The Movie Quiz: Which Saturday Night Fever song is a recommended guide to the rhythm for manual CPR?
Who has yet to direct Liam Neeson?
Woody Allen
Clint Eastwood
The Coen Brothers
Richard Curtis
Who has not played title character in a John Boorman film?
Marcello Mastroianni
Geoffrey Rush
Nigel Terry
Brendan Gleeson
Which is the odd one out?
Bravo
Grande
Ferdinand
Lobo
Which is not on Brand?
Flash Harry
John Nash
Dr Nefario
Arthur Bach
Who is not of the clan?
Bill
Alexander
Peter
Gustaf
Which catchy tune from Saturday Night Fever is recommended as a guide to the rhythm for manual cardiopulmonary resuscitation?
Night Fever
More Than a Woman
Stayin' Alive
How Deep Is Your Love
Which features only one of Burton & Taylor?
The Sandpiper (1965)
Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)
Doctor Faustus (1967)
Boom! (1968)
Whose signature has yet to appear (so far as I'm aware) on domestic screens?
Ger Connolly
Désirée Finnegan
John Kelleher
Ciarán Kissane
Who, in 1999, accompanied the apparent end of the world?
The Pixies
Hüsker Dü
The Breeders
Dinosaur Jr
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