Who Won a BU Swag Bag by Answering Correctly Our Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy Movie Quiz?
Find out below and see the answers to our questions
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Who Won a BU Swag Bag by Answering Correctly Our Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy Movie Quiz?
Find out below and see the answers to our questions
Earlier today, BU Today challenged the University community to put their Bridget Jones film franchise knowledge to the test, publishing a trivia contest to mark the film’s release. Everyone who answered all the questions correctly by noon was entered into a drawing for a BU Swag bag filled with goodies from the BU Campus Store, and the results are in.
The winner is Hui Shi (CAS’23).
Check out the trailer for Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy here.
1. What classic 19th century novel loosely inspired the plot of Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001)?
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
2. A friend creates a profile for Bridget on what popular dating app, as seen in the trailer?
Tinder
3. Mark Darcy, played by Colin Firth, is the leading man in the three previous Bridget Jones films, and despite his death, is omnipresent in this one, too. In what 2008 film does Firth play another famous (rumored) father figure?
Mamma Mia
4. What early 2000s pop song is featured in the second half of the trailer, sung by Natasha Bedingfield?
“These Words”
5. Renee Zellweger was nominated for Best Actress at the Academy Awards two years in a row, first in 2002 for her initial portrayal of Bridget in Bridget Jones’s Diary. For what film did she earn her 2003 the nomination?
Chicago
6. Before he passed away (roughly four years prior to the beginning of Mad About the Boy), Mark Darcy and Bridget Jones had two children together. What are their names?
Billy and Mabel
7. Which wintertime holiday drives the plot of Bridget Jones’s Diary, the first film in the series?
New Year’s Day
8. In which of the four Bridget Jones films does British musician Ed Sheeran make a cameo?
Bridget Jones’s Baby (2016)
9. Of the four Bridget Jones films, how many have been directed by a man?
Only one—Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, which was directed by Michael Morris
10. Which dreamy TV doctor portrays love interest Jack Qwant in Bridget Jones’s Baby (2016)?
Patrick Dempsey, who played Dr. Derek Shepherd on Grey’s Anatomy
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