When did the original Mean Girls movie come out? Test your knowledge with our weekly arts quiz

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1 Which movies won best comedy or musical and best drama, respectively, at this year’s Golden Globes?

a. Barbie, Oppenheimer

b. Poor Things, Oppenheimer

c. The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon

d. Barbie, Maestro

Poor Things, Oppenheimer. The movies took the top prizes, while Emma Stone won the award for best actress in a musical or comedy in Poor Things, and Oppenheimer star Cillian Murphy won the lead actor trophy for his work in that film.

2 Which two Golden Globe-nominated films were completely shut out of this year’s SAG nominations?

a. Oppenheimer, Barbie

b. Poor Things, Barbie

c. May December, Past Lives

d. Past Lives, Maestro

May December, Past Lives. Also snubbed by this year’s SAG awards was Poor Things, which didn’t earn a nomination for best ensemble –SAG’s highest honour – despite winning best musical or comedy at the Golden Globes.

3 A remake of Mean Girls, reimagined as a musical, opens this week. When was the original film starring Lindsay Lohan released?

a. 2004

b. 1999

c. 2001

d. 2014

2004. The 2024 version of Mean Girls is a movie-to-musical-to-movie-musical remake, borrowing its score from the 2018 Broadway musical, which was itself based on the 2004 film.

4 Which landmark HBO series marked 25 years since its debut on January 10?

a. Sex and the City

b. Curb Your Enthusiasm

c. The Sopranos

d. Six Feet Under

The Sopranos. The show's first episode aired on January 10, 1999 – and as of this week, the full series is available to stream on Crave.

5 Which David Cronenberg film was given a Blu-ray release in 2023?

a. Videodrome

b. Eastern Promises

c. Crash

d. eXistenZ

eXistenZ. The 1999 film’s Blu-ray re-release has been limited to 10,000 copies – and is one of the biggest sellers at Vinegar Syndrome, the first brand-new video store to open up in Toronto in decades. The shop is part of a trend contradicting the idea that physical media is dead.

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