Film quiz: The 10 most stomach-churning food scenes

Test your film knowledge: to mark the release of Oldboy, here are ten questions about unusual things characters have eaten in films
  
  


  1. In the original version Oldboy, main character Oh Dae-Su celebrates his release from captivity by eating a…

    1. Live eel

    2. Live goldfish

    3. Live squid

    4. Live jellyfish

  2. In Cool Hand Luke, the title character makes a bet that he can eat what in under an hour?

    1. 50 bread rolls

    2. 50 boiled eggs

    3. 50 hot dogs

    4. 50 Smints

  3. In Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, which of these dishes <i>isn't</i> served for dinner at the Pankot Palace?

    1. Snake surprise

    2. Chilled monkey brains

    3. Rooster's testicles

    4. Sheep's eyeballs

  4. In John Walters' black comedy Pink Flamingos, lead actor Devine is shown eating a real…

    1. Glass

    2. Bogie

    3. Cow's eyeball

    4. Dog turd

  5. In Monty Python's Meaning of Life, what's the last thing Mr Creosote eats before he explodes?

    1. A wafer-thin mint

    2. A pineapple

    3. A tablecloth

    4. Jugged hare

  6. In French-Italian film La Grande Bouffe, four friends commit suicide-by-overeating. What's the food that finishes off Philippe, the last to die?

    1. A whole goose

    2. A kilo of butter

    3. A tomato

    4. A cake shaped like a pair of breasts

  7. Whose body is cooked and eaten at the end of The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover?

    1. The Cook

    2. The Thief

    3. His Wife

    4. Her Lover

  8. In which film can you see Nicholas Cage eating a live cockroach? (A real one, apparently)

    1. Vampire's Kiss

    2. Moonstruck

    3. Raising Arizona

    4. National Treasure: Book of Secrets

  9. In Hannibal, what does Hannibal Lecter feed Ray Liotta's character?

    1. His pet dog

    2. His own brain

    3. His own penis

    4. Egg and chips

  10. Complete the title of this short, self-explanatorily-named documentary: Werner Herzog Eats His…

    1. Hat

    2. Tie

    3. Shoe

    4. Film

Solutions

1:C, 2:B, 3:C, 4:D, 5:A, 6:D, 7:D, 8:A, 9:B, 10:C

Scores

  1. 5 and above.

    Oh dear, not a great score. That only earns you this scene from Falling Down in which Michael Douglas fails to order breakfast. Try a better score for a better clip. <iframe width="350" height="197" src="//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/-eREiQhBDIk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

  2. 6 and above.

    Good score! That earns you this scene from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Try a better score for a better clip <iframe width="350" height="197" src="//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/3MgyRO3c870" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

  3. 10 and above.

    Perfect score! Your reward: Weird Al Yankovic performing Eat It <iframe width="350" height="263" src="//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ZcJjMnHoIBI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

 

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