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Peter Cushing: "Laurel & Hardy" to "Star Wars" Quiz

Peter Cushing OBE is often associated with the low-budget British Hammer Films of the 1960s, but his 47-year acting career was remarkably varied.

A multiple-choice quiz by Radain. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Radain

Time
4 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
388,818

Updated
Sep 01 23

# Qns
10

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Easy

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Question 1 of 10

1. In which film, where Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are given a scholarship to a famous English university, did a young Peter Cushing play a fellow-student? Hint

Way out West (1937)

Beau Chumps (1931)

A Chump at Oxford (1940)

Sons of the Desert (1933)

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Question 2 of 10

2. Peter Cushing's first significant post-war role was as Osric in the 1948 production of "Hamlet". Which famous Shakespearean actor directed, produced and took the lead role in the film? Hint

Richard Burton

Ethan Hawke

Kenneth Branagh

Laurence Olivier

3. The role of Darcy is more famously associated with Colin Firth's 1995 performance, but in 1952 Peter Cushing played the part in an earlier BBC TV serialisation (now believed lost). In which novel did Darcy capture Elizabeth Bennet's affections? Hint

A Christmas Carol

Pride and Prejudice

Oliver Twist

Great Expectations

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Question 4 of 10

4. In 1956, Peter Cushing began a long association with Hammer Films, playing a variety of horror film roles and forming a close and lasting friendship with Christopher Lee. With which two horror roles was Cushing most associated? Hint

Wolfman and The Mummy

Baron Victor Frankenstein and Professor Van Helsing

Frankenstein's Monster and Count Dracula

Fu Manchu and Rasputin

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Question 5 of 10

5. For many, the definitive film Robin Hood was Errol Flynn in 1938, while Richard Greene made the role his own on TV in the late 1950s. Richard Greene did make one film though, in 1960, and Peter Cushing played the villain. Which character is this best-known enemy of Robin Hood? Hint

King Richard the Lionheart

The Sheriff of Nottingham

The Archbishop of Canterbury

Sir Richard of the Lea

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Question 6 of 10

6. The BBC's "Dr Who" is the longest-running science-fiction TV show in the world. Less well-known are the two 1960s films in which Peter Cushing starred as The Doctor. Which of The Doctor's adversaries would you find in both the TV and film versions? Hint

Ming the Merciless

Klingons

Daleks

The Mekon

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Question 7 of 10

7. In 1968, The BBC produced a 16-episode series of Sherlock Holmes adventures, based on Arthur Conan Doyle's stories. Peter Cushing was given the title role, and Nigel Stock played Dr Watson. Which of the following is one of the Conan Doyle stories that was used in this series? Hint

Death on the Nile

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Murder on the Orient Express

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

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Question 8 of 10

8. After further roles as Baron Frankenstein and Van Helsing, Peter Cushing was offered the role of Grand Moff Tarkin in the original "Star Wars". Cushing joked that he didn't know what a Grand Moff was. So who was Grand Moff Tarkin? Hint

A Jedi knight who had turned to the dark side

The Emperor

The commander of the Death Star

A treacherous former leader of the resistance

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Question 9 of 10

9. "The Morecambe and Wise Show" was phenomenally popular in the UK in the 1970s and '80s, and Peter Cushing was one of their many celebrity guests. What running gag linked his numerous repeat appearances between 1969 and 1980? Hint

Conducting an orchestra

Repeatedly complaining that he hadn't been paid for his previous appearances

Performing "Singing in the rain"

Singing "'There is nothing like a dame"

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Question 10 of 10

10. Peter Cushing's association with "Star Wars" continued posthumously. What was his involvement in the 2016 "Star Wars" anthology film, "Rogue One"? Hint

An Imperial Destroyer carries the name "The Peter Cushing"

The imperial storm troopers wear slippers instead of boots

There are allusions to Dr Who and the Daleks throughout the film

Guy Henry, playing the younger Tarkin, was given Peter Cushing's face using CGI

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In which film, where Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are given a scholarship to a famous English university, did a young Peter Cushing play a fellow-student?

Answer: A Chump at Oxford (1940)

In "A Chump at Oxford", Laurel and Hardy were sent to Oxford University 'to get an education' as a reward for catching a bank robber. Peter Cushing played one of the students who gave them a hard time.
Cushing's Hollywood debut was a year earlier, in 1939, in an early version of "The Man in the Iron Mask". A year later, in 1941, he returned to the UK and served with other performers in ENSA, providing entertainment for the armed services during World War II.

2. Peter Cushing's first significant post-war role was as Osric in the 1948 production of "Hamlet". Which famous Shakespearean actor directed, produced and took the lead role in the film?

Answer: Laurence Olivier

The 1948 "Hamlet" was an outstanding success for Olivier, winning four Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Actor in a Leading Role. It also had three further nominations, including Best Director.
Most of Peter Cushing's post-war work was in the theatre, as a member of Laurence Olivier's Old Vic Company, and it was through this association with Olivier that he was offered the part of Osric in "Hamlet".
All the incorrect choices were actors who have also played the title role, but much more recently. Robin Williams played the role of Osric in the Kenneth Branagh version in 1995.

Answer: Pride and Prejudice

While "Pride and Prejudice" was written by Jane Austen, the incorrect answers are all Charles Dickens stories.
Following the success of "Pride and Prejudice", Peter Cushing did more TV work, gaining real acclaim for his role as Winston Smith in a dramatisation of George Orwell's "1984", though his portrayal of Winston Smith's unpleasant death in Room 101 also generated over a thousand complaints, and clearly attracted the attention of Hammer Films. Not long after, they signed Peter Cushing up to act in their horror films.

Answer: Baron Victor Frankenstein and Professor Van Helsing

Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee made many films together, with Lee playing both Frankenstein's monster and Dracula. They became lifelong friends both on and off-screen.

Answer: The Sheriff of Nottingham

Sir Guy of Gisborne and Prince John were other Robin Hood villains, but only the Sheriff of Nottingham appeared on this occasion. "Sword of Sherwood Forest" wasn't a high spot in cinema history, even if it was shot in Megascope (slightly widescreen) Colour, at a time when many British film-makers were still using black and white.

Answer: Daleks

The Daleks quickly gained a reputation for causing terrified viewers to 'hide behind the settee', and both films capitalised on this in their titles, "Doctor Who and the Daleks" (1965), and "Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 AD" (1966). Audiences change, but the Daleks have remained a favourite series adversary for over fifty years.
The Mekon was the Venusian enemy of Dan Dare, but that's for another quiz.

Answer: The Hound of the Baskervilles

"The Hound of the Baskervilles" was one of the four Sherlock Holmes novels that Arthur Conan Doyle wrote (the other three were "A study in Scarlet", "The Sign of Fear" and the "Valley of Fear". There were also fifty-six short stories.
All the wrong answers are Agatha Christie stories involving Hercule Poirot.

Answer: The commander of the Death Star

Cushing enjoyed working on "Star Wars" and regretted that the death of his character left him no further role in the sequels.
While filming, Cushing struggled with the tight-fitting Imperial Navy boots and was allowed to play his part wearing a pair of slippers. The camera carefully avoided all views of his feet.
As for what a Grand Moff was, in "Rogue One", Tarkin's rank is clarified as being that of a Provincial Governor, and shows how he came to take command of the Death Star.

Answer: Repeatedly complaining that he hadn't been paid for his previous appearances

"I am Cushing: I've come for my money!" All the incorrect answers are also Morecambe and Wise classics, but they were one-off sketches. After eleven years, Morecambe and Wise finally handed over the long-overdue money in the 1980 Christmas special, before an audience estimated to be nearly 15 million.

10. Peter Cushing's association with "Star Wars" continued posthumously. What was his involvement in the 2016 "Star Wars" anthology film, "Rogue One"?

Answer: Guy Henry, playing the younger Tarkin, was given Peter Cushing's face using CGI

The use of CGI to recreate former characters received mixed reviews when "Rogue One" was released. Nevetheless, "Rogue One" received one of its two 2016 Academy Award nominations for its Best Visual Effects (the other was for Best Sound).
Guy Henry, who played Governor Tarkin, received the acting credit, with separate acknowledgement and thanks to Peter Cushing.

Source: Author Radain

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