| 1. | Benedict Cumberbatch was omnipresent in 2013. Which of following movies did not feature him? | ||
| 12 Years a Slave | |||
| The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | |||
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Lee Daniels' The Butler | ||
| Star Trek Into Darkness | |||
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By way of explanation.....
Cumberbatch is the voice of both Smaug and the Necromancer in The Hobbit. |
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| 2. | Melissa McCarthy is to Jason Bateman and Sandra Bullock as ____________ is to James Franco and Leonardo DiCaprio. | ||
| Jesse Eisenberg | |||
| Ed Helms | |||
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Jonah Hill | ||
| Craig Robinson | |||
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By way of explanation.....
Just as McCarthy co-starred with Bateman and Bullock, so did Hill co-star with Franco (This Is the End) and DiCaprio (Wolf of Wall Street). |
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| 3. | Hollywood suffered a major loss when Paul Walker died in a tragic car accident. How many of the six Fast & the Furious movies had he appeared in? | ||
| 3 | |||
| 4 | |||
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5 | ||
| 6 | |||
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By way of explanation.....
He appeared in every film except for Tokyo Drift. |
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| 4. | We say Frances, you say, | ||
| From France | |||
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Ha | ||
| LOL | |||
| Whoa | |||
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By way of explanation.....
Frances Ha is director Noah Baumbach's 2013 comedy-drama |
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| 5. | Another year, another zillion animated films. Which of these was not released during calendar year 2013? | ||
| The Croods | |||
| Epic | |||
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Monsters, Inc. | ||
| Turbo | |||
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By way of explanation.....
Monsters University, not Monsters, Inc., was released in 2013. |
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| 6. | In the immortal words of Randy Newman, "It's money that matters." Which of these is not among the 10 best global box office performers of calendar year 2013? | ||
| Catching Fire | |||
| Fast & Furious 6 | |||
| Gravity | |||
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Star Trek Into Darkness | ||
| 7. | We'll believe it when we see it, but this director allegedly retired during 2013. | ||
| Pedro Almodovar | |||
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Steven Soderbergh | ||
| Martin Scorcese | |||
| Ridley Scott | |||
| 8. | Assuming Soderbergh wasn't lying (did you get the last answer right?), his last theatrical release was... | ||
| Beyond the Candelabra | |||
| Magic Mike | |||
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Side Effects | ||
| Trance | |||
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By way of explanation.....
Beyond the Candelabra was an HBO film because it couldn't find a theatrical distributor. Side Effects was his last film in movie theaters. |
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| 9. | Tyler Perry was everywhere again in 2013. Which of these films in no way involved him? | ||
| A Madea Christmas | |||
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Movie 43 | ||
| Peeples | |||
| Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor | |||
| 10. | The Bling Ring is a crime film about actual robberies of Hollywood celebrities. For reasons beyond our understanding, this victim of the real-life crimes makes an appearance in the film, not counting news archive footage. | ||
| Orlando Bloom | |||
| Lindsey Lohan | |||
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Paris Hilton | ||
| Audrina Patridge | |||
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By way of explanation.....
Hilton actually appears; the others are solely in archive footage. |
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| 11. | You've probably already forgotten, but there was a new Superman movie in 2013. Who portrays the Man of Steel this time? | ||
| Ben Affleck | |||
| Armie Hammer | |||
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Henry Cavill | ||
| Michael Shannon | |||
| 12. | In an odd turn of events, this respected actor dropped out of a role as the key villain in Despicable Me 2 only two months before its release. | ||
| Benjamin Bratt | |||
| Andy Garcia | |||
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Al Pacino | ||
| Jason Segel | |||
| 13. | The entire third act of this 2013 blockbuster was reshot because the original version was terrible. Surprisingly, the movie still made a ton of money and was well reviewed. | ||
| Fast & Furious 6 | |||
| Man of Steel | |||
| The Wolverine | |||
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World War Z | ||
| 14. | Which of these films did not feature either a real or a fictitious American president? | ||
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12 Years a Slave | ||
| Lee Daniels' The Butler | |||
| Olympus Has Fallen | |||
| White House Down | |||
| 15. | Tony Soprano himself, James Gandolfini, unexpectedly passed away in June 2013. Which of these wound up being his last theatrical release? | ||
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Enough Said | ||
| The Incredible Burt Wonderstone | |||
| Not Fade Away | |||
| The Oranges | |||
| 16. | The director of The Conjuring also created this sequel/re-imagining. | ||
| Evil Dead | |||
| Fast & Furious 6 | |||
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Insidious Chapter 2 | ||
| The Last Exorcism Part II | |||
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By way of explanation.....
You might have laughed at Fast & Furious 6, but he is directing the seventh installment. |
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| 17. | Which movie became the first non-Harry Potter title to feature a Quidditch match? | ||
| The Hangover Part III | |||
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The Internship | ||
| Kick-Ass 2 | |||
| Monsters University | |||
| 18. | This actor was the unlikely choice to portray Steve Jobs in a 2013 film. On a seemingly unrelated note, the film bombed. | ||
| Christian Bale | |||
| Joseph Gordon-Levitt | |||
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Ashton Kutcher | ||
| Noah Wyle | |||
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By way of explanation.....
Or maybe it was related... |
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| 19. | Gravity was a glorious exercise in minimalism. Not counting voice actors, how many on-camera roles were there in the movie? | ||
| 2 | |||
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3 | ||
| 4 | |||
| 5 | |||
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By way of explanation.....
We see one other face besides Bullock and Clooney, but it's... well, not a face anymore. |
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| 20. | We know you haven't been living under a rock, but it's the holiday season, so we'll give you an easy one to end today's quiz. Who is the new Batman? | ||
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Ben Affleck | ||
| Michael Keaton | |||
| Adam West | |||
| That guy who was in the thing. | |||
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By way of explanation.....
Merry Christmas, everyone! |
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