Movie Quiz
The Cannes Movie Quiz: Which Irish actor is on this year’s jury?
Plus: What won last year’s Palme d’Or?
The Movie Quiz: Who has not directed a Fast & Furious title?
Plus: Which golfer makes a celebrity cameo in The Devil Wears Prada 2?
The Movie Quiz: Who has not played title character in a Francis Ford Coppola film?
Plus: What sort of beans did Hannibal Lecter like with his liver?
The Movie Quiz: How many Christopher Nolan features have just one word as a title?
Plus: Who has not written a novel that became an Oscar best-picture winner?
The Movie Quiz: Who has not played the title character in a John Boorman film?
Plus: What’s missing: White, Orange, Blonde, Pink, Brown?
The Movie Quiz: The Maltese Falcon ends with a slight misquote from what play?
Plus: What film just broke the all-time record for the most losses at the Oscars?
The Movie Quiz: Who missed out at this year’s Oscars?
Plus: Which class of Italian professional lands back in cinemas this week?
The Movie Quiz: Which film does not feature a briefish Harrison Ford performance?
Plus: Who, apart from the director himself, has appeared in the most Woody Allen films?
The Movie Quiz: Who has not provided the source for a Hitchcock film?
Plus: Oscar Levant’s famous quote ‘I knew her before she was a virgin’, was about whom?
The Movie Quiz: Which film is nominated for the most Oscars this year?
Plus: Who claimed that the Oscar was so named as she had noted its backside resembled that of her uncle Oscar?
The Movie Quiz: Who was the first Irish woman to win an acting Oscar?
Plus: Which of these stars has worked with the most female directors?
The Movie Quiz: Who has not played the title character in a Martin Scorsese film?
Plus: What was the first film to take a billion dollars at the world box office?
The Movie Quiz: Who is not a Looney Tuner?
Plus: The director of which sequence has just stepped up as the first lady’s official chronicler?
The Movie Quiz: Who has never been in a James Bond film?
Plus: What song plays under the Walt Disney logo at the start of their films?
The Movie Quiz: Which decade has seen the most Die Hard films?
Plus: Who just passed out Scarlett Johansson’s record, set last July, as the highest grossing film star ever?
The Movie Quiz: Where will the Sundance Film Festival be from next year?
Plus: Which Grease song was not in the original 1971 stage musical?
The Movie Quiz: What is now the highest grossing Disney animation ever?
Plus: What is the only film to have won the best picture Oscar with no other nominations?
The Movie Quiz: Which is the correct Mary Poppins song?
Plus: Who is not mentioned in the longest song on Highway 61 Revisited?
The 2025 Movie Quiz: What Irish drinking song could you hear this year in Sinners?
Plus: Which director did not have a film released in Irish cinemas this year?
The 12 Days of Christmas Movie Quiz: Which film did not provide an I’m Alan Partridge episode title?
Plus: Who has never played a Swan (or a Swann)?
The Movie Quiz: Who is not in Saving Private Ryan?
Plus: Which unit of distance does Han Solo apparently mistake for a unit of time?
The Movie Quiz: Which film does not feature a Friend?
Plus: Which is not a Rock Hudson and Doris Day film?
The Movie Quiz: Who was the last character to speak in a James Bond film?
Plus: Which beer were they drinking at the end of Ice Cold in Alex?
The Movie Quiz: How many Rocky franchise films did Sylvester Stallone direct?
Plus: Who is the only person to have directed sequels to two best picture winners?
The Movie Quiz: Which is not an early Francis Ford Coppola film?
Plus: Do you know which character actor is Tom Cruise’s cousin?
The Movie Quiz: How many films have featured Hannibal Lecter?
Plus: Who was the last person to direct a Die Hard film?
The Halloween Movie Quiz: Which ghastly character is someone else?
Plus: What was the first Stephen King adaptation to make it into cinemas?
The Movie Quiz: What was the fourth Star Wars film to be theatrically released?
Plus: What was the fourth Star Wars film to be theatrically released?
The Movie Quiz: Which is not a rule of Fight Club?
Plus: What was the first James Bond theme to win the Oscar for best song?
The Movie Quiz: Who never directed Marlene Dietrich?
Plus: Which of these Disney songs is sang by a human?
The Movie Quiz: From which horror classic did the Ramones borrow a famous chant?
Plus: Test your knowledge of obscure tracks from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack
The Paul Thomas Anderson Movie Quiz: Who is not on the Boogie Nights soundtrack?
Plus: Which is the longest Paul Thomas Anderson film?
The Movie Quiz: Who has Anthony Hopkins not played?
Plus: How many best actress Oscar nominations have Irish nationals accrued in total?
The Movie Quiz: Who has not been played by Tom Hanks?
Plus: Who is about to follow in the footsteps of Christopher Lee, Peter Boyle and Robert De Niro?
The Movie Quiz: On which streaming service will you see the next Bond film?
Plus: Who has not been the title character in a Stephen King adaptation?
The Movie Quiz: Which Irishman has not won an acting prize at Venice?
Test your knowledge on all thing Venice International Film Festival with these 10 questions
The Movie Quiz: Which is not an Elvis flick?
Plus: Who among the current Fantastic Four has not appeared in a Ridley Scott film?
The Movie Quiz: Which Saturday Night Fever song is a recommended guide to the rhythm for manual CPR?
Plus: Who, in 1999, soundtracked the apparent end of the world?
The Movie Quiz: What was that feckin’ Mrs Brown’s Boys film called?
Plus: The chap behind which series is about to embark on Bond 26?
The Movie Quiz: Where in Dublin was Checkpoint Charlie situated back in 1965?
Plus: Who was (jointly) the first actor Oscar-nominated for a Stephen King film?
The Movie Quiz: Which Hitchcock film features a future crew member of the Nostromo?
Plus: Who has been declared the highest-grossing movie star of all time?
The Movie Quiz: Who has never played Kevin Costner’s wife?
Plus: Which studio’s films were, from 1924-1928, introduced by a Dublin-born legend?
The Movie Quiz: How many times has Steven Spielberg directed Richard Dreyfuss in a feature?
Plus: What does Lady share with Tramp?
The Movie Quiz: What was the last film made in the truncated Chronicles of Narnia series?
Plus: Which film director is currently favourite to become mum to the next mayor of New York?
The Movie Quiz: Who is the only Irish-born star to win a main acting prize at Cannes?
Plus: Who is the new Frank Drebin?
The Movie Quiz: Which streamer was the first to distribute a best picture Oscar winner?
Plus: Bafta, Aacta, Edgar, César: which is the odd gong out?
The Movie Quiz: Who did not direct a film that shares its name with a David Bowie song?
Plus: Which Viking is back in action this week?
The Movie Quiz: What is the last Pixar film to win the animated feature Oscar?
Plus: Who soon succeed James Whale, Terence Fisher and Kenneth Branagh?
The Movie Quiz: What is Tom Cruise’s highest-grossing film...ever?
Plus: Which 1970s TV show is, apparently, currently in cinemas?
The Movie Quiz: How long has Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible franchise gone on for?
Plus: Which was the first film in colour to win best picture at the Oscars?
Cannes film festival 2025 quiz: What is the Palme d’Or-winning film on this year’s poster?
To tie into the 78th edition of the festival, a special all-Cannes query
The Movie Quiz: Ronan, Farrell, Gleeson, Keoghan – who has yet to be directed by Neil Jordan?
Which film earned Meryl Streep the most recent of her 21 Oscar nominations?
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