Picture These Movie Titles Trivia Quiz

Answer: Black Swan

Starring Natalie Portman as Nina Sayers, "Black Swan" is a psychological thriller about a ballerina who becomes obsessed with not only playing the lead role in "Swan Lake", but another ballerina named Lily - played by Mila Kunis.

As the film progresses, Sayers' relationship with her mother becomes strained as her obsession with Lily grows along with her desire to perform the leading role. As Sayers' mental health begins to deteriorate, the film ends in tragedy as the lines between reality and imagination become increasingly blurred.

Answer: Bus Stop

Based upon two plays written by William Inge, "Bus Stop" was unlike some of Monroe's movies, in that it was more a serious drama, rather than a comedy or musical.

The film centres around a socially awkward young man named Beauregard Decker, and his friend Virgil Blessing. Taking a bus to compete in a rodeo, Blessing encourages Decker to take an interest in women. On their journey they meet Cherie (Monroe), a singer at a café, at which point Decker falls in love with her. After sharing a kiss, he believes they are destined to get married, however Cherie pours cold water on Decker's hopes for them both. Despite this snub, the enamoured Decker tries to persuade Cherie they were meant to be together.

Answer: Cars

Released by Walt Disney's Pixar Animation Studios, "Cars" features the character of Lightning McQueen, a race car desperate to win a race in order to ditch his sponsor.

After being accidentally dumped by the truck carrying him to the race, McQueen finds himself in the town of Radiator Springs, where he is arrested after tearing up the town's main street.

Whilst repairing the road, McQueen makes a number of friends, who later surprise him when he goes to compete by taking over as his pit crew. During the race though, McQueen's thoughts are on other things, until rival car Chick Hicks pushes another rival off the track. This prompts McQueen to help the other car despite losing the race.

Although offered a sponsorship deal for his actions, McQueen declines, deciding to return to Radiator Springs and help put the town back on the map.

Answer: Jailhouse Rock

Released in 1957, "Jailhouse Rock" stars Elvis Presley as Vince Everett, a man who is sent to prison for accidentally killing a man in a bar-room brawl. Whilst in prison Everett meets Hunk Houghton, who takes Everett under his wing, teaching Everett to play the guitar.

Upon release, Everett takes a job at a nightclub run by a friend of Houghton. There he starts the road to success, helped by a promoter named Peggy Van Alden. Everett's violent tendencies continue to bother him, and as he finds success his relationship with Peggy becomes strained.

Things come to a head when Everett's former cell mate Houghton is released, making Everett see sense after a fight between them which potentially threatens Everett's career.

Answer: The Boat

Originally released under its German title "Das Boot", the film portrayed the lives of a German U-Boat crew, fighting in the Battle for the Atlantic.

Written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen, the film was based upon a book written Lothar-Günther Buchheim, taking its name from Buchheim's book. Along with the films theatrical release in 1981, a mini-series version was also made for TV. In addition, various length videos for home release were also made.

The film itself is centred around a war correspondent (Lt. Werner) who is assigned to U-96 under the command of a captain also known as "The Old Man". As the film progresses, Werner learns about the mental strain placed upon the submariners, trapped in their U-boat when under attack and knowing they have little chance to escape. He also sees the harsh realities of submarine warfare, where crews of ships are abandoned to fend for themselves when their ship has been sunk.

Answer: Planes

The film centres on Dusty Crophopper, a crop duster aircraft, who in his spare time practices aerobatic manoeuvres. Dusty though, has a dream to enter an air race, asking for advice from a former navy airplane, Skipper Riley. Although initially turned down by Skipper and despite being mocked, Dusty wins over the crowds with his aerobatics, and scraps into the Wings Across the Globe air race.

As the race begins, Dusty faces a number of setbacks, until he is forced into landing on an aircraft carrier. There Dusty is surprised to find it is home to the squadron that Skipper flew in, learning the truth about his mentor. Distracted by this, Dusty ends up crashing into the sea where he is found by his friends who decide to help Dusty try and win the race.

Answer: Signs

The plot centres around a former priest, Graham Hess (Gibson) who moves to a farm with his two children after the death of his wife. Also living on the farm is the brother of Hess, Merrill, a former baseball player who never made it to the major leagues because of his batting.

Strange things begin to happen when Hess' daughter starts leaving glasses of water around the house, complaining of the taste and Hess finds a crop circle in a field. In addition, a strange figure is seen watching the farm.

As more occurrences of crop circles, similar to the one Hess found start -appearing around the world, Hess ends up visiting Ray Reddy (played by M Night Shyamalan) - the man responsible for his death of his wife. Reddy reveals he has captured an alien. Using a knife to see the alien's reflection under a door, Hess ends up cutting some of the alien's fingers off. The film comes to a conclusion when one of the aliens attacks Hess' home and family, where they discover the weakness that allows them to defeat the intruder.

Answer: Small Soldiers

The plot begins when Alan Abernathy, the son of a local toy shop owner, convinces a delivery man to leave some action figurines (the Gorgonites and Commando Elite) at the shop owned by his father, against his father's wishes. Unaware that the Gorgonite leader Archer (voiced by Frank Langella) has sneaked into his backpack, Alan takes Archer home with him, where he eventually learns about the microprocessor used to bring Archer and the other figurines to life.

Alan's girlfriend Christy (played by Kirsten Dunst) has brought the leader of the Commando Elite, Chip Hazard (voiced by Tommy Lee Jones) for her brother not knowing the Commando Elite are sworn enemies of the Gorgonites, determined to destroy Archer and his group.

Eventually Chip manages to assemble an army of Commando Elite warriors to attack Alan and Christy's homes in an attempt to destroy Archer and his men, only to leading to a climactic finale. However, as the battle ends, Alan is left trying to find out what has happened to Archer and his fellow Gorgonites.

Answer: Top Gun

The film "Top Gun", stars Tom Cruise as Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, a hot head fighter pilot with a chip on his shoulder. After defying orders to escort a fellow pilot back to the aircraft carrier they are stationed on, Maverick finds himself and his radar operator assigned to the Fighter Weapons School in San Diego, California - nicknamed "Top Gun".

There, Maverick falls for Charlotte "Charlie" Blackwood - a civilian instructor at the base. However, Maverick also manages to annoy his fellow pilots and commanding officers by his reckless style of flying. Things change though for Maverick when on a training exercise, when an accident results in his friend - Nick "Goose" Bradshaw - getting killed. Bradshaw's death affects Maverick, even when Maverick returns to active service, until Maverick is involved in an incident that makes him see that he was not responsible for his friend's death.

Answer: The Ghost Train

Based on a 1923 play written by Arnold Ridley, "The Ghost Train" centres around a group of passengers stranded at a remote railway station. Despite warnings from the stationmaster about the mysterious appearances of a ghostly train that crashed some years before, killing all on board, the group decided to spend the night at the station before travelling on to their destination.

Strange things begin to happen, including the "death" of the station master, whose body disappears, despite being locked in a room. In addition, a highly distressed woman arrives at the station, obsessed with seeing the ghost of the train. When the woman's brother arrives, he offers the group a chance to get away from the station. As the film progresses it becomes apparent to the group that some of those at the station have more sinister motives for being there.

A number of versions of the film were made, the most famous being the 1941 film adaptation, starring Arthur Askey. In this version the villains were portrayed as Nazi sympathisers, trying to smuggle guns into Britain.