Summer Quiz: Movies

1. What is the highest grossing film of all time?

a) Titanic

b) Star Wars: The Force Awakens

c) Avatar

2. Who is the only woman to have won Best Director at the Oscars?

a) Kathryn Bigelow

b) Sofia Coppola

c) Jane Campion

3. Which golf film starred Kevin Costner?

a) The Legend of Baggar Vance

b) Caddyshack

c) Tin Cup

4. The director Duncan Jones is the son of which famous rock star?

a) Davy Jones

b) David Bowie

c) Eric Clapton

5. Apart from LA, which other city is the setting for Beverly Hills Cop?

a) New York

b) Baltimore

c) Detroit

6. Which action film was based on the 1979 book Nothing Lasts Forever?

a) Die Hard

b) Lethal Weapon

c) You Only Live Twice

7. Which singer starred in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome?

a) Sting

b) Tina Turner

c) Kylie Minogue

8. Which actor won an Oscar as a producer for One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest?

a) Jack Nicholson

b) Robert Redford

c) Michael Douglas

9. Who was the last Best Actor winner at the Oscars to portray a fictional character?

a) Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart

b) Jean Dujardin in The Artist

c) Daniel Day Lewis in There Will Be Blood

10. Which schlock horror film starred Steve McQueen?

a) The Blob

b) Creature from the Black Lagoon

c) Killer Klowns from Outer Space

11. Who directed the film Muriel's Wedding?

a) P.J. Hogan

b) Bruce Beresford

c) Baz Luhrmann

12. How many Star Wars films has George Lucas directed?

a) 4

b) 5

c) 6

Answers: 1. (c), 2. (a), 3. (c), 4. (b), 5. (c), 6. (a), 7. (b), 8. (a), 9. (b), 10. (a), 11. (a), 12. (a).