Faber takes us ten rounds with De Niro
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Film fans are a very friendly bunch, but there was no phoning a friend at the 10 Rounds with De Niro special event at the Curzon on 14 January.
Six competitive but amicable teams gathered in the crowded Curzon bar for an evening of film trivia that would test even the fiercest fan. I mean, these guys know their Goddards from their Almodovars. But do they know their Beatles from their Rutles?
You see, with quizmasters Faber about to release one of the very exciting LOOPS – dedicated to serious musings on music – the teams had to test their pop quiz specialty subject of music in film. Would you have come top of the class with rounds like these?
Round 1: Bands in film: who knew Huey Lewis could act?
Round 2: Thank you for the musical: which Shakespearean hero was the subject of Mel Brooks’s spoof Funny Boy as featured in The Producers?
Round 3: Name the director: could you name the unlikely man behind Abba: the musical?
Round 4: Like Dylan in the movies: you can probably guess how Dylan features in Dennis Hopper’s Catchfire/Backtrack
Round 5: Biopsy – name that biopic: don’t get your Cait Blanchetts confused with your Heath Ledgers
Round 6: Which instrument? Yes, everyone guessed Jack Lemmon’s instrument of choice in Some Like it Hot, but who remembers what he played in Bell, Book and Candle?
Round 7: Name that theme: top marks to the girl who guessed Straight Story after only a few bars!
Round 8: It takes two, baby: did anyone actually name the two musicians featured in the cult road movieTwo Lane, Black Top?
Round 9: Bit parts: oh I think everyone in this crowd remembered Pearl Jam were aka Citizen Dick in Singles
Round 10: Good face for radio: who knew Jennifer Saunders and Charlie Chaplin could sing so well. But, after Pierce Brosnan, William Shatner was positively poetic!
Beating it out in the rounds, the team to come up trumps were The Eternal TV Optimists who took home armfuls of prizes from Faber and the Curzon. Bet they’ll be swatting it up for the next film quiz on 11 February.
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- Beth Keehn -