QUIZ: Can you ace this ultimate Christopher Nolan quiz?

The acclaimed director’s 12th movie lands in cinemas next week.

We’re inching closer to the day in which Barbie and Oppenheimer go head-to-head at the box office.

Ahead of the release of the two movies of 21 July, JOE has prepared a quiz on Oppenheimer writer-director Christopher Nolan’s career.

To quote the villain of Nolan’s film The Dark Knight Rises, Bane, “let the games begin!”

Including Oppenheimer, how many Christopher Nolan-directed movies has Cillian Murphy appeared in?

Four

Six

Five

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What was the name of Nolan's debut feature film?

Pi

Hard Eight

Following

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What are the initials of the elusive man Leonard Shelby (Guy Pearce) is hunting for in Memento?

J.G.

T.G.

D.G.

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In 2002, Nolan directed a remake of a crime thriller titled Insomnia which starred Al Pacino. What country was the original movie from?

Sweden

Denmark

Norway

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According to The Prestige, there are three parts to any magic trick. The third is 'the prestige', the second is 'the turn' but what is the first called?

The pledge

The rub

The set-up

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Complete this exchange from The Dark Knight:

Grumpy: I'm bettin' the Joker told you to kill me as soon as we loaded the cash.

The Joker: No, no no no. I kill the _____ _____.

Bank manager

Bus driver

Security guard

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What name is given to the world of infinite subconscious Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) fears becoming trapped within in Inception?

Purgatory

Limbo

Bardo

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Michael Caine's professor character in Interstellar recites a poem by which writer?

Robert Frost

Siegfried Sassoon

Dylan Thomas

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In Tenet, objects manipulated so they move backwards through time are described as what?

Everted

Reversed

Inverted

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Which of these shows did Christopher Nolan's brother Jonathan Nolan NOT create?

The OA

Westworld

Person of Interest

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