Ramsdencon September 1999 Film Quiz

Section 6

Black and White Films

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1. "Casablanca". Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. Rick and Ilse. But what were their surnames?

2. Which actors played the members of the D'Ascoyne family?

3. "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town", "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" and "It's a Wonderful Life". Which director, whose name has been used to form an adjective for this sort of feelgood film?

4. Which Japanese actor stars in many of Akira Kurasawa's films including "Rashomon", "Seven Samurai" and "Throne of Blood"?

5. One of the things which makes "The Third Man" memorable is the music, including "The Harry Lime Theme" played by Anton Karas. Which instrument is it played on?

6. Where did Princess Anne meet Joe Bradley of the American News Service?

7. "When a man's partner's killed he's supposed to do something about it. It doesn't make any difference what you thought about him, he was your partner and you're supposed to do something about it. And it happens we're in the detective business. Well, when one of your organisation gets killed it's bad business to let the killer get away with it. Bad all around, bad for every detective everywhere." Name the dead partner or his killer.

8. Alistair Sim played the headmistress and her twin brother the bookmaker, and Joyce Grenfell played a teacher who was actually an undercover policewoman. Which school - and who played Flash Harry?

9. "Chapter One. He adored New York City. He idolised it all out of proportion. Er, no. Make that he romanticised it all out of proportion. Better. To him no matter what the season was this was still a town that existed in black and white and pulsated to the great tunes of George Gershwin." Which film, by whom?

10. "The Battleship Potemkin", "Schindler's List" and "Pleasantville". What do they have in common?

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