The Movie Quiz: What was that feckin' Mrs Brown's Boys film called?
Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie
Mrs Brown's Boys Da Fillum
Mrs Brown's Boys The Movie
Mrs Brown's Boys D'Fillum
Who will shortly be Dr Doom in the MCU?
Tom Holland
Mark Ruffalo
Robert Downey Jr
Benedict Cumberbatch
The chap behind which BBC crime series is about to embark on Bond 26?
Line of Duty
Happy Valley
Luther
Peaky Blinders
Which is the odd title out?
Help, My Son Is a Nerd
Hail to the Chimp
Radioactive Man
Sack Lunch
Who is from something else?
Figaro
Stromboli
Lumière
Monstro
'And down the mountainside…' Who is the odd one out?
Pa Kent
Alan Shepard
Alex Forrest
Greg Focker
At the 1985 Oscar ceremony, three of the five nominees for best actress had what job?
Doctor
Farmer
Prostitute
Nurse
What ends with God Moving Over the Face of the Waters?
The Dark Knight
Heat
Zodiac
Lost in Translation
Which does not feature a direct descendent of Rachel Kempson (1910-2003)?
Mission: Impossible
Dance with a Stranger
Gods and Monsters
101 Dalmatians
Black Sabbath, featuring the still mourned Ozzy Osbourne, took their name from a film by which Italian director?
Federico Fellini
Luchino Visconti
Mario Brava
Michaelangelo Antonioni
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