Blockbuster Movies Trivia Quiz

Answer: Superman

Made in 1978 and starring Christopher Reeves, Marlon Brando and Gene Hackman, this movie sees the planet Krypton being doomed, but its ruling council refusing to accept facts. In desperation, one man, Jor-El, sends his infant son Kal-El to Earth. There, he is raised by the Kents, an elderly farm couple.

He grows up, under the disguise of Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter, to become a caped wonder whose amazing feats stun the city - including taking on Lex Luthor, the world's greatest criminal mind.

Answer: Rebel Without a Cause

Released in 1955 and starring James Dean and Natalie Wood, 'Rebel Without a Cause' is the story of a teenage loner, Jimmy Stark, who arrives in town and, desperate to fit in, promptly joins a local gang. He tries to prove himself in knife fights and games of chicken on the roads, but what he really wants and needs is love from his parents. This movie actually started out as a case history, written in 1944.

Answer: The Maltese Falcon

Released in 1941 and starring Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor, 'The Maltese Falcon' features Sam Spade, a private eye with his own code of ethics, taking on a case to find a priceless statuette. Meanwhile he has to deal with three eccentric criminals, as well as a drop dead gorgeous woman.

Answer: Gallipoli

Released in 1981, 'Gallipoli' is one of two consecutive films which saw director Peter Weir, team up with actor Mel Gibson. (The other being 'The Year of Living Dangerously'). A triumph for director Peter Weir, 'Gallipoli' follows two young Australian friends who join the army during World War I to fight the Battle of Gallipoli in Turkey.

The movie received eight prizes at the 1981 Australian Film Institute Awards.

Answer: True Romance

Released in 1993, 'True Romance' features an all-star cast including Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, and Christopher Walken. Directed by Quentin Tarantino, 'True Romance' is ultimately a love story, although it is liberally peppered with dark comedy and violence.

Answer: Amadeus

Released in 1984 and starring F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce and Elizabeth Berridge, 'Amadeus' follows the story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's life, as narrated by his rival and peer, Antonio Salieri.

'Amadeus' is my favourite movie of all time, and I'm clearly not the only one who loved it; the film received 40 awards, including eight Academy Awards (including Best Picture), four BAFTA Awards, four Golden Globes, and a Directors Guild of America (DGA) award. If you haven't seen it, it's well worth watching, even thirty-odd years after it was made.

Answer: Double Indemnity

'Double Indemnity' was released in 1944 and stars Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck. The term "double indemnity" means a provision for payment of double the face amount of an insurance policy under certain conditions, e.g., when death occurs as a result of an accident.

The movie sees a newly acquainted couple devise a plan to do away with the woman's husband and to make the murder appear to be an accident (via a fall from a train), thus triggering the "double indemnity" clause.

Answer: Lost in Translation

Released in 2003 and starring Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Giovanni Ribisi, Anna Faris, and Fumihiro Hayashi, 'Lost in Translation' was directed by Sofia Coppola. Set against the backdrop of a modern Japanese city, the film explores themes of boredom, loneliness, insomnia and different cultural perspectives.

The film was a huge success, being nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

Answer: An American Werewolf in London

Released in 1981 and starring David Naughton, Jenny Agutter and Griffin Dunne, 'An American Werewolf in London' sees two young American men attacked on the moors while on a backpacking holiday in England. Subsequent to the attack, one dies and the other is taken to a hospital, where he's informed through his dead friend, that he'll transform into a werewolf at the next full moon.

The film grossed $30.56 million at the box office.

Answer: Crimes and Misdemeanours

Released in 1989, this is a film with another all-star cast including Woody Allen, Martin Landau, Mia Farrow, Anjelica Huston, Jerry Orbach, Alan Alda, Sam Waterston and Joanna Gleason. The film is about a home-loving man with a mistress on the side. When the mistress starts to get possessive and troublesome, he is faced with the dilemma of how to get rid of her.

Answer: The English Patient

Released in 1996 and starring Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Willem Dafoe, and Juliette Binoche, 'The English Patient' is set during WWII and is about the relationship between a young nurse and a badly burned crash victim who winds up in her care.

Answer: Four Weddings and a Funeral

Released in 1994 and starring Hugh Grant and Andie MacDowell, there's really no prize for guessing the plot: it's about four weddings and yep... a funeral. What may be of interest is that the film was completed in just six weeks and cost under £3 million. It made in excess of $245.7 million in box office sales. Nice.

Answer: Alice in Wonderland

Released in 2010 and starring Mia Wasikowska, Anne Hathaway and Helena Bonham Carter, 'Alice in Wonderland' also stars the incomparable Johnny Depp. A 3D movie, Depp stars as the Mad Hatter, while Mia Wasikowska plays the 19-year-old Alice. On her fantastic journey to find her true destiny and to end the Red Queen's reign of terror, Alice encounters the White Rabbit, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Dormouse, the Caterpillar and the Cheshire Cat.

Answer: The Virgin Suicides

Released in 1999 and starring Kirsten Dunst, James Woods, Kathleen Turner and Josh Hartnett, 'The Virgin Suicides' isn't exactly a cheery movie with the plot seeing five sisters engage (and succeed) in a suicide pact. Sofia Coppola wrote the screenplay (adapted from the novel of the same name) and released it at the Cannes Film Festival in 1999.

Answer: GoldenEye

Released in 1995, 'GoldenEye' stars Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean and Izabella Scorupco. The movie sees the intrepid 007 once again saving the world from certain disaster when a deadly satellite weapon system falls into the wrong hands. Bond is forced to race to Russia in search of the stolen access codes for 'GoldenEye', but he's up against an enemy who anticipates his every move as well as an assassin who uses pleasure as her ultimate weapon.