Q 01/05

In Shaun of the Dead, which pub do Shaun and his friends choose as their refuge from the zombie outbreak?

A) The Red Lion

B) The Winchester

C) The King's Arms

D) The Royal Oak

Answer · why

B) The Winchester

The Winchester is Shaun's favourite pub, and the rifle mounted above its bar, which he and Ed had argued about, proves to be in working order.

Q 02/05

In 28 Days Later, activists free laboratory chimpanzees infected with a virus that is known by what name?

A) Rage

B) Fury

C) Wrath

D) Frenzy

Answer · why

A) Rage

Rage was conceived as a biological contagion rather than anything supernatural, a metaphor for road rage, air rage and other everyday aggression.

Q 03/05

An American Werewolf in London, a British-American co-production, won the first-ever Academy Award in which category?

A) Best Visual Effects

B) Best Sound Editing

C) Best Makeup

D) Best Costume Design

Answer · why

C) Best Makeup

Best Makeup was a brand-new category at the 54th Academy Awards, and Rick Baker took it for transformation effects that changed the face of horror mak...

Q 04/05

Which British horror star called The Wicker Man, in which he played Lord Summerisle, the best film he ever made?

A) Donald Pleasence

B) Michael Gough

C) Herbert Lom

D) Christopher Lee

Answer · why

D) Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee was so keen to see it made that he worked on the production without pay, hoping to break free of his image as a Hammer regular.

Q 05/05

Which actor played the vampire hunter Van Helsing for Hammer and later Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars?

A) Alec Guinness

B) Peter Cushing

C) David Prowse

D) Sebastian Shaw

Answer · why

B) Peter Cushing

Peter Cushing claimed George Lucas first approached him to play Obi-Wan Kenobi, and only cast him as the Death Star's commander after the two met.