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1. Aubrey Plaza is a co-star of Jason Statham in which of the below-listed films?

From Quiz Aubrey Plaza

Answer: Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre

"Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre" follows the efforts of a spy team, trying to regain a stolen high-tech device, before an arms dealer can sell it to the highest bidder. Statham portrays the leader of the team, super-spy Orson Fortune. Plaza stars as Sarah Fidel, the agent responsible for the technological part of the operation. The cast of the film also includes Josh Hartnett, Cary Elwes, Bugzy Malone and Hugh Grant, among others.

From Quiz The Weird and Wonderful Park Chan-wook

Answer: The Sun's Dream

"Moon Is the Sun's Dream" was released in 1992 and follows a gang member called Mu-hoon who faces the consequences of becoming romantically involved with his boss' girlfriend. The film features elements of crime, romance and violence, elements that went on to become trademarks in Park's movies.

From Quiz The Films of Powell and Pressburger

Answer: The Spy in Black

"The Spy in Black" was based on J. Storer Clouston's novel of the same name. The plot centres on a German submarine commander who has his leave cancelled in order to lead a spying mission in the Orkney Islands. The mission is intended to discover information that would enable an attack against the British fleet at Scapa Flow. However, unbeknownst to the commander, the British are aware of his mission and have replaced his contact on the island with a spy of their own. Michael Powell was hired to direct the film by Hungarian emigré producer, Alexander Korda. Korda had previously worked with fellow Hungarian Pressburger on the previous year's "The Challenge" and personally chose him as writer for "The Spy in Black" also. Director and writer were hugely impressed by each other's abilities and they went on to write, direct and produce films together over the next 33 years. Powell was later to describe Pressburger's flight from Germany as "the worst day's work that the clever doctor [Goebbels] ever did for his country's reputation".

From Quiz The Characters and Co-Stars of Bill Pullman

Answer: Ruthless People

Pullman played Earl Mott in this story of a kidnapped wife. Danny De Vito plays Sam Stone, the man who is only too happy to see his wife disappear, while Bette Midler is Barbara Stone.

From Quiz Gail Patrick

Answer: Stage Door

"Stage Door" was released in 1937, and also stars Adolphe Menjou and Eve Arden. It is about a group of aspiring actresses living in a theatrical boardinghouse.

From Quiz Bill Paxton Movies

Answer: Frailty

Bill's performance as a serial killer who called himself "God's Hands" is one of the most disturbing roles he's played. Bill did a good job directing this thriller that ends with a surprise twist.

From Quiz Gregory Peck Movies

Answer: Dali

With Ingrid Bergman. Not Hitchcock's best.

From Quiz Sidney Poitier Movies

Answer: Glenn Ford

'Rock Around The Clock'.

From Quiz Aubrey Plaza

Answer: Zombie

"Life After Beth" is a 2014 zombie comedy. In it Plaza's heroine finds her death, after being bitten by a venomous snake, while hiking. She then returns as zombie, physically stronger than before. As time goes by, Beth becomes more and more violent, which leads to a dramatic ending.

From Quiz The Films of Powell and Pressburger

Answer: 49th Parallel

The film was commissioned as propaganda with the purpose of highlighting to Americans the dangers of fascism in Europe and demonstrating why the US should join the Allies in the fight against the Nazis. It was considered such an important piece of work that many of the stars, including Laurence Olivier and Leslie Howard, agreed to work for much less money than normal, in order to get the film made. The film was the first Powell and Pressburger collaboration to be nominated for Oscars at the Academy Awards. It was nominated in three categories, including Best Picture, and won one Oscar for Emeric Pressburger's original story. The 49th Parallel forms the border between Canada and the USA from the Lake of the Woods to the Pacific coast. Despite the title, the only border scene in the film is not set along the 49th Parallel but at Niagara Falls.

From Quiz The Characters and Co-Stars of Bill Pullman

Answer: Walter

Tom Hanks (Sam) and Meg Ryan (Annie) played the leading roles in this romantic comedy. Walter is Annie's fiance, but Annie is not convinced that he is 'the one', so she contacts Sam and finds Mr. Right.

From Quiz Bill Paxton Movies

Answer: Vertical Limit

This movie is not for those who are afraid of heights and may leave the viewer to think twice about wanting to be the "big man on top." Money does not always mean power and vice versa.

From Quiz Gregory Peck Movies

Answer: John Garfield

Garfield, in a different kind of role for him. With Dorothy McGuire. Well done.

From Quiz Sidney Poitier Movies

Answer: Mississippi

Sparta, Miss. Great job by Steiger.

From Quiz Aubrey Plaza

Answer: Gym instructor

"Addicted To Fresno" is a black comedy, portraying the development of the (often toxic) relationship of two sisters (played by Judy Greer and Natasha Lyonne), as they try to cover up the accidental murder one of them (Greer's character Shannon) commits. Aubrey Plaza's heroine, Kelly, is a trainer at the gym Martha Jackson (Lyonne's character) visits. Kelly is romantically interested in Martha, who is meanwhile attempting to get over her ex-girlfriend, Alicia. In the end of the film Kelly and Martha start a relationship.

From Quiz The Weird and Wonderful Park Chan-wook

Answer: Both

"Joint Security Area" (or "JSA") is a military thriller in which the NNSC sends a team to investigate the murder of two North Korean soldiers in the Korean Demilitarized Zone. The team features a Swiss Army Major (played by Lee Young Ae) and a Swedish Captain (played by Herbert Ulrich). These two nations were selected for the NNSC in real life by the UN. Both nations are known for their neutrality. The film was a critical and financial success, grossing more than any other Korean film at that time.

From Quiz The Films of Powell and Pressburger

Answer: To cover a scar gained in a duel with a German officer

Major General Clive Candy (AKA Colonel Blimp), played by Roger Livesey, travels to Germany, against the advice of the War Office, after receiving a letter from an English teacher in Berlin who reports of anti-British propaganda being spread about the city. In the course of his trip, Candy offends the honour of the entire German Imperial Army and is challenged to a duel. An officer, Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff, played by Anton Walbrook, is chosen to fight the duel on behalf of the German Army. In the course of the duel, Candy's lip is split and Theo is also wounded. Both officers are sent for recuperation to the same hospital where, despite the language barrier, they become firm friends - a friendship that survives the enmity of two World Wars on which their countries were on opposite sides.

From Quiz Nick Park Animations

Answer: An electricity company

Nick Park was interviewed about this advert on Channel Four's 'Top 100 Adverts'. He claimed that although it was voted fourth most popular UK ad ever, in an objective sense, it was not very successful, as most people think it advertised British Gas. When I heard that interview, it was the first time I had realised the adverts were not for British Gas.

From Quiz The Characters and Co-Stars of Bill Pullman

Answer: Ben Stiller

Pullman was Daryl Zero, the great detective, and Ben Stiller was his associate Steve Arlo. Ryan O'Neal also stars in this 1998 movie.

From Quiz Gail Patrick

Answer: Cornelia Bullock

"My Man Godfrey" was released in 1936, and also stars Carole Lombard and William Powell. Irene Bullock, played by Carole Lombard, brings home a forgotten man that she found for a scavenger hunt. He becomes the Bullock's butler, but there is more to him than meets the eye.

From Quiz Sidney Poitier Movies

Answer: Lulu

Another teaching story.

From Quiz The Weird and Wonderful Park Chan-wook

Answer: Kidney

After losing his job, Ryu and his anarchist girlfriend kidnap a young girl and intend to use the ransom money to pay for a kidney transplant that will save Ryu's sister's life. Things go wrong when Ryu's sister takes her own life in order to stop being a burden on her brother. The kidnapped girl then drowns, leading her father to seek revenge on Ryu. "Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance" is the first of Park's "Vengeance Trilogy" and is followed by 2003's "Oldboy" and 2005's "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance".

From Quiz The Films of Powell and Pressburger

Answer: Who is pouring glue into girls' hair in the town

The story of the glue man, who attacks girls whom he deems to be unpatriotic for fraternising with American soldiers, whilst ostensibly the central plot of the film, is secondary to the true themes of the film; the beauty of the English countryside, the necessity for Anglo-American harmony in war time and a paean to the pre-war English lifestyle. "A Canterbury Tale" was another Powell and Pressburger film that had its roots in war-time propaganda, even if it received no input or funding from the government. Alison, a land girl traveling to Kent to take up work on a farm, is attacked by the glue man shortly after leaving the train at the village of Chillingbourne, near Canterbury. Her companions Peter Gibbs, a cinema organist turned British Army Sergeant and Bob Johnson, a US Army sergeant, decide that they ought to investigate the attacks. Whilst on their way to Canterbury (deemed by Powell as "a modern pilgrimage") they unmask the culprit.

From Quiz Nick Park Animations

Answer: Preston

Preston is a middling-sized industrial/ex-industrial town in Lancashire in the north of England. Apparently the name was chosen by looking at a map and deciding which name sounded most amusing. It turned out to be Preston, which perhaps not uncoincidentally (is that a word?), is also Nick Park's home town. Let us hope his fellow citizens were not too hurt at being compared to a Machiavellian sheep-rustler.

From Quiz The Characters and Co-Stars of Bill Pullman

Answer: Dr. James Harvey

Pullman plays Dr. James Harvey and Christina Ricci is his daughter Kat, in this movie about paranormal happenings in an abandoned house. The tagline of this 1995 movie is 'Get An Afterlife'.

From Quiz Gail Patrick

Answer: Mischa Auer

"Artists And Models" was released in 1937, and also stars Ida Lupino and Richard Arlen. Jack Benny plays Mac Brewster, the head of an ad agency who is hosting the Artists and Models Competition. Ida Lupino plays his employee, Paula, who dreams of winning the competition.

From Quiz Bill Paxton Movies

Answer: Apollo 13

This movie is a true story about the Apollo 13 crew and what they went through to get back home. Even though I already knew the outcome of the movie before I saw it, it was still very emotional to watch.

From Quiz Gregory Peck Movies

Answer: Memory

Amnesia. With Walter Matthau as a detective.

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