A Passion for Movie Connections Quiz

Answer: Hawk

Richard Greene starred as Omar, aka The Desert Hawk, in the 1950 action adventure "The Desert Hawk", which also starred Jackie Gleason as Aladdin, and Rock Hudson as Captain Ras.

Bruce Willis starred as Hudson Hawk in the 1991 action adventure comedy "Hudson Hawk", which was a bit of a "hit" at the 1992 Razzie Awards, winning the award for Worst Picture, Worst Director, and Worst Screenplay, as well as receiving nominations for Worst Actor, Worst Supporting Actor, and Worst Supporting Actress.

Josh Hartnett starred as Staff Sergeant Matt Eversmann in the 2001 war film "Black Hawk Down". The movie is based on the best-selling 1999 book by journalist Mark Bowden that documents the true story of the 1993 mission involving 120 Delta Force Commandos and Army Rangers to capture terrorist Mohammed Farrah Aidid on October 3rd 1993, and the ensuing battle in Magadishu.

Answer: Dog(s)

Harvey Keitel stars as Mr White in the 1992 crime drama thriller "Reservoir Dogs". Filmed in just 35 days, "Reservoir Dogs" was director Quentin Tarantino's breakthrough movie, and was named the Greatest Independent Film of all Time by "Empire" magazine.

Ben Affleck stars as Bartleby in the 1999 adventure comedy drama "Dogma", which also stars Affleck's long time friend and collaborator Matt Damon as Loki. Emma Thompson was going to appear in the film as God, but had to pull out as she was pregnant.

Dev Patel stars as the older Jamal Malik in the 2008 drama "Slumdog Millionaire". When he is just one question away from winning the 20 million rupees jackpot on the Indian version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire", Jamal (an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai) is arrested by police on suspicion of cheating.

Answer: Autumn

Joan Crawford stars as Millicent Wetherby in the 1956 drama "Autumn Leaves". The movie also stars Lorne Greene who went on to play Ben Cartwright in 431 episodes of "Bonanza" between 1959 and 1973.

Richard Gere stars as Will Keane in the 2000 romantic drama "Autumn in New York". The movie follows 48 year old Will Keane, a successful restaurateur and serial womanizer who falls in love with terminally ill 22 year old Charlotte Fielding, played by Winona Ryder.

Dexter Fletcher stars as Michael in the 2009 sci-fi horror "Autumn". The movie has the tagline "Silence is your savior", which hints at the plot that survivors of a horrible virus must live in silent darkness if they are to avoid attracting the attention of the living dead.

Answer: Seven

Charles Bronson stars as Bernardo O'Reilly in the 1960 western action adventure "The Magnificent Seven". The film had three sequels: "Return of the Seven" in 1966, "Guns of the Magnificent Seven" in 1969, and "The Magnificent Seven Ride" in 1972. A remake starring Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt was released on 23rd September 2016.

Morgan Freeman stars as Detective William Somerset in the 1995 crime drama mystery "Se7en". Morgan Freeman is joined by Brad Pitt in this dark horror film which sees the two detectives hunt for a serial killer who is killing his victims using methods that refer to the Seven Deadly Sins - "Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Envy, Wrath, Pride, Lust" - which is also one of the movie's taglines.

Will Smith stars as Ben Thomas in the 2008 romantic drama "Seven Pounds". The title is a reference to "The Merchant of Venice" by William Shakespeare in which the merchant, Antonio, agrees to give the moneylender, Shylock, a pound of his flesh if his debt is not paid on time, with the plot having seven such "debts".

Answer: Green

Charlton Heston stars as Detective Frank Thorn in the 1973 sci-fi horror mystery "Soylent Green". The movie was based on the 1966 novel "Make Room! Make Room!" by Harry Harrison, in which the word "soylent" is supposed to suggest soybeans and lentils.

Kathy Bates stars as Evelyn Couch in the 1991 drama "Fried Green Tomatoes". Kathy Bates and her co-star in this movie, Mary Stuart Masterson (who plays Idgie Threadgoode), share the same birthday of 28th June, although the former is 18 years older than the latter.

Tom Hanks stars as Paul Edgecomb in the 1999 fantasy crime drama "The Green Mile". The movie has a running time of 189 minutes. It was nominated for four Oscars in 2000, but didn't come away with any awards.

Answer: Hour(s)

Nick Nolte stars as Jack Cates in the 1982 action crime comedy "48 Hrs.". The movie also starred a 21 year old Eddie Murphy in his big screen debut.

Chris Tucker stars as Detective James Carter in the 1998 action crime comedy "Rush Hour". This was the first in a trilogy of Chinese-American martial arts/action-comedy buddy cop movies with Jackie Chan starring as Carter's partner, Yan Naing Lee. "Rush Hour 2" was released in 2001, and "Rush Hour 3" was released in 2007.

Nicole Kidman stars as Virginia Woolf in the 2002 romantic drama "The Hours". A natural left-hander, Nicole Kidman learned to write with her right hand so that she could accurately portray the right-handed Virginia Woolf. Her performance bagged her the 2003 Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role.

Answer: Eye(s)

Tom Cruise stars as Dr. William Harford in the 1999 drama mystery thriller "Eyes Wide Shut". This was the third movie Tom Cruise starred in with Nicole Kidman, the first being "Days of Thunder" (1990), which is where the pair first met, and the second being "Far and Away" (1992).

Cillian Murphy stars as Jackson Rippner in the 2005 mystery thriller "Red Eye". Rachel McAdams, who made her Hollywood film debut in the 2002 comedy "The Hot Chick", stars alongside Murphy as Lisa Reisert, the unsuspecting airline passenger who is in for the flight of her life.

Jessica Alba stars as Sydney Wells in the 2008 horror mystery "The Eye". Jessica Alba won the Choice Movie Actress: Horror/Thriller award at the 2008 Teen Choice Awards for her performance in "The Eye", but was subsequently nominated for a Worst Actress Razzie the following year for her performances in "The Eye" and "The Love Guru", although she "lost out" to Paris Hilton.

Answer: King

Matthew Broderick provided the voice for adult Simba in the 1994 animated adventure drama "The Lion King". The movie features five original songs that were specifically written for the movie by Elton John and Tim Rice, namely "Circle of Life", "I Just Can't Wait to Be King", "Be Prepared", "Hakuna Matata" and "Can You Feel the Love Tonight".

Jack Black starred as Carl Denham in the 2005 action adventure drama "King Kong". The 2005 release, which also starred Naomi Watts as Ann Darrow, was the second remake of the 1933 original (which had Robert Armstrong and Fay Wray playing Denham and Darrow respectively), the first remake being released in 1976.

Taron Egerton starred as Gary 'Eggsy' Unwin in the 2014 action adventure comedy "Kingsman: The Secret Service". Although Taron Egerton was a relative newcomer to the big screen, "Kingsman: The Secret Service" also featured a host of very well-known big screen stars, including Colin Firth, Samuel L Jackson, Michael Caine, and Mark Hamill.

Answer: Moon

Ryan O'Neal starred as Moses Pray in the 1973 comedy crime drama "Paper Moon". This was the first of three movies Ryan O'Neal featured in alongside his daughter, Tatum O'Neal, the second being "Nickelodeon" in 1976, and the third being "Circle of Two" in 1980.

Roger Moore starred as James Bond in the 1979 sci-fi action adventure "Moonraker". This was the fourth of Roger Moore's seven outings as James Bond, preceded by "The Spy Who Loved Me" in 1977, and followed by "For Your Eyes Only" in 1981. Bond's enemy in this movie is Sir Hugo Drax, the owner of the manufacturing firm of the space shuttle that goes missing.

Jim Carrey stars as Andy Kaufman in the 1999 biographical comedy drama "Man on the Moon". The movie tells the life story of the late American entertainer Andy Kaufmann, including the infamous long-running "feud" he had with Jerry "The King" Lawler, which is later revealed to be completely staged.

Answer: River

William Holden starred as Commander Shears in the 1957 war adventure "The Bridge on the River Kwai". The winner of seven Academy Awards, and widely considered to be one of the greatest films in history, "The Bridge on the River Kwai" also stars Sir Alec Guinness as Colonel Nicholson, who gives us one of the most memorable scenes of the movie when he falls on the detonator plunger, thus blowing up the bridge and causing the Japanese train full of soldiers and important officials to plunge into the river below.

Brad Pitt stars as Paul Maclean in the 1992 drama "A River Runs Through It". None of the actors had ever done any fly fishing before making the movie. Brad Pitt reportedly trained in the art for four weeks leading up to filming, most of the time on top of a building as he was not near any rivers!

Sean Penn stars as Jimmy Markum in the 2003 crime drama mystery "Mystic River". Based on the 2001 Dennis Lehane novel of the same name, "Mystic River" was nominated for six Oscars at the 76th Academy Awards in 2004. It walked away with two wins - Best Actor (Sean Penn) and Best Supporting Actor (Tim Robbins) which was the first time the same film had won both of these awards since "Ben-Hur" in 1960.