Film Quiz

How well do you know Scottish cinema? We put you to the test

Compiled by Jamie Dunn

1. Scotland at the Oscars: who won the Best Supporting Actor award in 1988 for The Untouchables?

2. Morvern Callar and Our Ladies are based on novels by which author?

3. Who voiced Princess Merida of DunBroch in Pixar’s Brave?

4. In the opening scene of World War Z, the area around George Square in Glasgow doubled for which US city?

5. Scotland at the Oscars: Which Talking Heads legend won the Oscar for Best Score for The Last Emperor in 1988?

6. Which Scottish ballet dancer starred in The Red Shoes (1948)?

7. Sean Connery’s last screen performance was in which 2003 film?

8. Which Scottish director won the Best Newcomer award at this year’s Baftas?

9. Name Lynne Ramsay’s debut film?

10. Which new wave singer ended up on a date with Gregory in Bill Forsyth’s Gregory’s Girl?

11. Scotland at the Oscars: who won the Best Documentary Feature Oscar in 1999 for One Day in September?

12. The brother of question 12 is also in the film business. He’s a producer whose credits include Trainspotting, Never Let Me Go and Ex Machina. What’s his name?

13. Which 2013 jukebox musical features the songs of the Proclaimers?

14. Scotland at the Oscars: who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 2008 for Michael Clayton?

15. Who plays a grownup Danny Torrance in Doctor Sleep, the sequel to The Shining?

16. On which cobblestone street in Edinburgh were Vision and Wanda accosted in Avengers: Infinity War?

17. Who directed The Sweet Smell of Success, The Ladykillers and Whisky Galore!?

18. Talking of Whisky Galore!, that classic Ealing comedy is set on the fictional island of Toddy. But on which Scottish island was it actually filmed?

19. Which rock band provided the bombastic soundtrack to Highlander in 1986?

20. Scotland at the Oscars: which future Doctor Who actor won the Best Short Film Oscar for their 1993 short Franz Kafka’s It’s a Wonderful Life?

Answers on page 3