Q 01/05

Brian May scored Mad Max 2, but he is not the Brian May who plays guitar in which rock band?

A) Cream

B) Genesis

C) Queen

D) The Who

Answer · why

C) Queen

Queen has its own Brian May, an English guitarist with no link to the film. The Mad Max 2 composer was an Adelaide-born conductor who also scored the ...

Q 02/05

Mel Gibson moved to Sydney at age 12 and found fame in Mad Max 2, but in which country was he born?

A) United States

B) United Kingdom

C) New Zealand

D) South Africa

Answer · why

A) United States

The United States is his birthplace: he was born in Peekskill, New York, before his family emigrated. The Road Warrior then became his first hit back ...

Q 03/05

Which profession did Mad Max 2 director George Miller practise for several years before making films?

A) Lawyer

B) Doctor

C) Pilot

D) Architect

Answer · why

B) Doctor

Doctor was his first career: Miller trained in medicine in Sydney and worked as a physician. He named Max Rockatansky after Carl von Rokitansky, a pio...

Q 04/05

Which animated film about penguins won an Academy Award for George Miller, the director of Mad Max 2?

A) Surf's Up

B) Madagascar

C) Ice Age

D) Happy Feet

Answer · why

D) Happy Feet

Happy Feet won Miller the Oscar for Best Animated Feature, a long way from the wasteland. He also produced and co-wrote the talking-pig hit Babe.

Q 05/05

What kind of face covering hides the features of the marauders' hulking leader in The Road Warrior?

A) A hockey mask

B) A welding mask

C) A gas mask

D) A fencing mask

Answer · why

A) A hockey mask

A hockey mask hides his face, months before Jason Voorhees first wore one in Friday the 13th Part III. Above it, his bald, stitched scalp stays on sho...