Q 01/05

Who created the Mad Max franchise, directing or co-directing every film in it?

A) Peter Weir

B) Baz Luhrmann

C) Russell Mulcahy

D) George Miller

Answer · why

D) George Miller

Miller was a hospital emergency-room doctor in Sydney when he met producer Byron Kennedy at a summer film school in 1971.

Q 02/05

What is Max's surname?

A) Rockwell

B) Rockatansky

C) Rostovsky

D) Rakoczy

Answer · why

B) Rockatansky

He starts the series as the top pursuit man of the Main Force Patrol before the biker gang murders his wife and infant son.

Q 03/05

Which actor played Max in the first three films?

A) Bryan Brown

B) Mel Gibson

C) Sam Neill

D) Jack Thompson

Answer · why

B) Mel Gibson

He was an American-born NIDA graduate with one previous screen role, 1976's Summer City, when he was cast.

Q 04/05

Under what title was Mad Max 2 released in the United States?

A) The Road Warrior

B) The Wasteland

C) Fury Road

D) Road Rage

Answer · why

A) The Road Warrior

American distributors were worried that few people had seen the original, so they dropped the number.

Q 05/05

Which pop star plays Aunty Entity, ruler of Bartertown, in Beyond Thunderdome?

A) Tina Turner

B) Grace Jones

C) Donna Summer

D) Diana Ross

Answer · why

A) Tina Turner

She also sang both of the film's songs, and 'We Don't Need Another Hero' reached number 2 in the US.

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