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BFI Film Quiz - April 2016

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1 Which actor received five nominations at Sunday’s MTV Movie Awards, for his performance in Deadpool? 2 Which French director’s films include Atlantic City, My Dinner with Andre and The Silent World, which won both the Palme d’Or and Academy Award for Best Documentary in 1956? 3 Name the 1986 film which was promoted with the tagline, “The first casualty of war is inno- cence.” 4 Which director is the only Japanese to have been awarded a prestigious BFI Fellowship, re- ceiving the honour in 1986? 5 Name the American actress who won the 1975 BAFTA for Best Actress in a Leading Role, recognising her performance as the title character in ’s Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore.

ALAN CLARKE 1 Name the 1979 Alan Clarke film about life inside a borstal which was first shown on Chan- nel Four in 1983. Clarke’s original radio play had been withdrawn from broadcast by the BBC in 1977. 2 Which actor made his screen debut as the 16-year-old skinhead Trevor, in Clarke’s 1982 ITV drama, Made in Britain? 3 Clarke only made three films for cinematic release. Name the second of these, a 1987 comedy- drama with a script adapted by Andrea Dunbar from two of her plays. 4 Who wrote the play Danton’s Death, an acclaimed version of which Clarke directed for the BBC in 1978, starring Norman Rodway, Ian Richardson and Zoë Wanamaker? 5 Which 1989 short, directed by Clarke and produced by Danny Boyle, addresses the troubles in Northern Ireland and was an influence on a later Gus Van Sant film of the same name?

BATMAN 1 The 1966 film Batman, a big screen adaptation of the popular television show, starred which two actors as the title character and his sidekick, Robin? 2 Which 1993 feature, directed by Eric Radomski and Bruce Timm and based on Batman: The Animated Series, was voted one of the ten best animated films of all time by imeT Magazine? 3 Which Minneapolis-born singer-songwriter composed and performed the soundtrack for Tim Burton’s 1989 franchise reboot, Batman? 4 Which actor succeeded in donning Batman’s mask in the 1995 film Batman Forever? 5 Name the upcoming American live-action animated film, directed by Chris McKay and due for release next year, which will feature Will Arnott as the voice of the Caped Crusader.

GUILTY PLEASURES 1 What was the highest grossing animated film of 2015, taking over $1 billion worldwide? 2 Which actress won the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress at this year’s ceremony, for her performance in Fifty Shades of Grey? 3 Which 1979 musical starred John Savage as a draftee who meets and befriends a tribe of long-haired hippies on his way to the army induction centre? 4 Name the upcoming animated action-adventure-comedy, directed by Clay Kaytis and Fergal Reilly, which is based on the popular video game series of the same name. 5 Which director links the films Sixteen Candles, Curly Sue and She’s Having a baby?

SUPERMAN 1 The first feature film appearance of the DC Comics character was in 1951’s Super- man & the Mole Men. Which actor – who also took the lead role in the 1950’s TV series, Adven- tures of Superman – played the superhero? 2 portrayed the title character in the Warner Brothers Superman series, re- leased between 1978 and 1987; but who played his love interest in all four films? 3 Which 2013 reboot, directed by Zach Snyder, was intended as the first in the DC Extended Universe series of films? 4 Which director – also responsible for the X-Men series – was behind the 2006 film , intended as a sequel to 1981’s Superman II? ANSWERS

Picture Round – Shakespeare on Screen Poster Round – Richard Davalos films 1 Helena Bonham-Carter – Twelfth Night 1 East of Eden 2 Michael Fassbender - MacBeth 2 Cool Hand Luke 3 Claire Danes – Romeo & Juliet 3 Death Hunt 4 – A Midsummer Night’s Dream 4 I Died a Thousand Times 5 Laurence Olivier – Henry V 5 The Sea Chase 6 – Julius Caesar 6 Kelly’s Heroes 7 – Much Ado About Nothing 7 Pit Stop 8 Ian McKellen – Richard III 8 All the Young Men 9 – The Merchant of Venice 9 Brother Cry for Me 10 – Othello 10 The Cabinet of Caligari

General Knowledge Guilty Pleasures 1 RYAN REYNOLDS 1 MINIONS 2 LOUIS MALLE 2 DAKOTA JOHNSON 3 PLATOON 3 HAIR 4 AKIRA KUROSAWA 4 THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 5 5 JOHN HUGHES

Alan Clarke Superman 1 SCUM 1 2 TIM ROTH 2 3 RITA, SUE & BOB TOO 3 MAN OF STEEL 4 GEORG BUCHNER 4 5 ELEPHANT 5 JESSE EISENBERG

Batman 1 ADAM WEST & BURT WARD 2 BATMAN: MASK OF THE PHANTASM 3 PRINCE 4 VAL KILMER 5