The ultimate family Christmas quiz complete with 100 questions on film and TV

As Christmas eve falls today, now is the time many people are planning how they will spend the big day with friends and family.

This festive season will be the first in years that people can gather without the loom of Covid-19 restrictions. While gift giving and a slap up meal will be the highlights of the day, there will be plenty of downtime to socialise and catch up.

Since the boom in popularity back in 2020, virtual quizzes can now be enjoyed once again in person and Christmas is the perfect time to test your general knowledge.

To keep your household occupied this holiday, the Daily Record has gathered 100 quiz questions on movies and TVs that will leave even the biggest buff scratching their heads.

Do you know your Oscar winners from your British sitcoms? And are you clued up on the leading figures in Hollywood?

Here are 100 questions with the answers immediately below. Merry Christmas - and please, try not to cheat!

100 movie and TV questions for the family Christmas quiz

Our Christmas quiz is packed with movie and TV headscratchers (Getty Images)

1. How many James Bond films did Sean Connery star in as the 007 agent?
2. Where is the Scottish film Sweet Sixteen set?
3. Which character does Ewan McGregor play in the Star Wars series?
4. When did Braveheart win the Academy Award for Best Picture?
5. Name the 2021 American drama series that stars Dundee-born actor Brian Cox
6. Where is Outlander actress Caitriona Balfe from?
7. Film crews descended on Scotland to film the latest Indiana Jones movie - but where did filming take place?
8. Finish the 2021 name title - The House of _____?
9. Which film is the highest grossing film of all time?
10. Which Scottish actress plays Nebula in the Guardians of the Galaxy series of films?
11. In the Line of Duty finale, which character was revealed to be ‘H’ or ‘the fourth man’?
12. Who won the Great British Bake Off this year?
13. What was the name of the 2021 quiz show hosted by Gordon Ramsay?
14. Which TV series became the most watched on Netflix ever this year?
15. Which singer recorded the theme song for James Bond film No Time To Die?
16. The Many Saints of Newark is a prequel to which hit American gangster drama?
17. Which Scottish actress played DCI Joanne Davidson in the final series (series six) of Line of Duty earlier?
18. Who became the first Scottish contestant to win Love Island?
19. Which Scottish politician pretended to be a cat during his appearance on Big Brother in 2006?
20. Which Scot won the singing TV series Pop Idol in 2003?
21. Who plays the Prime Minister in Love Actually?
22. In the Avengers movies, what is the name of Thor's hammer?
23. What is the name of the second James Bond film?
24. What is the name of the spell used by Ron and Hermoine in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone to make their feathers fly?
25. ‘Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn’ is an iconic line from which classic film?
26. What does Tom Hanks compare life to in Forrest Gump?
27. Who directed Titanic, Avatar and The Terminator?
28. Which Scottish singer regularly played herself in Absolutely Fabulous?
29. Who plays Jamie Fraser in Outlander?
30. Which movie was incorrectly announced as the winner of Best Picture at the 2017 Academy Awards, during the greatest Oscars flub of all time?
31. In Beauty and the Beast, which wing of the castle is Belle forbidden from visiting?
32. Name Ewan McGregor's character in Trainspotting?
33. For what movie did Steven Spielberg win his first Oscar for Best Director?
34. Crime thriller Luther starring Idris Elba first aired in which year?
35. Which of the following three films took more money at the UK box office – Joker, The Dark Knight Rises or Dunkirk?
36. With which Life of Brian song did the Monty Python cast reach Number 3 in the UK charts with in 1991?
37. Who played Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate?
38. Who directed Parasite – the first foreign language film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture?
39. Which film franchise holds the Guinness World Record for the most false feet used by a costume department?
40. Which Scottish actor played the 10th Doctor in Doctor Who?
41. What was the first feature-length animated movie ever released?
42. "There's been a murder!" is from which TV show?
43. What are the dying words of Charles Foster Kane in Citizen Kane?
44. In The Matrix, does Neo take the blue pill or the red pill?
45. How many Academy Awards has Leonardo DiCaprio won?
46. What’s the name of the skyscraper in Die Hard?
47. Which member of The Beatles narrated the first series of Thomas the Tank Engine on TV?
48. What flavour of Pop Tarts does Buddy the Elf use in his spaghetti in Elf?
49. Which Blackadder character always had a ‘cunning plan’?
50. Alfred Pennyworth is the butler to which superhero?
51. What are the names of all the dwarves in Snow White? (A point for each answer, of which there are seven.)
52. What shocking Wes Craven horror movie carried the marketing tagline, “To avoid fainting, keep repeating, ‘It’s only a movie…'”?
53. What was the name of the character in Harry Potter played by Shirley Henderson?
54. Tom Hanks won two consecutive Oscars in 1994 and 1995. Which films were they for?
55. What pop vocal group performs at the wedding in Bridesmaids?
56. What is the main pub called in Peaky Blinders where the Shelby’s meet?
57. What real-life on-again off-again Hollywood power couple starred in the film Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
58. Who played Queen Elizabeth II in the first two seasons of The Crown?
59. Which sauce is Rick famously obsessed with in Rick and Morty?
60. Which director, who died in 2009, was known for his 80s teen movies including The Breakfast Club and Pretty In Pink?
61. What American writer/director starred in several iconic European-produced “Spaghetti Westerns”?
62. Name the creators of Stranger Things
63. In what 1976 thriller does Robert De Niro famously say “You talkin’ to me?”
64. Mary Poppins is the nanny to which family?
65. What is the name of Jack Sparrow's ship?
66. What’s the name of the anthemic dance near the beginning of The Rocky Horror Picture Show?
67. What was the first animated film to be nominated for Best Picture?
68. What is the name of the courtesan played by Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge?
69. Which Disney princess's dress changes colour as she dances with her prince at the end of the movie?
70. In Risky Business, what song did Tom Cruise famously lip-sync to in his underwear?
71. In Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, which Star Wars character gets a name check?
72. What is the name of the ship's computer in Red Dwarf?
73. Who plays Gerry in P.S. I Love You?
74. Who is the only actor to receive an Oscar nomination for acting in a Lord of the Rings movie?
75. For which 1964 musical blockbuster did Julie Andrews win the Academy Award for Best Actress?
76. What island is Jurassic Park on?
77. What is the name of the actor who plays Manuel in Fawlty Towers?
78. The 2019 film Pet Sematary is based on a book by which author?
79. In Benidorm, what is the name of the Spanish hotel?
80. Which TV theme begins with the words: “You know we belong together…”
81. What 1994 crime film revitalised John Travolta’s career?
82. Who does Tom Cruise play in Top Gun?
83. In Gremlins, lead character Billy is given three rules for looking after Gizmo the Mogwai, the first two being don’t expose it to bright light and don’t get it wet. What’s the third rule?
84. Where is The Office set? (UK version)
85. Who were the original presenters of Top Gear when it launched in 2002?
86. In Allo Allo, who owns a small café in France during World War II?
87. Which 90s hit stars Natalie Portman as the unlikely 12-year-old protegee of an assassin?
88. In Shaun Of The Dead, what’s the name of the pub frequented by Shaun (Simon Pegg) and Ed (Nick Frost) – which is later overrun by zombies?
89. Which English county is The Vicar of Dibley based?
90. Who played the lead role in the 2001 film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider?
91. What is Zoolander's first name?
92. The first episode of Downton Abbey begins on the same day as which real historic event?
93. Sunset Boulevard was named after the road of the same name. In which city can this road be found?
94. How many James Bond films did Sean Connery play the 007 agent?
95. Name the film which boasts the famous line: “You can’t handle the truth!”
96. In Spiceworld: The Movie, a pitch is made that the girls will star in Spice Force Five. Which Quentin Tarantino movie is this a reference to?
97. “Well, nobody’s perfect” is the final line (and punchline) from what classic 1959 comedy starring Marilyn Monroe?
98. Aaron Sorkin won an Oscar for writing what 2010 drama about the creation of Facebook?
99. What animated classic was the first film of the late-twentieth-century “Disney Renaissance?”
100. In The Young Ones, what is the name of the college the four guys attend?

100 film and TV quiz answers

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1. Six
2. Greenock
3. Obi-Wan Kenobi
4. 1996
5. Succession
6. Dublin, Ireland
7. Glasgow
8. Gucci
9. Avatar
10. Karen Gillan
11. Detective Superintendent Ian Buckells
12. Syabira
13. Bank Balance
14. Wednesday
15. Billie Eilish
16. The Sopranos
17. Kelly Macdonald
18. Paige Turley
19. George Galloway
20. Michelle McManus
21. Hugh Grant
22. Mjölnir
23. From Russia With Love
24. Wingardium Leviosa
25. Gone with the Wind
26. A box of chocolates
27. James Cameron
28. Lulu
29. Sam Heughan
30. La La Land
31. The West Wing
32. Mark Renton (Rent Boy)
33. Schindler’s List
34. 2010
35. Joker
36. Always look on the bright side of life
37. Anne Bancroft
38. Bong Joon-ho
39. The Lord of The Rings
40. David Tennant
41. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
42. Lulu
43. “Rosebud”
44. Red
45. Despite being nominated 6 times, he has only won once – in 2016 for The Revenant
46. Nakatomi Plaza
47. Ringo Starr
48. Chocolate
49. Baldrick
50. Batman
51. Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Bashful, Sneezy and Dopey
52. The Last House on the Left
53. Moaning Myrtle
54. Taggart
55. Wilson Phillips
56. The Garrison Tavern
57. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton
58. Claire Foy
59. Szechuan
60. John Hughes
61. Clint Eastwood
62. The Duffer Brothers
63. Taxi Driver
64. The Banks family
65. Black Pearl
66. The Time Warp”
67. Beauty and the Beast
68. Satine
69. Aurora (Sleeping Beauty)
70. “Old Time Rock and Roll” by Bob Seger
71. Obi-Wan Kenobi – the club at the start of the film is called Club Obi-Wan
72. Holly
73. Gerard Butler
74. Ian McKellen
75. Mary Poppins
76. Isla Nublar
77. Andrew Sachs
78. Stephen King
79. Solana Resort
80. Home and Away
81. Pulp Fiction
82. Maverick
83. Don’t feed it after midnight
84. Slough
85. Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and Jason Dawe
86. Rene Artois
87. Leon
88. The Winchester
89. Oxfordshire
90. Angelina Jolie
91. Derek
92. The sinking of the Titanic
93. Los Angeles
94. Six (Dr. No, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, Diamonds are Forever).
95. A Few Good Men
96. Pulp Fiction (Fox Force Five)
97. Some Like it Hot
98. The Social Network
99. The Little Mermaid
100. Scumbag College

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