Daniel Janes 

Friday film quiz

Have you been paying attention to the last week's worth of film news? Test your knowledge here
  
  


  1. Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky is planning a biopic of which US president?

    1. George Washington

    2. Andrew Jackson

    3. Ulysses S Grant

    4. Theodore Roosevelt

  2. What drink will we see James Bond knocking back in the forthcoming Skyfall?

    1. Martini, shaken not stirred

    2. A pint of Heineken

    3. A cup of PG Tips

    4. Ribena Toothkind

  3. Marley, a documentary about the reggae icon, is out this week. Who directed it?

    1. Asif Kapadia

    2. James Marsh

    3. Sacha Gervasi

    4. Kevin Macdonald

  4. Actor-director Vincent Gallo announced this week that he planned to sue the city of Los Angeles. Why?

    1. For increasing funding for gay rights organisations

    2. For wasting taxpayers' money on a beautification programme

    3. For allowing a cinema to show The Brown Bunny without his permission

    4. For losing a sample of his sperm

  5. This week a recording surfaced of Mel Gibson delivering a foul-mouthed rant at which screenwriter and his family?

    1. JJ Abrams

    2. Joe Eszterhas

    3. William Goldman

    4. John Patrick Shanley

  6. Iron Man 3 is to be a co-production with which country?

    1. India

    2. China

    3. Turkey

    4. Nigeria

  7. According to ticketing company Fandango, what is the overall most anticipated movie of the summer?

    1. The Dark Knight Rises

    2. Men In Black 3

    3. Snow White and the Huntsman

    4. Avengers Assemble

  8. A newly restored version of which silent Hitchcock film is to be shown outside the British Museum as part of a BFI retrospective?

    1. The Ring

    2. The Pleasure Garden

    3. Blackmail

    4. Downhill

  9. Woody Allen is to return to the US for his next film. In which city does he plan to shoot?

    1. Los Angeles

    2. New York

    3. Chicago

    4. San Francisco

  10. “In the end, this remake sticks close enough to its predecessor to make you wonder why they bothered.” What film was Mark Kermode talking about in his DVD round-up?

    1. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

    2. Conan the Barbarian

    3. The Thing

    4. Footloose

Solutions

1:A, 2:B, 3:D, 4:B, 5:B, 6:B, 7:D, 8:C, 9:D, 10:A

Scores

  1. 5 and above.

    Not a great score. For that we can only offer you the trailer for Norbit for your viewing pleasure. <iframe width="400" height="233" src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/MmSZJ17ppEQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

  2. 6 and above.

    Not bad, but can you score a perfect 10? Your reward for this score is: Matt Damon's performance of Scotty Doesn't Know in the film Eurotrip. <iframe width="400" height="301" src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/0Vyj1C8ogtE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

  3. 7 and above.

    Not bad, but can you score a perfect 10? Your reward for this score is: Matt Damon's performance of Scotty Doesn't Know in the film Eurotrip. <iframe width="400" height="301" src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/0Vyj1C8ogtE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

  4. 8 and above.

    Not bad, but can you score a perfect 10? Your reward for this score is: Matt Damon's performance of Scotty Doesn't Know in the film Eurotrip. <iframe width="400" height="301" src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/0Vyj1C8ogtE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

  5. 9 and above.

    Not bad, but can you score a perfect 10? Your reward for this score is: Matt Damon's performance of Scotty Doesn't Know in the film Eurotrip. <iframe width="400" height="301" src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/0Vyj1C8ogtE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

  6. 10 and above.

    Wow! Perfect score! Your reward is a compilation of Bobcat Goldthwait's best bits from the Police Academy movies. <iframe width="400" height="301" src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/LsBugR9dpdU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

 

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