British Films [1990s] Trivia Quiz

Answer: Martin and Gary Kemp

Martin and Gary Kemp were born on 10th October, 1961, in London. Both of them attended Anna Scher Children's Theatre when they were seven years old and started acting on television in their teens. Gary Kemp formed the group, The Gentry, which was later changed to Spandau Ballet. Martin joined the group to become lead bassist.

They both received critical acclaim for their role in 'The Krays'.

Answer: Truly, Madly, Deeply

Nina, played by Juliet Stevenson, was devastated when Jamie died. When she was on the verge of giving up, Jamie came back as a ghost. Nina was over the moon until Jamie (Alan Rickman) invited back some of his ghostly friends and started behaving strangely. She became attracted to psychologist Mark but was still in love with Jamie. Jamie then left, and Nina was able to move on with her life.

Answer: Howards End

The story told of the upper class Wilcoxes, the half German Schlegel's and the struggling Bast family. Margaret and Helen Schlegel, played by Emma Thompson and Helena Bonham-Carter, tried to make the Wilcoxes less prejudiced and offered help to the poorer Bast's. Margaret befriended Ruth Wilcox and when Ruth died, she bequested the family home, 'Howards End', to Margaret. Margaret eventually married Henry Wilcox, but the remaining family tried to stop her from taking possession of the house.

Answer: Shadowlands

C. S. Lewis was an academic at Oxford University when he met American poet, Joy Gresham (Debra Winger). He had already written 'The Chronicles of Narnia' series of books and was living a quiet and reserved life with his brother, Warnie. Gresham was outspoken, plucky and full of spirit, which was a sharp contrast to life in the male dominated university. Feelings between Lewis and Gresham developed into a love. What started as a marriage of convenience between the two of them turned into something much deeper, especially when Gresham was diagnosed with cancer.

Answer: Charles

A group of friends, including Charles, attended a wedding and it was there that he met Carrie (Andie MacDowell) for the first time, and had a one night stand with her. Charles attended a second wedding and met Carrie's fiancé, Sir Hamish Banks. Charles was seated next to a group of ex-girlfriends including Henrietta, who his friends called 'Duckface'. Charles later bumped into Carrie and they slept together again. Charles attended the third wedding in Scotland where Hamish and Carrie were married.

It was here that one of his friends died, and not long after followed the funeral. Charles decided to marry Henrietta even though he suffered unrequited love for Carrie. Henrietta punched Charles after she found out that he did not love her and the wedding was cancelled. Carrie confessed to Charles that she had split with Hamish, and they both lived together, happily unmarried ever after.

Answer: Alan Rickman

Alan Rickman was born in London, 1946. He trained to be a graphic designer but then won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Some of his better known roles have been Hans Gruber in 'Die Hard' (1988), the Sheriff of Nottingham in 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves' (1991), Dr. Lazarus in 'Galaxy Quest' (1999) and Severus Snape in the 'Harry Potter' film series.

In 'Sense and Sensibility', he played Colonel Brandon, who fell in love with the much younger Marianne Dashwood.

Answer: Trainspotting

The film was set in Edinburgh, and told of Mark, played by Ewan McGregor, who was trying to kick his drug habit. He was often led back into drugs again by his friends and petty crimes were committed to pay the dealers. Once Mark was clean of heroin, he moved to London and started a job, but it was not long before some of his friends joined him.

They all went back to Scotland to attend a funeral of another friend who had died of toxoplasmosis. It was there that the friends made a deal and sold two kilos of heroin to a drug dealer for £16,000.

The friends celebrated, but during that same night, Mark walked away from the group, taking all the money with him to start a new life.

Answer: Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria, played by Judi Dench, was inconsolable after the death of her beloved Albert. John Brown, who was a Scottish horseman and servant to the royal household, was brought in to help the Queen out of mourning. He often addressed her as "woman", much to the dismay of the other staff.

The Queen's popularity with the public was waning and Brown persuaded her to return to public duties. This caused a rift between them which lasted for years. It was only when Brown became ill with pneumonia that the Queen visited his bedside, just before he passed away.

Answer: Little Voice

Jane Horrocks starred as Laura Hoff, otherwise known as 'Little Voice'. Her father had passed away, and she lived in the same house as her mother, who always entertained men in the hope of finding another husband. Laura was shy, reserved and suffered with selective mutism.

She became alive in her room when she listened to, and impersonated, the performances of great women singers. She befriended a quiet telephone engineer (Ewan McGregor) when he repaired her telephone. Another man (Michael Caine,) who became romantically attached to her mother, recognised the talent in Laura.

He presented her at his seedy nightclub. After overcoming her shyness, Laura sang a succession of show stopping numbers.

Answer: East is East

Pakistani chip shop owner, George Khan, lived with his white wife, Ella, and their seven children, Nazir, Abdul, Tariq, Saleem, Maneer, Sajid and Meenah. He wanted all of his children to follow the Islamic tradition. Things started to go wrong when his eldest son, Nazir, fled his own wedding, only for everyone to find out later that he was gay. Tariq and Abdul rebelled when they discovered that their father was setting up an arranged marriage for them. George found that his family was breaking up and, after several fights with his wife, they reconciled themselves over a British cup of tea.