Q 01/05

Who directed Shaun of the Dead?

A) Guy Ritchie

B) Danny Boyle

C) Edgar Wright

D) Richard Curtis

Answer · why

C) Edgar Wright

It was his first mainstream feature; his actual debut was the 1995 no-budget western spoof A Fistful of Fingers.

Q 02/05

Wright co-wrote the screenplay with which actor, who also plays the title role?

A) Simon Pegg

B) Nick Frost

C) Dylan Moran

D) Martin Freeman

Answer · why

A) Simon Pegg

The two had already made the sitcom Spaced together, and the whole script came together in a matter of weeks.

Q 03/05

Which cast member made his film debut in Shaun of the Dead?

A) Rafe Spall

B) Nick Frost

C) Peter Serafinowicz

D) Dylan Moran

Answer · why

B) Nick Frost

He met Pegg while working as a waiter and was brought onto Spaced with no acting experience at all.

Q 04/05

According to the film, how old is Shaun?

A) 29

B) 32

C) 35

D) 38

Answer · why

A) 29

The film's whole engine is his quarter-life rut: a stalled sales job, a stepfather he resents and a girlfriend who has just left him.

Q 05/05

What is the name of Shaun and Ed's favourite pub?

A) The Duke of Albany

B) The Crown

C) The Winchester

D) The World's End

Answer · why

C) The Winchester

The pub habit came straight from real life: Pegg and Frost kept going to the same bar, and Wright had been trying to talk them out of it.