Christmas Film Quiz - Bah, Humbug!

Hello everyone!

We've been promising you a new film quiz for a while, and Christmas seemed like a good opportunity to finally deliver on our promise. But what theme should our Christmas quiz have? Well, we decided we'd celebrate the magic of Christmas as only Dickens could - with an Ebenezer Scrooge quiz!

Simply identify the actors below who have donned the nightcap and slippers to play the famous miser (or a character based on him) in each of the pictures below. Where it's an animated character, name the voice actor.

We'll reveal the answers in the New Year, to give you plenty of time to ponder (and maybe print them out and inflict them on your family at Christmas dinner!).

Enjoy!

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Merry Christmas, everyone! :)

Shiver Me Timbers - It's the Pirate Quiz Answers!

If you haven't had a look at our pirate quiz yet, then you should really do that before you read this post, as it's full of all the answers!

You can find it here:
http://regaltenburyhlf.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/avast-its-international-talk-like.html

For those of you who have done the quiz and are looking for the answers... here you go, me hearties!

1. Captain Jack Sparrow played by Johnny Depp, from Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
2. Long John Silver as played by Tim Curry, from Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
3. Blackbeard as played by Peter Ustinov, from Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)
4. The Pirate Captain, voiced by Hugh Grant, from Pirates in an Adventure with Scientists (2012)
5. The Pirate King, as played by Kevin Kline, from Pirates of Penzance (1983)
6. Captain Hook, played by Dustin Hoffman, from Hook (1991)
7. The Dread Pirate Roberts, played by Cary Elwes, from the Princess Bride (1987)

A chest o' gold to yer if yer managed to be gettin' all of those correct!

And a large well done if you got more than half - some of those were definitely a little more obscure. But all excellent films, if you're looking for some piratical entertainment!

We'll be back with some more film guessing games in a couple of weeks. In the meantime, fair winds ter yer!

Avast! It's International Talk Like a Pirate Day!

As the title says, it is indeed International Talk Like a Pirate Day today. To celebrate (because why wouldn't you want to celebrate talking like a pirate all day?!) we've got a special film quiz for you, on characters most piratical!

Below are pirates, some famous and some not so much, from the silver screen.
Can you name the pirate, the film and the actor for each?

We'll post the answers up some time next week, to give you chance to have a think and pass the quiz around your friends.

May the wind be in yer sails, me hearties!

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If you'd like to submit your answers for marking, you can do so via twitter, facebook or here on the blog. Or you can email us if you don't want to give away your answers!

Mystery Film 32

A well-a well-a well-a-congratulations to Lainey on Facebook and Steve on Twitter for knowing last week's film was of course Grease!

Danny, the T-bird lead of the film, was famously played by John Travolta opposite Olivia Newton-John as Sandy. An earlier choice for the role was Henry Winkler, who played the Fonz in Happy Days. Winkler turned the role down though, for fear of being typecast. Scenes within the film contain blurred-out images of Coca-Cola logos, as the film's producer had made a product placement deal with Pepsi during filming and the scenes were deemed to expensive to re-shoot.

What do you make of this week's film?

Answers by the usual form; facebook, twitter or blog!

Mystery Film 31

Congratulations to Stephen on facebook who correctly identified last week's film as Hugo.

Based on Brian Selznick's novel 'The Invention of Hugo Cabret', Hugo is a film about a young boy who lives in a train station in Paris where he tends to the clocks and tries to solve a mystery about a broken automaton, his last and most precious possession from his now-dead father. Along the way, he starts an adventure to uncover past secrets about a famous early film-maker and pioneer of special effects, Georges Méliès.

What do you make of this week's film?

Guesses the usual ways please; comments here on the blog, guesses on twitter or facebook.

Happy guessing!

Mystery Film 30

Congratulations to Steve on twitter and David on facebook who correctly indentified last week's film as the Dreamwork's animation film Shrek.

Featuring the unlikely hero, the ogre Shrek, the film was a family favourite when it was released back in 2001. Eleven years and four films later, the popularity of the unconvential protagonist still continues, with a Tony Award winning musical and spin-off films and shorts speaking to the franchise's success. Mike Myers, who voices Shrek, recorded all the dialogue for the film twice; after completing the entire script he asked to re-record it in a Scottish accent. The studio liked the change so much that they modified $4million worth of animation to accomodate the re-recording.

What do you make of this week's film?

Answers in the usual form; on the blog, on facebook or twitter. Happy guessing!

Mystery Film 29

Congratulations to Steve on the blog who spotted that last week's film was the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory!

Not to be confused, of course, with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which was a 2005 remake of Roald Dahl's classic story, this time starring Johnny Depp rather than Gene Wilder as the eccentric chocolate maker, Willy Wonka. There have been many adaptions of the story over the years for the stage as well; an opera called 'Golden Ticket', many stage plays and a West End musical based on the story is due to have its premiere in 2013.

What do you make of this week's film?

Answers in the usual ways please; blog, facebook or twitter. Happy guessing!

Mystery Film 28

Congratulations to Stephen on twitter who correctly spotted last week's film princess, Giselle, from Disney's Enchanted, poking up out of a New York storm drain.

Enchanted is the story of an animated Disney Princess who finds herself in the real world by means of an evil Queen and a magical well. As well as starring Amy Adams and Patrick Dempsey in the lead roles, the film also features cameo parts for actresses who have played major roles in other Disney films, including the voices of Belle from Beauty and the Beast, Ariel from the Little Mermaid, Pocahontas, Cinderella and Mary Poppins.

Here's this week's film; what do you make of it?

Guesses in the usual way, please; on facebook, twitter or the blog.

Mystery Film 27

Congratulations to those who spotted last week's animal film, the animated Dreamwork's film Madagascar.

The 2005 animated comedy Madagascar is the first in a series of films about animals which escape from New York zoo and end up in 'the wild', a place they do not know how to cope with as they've spent all their lives so far being pampered in the zoo. The third film, Escape from Europe, has just been released in cinemas. The films star some famous voice talents, including David Schwimmer (Friends), Ben Stiller (Night at the Museum) and Sacha Baron Cohen (Ali G/Borat).

Can you tell what this week's mystery film is?

Good luck! Answers via the blog, facebook or twitter as usual.

Mystery Film 26

Congratulations to those who recognised last week's film as The Adventures of Robin Hood with Errol Flynn. Half marks to those who recognised the people's outlaw but guessed at the wrong film; there have certainly been plenty of films with Robin Hood as the title character!

Filmed mostly on location in California, this 1938 classic film probably paints a sunnier picture of medieval England than was probable. Despite that, its swashbuckling take on the English legend have made it a popular family favourite across the years. Archery is obviously a staple of any Robin Hood story, and this was also true of Adventures. To simulate the people who were shot by archers in the film, extras and stuntmen were paid $150 per arrow to be shot at whilst wearing special padded suits.

Do you recognise this week's film?

Answers in the usual way; comments here on the blog, on facebook or via twitter.

Good luck! 

Mystery Film 25

Congratulations to David and Stephen on Facebook who knew that last week's film was Disney's Mulan.

Based on the chinese legend of Hua Mulan, a woman who took her aged father's place in the chinese army and fought successfully for many years, the Disney film features the voice talent of Eddie Murphy as the small but firey dragon, Mushu. Jackie Chan provides his voice for the character of Li Shang (the son of the Chinese General) in the chinese dub of the film, as well as singing one of the songs "I'll Make a Man Out of You" in a music video which features as an extra on the DVD release. George Takei, of Star Trek fame, also has a small speaking role in the film as one of Mulan's ancestors.

What do you think this week's film might be?

You can submit your answers via facebook, twitter, or as comments right here on the blog.

Enjoy!

Mystery Film 24

Apparently some of you got a sinking feeling when you saw last week's picture... congratulations to those of you who knew that meant last week's film was the watery classic, Titantic. Rounds of applause go to Stephen on facebook.

Described as "an epic romantic disaster film" James Cameron's Titantic smashed through box office records like the iceberg smashed through the ill-fated ocean liner's hull. It was the highest grossing film of all time until its record was beaten by Cameron's own film, Avatar, in 2010. The footage at the opening of the film, of the Titantic at the bottom of the ocean, was shot by on an expedition funded by Cameron in 1995, before he pitched the idea of the film to 20th Century Fox, the studio behind Titantic.

Here's this week's film. What do you make of it?

Submit your answers in the usual fashion; via facebook, twitter or blog.

Happy guessing!

Mystery Film 23

Last week's film proved a challenge for some, but I was very impressed with those of who you did recognise it - it was a particularly difficult image. Congratulations to Stephen on the blog and Katie and Zena on facebook who correctly spotted it was Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End.

At World's End is the third in the series of Pirates of the Caribbean films, based on the popular theme park rides at various Walt Disney theme parks. Currently, there are four films in the series, with another two supposedly planned for back-to-back production (which is how the second and third films were shot).
Here's this week's film, a little easier I hope; what do you make of it?

Answers in the usual way please; blog comments, twitter or facebook.

Happy guessing!

Mystery Film 22

Congratulations to Zena and Richard on Facebook, who knew last week's mystery film was of course the Disney classic 'The Lion King'. Featuring award-winning score by Hans Zimmer with songs from Elton John and Tim Rice and now a West End and Broadway musical, The Lion King is consistently voted one of the world'd favourite Disney films of all time. the first Disney film to be written as an original story rather than being heavily based on one inspirational work, it is the highest-grossing hand-drawn film to date from any studio.

 

So, what do you make of this week's mystery film?

 

Answers in the usual forms please; on the blog here, on facebook or on twitter.

Happy guessing!

Mystery film: 21

Congratulations to all our correct guessers from last week! As Stephen, Katya and David on Facebook knew, the film was, of course, Mary Poppins.

One of the most classic live-action Disney films, Mary Poppins is equally famous for Julie Andrew's 'practically perfect' portrayal of the musical nanny, the film's wonderful music and Dick Van Dyke's terrible cockney accent. The film is now a Broadway and West End musical.

Here's this week's film! Can you tell what it is?

Answers in the usual method please; on the facebook page, twitter or here in the blog comments.

Enjoy!

Mystery film: 20

Congratulations to our correct guessers from last week. The classic film was Gladiators, as Stephen on Facebook told us. Obviously last week's was more difficult than usual as we had a lower-than-average number of guesses!

Let's see how you get on with this classic film this week. Can you tell what it is? Perhaps this particular still will put a song in your head...

Answers in the usual way please; here as blog comments, or through twitter or facebook.

Happy guessing!

Mystery film: 19

Congratulations to last week's guessers! Ian and Jenni on twitter and David and Stephen on facebook weren't afraid of no ghost. No, they knew who to call to say that the film was Ghostbusters!

The Ghostbusters script was originally written with three of the main characters to be played by John Belushi (Peter Venkmen, instead played by Bill Murray), Eddie Murphy (Winston Zeddmore, instead played by Ernie Hudson) and John Candy (Luis Tully, instead played by Rick Moranis). However, due to Belushi's death and the other two actors turning down the roles, the script was re-written and these characters' personalities and roles in the story changed as a result.

We've got another classic film for you to try your hand at guessing this week.
What do you make of this one?

Submit your guesses in the usual ways; on the blog, on twitter or on facebook.

Good luck and happy guessing! 

Mystery film: 18

We've got another classic film for you to try your hand at guessing this week.
What do you make of this one?

Submit your guesses in the usual ways; on the blog, on twitter or on facebook.

Good luck and happy guessing! 

Mystery film: 17 - revealed!

Welcome back to the blog! We hope you had a good Easter.

Congratulations to those people who recognised the still from last week as being from Toy Story! Disney/Pixar's groundbreaking animated classic won the hearts of David on facebook and Steve and Jenni on twitter. Well done to all of you!

The 1995 film 'Toy Story' has been voted the best animated film of all time in various polls. As a story it went through many changes before becoming the film it finally ended up as; Woody was originally a wooden ventriloquist's doll, and an early draft had Woody and Buzz rescued at the end by a Barbie (this was changed as Mattel refused to license the doll for the film, though as you'll know if you've seen them, she does appear in the film's sequels).

We'll have another mystery film for you tomorrow. Until then, to Infinity, and Beyond!

Mystery film: 17

We've got another classic film for you to try your hand at guessing this week.

What do you make of this one?

Submit your guesses in the usual ways; on the blog, on twitter or on facebook.

Good luck and happy guessing!