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BFI Film Quiz – June 2013 - QUESTIONS BFI Film Quiz – June 2013 - QUESTIONS General Knowledge 1 The first BAFTA Award for Best Film from any Source was presented in 1948 to which William Wyler film, which starred Myrna Loy and Fredric March? 2 Name the American actress who won the 1974 Academy Award for Best Actress, for her performance in Martin Scorsese’s Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. 3 Which director remains the only person to have twice won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival, having taken the award in both 1993 and 1996? 4 Which American swimmer and star of MGM classics Bathing Beauty, Take Me Out to the Ball Game and Neptune’s Daughter, passed away last week aged 91? 5 Which Senegalese film director became the first African recipient of a BFI Fellowship, when he was honoured in 2005? Werner Herzog 1 Which 1968 film, based on a short story by Achim von Arnim, was Werner Herzog’s debut feature; it won the Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival? 2 Which German actor took leading parts in numerous Herzog films, including 1972’s Aguirre, The Wrath of God and 1987’s Cobra Verde? 3 Burden of Dreams is a 1982 documentary which follows the chaotic production of which Herzog feature of the same year, filmed in the jungles of South America? 4 In 2009, Herzog became the first director to have two films nominated for the Golden Lion at the Venice International Film festival – name them (a point for each). 5 What did Herzog eat on camera in a 1980 documentary, directed by Les Blank, as the result of a bet he had made with film maker Errol Morris? Cannes 2013 1 Abdellatif Kechiche’s Blue is the Warmest Colour won the Palme D’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival; but which two actresses who starred in the film were awarded the prize alongside its director, an unprecedented step? LEA SEYDOUX & ADELE EXARCHOPOULOS 2 Which legendary Hollywood couple were featured on the poster for the 2013 Cannes Film Festival? PAUL NEWMAN & JOANNE WOODWARD 3 Name the Cambodian film, directed by Rithy Panh, which won top prize in the Un Certain Regard section of this year’s Festival. THE MISSING PICTURE 4 Which Kiwi film director was the head of the jury for the Cinéfondation and Short Film sections at last month’s Cannes Film Festival? JANE CAMPION 5 Name the French actress who hosted this year’s Cannes opening and closing ceremonies. AUDREY TAUTOU Guilty Pleasures 1 Which 1980 musical comedy, directed by Nancy Walker, is notorious for being the first ever winner of the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Film? 2 Which screenwriter’s work includes the films Cursed, The Faculty and I Know What You Did Last Summer, as well as TV’s Dawson’s Creek? 3 Name the 1994 film which was promoted with the tagline, “what the one doesn’t have, the other is missing”. 4 Which actor links the films Bulletproof Monk, Final Destination and Dude, Where’s My Car? 5 Name the American director, often called “the Godfather of gore”, whose work includes the classic horror films Blood Feast and Two Thousand Maniacs? Ray Harryhausen 1 What was the name given to the method of stop-motion animation invented by Ray Harryhausen, as used in films including The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad? 2 Name Harryhausen’s mentor, who won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for his work alongside Harryhausen on 1949’s Mighty Joe Young; his previous films included The Lost World and King Kong. 3 Harryhausen provided dinosaur effects for which 1966 British film, starring Raquel Welsh? 4 Harryhausen provided stop-motion effects for the 1964 film First Men in the Moon, which was adapted from the novel by which British author? 5 Which 1981 fantasy adventure film was the last feature on which Harryhausen worked, as he retired shortly after its release? BFI Film Quiz – June 2013 – ANSWERS Picture Round (Rabbits in Film) 1 Frank – Donnie Darko 2 Brer Rabbit – Song of the South 3 EB - Hop 4 Rabbit of Caerbannog - Monty Python & the Holy Grail 5 Thumper - Bambi 6 Roger Rabbit – Who Framed Roger Rabbit? 7 Mimzy – The Last Mimzy 8 Bugs Bunny – Space Jam 9 Harvey - Harvey 10 General Woundwort – Watership Down Poster Round (Ken Loach Films) 1 Poor Cow 2 Bread & Roses 3 Hidden Agenda 4 Raining Stones 5 The Wind That Shakes the Barley 6 Carla’s Song 7 Ae Fond Kiss (Just A Kiss) 8 Looks & Smiles 9 Route Irish 10 Riff Raff General Knowledge 1 THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES 2 ELLEN BURSTYN 3 ANG LEE 4 ESTHER WILLIAMS 5 OUSMANE SEMBENE Werner Herzog 1SIGNS OF LIFE 2 KLAUS KINSKI 3 FITZCARRALDO 4 BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT CALL OF NEW ORLEANS & MY SON, MY SON, WHAT HAVE YE DONE? 5 HIS SHOE Cannes 2013 1 LEA SEYDOUX & ADELE EXARCHOPOULOS 2 PAUL NEWMAN & JOANNE WOODWARD 3 THE MISSING PICTURE 4 JANE CAMPION 5 AUDREY TAUTOU Guilty Pleasures 1 CAN’T STOP THE MUSIC 2 KEVIN WILLIAMSON 3 DUMB AND DUMBER 4 SEANN WILLIAM SCOTT 5 HERSCHELL GORDON LEWIS Ray Harryhausen 1 DYNAMATION 2 WILLIS H. O’BRIEN 3 ONE MILLION YEARS B.C. 4 H.G. WELLS 5 CLASH OF THE TITANS .
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