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Williamstown Film Society COVID Quiz

Q1 Name the film. It’s A Wonderful Life

Q2 Are you able to name the 3 actors pictured? (as Gumpilil) Jenny Agutter Luc Roeg (as Lucien Jon)

Q3 Name this film (hint: we have screened it) My Name Is Khan.

Q4 Name the 3 characters pictured & the actors who provided their voices. L to R: Baloo the bear (Phil Harris), Mowgli (Bruce Reitherman) Bagheera the panther (Sebastian Cabot)

Q5 Name these young stars from ’sstunning Gallipoli and if you can their character names. (Bonus: Are you able to name the actors in the image here, who were cropped out from our home page?) From Left to Right: David Argue (Snowy), Mark Lee (Archy), Mel Gibson (Frank) & Robert Grubb (Billy) Q6 Audrey Tautou played the title role in this wonderful French comedy. What was her character’s first name (also the film’s title)? Amelie

Q7 Name this comedian. Buster Keaton and the film is The Electric House (1922 short)

Q8 Name the film and how many times that you have seen it. The Sound of Music and the WFS record is 4,580,567 viewings!

Q9 Robert who? Paul who? Film name…please? (and if you’re keen, who did their costumes?) , , The Sting Edith Head dressed them. Q10 Your favourite 3D movie please?

Q11 Name the 1965 film directed by . A grand romantic drama starring Julie Christie as Lara and Omar Sharif as Yuri. Doctor Zhivago. & Lara’s Theme Q12 Who played the Wizard of Oz? Frank Morgan was the Wizard & the Gatekeeper, Professor Marvel, the Guard, the Carriage Driver. Other classics from 1939? Most popular response GWTW. See Blog article for a 1939 top 20. My favourites (that I’ve seen): Stage Coach, Goodbye Mr Chips, The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

I think we need to have a 1939 selection every year, so that I can at least see the others on the list. What do you reckon?

Q13 Only one principal from ‘Gone with the Wind’ is still alive today. Are you able to name him/her?

Olivia de Havilland turns 104 On July 1st. See Blog article for more details.

Q14 Which TV show brings back the most memories for you?

Plenty of love for Disneyland, IMT Hey Hey It’s Saturday…

Q15 Name the brothers Marx

From left to right in the picture, Groucho (Julius), Chico (Leonard), Harpo (Adolph). & not pictured Zeppo (Herbert) and Gummo (Milton). Manfred, the first born of the brothers, died in infancy.

Q16 Say you had the choice to sit next to one of these Australian movie characters and watch a movie, which would it be – Muriel, The Bloke, Jedda, Max, Miranda, Kenny or Priscilla? Or would you select another? My pick – Alvin (Purple) Others chose – Kenny, Darryl (Kerrigan), Patrick …

Q17 Name any film scored by , & a favourite as well. The Mission is a favourite of mine… A glance at his filmography shows that he wrote the music for shorts, documentaries, TV shows (movies, documentaries & series). It’s a long list.

Q18 Name the 1949 British comedy in which Alec Guinness played 9 different roles. Why are there only 8 pictures? Kind Hearts and Coronets In the 9th role, Mr Guinness was not in disguise. Q19 Name the actor who played multiple roles In ‘Dr Strangelove’? Peter Sellers played three roles – *US President Merkin Muffley *Dr Strangelove *Group Captain Lionel Mandrake

He was to play a fourth but was unable to play Air Force Major T J ‘King’ Kong – (the picture above shows the crossed out fourth role, eventually played by Slim Pickens – see Blog for the interesting explanation).

Q20 Name the animated film from our 2019 program that was created by animating 120 paintings by the artist responsible for the painting shown on the right?

The film ‘Loving Vincent’ & the artist was Vincent Van Gogh.

Q21 Name the star who autographed the wall of Daylesford’s Rex Cinema in 1954?

Chips Rafferty (see article on Blog page)

Q22 Complete the Mae West line from ‘I’m No Angel’. “When I’m good, I’m very good. But when I’m bad, …”

I’m better.

Q23 Who was Fiona in love with?

Charlie played by (watch the scene on our BLOG) In the credits Fiona is seen in a snap with her new hubby, Prince Charles!

Q24 What is the English title of this 2007 B&W silent film, made in Melbourne?

The English title is Dr Plonk. The keen eyed may have spotted the English title in small print below the large print Russian title

Q25 Clint was also a singing cowboy in which of our 2016 films?

Paint Your Wagon

Q26 Wadjda hopes to use the Koran recitation prize money to buy - a bicycle, a green one.

Q27 Simply name two of the films represented in this poster of ‘props’.

From bottom R to L: Texas Chainsaw Massacre, 2001 (the bone), The Seventh Seal (chess board), American Beauty (plastic bag), a million movies (the pistol), Citizen Kane (sled), Legally Blond (fuzzy pen – pink), etc Go to BLOG page for a bigger picture and a full list.

Q28 Laurel and Hardy trading cards came out in the 1930's in both W D and HO Wills cigarette packets and Agulitas Cuban cigarette packets. Thanks to Kevin Castle for the details.

Q29 Thomas Keneally played Father Marshall in ’s ‘The Devil’s Playground’ filmed at Werribee Mansion. Watch him deliver a sermon to the boys at the seminary at our BLOG page. Keneally’s ‘The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith’ and also ‘Schindler’s Ark’ have been filmed, the second as Schindler’s List. Q30 The ‘bachelor boy’ who turned 80 on the 14th October was none other than Sir Cliff Richard himself and the film in which he drove a London Bus was ‘Summer Holiday’.

Q31 The top image was ‘The Cabinet of Dr Caligari’,

leaving the bottom image as ‘The Golem’.

Q32 Marge Champion was the model the Disney

Animators referred to when drawing

Snow White (they were all men). The

picture shows Snow, young Marge and a more

mature Marge. Marge was also the inspiration for the Blue Fairy in Pinocchio, Hyacinth Hippo in Fantasia and Mr Stock in Dumbo – all Disney . Q33 The extremely young, sleeping

was taking a break on the set of ‘Dr No’.

Q34 W.S. Gilbert was born on the 18th of November.

Q35 In Teacher’s Pet, who was the teacher

and who was the pet?

Doris Day played the teacher

and was the student.

Q36 Claudia Karvan &

are the kids in love in the film,

‘The Big Steal’, shot in and around

Seddon & Footscray.