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BFI Film Quiz - June 2014 - QUESTIONS

General Knowledge

1 Vivien Leigh won her first Best Actress Oscar for her performance in 1939's Gone With the Wind; but for which 1951 film did she win her second?

2 Who, in February 2008, succeeded as chair of the ?

3 Which actor links the films Shampoo, The Fortune and Bulworth?

4 In 2012, The Artist became the first silent film since 1927's Wings to win the Best Picture Oscar. But which 1928 film, directed by Ernst Lubitsch, was the last to receive an Academy Award nomination?

5 Name the filmmaker who directed the 2007 film 300, and acted as a writer and producer on this year's sequel, the Noam Murro directed Rise of an Empire.

Chinese Cinema

1 Name the 1948 Fei Mu classic, considered by many to be the finest Chinese film ever made.

2 Which Taiwanese-born director made his feature debut with the 1992 film Pushing Hands, the first part of his "Father knows best" trilogy?

3 Which 1965 film, directed by Wang Ping, tells the history of the Chinese Communist Party, from its founding in 1921 to its victory over the Nationalists in 1949, in the style of a song and dance epic?

4 Which Chinese actor and martial arts icon made his first major film appearance in the 1971 film The Big Boss?

5 Which 2002 Chinese crime thriller, directed by and , inspired 's remake The Departed?

Cannes 2014

1 Which Turkish drama won both the Palme D'Or and the FIPRESCI Prize and the 2014 ?

2 Name the British winner of the Best Actor prize, claimed for his performance in 's Mr Turner.

3 Which Hungarian film's stars won the 2014 Palm Dog, the award for Best Canine Performance; it also picked up the Prize Un Certain Regard?

4 Name the American director, who won this year's Best Director award, for his drama , the follow up to his Oscar nominated film .

5 Which classic spaghetti , recently restored, closed the 2014 Cannes Film Festival?

Guilty Pleasures

1 Name the actress and singer who holds the record for most for Worst Actress, having amassed a total of five.

2 Which much parodied 1936 film, aimed at dissuading young people from using marijuana, was described by Leonard Maltin as "the grand-daddy of all 'worst' movies"?

3 Which actress links the films Blame it on Rio, St Elmo's Fire & Striptease?

4 What is the highest grossing animated film of 2014 to date; directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, it details the hero Emmet's attempt to save the world from a villian named Lord Business?

5 Name the Dutch director, screenwriter and producer behind such wonderfully trashy films as Total Recall, Turkish Delight and Starship Troopers.

Documentaries

1 This year's Sheffield Doc/Fest opened with a cinematic celebration of one of Sheffield's most celebrated indie pop bands. Name the film, which includes the name of the band in question.

2 What was the name of Errol Morris’ 1988 documentary which explored the case of a man wrongfully convicted of murder, and precipitated his release a year later?

3 Who directed the 1967 film DON'T LOOK BACK, which invented the fly-on-the-wall rockumentary by following on his UK tour and captured the beginnings of cannablistic celebrity culture?

4 Which American documentary from 1975 spawned a sequel consisting of unreleased footage, an HBO film and even a Broadway musical about its two female subjects?

5 About which iconic building did Andy Warhol create an eight-hour minimalist documentary? The film simply tracked the setting of the sun behind the building in a single shot.

ANSWERS

Picture Round - Pigs in Film Poster Round - Time Travel

1 Babe - Babe 1 Time Bandits

2 Hamm - Toy Story 2 The Time Traveller's Wife

3 Razorback - Razorback 3 The Time Machine

4 Napoleon - Animal Farm 4 Source Code

5 Hen Wen - The Black Cauldron 5 Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

6 Albert - College Road Trip 6 Midnight in Paris

7 Pumbaa - The Lion King 7 Somewhere in Time

8 Gordy - Gordy 8 Timecop

9 Miss Piggy - Muppet's Treasure Island 9 Slaughterhouse Five

10 Spider Pig - The Simpsons' Movie 10 Back to the Future Part Three

General Knowledge Cannes 2014 Documentaries

1 A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE 1 WINTER SLEEP 1 PULP: A FILM ABOTU LIFE, DEATH AND SUPERMARKETS 2 2 2 THE THIN BLUE LINE 3 3 WHITE GOD 3 D. A. PENNEBAKER 4 THE PATRIOT 4 4 GREY GARDENS 5 5 A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS 5 THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING

Chinese Cinema Guilty Pleasures

1 SPRING IN A SMALL TOWN 1 MADONNA

2 2 REEFER MADNESS

3 THE EAST IS RED 3 DEMI MOORE

4 BRUCE LEE 4 THE LEGO MOVIE

5 INFERNAL AFFAIRS 5