Cryptic Movie Quiz 2024 Answers

 

Quizwoz 2024 - The Solution

Hi all. Thanks very much for playing this year. We have a few winners.

First up is... LEN SIMMONS from Cheshunt, who impressively got back all the correct answers to me within about four hours of this year’s quiz going up, so congratulations to him.

Also, taking a fair bit longer but getting there in the end, the collaborative pairing of ROSS JACKSON and CHRIS BURKE from Manchester, also coming up with top marks.

Here then, is how you work out the answers to get the movie titles...


THE ANSWERS

1. A place where the deities of armed conflict can go to build sandcastles.
Somewhere you can build a sandcastle is a beach. And armed conflict could be a war. Deities are Gods so... Beach Of The War Gods.

2. Two donkeys in this killer.
Another name for a donkey is an ass. Two donkeys in would be Ass Ass In so... The Assassin.

3. Taking a long and distinct period of history along for a surgical operation.
A distinct period of history could be an era. A surgical operation is often referred to as an Op. So we have Dario Argento’s awesome movie... Opera.

4. Arachnid dedicated to God.
Something dedicated to God could be said to be Holy. A spider is an arachnid. So we get the brilliant movie... Holy Spider.

5. New Musical Express but extracted from its initials.
So the New Musical Express magazine was always known by it’s initials...NME. Extract a word from those initials and you get... Enemy.

6. Assassins perilous to dark nylons everywhere.
Dark nylons are black tights. An assassin is a killer. If you are assassins going around with the intention of killing them, you must be... Black Tight Killers.

7. Kubrick’s black slabs metamorphose into frightening, imaginary creatures.
Each black slab found in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 A Space Odyssey is generally known as a monolith. Frightening, imaginary creatures are monsters. So classic Universal sci-fi/horror... The Monolith Monsters.

8. Jazz legend Fitzgerald goes to see a men’s hair stylist.
A men’s hair stylist is a barber. The jazz legend is Ella Fitzgerald so, put them together and you get... Barberella.

9. Red Cheeked, male offspring of Richard sends health care worker to the dark period following day.
Red cheeked could be Rosy. Another name for Richard is Dick. His son might be Dickson. A health care worker could be a nurse. A dark period following day is night. And so you get... Rosie Dixon Night Nurse.

10. Amorous untruths losing blood from the circulatory system.
Untruths would be lies. Amorous untruths would be love lies. if you are losing blood from your circulatory system then you are probably bleeding so... Love Lies Bleeding.

11. Whirled around like a spinning top to the left of the compass.
Left of the compass is West. Whirled around is literally whirled... so West whirled... or rather... Westworld.

12. Three kisses in King’s New England state of the US.
Stephen King usually sets his novels somewhere in the New England state of Maine. A sign for a card or letter to indicate a kiss would be an X. So three kisses would be XXX. So drop these into the word Maine and you get... MaXXXine.

13. Daniel on the bridge on the river.
That would be the Bridge On The River Kwai. Daniel can be shortened to Dan so... Kwaidan. 

14. An Englishman’s home is the fluid of his circulatory system.
The fluid in your circulatory system is blood. An Englishman’s home is his castle, or so the saying goes. So... Castle Of Blood.

Again, thanks all for playing and I’ll try and keep the tradition alive for December 2025.