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Carl Jones's Christmas film quiz

Think you know your movies? Try these 50 questions, set by Shropshire Star film critic Carl Jones

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Think you know your movies? Try these 50 questions, set by Shropshire Star film critic Carl Jones

THESE ARE ALL FAMOUS MOVIE QUOTES - BUT CAN YOU NAME THE FILMS?

1. "Every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings"

2. "I could'a been a contender"

3. "Surely you can't be serious? I am serious - and don't call me Shirley"

4. "I love the smell of napalm in the morning"

5. "A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans a a nice chianti"

6. "I carried a watermelon"

7. "Tell me about it, stud"

8. "You had me at hello"

9. "You're gonna need a bigger boat"

10. "Here's Johnny!"

11. "Go ahead, make my day"

12. "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship"

13. "The truth? You can't handle the truth"

14. "Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates"

15. "I see dead people"

16. "You gotta let him go. You gotta let him go"

17. "You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off"

18. "You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Well, who the hell else are you talkin' to?"

19. "I have a bad feeling about this"

20. "Put the bunny back in the box"

LICENCE TO THRILL - TEST YOUR JAMES BOND KNOWLEDGE

1. "The bitch is dead..." in which film did Bond utter this line, taken from an Ian Fleming novel

2. Who is this man, and what special place does he hold in James Bond screen history? PIC

3. Jaws is one of Bond's most popular henchmen. In which film did he first appear? PIC

4. Who has been signed up to direct the 23rd Bond film, due for release in 2012?

5. Which James Bond actor has a cousin living in Brookside, Telford?

6. Name the assassin who tried to kill Bond with poison steel tipped-shoes – and the film.

7. This iconic Swiss location appeared in which Bond film?

8. How many James Bond films did Timothy Dalton make?

9. How many of these former Avengers stars have appeared in Bond films – Honor Blackman, Linda Thorson, Diana Rigg, Joanna Lumley.

10. Two James Bond films were released in 1983. Why? And can you name them?

11. 007 escapes his enemies by flying off a chateau roof, with a jetpack on his back – name the film.

12. In which film did Desmond Llewelyn make his final appearance as gadgetmaster Q?

13. Maud Adams has played two different Bond girls. In which films?.

14. Soundtrack composer John Barry makes a cameo appearance in which Bond film?

15. Which James Bond tune achieved chart success as the soundtrack of a Guinness commercial, around 20 years after the film's release.

16. In which film is 007's arch enemy Blofeld dropped down a chimney?

17. Which James Bond title song was the first to be Oscar nominated?

18. Bambi and Thumper were two lethal ladies in which Bond film?

19. Which actor has starred as James Bond the most – and how many 007 films did he make?

20. In which film does the secret agent drive an "invisible" Aston Martin?

Picture Quiz: Name the films

All the answers are on the next page

MOVIE QUOTES

1. It's A Wonderful Life

2. On The Waterfront

3. Airplane!

4. Apocalypse Now

5. Silence of the Lambs

6. Dirty Dancing

7. Grease

8. Jerry Maguire

9. Jaws

10. The Shining

11. Sudden Impact

12. Casablanca

13. A Few Good Men

14. Forrest Gump

15. The Sixth Sense

16. Top Gun

17. The Italian Job

18. Taxi Driver

19. any Star Wars film!

20. Con Air

JAMES BOND QUIZ

1. Casino Royale

2. Barry Nelson, the first man yo play Bond on screen (Casino Royale, 1954)

3. The Spy Who Loved Me

4. Sam Mendes

5. Pierce Brosnan

6. Rosa Klebb, From Russia With Love

7. On Her Majesty's Secret Service

8. Two (The Living Daylights, Licence To Kill)

9. Three - not Linda Thorson

10. Never Say Never Again, Sean Connery's comeback film went head to head with Roger Moore's Octopussy.

11. Thunderball

12. The World Is Not Enough

13. The Man With The Golden Gun, and Octopussy

14. The Living Daylights (as a composer)

15. We Have All The Time In The World, by Louis Armstrong

16. For Your Eyes Only

17. Live And Let Die

18. Diamonds Are Forever

19. Roger Moore - seven times

20. Die Another Day

MOVIE PICTURE QUIZ

1. Letters To Juliet

2. The Sorcerer's Apprentice

3. Inception

4. Made In Dagenham

5. Tamara Drewe

6. Toy Story 3

7. The Blind Side

8. The Lovely Bones

9. The Expendables

10. Whip It

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