito were the male leads in "Romancing The Stone",but who took the female lead. 44.Who plays the American President in "Escape From New York". 45.Who plays the drug running head of the corrupt South African embassy in the film "Lethal Weapon 2". SECTION 10 - PRISON =================== 46.In 1961,Burt Lancaster played the part of Robert Stroud,sentenced to life.How was he better known. 47.Who starred in the excellent British prison pic,"Scum". 48.In which country was the 1978 film "Midnight Express" set. 49.In the classic 1939 movie "Each Dawn I Die" James Cagney plays a reporter who is framed and jailed,inside he meets a hardened con who be- friends him.Which famous gangster actor plays this character. 50.Who stars alongside Clint Eastwood as the governor of Alcatraz,in the film "Escape From Alcatraz". Well,there we are,nobody said it was easy.To check your answers,carry on down. ANSWERS ======= 1.CHRISTOPHER LEE. 2.MICHAEL MYERS. 3.1973. 4.JOHN RATZENBERGER AND GEORGE WENDT,WERE IN EACH.THEY PLAYED NORM AND CLIFF IN CHEERS. 5.CENOBITES. 6.DRAGNET. 7.HE PLUGGED IN HIS HUGE CHAIN OF CHRISTMAS LIGHTS. 8.STRAWBERRY. 9.CLEAVON LITTLE. 10.JULIUS AND VINCENT. 11.HE WAS A DUMMY,MADE TO FOOL THE GUARDS WHEN THEY COUNTED THE PRISONERS. 12.PLATOON. 13.KELLY`S HEROES. 14.MICHAEL CIMINO. 15.JAMES MASON. 16.DEATH RACE 2000. 17.ALEX MURPHY. 18.TRIBIDIUM. 19.ZARDOZ. 20.IT`S THE TEMPERATURE AT WHICH PAPER BURNS. 21.SILENT RUNNING. 22.DARK STAR. 23.LIFEFORCE. 24.1968. 25.DAVE PROWSE,BETTER KNOWN AS THE GREEN CROSS CODE MAN. 26.CARL WEATHERS. 27.BRUNDLEFLY. 28.1931. 29.JAMES CAMERON. 30.JESSICA LANGE. 31.IT WAS A BROTHEL. 32.NATALIE WOOD. 33.THE SHOOTIST. 34.A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS. 35.NAT KING COLE. 36.1971. 37.WHITE HEAT. 38.ROBERT MITCHUM. 39.JOE PESCI. 40.LEE MARVIN. 41.SHE HAD GREEN EYES. 42.COMMANDO. 43.KATHLEEN TURNER. 44.DONALD PLEASANCE. 45.JOSS ACKLAND. 46.THE BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ. 47.RAY WINSTONE. 48.TURKEY. 49.GEORGE RAFT. 50.PATRICK McGOOHAN. RATING ====== If you managed to score 50,then you must either be a total genius,have the same film book as me,or you bloody cheated and came to the answer bit first. 40 - 50 ,still a very good score,you must have a full video cabinet. 30 - 40 ,not bad really,probably still a good score. 20 - 30 ,hmmm,about half,average. 20 - 30 ,either you don`t like films,or you`ve a memory like a string vest. 10 - 20 ,you obviously have better things to do than watch films,pervert. 0 - 10 ,HELLO! is there anybody in?