The Film Buff's Quiz Book: 500 Questions on Film Favourites

By Joe Varley

Everyone enjoys a good film. Many of us have seen our favourites over and again, can quote all the best lines and have a personal list of memorable movie moments. If your idea of a perfect evening is settling down to watch a movie the 500 questions in The Film Buff’s Quiz Book have been compiled with you in mind.
Which legendary actor played Sir Edmund Burton in the 2017 film Transformers: The Last Knight? The character Leo Getz is associated with which film franchise? In The Lion King, what was the name of Mufasa’s jealous younger brother? These are just some of the brain-teasers inside this fun new quiz book.
Covering a range of genres with a mix of easy and challenging questions, there is something for everyone from the casual moviegoer to the film aficionado. With sections on Action/Thrillers; Comedy; Superheroes; Horror; Musicals; Sports; War, History and Epics; Science Fiction and Fantasy, Acting Greats and Famous Films along with general movie trivia, this book will appeal to anyone who has ever loved a film.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Apex Publishing Limited
• Release date: Feb 7, 2019
• ISBN: 9781911476566

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THE FILM BUFF’S QUIZ BOOK

500 questions on film favourites

Compiled by Joe Varley

Foreword by Tom Myers

Published as an ebook in 2019 by Apex Publishing Ltd

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Copyright © 2019 Joe Varley

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Cover design: Hannah Blamires

All rights reserved. This book is sold subject to the condition that no part of this book is to be reproduced, in any shape or form. Or by way of trade, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, be lent, re-sold, hired out or otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition, including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser, without prior permission of the copyright holder.

Fiendish film fun and tip-of-the-tongue trivia for every movie fan, from beginner to buff.

Jason Solomons, UK film critic, journalist and broadcaster

A fun, detailed, and immersive challenge for the most in-the-know film fans.

John Kenneth Muir, US literary critic and author

A good and varied set of questions. I learnt a lot from them.

Gavin Fuller, Mastermind winner and President of The Mastermind Club

Foreword

When Joe asked me to write the foreword to his latest quiz book, I was honoured for a couple of reasons: 1) I would have my name on the front of a book; and 2) the quality of his first book was a wonderful guide for me as a fellow quizmaster.

The Film Buff’s Quiz Book is the sequel to Joe’s first book, The Ultimate Quiz Book Guide, and I’m certain the ‘difficult second book’ will delight many. As a film aficionado (a film degree from the University of Wolverhampton will testify to this) I love a film quiz book. Doubtless it shall captivate many, much like The Godfather: Part II, rather than Speed 2: Cruise Control.

Everyone likes a good film. Films breathe life into stories and create characters which are never forgotten. It’s a favourite quiz round to many, and this book covers everything from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre to Toy Story, The Sound of Music to Reservoir Dogs... and much more.

The one frustration about Joe’s books is that he attends The Crescent Inn quiz on Monday nights, so I’m unable to use any of his taxing questions against him. However, after many beers at Ilkley Bowling Club, he may not recall ever writing them!

Read, enjoy, and share the knowledge.

Tom Myers,

Quizmaster, The Crescent Inn, Ilkley, West Yorkshire

September 2018

About the author

Joe Varley is a quiz writer and quizmaster, having written more than 10,000 questions in his illustrious career (yes...from scratch). He was born in 1977 in Keighley, West Yorkshire, and has a BSc Hons degree in zoology from The University of Wales, Aberystwyth; his specialist subject is venomous snakes.