After a Summer hiatus, the Kelly’s movie quiz returned on Sunday night. Yeah, I know, Sunday night. Not since Where in the World ended have I associated that particular evening with quizzing.
The night wasn’t the only change – the quiz is now being sponsored by HMV. This week, in honour of the fact that you can now buy all the Star Wars films on Blu-Ray, the quiz was called ‘Movie Wars’ and featured a lot of (although thankfully not entirely) questions about George Lucas’s cash cow creation.
It was quite an enjoyable quiz. Its eight rounds included a picture round (on the big screen – no paper here) and two audio rounds. One of these audio rounds was most entertaining. It featured 10 samples of dialogue from famous movies. Nothing too novel there, you say, but these were all linked by the fact that they were almost entirely made up of expletives. Yes, I know, it’s a bit childish but it certainly made me laugh!
The Star Wars connection was kept light for the most part. For example, the picture round featured 10 stills of actors, who have appeared in Star Wars movies, in some other film – and that’s what you had to identify. There was also a round where a Star Wars actor was named, along with two others, and you had to say in which film all three of them appeared. You can sample some questions after the ‘Continue…’
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