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1.

Dirty Harry is one of the quintessential film cops, and one of the
most influential police film series of all time. How many D irty Harry
films were there in total?
a. Five:
i. Dirty Harry
ii. Magnum Force
iii. The Enforcer
iv. Sudden Impact
v. The Dead Pool
2. Before being directed by Martin Brest, the directors chair for 1984
action-comedy Beverly Hills Cop was originally offered to Martin
Scorsese, who turned it down because he thought it was too

similar to Coogans Bluff. Which other director, famous for his
horror work, had also turned down an offer to direct?
a. David Cronenberg (seriously)
3. In 1993s Last Action Hero, a young boy- Danny- is magically
transported into the film universe of Jack Slater, an over-the-top
gung-ho detective played by Arnold Schwarzenegger. In one
memorable scene, Danny takes Jack Slater to a video store, and
see an advertisement for The Terminator. In Jack Slaters world,
Arnold Schwarzenegger did not play the Terminator. Who did?
a. Sylvester Stallone
4. Steven Seagal has starred in literally dozens of action films where
he plays a no-nonsense, ass-kicking cop, many of which are
straight-to-DVD works. In all his films, he makes sure to show off
his martial arts skills in fight scenes. Which martial art is Steven
Seagal a 7th dan black-belt in?
a. Aikido
5. Speaking of Steven Seagal, the part of Simon Phoenix in 1993s
Demolition Man was written specifically for him but he turned it
down. In the film, villainous Simon Phoenix was played by Wesley
Snipes, pursued by Sylvester Stallone as John Spartan. Which
European actor was the part of John Spartan originally intended
for?
a. Jean-Claude van Damme
6. Everyone loves a buddy-cop film, although some are more
ridiculous than others. Which 1988 buddy- cop comedy starred Jim
Belushi as a streetwise Chicago detective, paired up with Arnold
Schwarzenegger as a Russian Soviet detective to catch a
Georgian drug dealer in the US?
a. Red Heat
7. After Arnold Schwarzenegger played a humourless Russian cop,
the following year Turner and Hooch upped the ante by pairing
Tom Hanks up with a dog. What kind of dog is Hooch?
a. French Mastiff (also acceptable- Dogue de Bordeaux)
8. In 2011, a Detroit artist decided that the city, suffering from years
of economic and social decline, needed a figurehead to rally
round. He opened a Kickstarter to build a bronze statue of what he
thought was Detroits most famous lawman, which is still under
construction. Which fictional cop is the statue of?
a. Robocop
9. Which 1980s cop film franchise was revived last year as a TV
series starring one of the Wayans Brothers?
a. Lethal Weapon, with Damon Wayans as Murtaugh and
Clayne Crawford as Riggs.
10. 2009 film District 9 was about an alien slave-race trapped on
Earth and subject to widespread racism from the human
population. Which 1988 cop film was about a human detective
being partnered up with a member of an alien slave race that was
stranded on Earth and subject to racism from the human
population?
a. Alien Nation

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