Q 01/05

Which candy does Elliott use to lure the alien home in Spielberg's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial?

A) Peanut M&M's

B) Reese's Pieces

C) Hershey's Kisses

D) Skittles

Answer · why

B) Reese's Pieces

Reese's Pieces got the part after Mars refused to let M&M's appear, fearing the alien would frighten children. Sales of the candy soared once the film...

Q 02/05

MGM gave Dorothy ruby slippers, but which colour are the magic shoes in L. Frank Baum's Oz novel?

A) Silver

B) Gold

C) Emerald

D) Sapphire

Answer · why

A) Silver

Silver shoes carry Dorothy home in the book; the studio changed them to show off its costly new Technicolor process.

Q 03/05

Which humble item does The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy call essential for any space traveller?

A) A compass

B) A teapot

C) A penknife

D) A towel

Answer · why

D) A towel

A towel is so prized in Douglas Adams's comedy that fans carry one in public every 25 May, a tribute first held two weeks after he died in 2001.

Q 04/05

Which sweet does the White Witch use to tempt Edmund Pevensie in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe?

A) Toffee apples

B) Peppermint creams

C) Turkish delight

D) Sugar plums

Answer · why

C) Turkish delight

Turkish delight buys Edmund's loyalty with the promise of an endless supply, and real-world sales of the sweet rose after the 2005 Narnia film.

Q 05/05

Which ruined landmark reveals that the alien world is really Earth at the end of 1968's Planet of the Apes?

A) Golden Gate Bridge

B) Statue of Liberty

C) Washington Monument

D) Gateway Arch

Answer · why

B) Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty ending is the film's own: Pierre Boulle's novel instead flies its hero home to a Paris where the Eiffel Tower still stands.