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Movie Quiz
2022 Answers

Thanks to all who had a go at this year's movie quiz... I hope you found it fun. The winner is, for the second year running, Steve Braham in Australia, so wel done to him.

The answers are pictured above in the grid and this is how you break them down to solve them.

1. Game of an Egyptian God as a North American warrior.
So Game, an Egyptian God could be Ra and a North American warrior could be called a Brave.
So put those three together and you get... Gamera The Brave.

2. Revisiting where the last shot was fired from half a dozen six shooters.
Revisiting is a Return. Half a dozen times six is 36 shots fired from 36 chambers so we get the Shaw Brothers classic... Return To The 36th Chamber.

3. Opposite of a southern lady.
A Northern man so... The Northman.

4. Ian is the king of the Elephants.
The King of the Elephants in literature was Babar (so change the spelling slightly) and then put it next to Ian and you get... Barbarian.

5. A week of non-stop sexual intercourse with a girlfriend named after a month.
A week is seven days, a girl named after a month could be May, so you get... Seven Days In May.

6. Sexy texting where 10 becomes 100.
A sexy text these days is known as a Sext, apparently. Treat the X as the Roman numeral for 10 and then swap it out with the Roman numeral for 100, which is C, to leave you with the Italian horror movie... The Sect.

7. Bound from dusk ‘til dawn.
Bound could be tied, dusk ‘til dawn could be considered night so... Night Tide.

8. Multiple negative sentiments for a droid in Star Wars.
Multiple negative sentiments would be the plural of No... so Nos. For... a droid in Star Wars... R2. So Nos for R2 aka... Nosferatu.

9. Lying and jeering in her final resting place.
Final resting place would be a tomb, of someone who will lie and jeer... you’re left with the AIP Edgar Allan Poe classic, Tomb Of Ligeia.

10. This Scottish Loch is certainly not happy?
So that would be Loch Ness... but it’s sad so... The Sadness.

11. This good man is under financial obligation to another.
One famous ‘good man’ would be Benny Goodman. So Benny. Someone under financial obligation to somebody else is a debtor. So you are left with Benny Debtor... aka... Benedetta.

12. By a body of water, singing that “You got women, you got women on your mind...”
Body of water is a lake. Guy who sang that famous lyric was Mungo Jerry so... Lake Mungo.

13. Taking a dive from those Autumnal heights.
Taking a dive and the American term for Autumn will both help you arrive at the same, single word answer... Fall.

14. Own up to acting in a lustful manner to the 6th letter of the alphabet.
Owning up is to confess something. The sixth letter of the alphabet is F. Acting in a lustful manner to someone could make you a Letch so... Confess Fletch.

Also... give yourself a bonus point if you knew the backdrop behind this year’s grid was from the great Christmas zombie musical Anna And The Apocalypse.

 Hope all those who played along enjoyed it.