The hot summer 2016 film quiz

‘Movie star? I’ll be the judge of that’: Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie, with Jennifer Saunders, left, and Joanna Lumley. Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo

1. 

   Which action movie star said of the Rio Games: “It’s a sore point I never got to the Olympics. They got seven million for the diving per year. They deserve it. The divers now are just terrific. I started too late. I should have done a different sport.”

   1. Jason Statham

   2. Arnold Schwarzenegger

   3. Dolph Lundgren

   4. Jean-Claude Van Damme

2. 

   Which footballing icon did Twentieth Century Fox use to promote its movies Independence Day: Resurgence, X-Men Apocalypse Now and Deadpool?

   1. Wayne Rooney

   2. Geoff Hurst

   3. Ryan Giggs

   4. Alan Mullery

3. Who of the following did not have a cameo in Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie?

   1. Christopher Biggins

   2. Judith Chalmers

   3. Sophie Raworth

   4. Ruth Langsford

4. 

   Which director responded to poor reviews by quoting Emiliano Zapata: “Prefiero morir de pie que vivir siempre arrodillado” (“I’d rather die on my feet than live on my knees”).

   1. Steven Spielberg

   2. David Ayer

   3. Werner Herzog

   4. Ken Loach

5. Which film came top of the BBC’s critics poll of the best 100 films released this century?

   1. Wong Kar-wai’s In The Mood For Love

   2. Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

   3. Ben Kellett’s Mrs Brown’s Boys D’ Movie

   4. David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive

6. 

   Which film won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes film festival?

   1. Maren Ade’s Toni Erdmann

   2. Andrea Arnold’s American Honey

   3. Ken Loach’s I, Daniel Blake

   4. Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie

7. 

   Which film did Tory leadership contender Andrea Leadsom declare to be her all-time favourite?

   1. Four Weddings and a Funeral

   2. Funeral in Berlin

   3. The Funeral

   4. Death at a Funeral

8. 

   Which star landed the lead role in the Lara Croft movie reboot?

   1. Mia Wasikowska

   2. Alicia Vikander

   3. Mila Kunis

   4. Rebel Wilson

9. 

   How much money did the Emma Watson movie The Colony take in its first week at the UK box office?

   1. £47bn

   2. £47m

   3. £47

   4. 47p

10. 

    Which veteran of the Alien movies had a cameo in the new animation Finding Dory?

    1. Sigourney Weaver

    2. Ian Holm

    3. Bill Paxton

    4. Harry Dean Stanton

Solutions

1:A, 2:A, 3:D, 4:B, 5:D, 6:C, 7:A, 8:B, 9:C, 10:A

Scores

1. 8 and above.

   You win an Oscar

2. 0 and above.

   You win a Razzie

3. 5 and above.

   You win a Golden Globe

0-4 correct answers: Razzie

5-7 correct answers: Golden Globe

8-10 correct answers: Oscar