1. The 1992 biopic “Hoffa” about the controversialTeamsters Union leader “Jimmy Hoffa” starred JackNicholson in the title role. Which actor directed the movie and also played the role of Hoffa’s associate Bobby Ciaro?
DANNY DE VITO
2. Jerry Bruckheimer and Joel Schumacher are usuallyremembered for all those typical Hollywood actionblockbusters. This 2003 movie starring Cate Blanchettwas however a serious biopic about a real life Irishjournalist who takes on the Dublin drug mafia andultimately was gunned down by them. Name the movie.
VERONICA GUERNIN
3. The 1996 movie Michael Collins about the Irishrevolutionary leader who was later assassinated hadLiam Neeson playing the title role. The movie howeverwas criticized for showing Collin’s rival Eamon DeValera in a negative light. Which actor, usually seenas the bad guy in Hollywood movies, played the role ofValera?
ALAN RICKMAN
4. 1917: Theda Bara, 1934: Claudette Colbert, 1963: ?
ELIZABETH TAYLOR AS CLEOPATRA
5. In the 1965 movie The Agony and The Ecstasy ,Charlton Heston played the role of Michaelangelo, andeven put a rod in his nose, to make it look broken.This British actor who played the role of Pope JuliusII however refused to grow a beard for the role. Which actor?
REX HARRISON
6. The 1939 movie Jesse James starring Henry Fonda asthe outlaw became notorious after the death of a horseon it’s sets. What started as a result of it?
DISCLAIMER ABOUT ANIMALS NOT BEING HARMED
7. This 1992 movie Malcolm X about the controversialAmerican Black leader who later converted to Islam,had Denzel Washington in the lead role. Which reallife political leader played a cameo in the movie as ateacher?
NELSON MANDELA
8. The 1999 movie Man on the Moon starring Jim Careywas about real life American comedian Andy Kauffman.The movie gets it’s title from a song by a well knownrock band which in turn is taken from the albumAutomatic for the People. Name the band.
R.E.M
9. Should be a sitter, who traveled along with AlbertoGranado on the La Poderosa which means the “MightyOne” and what resulted because of it?
CHE GUEVERA, THE MOTORCYLE DIARIES
10. Halle Berry and Whitney Houston were consideredfor playing the role of Tina Turner in the 1993 biopic Whats Love Got to Do with It, before Angela Basset finally played the role. Which black actor turned downthe role of her abusive husband Ike Turner and finally accepted when he learnt that Basset was playing therole?
LAWRENCE FISHBURNE
