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Roger Moore Frank Sinatra Sean Connery John Wayne the Old Man THE PHOENIX FESTIVE FUN FILM QUIZ 2019 Round 1 WHO’S THE STAR? Circle the name of the STAR of each of these films (one name only in each case). TEAM NAME: _________________________________ (bonus point for best team name) 1. The Man with the Golden Arm (1955): Roger Moore Frank Sinatra Sean Connery John Wayne 2. The Old Man and the Gun (2018): Brad Pitt George Clooney Denzel Washington Robert Redford 3. The African Queen (1951): Katherine Hepburn Audrey Hepburn Lauren Bacall Greta Garbo 4. The General (1926): Harold Lloyd Buster Keaton Laurel and Hardy Charlie Chaplin 5. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969): Sean Connery David Niven George Lazenby Timothy Dalton 6. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000): Kevin Costner George Clooney Tom Hanks Dustin Hoffman 7. The Magnificent Seven (1960): Yul Brynner Peter O’Toole Peter Sellers John Wayne 8. Notting Hill (1999): Rosamund Pike Gwyneth Paltrow Julia Roberts Renée Zellwegger 9. Mrs. Doubtfire (1993): Robin Williams Hugh Grant Leo DiCaprio Richard Griffiths 10. Atonement (2007): Maggie Smith Keira Knightley Julianne Moore Vanessa Redgrave 1 11. The History Boys (2006): Penelope Keith Helen Mirren Greta Scacchi Frances De La Tour 12. Le Mans (1971): Christian Bale Steve McQueen James Garner Steve Buscemi 13. Le Mans ‘66 (2019): Matt LeBlanc Matt Damon Matthew Macfadyen Matthew McConaughey 14. The Reader (2008): Tara Fitzgerald Kate Beckinsale Charlotte Gainsbourg Kate Winslet 15. The Imitation Game (2014): Bill Nighy Benedict Cumberbatch, Sean Connery Daniel Day-Lewis 16. Henry V (1944): Ralph Richardson Laurence Olivier Richard Harris Laurence Harvey 17. Downton Abbey (2019): Imelda Staunton Kristin Scott Thomas Celia Imrie Diana Rigg 18. Born on the Fourth of July (1989): Tom Hardy Tom Cruise Tom Hiddleston Tom Berenger 19. The Intouchables (2011): Daniel Auteuil François Cluzet Jean Dujardin Gérard Depardieu 20. Blue Jasmine (2013): Cara Delevingne Cate Blanchett Carey Mulligan Olivia Colman (20 POINTS) 2 THE PHOENIX FESTIVE FUN FILM QUIZ 2019 Round 2 EUROPEAN FILMS Here are some recent European films with their original title – what is the English title? The year we screened the film is given (all of them have been shown at the Phoenix in the past six years). The language of the original is given in brackets AND the year of the film’s release. TEAM NAME: ______________________________________________ 1. November 2013 EWA CHCE SPAC (Polish 1955) ___________________________________________________ 2. February 2014 DANS LA MAISON (French 2012) ___________________________________________________ 3. October 2014 HUNDRAÅRINGEN SOM KLEV UT GENOM FÖNSTRET OCH FÖRSVANN (Swedish 2013) ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ 4. February 2015 HROSS Í OSS ___________________________________________________ 5. March 2015 ALCESTE A BICYCLETTE (French 2013) ___________________________________________________ 6. April 2015 DEUX JOURS, UNE NUIT ((Belgian) French 2014) ___________________________________________________ 7. May 2015 2015 LA GRANDE BELLEZA (Italian 2013) ___________________________________________________ 8. January 2017 SAUL FIA (Hungarian 2015) ___________________________________________________ 9. February 2017 KRIGEN (Danish 2015) ___________________________________________________ 10. October 2017 EL OLIVO (Spanish 2016) ___________________________________________________ 3 11. November 2017 EN MAN SOM HETER OVE (Swedish 2015) ____________________________________________________ 12. December 2017 MA VIE DE COURGETTE (French 2016) ____________________________________________________ 13. February 2018 TOIVON TUOLLA PUOLEN (Finnish 2017) ____________________________________________________ 14. February 2018 EL PASTOR (Spanish 2016) ____________________________________________________ 15. October 2017 AUS DEM NICHTS (German 2017) ____________________________________________________ 16. January 2019 ZIMNA WOJNA (Polish 2018) ____________________________________________________ 17. February 2019 MEIN BLIND DATE MIT DEM LEBEN (German 2017) ____________________________________________________ 18. March 2019 UNDIR TRÉNU = (Icelandic 2017) ____________________________________________________ 19. October 2019 LA VILLA (French 2017) ____________________________________________________ 20. February 2020 DOLOR Y GLORIA (Spanish 2019) ____________________________________________________ and one bonus title: 21. December 2014 JOYEUX NOEL (French 2005) ____________________________________________________ (20 + 1 = 21 POINTS) 4 THE PHOENIX FESTIVE FUN FILM QUIZ 2019 Round 3 MISSING WORDS. Finish off the film titles – they are all films on general release from the past five years, ** some screened at the Phoenix **. TEAM NAME: ________________________________________ 1. 2015 - HE NAMED ME ____________________ 2. 2016 - ______________ _____ STORM ** 3. 2017 - CALL ME BY _____ _______________ 4. 2018 - THE _______________________ OF CAMERON POST 5. 2019 - ONCE UPON A TIME IN _______________________ 6. 2015 - WHEN MARNIE _______ _____________ ** 7. 2016 - ______________________ BY THE SEA 8. 2017 - ___________ _______________ 2049 9. 2018 - A STAR _____ ____________ 10. 2019 - ASH IS ____________ __________ ** 11. 2015 - MOUNTAINS MAY _________________ ** 12. 2016 - SULLY: MIRACLE ON ______ __________________ 13. 2017 - THE SHAPE _____ _________________ 14. 2018 - _____________________ GRADE ** 15. 2019 - _______ __________ KING 16. 2015 - CLOUDS OF ________ ______________ ** 17. 2016 - FANTASTIC BEASTS AND _____________ ___ _______ ________ 18. 2017 - THE KILLING OF ___ ________________ __________ 19. 2018 - OCEAN’S __________________ 20. 2019 - SORRY ____ _____________ __________ ** (20 POINTS) 5 THE PHOENIX FESTIVE FUN FILM QUIZ 2019 Round 4: TWO’S COMPANY? Give the names of the well-known cinematic pairings from their initials and the film info given. TEAM NAME: _____________________________________________ 1. I____ M___________ and H________ M__________. The Good Liar 2. H_____________ B___________ and L__________ B___________. The Big Sleep; Key Largo; To Have and Have Not. 3. (S_____ ) L___________ and (O________ ) H_______. Another Fine Mess; Pack Up Your Troubles; Sons of the Desert; A Chump at Oxford. 4. P____ N__________ and R__________ R__________. The Sting; Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid; La Classe Américaine. 5. W_________ M___________ and J______ L___________. The Fortune Cookie; The Odd Couple; The Front Page; Buddy Buddy 6. E____________ T__________ and R__________ B__________. Cleopatra; Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; The Taming of the Shrew; Under Milk Wood. 7. T___ H_______ and M____ R______. Sleepless in Seattle; You’ve Got Mail. 8. S___________ T______ and K____________ H___________. Woman of the Year; Keeper of the Flame; Adam’s Rib; Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner. 9. O________ N__________-J_____ and J_____ T___________. Grease. 10. L_______ D___C________ and K_______ W__________. Titanic. (20 POINTS) 6 THE PHOENIX FESTIVE FUN FILM STILLS QUIZ 2019! Round 5 TEAM NAME: _____________________________________________ Film title Star Star City they defend in modern times Film title Actor Actress Director Film Title Actress Actor Director Film Title Star Star Director Film Title Character Character How many sequels to the original? 7 Film Title Character Character Year of release Film Title Character Character Director Film Title Actress Actor What is their “profession”? Film Title Star Star Their newspaper name Film Title Character Character Who created it all? (40 POINTS) 8 THE PHOENIX FESTIVE FUN FILM PICTURE QUIZ 2019! Answers please! Round 6 Give the name of the STAR in each photo. TEAM NAME: _______________________________________________ 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 9 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. ** Bonus mark: which TWO of these stars died in 2019? ** (36 + 2 = 38 POINTS) (The grand total possible is 160 points) 10 THE PHOENIX FESTIVE FUN FILM PICTURE QUIZ 2019! Round 6: THE PICTURE QUIZ. Give the name of the STAR in each photo. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 11 THE PHOENIX FESTIVE FUN FILM PICTURE QUIZ 2019! Round 6 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 12 THE PHOENIX FESTIVE FUN FILM PICTURE QUIZ 2019! Round 6 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 13 THE PHOENIX FESTIVE FUN FILM PICTURE QUIZ 2019! Round 6 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. ** Bonus mark: which TWO of these stars died in 2019? ** (36 + 2 = 38 POINTS) (The grand total possible is 159 points) 14 .
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