Q 01/05

Which actor became the big screen's first James Bond when Dr. No opened in British cinemas?

A) Sean Connery

B) Roger Moore

C) George Lazenby

D) David Niven

Answer · why

A) Sean Connery

Sean Connery was taken by director Terence Young to his own tailor and hairdresser, then round London's restaurants and casinos, to polish him for the...

Q 02/05

Which playing card triggers brainwashed soldier Raymond Shaw in The Manchurian Candidate?

A) Queen of hearts

B) Queen of diamonds

C) Eight of diamonds

D) Eight of hearts

Answer · why

B) Queen of diamonds

Queen of diamonds turns up when he is told to play solitaire, and it switches him on. His sweetheart later triggers him by accident, by wearing the ca...

Q 03/05

Which Hollywood mogul produced The Longest Day, the all-star epic restaging the D-Day landings?

A) Samuel Goldwyn

B) David O. Selznick

C) Darryl F. Zanuck

D) Sam Spiegel

Answer · why

C) Darryl F. Zanuck

Darryl F. Zanuck produced it for 20th Century-Fox and used three directors, one each for the British and French, American and German scenes.

Q 04/05

Which fellow Hollywood veteran played Bette Davis's wheelchair-bound sister Blanche in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

A) Olivia de Havilland

B) Barbara Stanwyck

C) Lana Turner

D) Joan Crawford

Answer · why

D) Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford and Davis were dogged by rumours of an on-set feud, which both later denied. The gossip helped sell the film, and its success revived bo...

Q 05/05

Which actor became a star playing T. E. Lawrence in David Lean's desert epic Lawrence of Arabia?

A) Richard Burton

B) Peter O'Toole

C) Albert Finney

D) Richard Harris

Answer · why

B) Peter O'Toole

Peter O'Toole won over David Lean with a single screen test, though at 6 ft 2 he towered over the real Lawrence. The epic has no speaking roles for wo...