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Rom Coms

Love breaks free. Love expands to new territories. Painfully, perhaps even dangerously. Love, uh, finds a way.

The Originals

Humans. Making fun of love since the dawn of time.

1

Which big cat species is the titular Baby in the 1938 film Bringing Up Baby starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant?

2

Which Shakespearean romantic comedy begins with a shipwreck on the coast of Illyria?

3

Audrey Hepburn won her only acting Academy Award for her role opposite Gregory Peck in which 1953 film?

4

“A Trivial Comedy for Serious People” is the subtitle for which 1895 Oscar Wilde play?

5

What 1778 play by Pierre Beaumarchais was later turned into an opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?

The Originals

Meet Cutes

We’ll describe how two actors meet for the first time on screen. You tell us the name of the movie.

6

Jennifer Lopez gets her heel stuck in a manhole cover as a large rubbish bin rolls down the hill straight towards her. At the last minute, Matthew McConaughey pushes her out of the way.

(2001)

7

Eddie Murphy breaks off his arranged marriage and moves to Queens, New York City, where he works at a McDonald’s knock-off called McDowell’s and introduces himself to Shari Headley when offering to take out her garbage.

(1988)

8

While Christmas shopping at Bloomingdale’s, John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale both reach for the same pair of black cashmere gloves and argue about who gets to keep them.

(2001)

9

Will Smith spots Eva Mendes across a bar, and on his way to talk to her, a pushy man tries to hit on her, leading her to politely reject him. Will Smith pretends to be her boyfriend to end the interaction.

(2005)

10

After eloping with a fortune-seeking pilot, Claudette Colbert boards a Greyhound bus to escape her father’s wrath and is forced to share a seat with fellow passenger Clark Gable.

(1934)

Meet Cutes

The Golden Age

From the 1990s to the late 2000s, before Marvel stole all the A-listers.

11

In How Stella Got Her Groove Back, the titular Stella travels to which tropical location?

12

Known for her meticulously designed sets, who wrote and directed Something’s Gotta Give, The Holiday, and It’s Complicated?

13

In a letter written to Tom Hanks’ Sam after he appears on a radio show, where and when does Meg Ryan’s Annie suggest to meet?

14

In Four Weddings and a Funeral, which well known British person does Kristin Scott Thomas’ Fiona end up with?

15

In How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days, what kind of plant does Kate Hudson’s Andie Anderson give Matthew McConaughey’s Benjamin Barry to symbolise their love?

The Golden Age

Love Lines

Which films feature these declarations of love?

16

“I came here tonight because when you realise you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.”

(1989)

17

“But mostly I hate the way I don't hate you. Not even close, not even a little bit, not even at all.”

(1999)

18

“Don't forget… I'm also just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.”

(1999)

19

“What I'm trying to say, very inarticulately, is that, um, in fact, perhaps despite appearances, I like you, very much. Just as you are.”

(2001)

20

“I wanted it to be you. I wanted it to be you so badly.”

(1998)

Love Lines

Revival Years

After a dry spell, the streaming era has seen the rom-com come back into favour.

21

Crazy Rich Asians takes place predominantly in which Asian city?

22

Which Natasha Bedingfield song features prominently in Anyone But You, starring Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell?

23

Partly co-written by Ali Wong and Randall Park, what 2019 film did Wong call their version of When Harry Met Sally?

24

Taylor Zakhar Perez and Nicholas Galitzine play love interests in what 2023 film based on a novel with the same name?

25

Based on their real-life relationship, which Pakistani-American stand-up comedian co-wrote the 2017 film The Big Sick with his wife?

Revival Years

Love Interests

Can you name the title of the film from its leading love-interest stars?

26

Nia Vardalos + John Corbett

(2002)

27

Billy Eichner + Luke Macfarlane

(2022)

28

Sandra Bullock + Ryan Reynolds

(2009)

29

Drew Barrymore + Adam Sandler

(1998)

30

Cher + Nicolas Cage

(1987)

Love Interests

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