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Published 29th January 2021

 

A film quiz transporting you back to the year 2000 when a number of memorable films were released.

 

Questions

Gladiator was one of the major films released in 2000, who was the director?

 

Which film, directed by Ang Lee and based on a Chinese novel by Wang Dulu went on to be nominated for 10 Academy Awards, winning 4 including Best Foreign Language Film?

 

Which film was originally conceived by its star Tom Hanks, when he learned that FedEx 747s  flew across the Pacific 3 times a day carrying packages?

 

Who starred alongside Mel Gibson in the romantic fantasy comedy’ What Women Want’?

 

Which film starring Robert De Niro is about the unfortunate events that occur to Ben Stiller’s character Greg Focker whilst visiting his future In-Laws?

 

What was the top grossing film of 2000, starring Tom Cruise, and directed by John Woo where Ethan Hunt is sent to Sydney to destroy a disease known as ‘Chimera’

 

Who starred as Magneto in the first of the X-Men films released in 2000?

 

Jimmy Grimble, was a film released in 2000 that was centred around which sport?

 

 

 

Answers

Gladiator was one of the major films released in 2000, who was the director?

Ridley Scott

 

Which film, directed by Ang Lee and based on a Chinese novel by Wang Dulu went on to be nominated for 10 Academy Awards, winning 4 including Best Foreign Language Film?

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

 

Which film was originally conceived by its star Tom Hanks, when he learned that FedEx 747s  flew across the Pacific 3 times a day carrying packages?

Cast Away

 

Who starred alongside Mel Gibson in the romantic fantasy comedy’ What Women Want’?

Helen Hunt

 

Which film starring Robert De Niro is about the unfortunate events that occur to Ben Stiller’s character Greg Focker whilst visiting his future In-Laws?

Meet the Parents

 

What was the top grossing film of 2000, starring Tom Cruise, and directed by John Woo where Ethan Hunt is sent to Sydney to destroy a disease known as ‘Chimera’

Mission Impossible II

 

Who starred as Magneto in the first of the X-Men films released in 2000?

Sir Ian McKellen

 

Jimmy Grimble, was a film released in 2000 that was centred around which sport?

Football