Q 01/05

Which 1933 film ends with a giant ape from Skull Island swatting at biplanes from the top of the Empire State Building?

A) King Kong

B) The Lost World

C) Mighty Joe Young

D) Dr. Cyclops

Answer · why

A) King Kong

King Kong's creatures were brought to life by Willis O'Brien's stop-motion animation, puppets moved a frame at a time decades before computer effects.

Q 02/05

Which 1971 musical follows poor Charlie Bucket, whose Golden Ticket wins a tour of a secretive sweet-maker's plant?

A) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

B) Bedknobs and Broomsticks

C) Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

D) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Answer · why

C) Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory hid five Golden Tickets in Wonka Bars worldwide, and Charlie finds the last one with money picked up from a gutter...

Q 03/05

Which 1975 comedy has Arthur's squire clap coconut shells together because the budget ruled out real horses?

A) Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

B) The Princess Bride

C) Monty Python's Life of Brian

D) Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Answer · why

D) Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Monty Python and the Holy Grail turned the missing horses into a running gag, with Arthur debating whether coconuts could grow in a temperate climate.

Q 04/05

Which 1954 Japanese film has peasants hire warriors to guard their harvest from bandits, later remade as a Western?

A) Seven Samurai

B) Throne of Blood

C) Yojimbo

D) Harakiri

Answer · why

A) Seven Samurai

Seven Samurai was reworked into The Magnificent Seven in 1960, and its recruit-a-team structure has been copied by action films ever since.

Q 05/05

Which 1957 courtroom drama unfolds almost entirely in one jury room, where a single holdout resists a guilty verdict?

A) Inherit the Wind

B) 12 Angry Men

C) To Kill a Mockingbird

D) Judgment at Nuremberg

Answer · why

B) 12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men opens with a preliminary vote of eleven to one, with Juror 8 alone demanding discussion before any verdict on the teenage defendant.