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Last week was Canada Day. I had intended to do a Canadian-themed Monday Movie quiz, but it got away from me. So here it is, only a week late.

1. Name the Canadian who wrote and directed the highest grossing movie of all time (ignoring inflation).


2. Name the Canadian film from the clues:
a. This 2006 film stars Carrie-Anne Moss and Billy Connolly and has the tag-line : Laugh your head off.
b. Based on the novel by J. G. Ballard this controversial 1996 film stars James Spader, Holly Hunter, Elias Koteas, Deborah Kara Unger and Rosanna Arquette.
c. 7 complete strangers of widely varying personality characteristics are involuntarily placed in an endless kafkaesque maze containing deadly traps.

3. Odd one out. Which of these is NOT Canadian?
a. John Candy,












Dan Ackroyd












Glenn Ford
















Hank Azaria

















and which one of these?
Holly Hunter













Carrie-Anne Moss




















Catherine O'Hara


















Kim Catrall




















and finally which one of these is not Canadian
Joshua Jackson

















Ryan Reynolds



















Justin Long




















or Brendan Fraser






















4. What music icon played the role of radio psychologist Nicki Brand in David Cronenberg’s Videodrome?
a. Patti Smith
b. Siouxsie Sioux
c. Belinda Carlisle
d. Debbie Harry


5. What horror film offender is the basis for the Ginger Snaps series?
a. Zombies
b. Vampires
c. Ghosts
d. Werewolves
e. Killer tomatoes