Q 01/05

The black panther Ruh in The Beastmaster was really which big cat, dyed black for the cameras?

A) A tiger

B) A leopard

C) A cougar

D) A cheetah

Answer · why

A) A tiger

A tiger played Ruh because tigers are easier to handle on a film set, and the star cat, Kipling, had six weeks of training before the cameras rolled.

Q 02/05

In The Beastmaster, a witch magically moves the unborn Dar from the queen's womb into which animal?

A) A mare

B) A goat

C) A cow

D) A sow

Answer · why

C) A cow

A cow carries the stolen prince until the witch cuts him free and brands him. The sequel says this strange birth is what gave Dar his power over anima...

Q 03/05

Dennis Miller joked that which TV channel's initials stood for a phrase about The Beastmaster being on?

A) BET

B) HBO

C) NBC

D) CBS

Answer · why

B) HBO

HBO aired the film so often that the joke stuck. Cable repeats, not its modest run in cinemas, turned The Beastmaster into a cult favourite.

Q 04/05

Which future Ghost star did The Beastmaster's director want as Kiri before a producer insisted on Tanya Roberts?

A) Kim Basinger

B) Daryl Hannah

C) Michelle Pfeiffer

D) Demi Moore

Answer · why

D) Demi Moore

Demi Moore was a newcomer on the soap General Hospital when Don Coscarelli picked her. The executive producer overruled him, one of their many clashes...

Q 05/05

Which actor, later the agency boss Zed in Men in Black, played the evil priest Maax in The Beastmaster?

A) Jack Palance

B) Christopher Lee

C) Rip Torn

D) Max von Sydow

Answer · why

C) Rip Torn

Rip Torn's Maax murders a king named Zed in The Beastmaster. Fifteen years later Torn answered to that very name as the boss in Men in Black.