DECEMBER 2014 QUESTIONS General Knowledge 1 Name the 1955 Christmas comedy which stars Humphrey Bogart, Aldo Ray and Peter Ustinov as a trio of escaped convicts. 2 Who directed the 2004 comedy-drama Millions, in which a family dispose of stolen money by going on a mammoth Christmas Eve spending spree? 3 Name the French film, screened out of competition at Cannes in 2005, which examines the World War I Christmas truce of December 1914 through the eyes of French, German and Scottish soldiers. 4 Who plays Alfred Kralik, who declares his love for Margaret Sullivan’s Klara Novak on Christmas Eve, in the 1940 romantic comedy The Shop Around the Corner? 5 Name the 2002 French language comedy-musical, set around a Christmas murder, which stars Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert and Emmanuelle Beart, amongst others. Science-Fiction – Part 1 1 Name the director of the seminal 1927 German science fiction film Metropolis - which starred Bridgitte Helm and Gustav Frolich - and which was the first feature length film of the genre. 2 Name the 1974 Afrofuturist film, written by Sun Ra and starring Ra along with his band, The Arkestra. 3 In Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, what is the name of the spaceship, controlled by the computer HAL 9000, on which Dave and Frank travel to Jupiter? 4 Name the 1953 BBC television serial, starring Reginald Tate, which is considered the first sci- ence fiction production written specifically for an adult audience and which influenced future pro- ductions from Doctor Who to Alien. 5 The Planet of the Apes franchise has been revived in recent years, with Andy Serkis impressing as the lead ape; but who directed the original 1968 film Planet of theApes, starring Charlton Heston? Science Fiction – Part 2 1 The 1960 film Village of the Damned was based on the classic sci-fi novel The Midwich Cuck- oos, by which English writer? 2 Which director made his feature debut with the satirical sci-fi film Dark Star, set on the epony- mously named spaceship? 3 In 1972’s Silent Running, Bruce Dern’s eco-warrior names his three drones after which cartoon characters? 4 Name the 1987 film, directed by Peter Wollen, in which Tilda Swinton plays a woman who claims to be a robot sent to Earth on a peace mission. 5 What is the subtitle of the forthcoming Star Wars: Episode Six, the teaser trailer for which was unveiled last week. Guilty Pleasures 1 Name the 2003 comedy, written and directed by Jonathan Kesselman, in which a Jewish crime fighter must save Hannukah from the evil son of Santa Claus. 2 Which actors play the brothers Fred and Nick in the 2007 festive comedy Fred Claus? 3 Name the 1964 festively-inclined science fiction film, directed by Nicholasebster, W which regu- larly appears on lists of the worst films ever made. 4 Which Scottish actor provided the voice of Arthur Claus in the 2011 animated film Arthur Christ- mas? 5 Which 2009 British comedy has spawned sequels subtitled Danger in the Manger and Dude, where’s My Donkey? Maggie Smith 1 Maggie Smith won her first BAFTA award for which 1956 crime film, directed by debutant Seth Holt and co-starring Harry H. Corbett and George Nader? 2 Who directed the 1969 adaptation of Muriel Spark’s The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, for which Maggie Smith won the Academy Award for Best Actress? 3 Dame Maggie won her second Oscar, for Best Supporting Actress, for her performance along- side Michael Caine in which 1978 film? 4 Name the playwright who produced the screenplay for the 1964 filmThe Pumpkin Eater, in which Dame Maggie starred alongside Anne Bancroft, Peter Finch and James Mason. 5 Name the character played by Dame Maggie in the Harry Potter series of films. ANSWERS Picture Round – Santa in Film General Knowledge 1 David Huddleston – Santa Claus: The 1 WE’RE NO ANGELS Movie 2 DANNY BOYLE 2 Billy Bob Thornton – Bad Santa 3 JOYEUX NOEL 3 Edmund Gwenn – Miracle on 34th Street 4 JAMES STEWART 4 James Cosmo – The Lion, the Witch & 5 8 WOMEN the Wardrobe 5 Dan Ackroyd – Trading Places Science-Fiction – Part 1 6 Whoopi Goldberg – Call Me Claus 1 FRITZ LANG 7 Jonathan Taylor Thomas – I’ll Be Home 2 SPACE IS THE PLACE For Christmas 3 DISCOVERY ONE 8 Jan Rubes – One Magic Christmas 4 THE QUATERMASS EXPERIMENT 9 Monty Woolley – Life Begins at Eight 5 FRANKLIN J. SCHAFFNER Thirty 10 Tim Allen – The Santa Clause Science Fiction – Part 2 1 JOHN WYNDHAM Poster Round – Christmas Films 2 JOHN CARPENTER 1 White Christmas 3 HUEY, DEWEY & LOUIE 2 Holiday Affair 4 FRIENDSHIP’S DEATH 3 Deck the Halls 5 THE FORCE AWAKENS 4 The Polar Express 5 Ernest Saves Christmas Guilty Pleasures 6 Holiday Inn 1 THE HEBREW HAMMER 7 Four Christmases 2 PAUL GIAMATTI & VINCE VAUGHN 8 Jingle All the Way 3 SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS 9 Scrooged 4 JAMES McAVOY 10 The Bishop’s Wife 5 NATIVITY! Maggie Smith 1 NOWHERE TO GO 2 RONALD NEAME 3 CALIFORNIA SUITE 4 HAROLD PINTER 5 PROFESSOR MINERVA McGONAGALL.