Q 01/05

Which actor, already famous as Iceman in Top Gun, played the boastful swordsman Madmartigan in Willow (1988)?

A) Tom Cruise

B) Anthony Edwards

C) Val Kilmer

D) Tim Robbins

Answer · why

C) Val Kilmer

Val Kilmer took the part two years after Top Gun made him a star. He worked with Willow's director again in 2003 on The Missing.

Q 02/05

The animal transformation scene in Willow (1988) pioneered which digital effects technique, later used in Terminator 2?

A) Morphing

B) Motion capture

C) Bullet time

D) Rotoscoping

Answer · why

A) Morphing

Morphing let a computer blend footage of one filmed animal smoothly into the next. The effects team wrote the software for this scene, then reused it ...

Q 03/05

Warwick Davis, the title star of Willow (1988), later played which Hogwarts teacher in the Harry Potter films?

A) Professor Slughorn

B) Professor Quirrell

C) Professor Binns

D) Professor Flitwick

Answer · why

D) Professor Flitwick

Professor Flitwick was one of two Potter roles for Davis, who also played the goblin Griphook. The talent agency he co-founded supplied more than fort...

Q 04/05

In the tavern scene of Willow (1988), Madmartigan hides from a jealous husband by disguising himself as what?

A) A monk

B) A woman

C) A soldier

D) A beggar

Answer · why

B) A woman

A woman is the disguise Madmartigan wears until the husband, Llug, sees through it. The brawl Llug then starts gives the heroes cover to escape Bavmor...

Q 05/05

The two-headed dragon conjured by accident in Willow (1988) was named after which pair of film critics?

A) Crist and Sarris

B) Maltin and Shalit

C) Siskel and Ebert

D) Reed and Lyons

Answer · why

C) Siskel and Ebert

Siskel and Ebert had the last word: on their television show, both critics gave the film a thumbs down. The monster appears when one of Willow's spell...