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Comedy Quiz
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Comedy is one of the oldest and most beloved genres in cinema, bringing laughter, joy, and unforgettable characters to audiences of all ages. Whether through clever dialogue, physi...
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All 20 questions in this Comedy quiz
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What is the mockumentary style best exemplified by in film comedy?
- A. A television style only
- B. A conventional narrative approach
- C. A European art cinema approach
- D. Films presented as documentary footage of real events - Christopher Guest's ensemble improvisations and This Is Spinal Tap are its finest cinematic examples
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What is 'The Italian Job' (1969) starring Michael Caine famous for?
- A. The first heist film
- B. A Western
- C. Its Mini Cooper chase through Turin's streets - a heist comedy that has been endlessly referenced and remade and whose traffic jam climax remains unresolved
- D. A romantic film
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Who plays the character 'The Dude' in 'The Big Lebowski'?
- A. John Turturro
- B. John Goodman
- C. Steve Buscemi
- D. Jeff Bridges
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What is the comedy 'Best in Show' (2000) by Christopher Guest about?
- A. A serious drama
- B. A mockumentary following owners competing in a prestigious dog show - Guest's improvised ensemble comedy at its peak
- C. A romantic comedy
- D. A heist film
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What is 'Midnight Run' (1988) about and what made it stand out as a buddy comedy?
- A. A bounty hunter and the nervous accountant he is transporting across the country for bail - their mismatched relationship and the excellent chemistry between Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin created the definitive buddy road comedy
- B. A romantic film
- C. A science fiction comedy
- D. A superhero film
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What is the comedy 'Knives Out' (2019) and what does director Rian Johnson do with the whodunit genre?
- A. A conventional mystery
- B. A horror film
- C. A romantic comedy
- D. A comedy-mystery that reveals who committed the murder early then asks how the story ends - a formal inversion of genre expectations starring Daniel Craig as detective Benoit Blanc
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What is 'The Producers' (1967) by Mel Brooks about?
- A. A Western
- B. A serious drama
- C. A Broadway producer and his accountant realise they could make more money from a flop than a hit - and deliberately produce the worst play possible (Springtime for Hitler)
- D. A romantic comedy
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What is 'Superbad' (2007) about and how did it influence the coming-of-age comedy genre?
- A. A horror comedy
- B. A fantasy adventure
- C. A romantic film
- D. Two high school best friends attempt to attend a party on their last night together before college - a raunchy comedy that brought unexpected emotional depth to adolescent male friendship
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What is the setting of 'The Full Monty' (1997)?
- A. Sheffield
- B. Manchester
- C. Liverpool
- D. Birmingham
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What is 'Step Brothers' (2008) about and what is its comedy approach?
- A. A romantic film
- B. A serious family drama
- C. A political satire
- D. Two 40-year-old man-children whose single parents marry - forcing them to live together as step-brothers - an extreme improvised comedy of extended adolescence
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What is 'Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy' (2004) about?
- A. A musical
- B. A pompous 1970s San Diego television anchorman whose male-dominated newsroom is disrupted by the arrival of a talented female reporter
- C. A news thriller
- D. A Western parody
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What is Mel Brooks's 'Young Frankenstein' (1974) and why is it considered his masterpiece?
- A. A loving parody of Universal's Frankenstein films shot in black-and-white with actual props from the original - Gene Wilder plays Frederick Frankenstein
- B. A romantic comedy
- C. A horror film
- D. A parody without affection for the original
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What is the British comedy 'The Full Monty' (1997) about and what cultural impact did it have?
- A. A heist comedy
- B. A romantic drama
- C. A political satire
- D. Six unemployed Sheffield steelworkers who decide to stage a full male striptease - a film that became one of Britain's biggest comedy exports and a touchstone of 1990s working-class culture
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What is the romantic comedy 'When Harry Met Sally...' (1989) most famous for?
- A. A dramatic climax
- B. The fake orgasm scene in Katz's Deli where Meg Ryan demonstrates to Billy Crystal that women can convincingly fake orgasms - ending with the line I'll have what she's having
- C. A musical number
- D. A car chase
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What is 'The Hangover' (2009) about and why was it a breakthrough?
- A. Three men wake up from a forgotten bachelor party in Las Vegas and must reconstruct the night to find the missing groom before his wedding
- B. A thriller
- C. A sports comedy
- D. A romantic film
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What is 'Shaun of the Dead' (2004) directed by Edgar Wright about?
- A. A science fiction film
- B. A serious horror film
- C. A romantic drama
- D. A zombie film parody where an emotionally immature South London man uses a zombie apocalypse as a catalyst to grow up and sort out his relationships - genuinely terrifying and genuinely funny
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What is the comedy 'About a Boy' (2002) based on and who stars in it?
- A. Nick Hornby's novel - Hugh Grant plays a superficial bachelor who invents a fictitious son to attend a single parents' group, then befriends a real troubled 12-year-old
- B. A French comedy
- C. A serious drama
- D. An original screenplay
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What is the premise of 'Mrs. Doubtfire' (1993) directed by Chris Columbus?
- A. A musical
- B. A divorced actor who disguises himself as a Scottish housekeeper to spend time with his children after losing custody - a comedy that also addresses divorce's impact on family
- C. A spy comedy
- D. A serious drama
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What is 'Life Stinks' (1991) by Mel Brooks about?
- A. A spoof of classic cinema
- B. A Western
- C. A successful comedy
- D. A billionaire who bets he can survive 30 days as a homeless man in Los Angeles - considered one of Brooks's least successful but most personal films
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Who directed 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' (1975) and what makes it distinctive?
- A. Eric Idle
- B. Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones - the film's low budget became part of its comedy through coconut shells replacing horses and self-aware jokes about its own limitations
- C. Steven Spielberg
- D. John Cleese