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March 2015 Questions

General Knowledge 1 Which Swiss-born actor was the first person to be presented with an Oscar when he won the award for Best Actor, at the 1929 ceremony? 2 Which adaptation of a Jane Austen novel, directed by , won the Best Film BAFTA in 1996? 3 Name the biopic, due to be released in October of this year, which will be directed by , written by and star Michael Fassbender as the title character. 4 Which actor links the films Separate Tables, The Pink Panther and A Matter of Life & Death? 5 is the current chair of the BFI; but which award-winning film director did Dyke succeed in the role in 2008?

The 2015 1 Name the Mexican director of Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), which won both the Best Film and Best Director awards at this year’s Academy Awards. 2 Which Polish film, directed by Paweł Pawlikowski, was the winner of the Best Foreign Language Film award, ahead of entries from Russia, Estonia and Argentina? 3 presented the award for Best Original Song at this year’s ceremony alongside which singer, whose name he had mangled at last year’s awards? 4 Each year the Academy presents the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to a specific individual; who was the recipient of the 2015 award? 5 Which film, directed by Don Hall and Chris Williams, won this year’s award for Best Animated Feature?

BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival 2015 1 Who takes the title role in I Am Michael, a film about Michael Glatze, a pioneering gay rights activist who later denounced his homosexuality and which will open this year’s London LGBT Film Festival? 2 Name the new U.S. documentary, directed by Malcolm Ingram and showing at the Festival, which looks at the subject of homosexuality in the world of professional sport. 3 Who wrote the cult musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the 1975 film of which will be screened at the BFI IMAX as part of this year’s LGBT Film Festival? 4 Name the director of last year’s Persian-American bisexual break-up comedy Appropriate Behaviour, also screening at this year’s Festival. 5 Name director Peter Strickland’s new film, starring Sidse Babett Knudsen & Chiara D’Anna, which focuses on a sadomasochistic lesbian relationship. Guilty Pleasures 1 Name the Chinese animated adventure-comedy, directed by Ding Liang and Liu Fuyuan, which has be- come one of the highest grossing films of 2015 so far. 2 Which American actor links the films Bad Boys, House Party and Boomerang? 3 Name the film from the Carry On franchise which includes the characters Marshall .P Knutt, Big Heap and The Rumpo Kid. 4 Name the lucky winners of this year’s Worst Actor and Worst Actress Razzies, which were announced last month; they are linked by name. 5 Which 1997 horror sequel was promoted with the tagline, “Things are about to get a little hairy”?

Eric Rohmer 1 Name the 1959 French film directed by Éric Rohmer, his feature debut, which is considered one of the first films of the . 2 What is the collective name for the six films released by Rohmer between 1963 & 1972 which includes The Collector, Claire’s Knee and My Night at Maud’s? 3 In 1957 Rohmer and wrote the first book-length study of which iconic British film director? 4 Who played the role of Grace Elliott, a British aristocrat in danger of losing her head in revolutionary , in Rohmer’s 2001 film The Lady & the Duke? 5 Name the 1995 portmanteau French film directed by Rohmer, which is split into three episodes and high- lights the role played by chance in romantic relationships. Answers

Poster Round – Katharine Hepburn films Picture Round – Aussies in Film 1 Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? 1 - Oscar & Lucinda 2 Little Women 2 George Lazenby - On Her Majesty’s Secret 3 Mary of Scotland Service 4 Iron Petticoat 3 Guy Pearce - Memento 5 On Golden Pond 4 Rebel Wilson - Pitch Perfect 6 Suddenly, Last Summer 5 Hugo Weaving - Cloud Atlas 7 Morning Glory 6 - The Internship 8 The Madwoman of Chaillot 7 Errol Flynn - Captain Blood 9 Dragon Seed 8 Toni Collette - Muriel’s Wedding 10 The Philadelphia Story 9 Eric Bana - Star Trek 10 - A Passage to India General Knowledge 1 EMIL JANNINGS Guilty Pleasures 2 SENSE & SENSIBILITY 1 BOONIE BEARS: MYSTICAL WINTER 3 STEVE JOBS 2 MARTIN LAWRENCE 4 DAVID NIVEN 3 CARRY ON COWBOY 5 ANTHONY MINGHELLA 4 KIRK CAMERON & 5 AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN PARIS The 2015 Academy Awards 1 ALEJANDRO G. INARRITU Eric Rohmer 2 IDA 1 THE SIGN OF LEO () 3 IDINA MENZEL 2 SIX MORAL TALES (CONTES MORAUX) 4 HARRY BELAFONTE 3 5 BIG HERO 6 4 LUCY RUSSELL 5 RENDEZVOUS IN PARIS (LES RENDEZVOUS BFI Flare DE PARIS) 1 JAMES FRANCO 2 OUT TO WIN 3 RICHARD O’BRIEN 4 DESIREE AKHAVAN 5 THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY