Vocab
Define 'mull'.
To think deeply.
Define 'drives me up the wall'.
Annoys me / Irks me.
Fill in the blank with an appropriate modal verb expression and use the verb in brackets.
'It ____ really interesting to study suspense and mystery as a psychologist, but I bet it's impossible to watch a film without deconstructing it.' (be)
'It has got to be/must be really interesting to study suspense and mystery as a psychologist, but I bet it's impossible to watch a film without deconstructing it.'
Who directed The Shining?
Stanley Kubrick.
Which character said the following line?
'How you doing?'
Joey. (Friends.)
What suffix do we add to mischief, infect and miracle to turn them into an adjective?
-Ous.
Mischievous / Infectious / Miraculous.
If you get the wrong end of the stick you are, what?
Confused.
Fill in the blank with an appropriate modal verb expression and use the verb in brackets.
'Thank you to the British Film Board and Midway Productions, without whom this film _______.' (make)
'Thank you to the British Film Board and Midway Productions, without whom this film couldn't have been made.'
What do these four actors have in common: Mark Hamill, Cesar Romero, Joaquin Phoenix, and Heath Ledger?
They all played The Joker.
Which British Prime Minister said the following sentence?
'If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.'
Margaret Thatcher.
What's a synonym of 'drawing something out'?
To eek out.
If something rings a bell then it does what to you?
Reminds you of something.
Fill in the blank with an appropriate modal verb expression and use the verb in brackets.
'With regards to our findings from the study, from the data collected, it _____ that there is a strong correlation between the release of an in-demand series and lack of productivity at home.' (deduce)
'With regards to our findings from the study, from the data collected, it might/may/could be deduced that there is a strong correlation between the release of an in-demand series and lack of productivity at home.'
Which iconic pop artist created the song 'Young and Beautiful' for Baz Luhrmann's seminal 'The Great Gatsby'?
Lana Del Rey.
What film is the following quote from?
'That’s got to be the best pirate I have ever seen.'
Pirates of the Caribbean.
Write two synonyms for 'confused'.
Baffled / Dumbfounded / Discombobulated / Mystified / Stumped.
For something to 'strike a chord', it has a what?
An effect.
Fill in the blank with an appropriate modal verb expression and use the verb in brackets.
'Everybody was expecting to be watching the film through their fingers, but it _____ much more terrifying in my view.' (be)
'Everybody was expecting to be watching the film through their fingers, but it could have been much more terrifying in my view.'
Before his career took off on Skins and in films like Nosferatu and Superman, what movie did a young Nicholas Hoult star in alongside Hugh Grant?
About a Boy.
What film is the following quote from?
'I have are a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long career, skills that make me a nightmare for people like you.'
Taken.
In film and books, when something is used to distract us from the real point - what word do we use?
What idiom can we use when we watch a suspenseful film or scene? How do we feel?
On the edge of your/our seat.
Fill in the blank with an appropriate modal verb expression and use the verb in brackets.
'_______ watching that new series tonight if I get home from work early enough. I've got nothing else on, I think.' (start)
'I might/may (well) start watching that new series tonight if I get home from work early enough. I've got nothing else on, I think.'
Which Oscar winner from the 2010s was shot in black and white?
The Artist.
Which ancient leader said the following?
'I came, I saw, I conquered.'
Julius Caesar.