BFI Film Quiz - February 2016
QUESTIONS General Knowledge 1 Which Californian actress’s performance in the film Room won her this year’s Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture, the Critics’ Choice Movie Award for Best Actress and sees her also currently nominated for the Academy Award in the Best Actress category? 2 Name the debut feature film by the Mexican director Guillermo delToro, a 1993 Mexican vampire film starring veteran actor Federico Luppi, alongside Ron Perlman and Claudio Brook. 3 Name the London-born actress, one of J. Arthur Rank’s “well-spoken young starlets”, who appeared in films including Guys & Dolls and The Happy Ending and who was awarded a prestigious BFI Fellowship in 1994. 4 Name the upcoming new film by Martin Scorsese, in development since 1991 and due for release this year, which is based on a novel by Shūsaku Endō. It concerns two Catholic priests who face violent persecution when they travel to Japan to seek out their mentor. 5 Name the 2014 Argentine-Spanish black comedy, written and directed by Damián Szifron, which won the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language earlier this month.
Oscars 2016 1 For the second year running, a film by a particular Spanish film director received the most overall nominations at the Academy Awards: name the director. 2 Name the acclaimed Hungarian drama, directed by László Nemes and set in Auschwitz during World War II, which has been nominated in the Best Foreign Picture category at this year’s Oscars. 3 Which British actress, nominated for her performance in Andrew Haigh’s 45 Years, recently caused controversy for her comments regarding the perceived lack of racial diversity in this year’s list of Academy Award nominations? 4 “Simple Song Number 3”, written and composed by American composer David Lang and performed by South Korean singer Sumi Jo, is an Oscar-nominated piece from which 2005 film starring Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel? 5 Which British novelist, previously responsible for screenplays including Sunshine and 28 Days Later, made his directorial debut with 2015’s Ex Machina, nominated in the Best Original Screenplay and Best Visual Effects cat- egories at this year’s Oscars? LGBT Valentine’s Day 1 Who directed the 2015 British-American romance Carol? 2 Name the 2011 British romantic drama film directed by Andrew Haigh about two men who meet and begin a sexual relationship the week before one of them plans to leave the country. 3 Name the directorial debut of the Wachowski siblings: the film about a love affair between a mob wife and a female ex-con turned actresses Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly into lesbian icons. 4 The 1985 Stephen Frears film, My Beautiful Lauderette, starred Gordon Warnecke and which Oscar-winning actor as a mixed-race pair of childhood friends who, re-united, begin a romantic relationship. 5 In which 1999 satirical romantic comedy is the character Megan Bloomfield sent by her parents to a conversion therapy camp to “cure” her lesbianism, only to fall in love with a fellow inmate?
Guilty Pleasures 1 Which 2010 comedy, directed by Edgar Wright, was promoted with the taglines “An epic of epic epicness” and “This summer it’s on like Donkey Kong”? 2 Which raucous U.S. comic and actor, who died in 1982, appeared in Goin’ South, Animal House and Continental Divide? 3 Name the 2001 cult comedy - recently revived as a Netflix series - which starred the likes of Bradley Cooper, Amy Poehler and Paul Rudd as counsellors at an early ‘80s American summer camp. 4 Which director was behind films including Glen or Glenda, Jail Bait & Plan 9 from Outer Space? In 1980, he was posthumously awarded a Golden Turkey Award as the Worst Director of All Time. 5 Which 2015 superhero film has been nominated for five of this year’s Golden Raspberry Awards, including Worst Picture, Worst Screen Combo and Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel?
Quentin Tarantino 1 Name the short film made in 1984 by The Graphics Group, later renamed Pixar, which was John Lasseter’s first computer animated project. 2 For which 1988 short film, produced by Pixar and directed by Lasseter, did he win his first Academy Award? 3 Which actor has voiced characters in numerous Lasseter productions, including P.T. Flea in A Bug’s Life and Mustafa in Ratatouille? 4 Name the 1995 film, directed by Lasseter, which was the first feature-length computer-animation and the first theatrical film produced by Pixar. 5 Name the upcoming sequel to 2003’s Finding Nemo, of which Lasseter is Executive Producer. the location is shifted from Florida to Los Angeles? 4 Name the two films for which Tarantino has won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. 5 Which legendary composer of spaghetti-western soundtracks provided the original music for Tarantino’s latest film, The Hateful Eight? ANSWERS
Picture Round – Alan Rickman Poster Round – Musicals 1 Robin Hood - Prince of Thieves 1 Jesus Christ Superstar 2 Dogma 2 42nd Street 3 Love Actually 3 Fiddler on the Roof 4 Michael Collins 4 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas 5 Sense & Sensibility 5 Easter Parade 6 Truly Madly Deeply 6 Thoroughly Modern Millie 7 Bottle Shock 7 Rent 8 Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone 8 On With the Show 9 Galaxy Quest 9 The Rocky Horror Picture Show 10 Die Hard 10 An American in Paris
General Knowledge Guilty Pleasures 1 BRIE LARSON 1 SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD 2 CRONOS 2 JOHN BELUSHI 3 JEAN SIMMONS 3 WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER 4 SILENCE 4 ED WOOD 5 WILD TALES 5 FANTASTIC FOUR
Oscars 2016 John Lasseter 1 ALEJANDRO INARRITU 1 THE ADVENTURES OF ANDRE & WALLY B 2 SON OF SAUL 2 TIN TOY 3 CHARLOTTE RAMPLING 3 JOHN RATZENBERGER 4 YOUTH 4 TOY STORY 5 ALEX GARLAND 5 FINDING DORY
LGBT Valentine’s Day 1 TODD HAYNES 2 WEEKEND 3 BOUND 4 DANIEL DAY LEWIS 5 BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER