A new six-month cruise has launched for film lovers that is so exclusive, wannabe guests need to pass a test in order to be allowed to buy a ticket.
For £104,000, voyagers can travel on a round-the-world trip with Bolsover Cruise Club that takes in the locations of 13 famous movies.
Travellers will be able to recreate scenes from films like Jaws in Massachusetts and James Bond’s Casino Royale in the Bahamas.
But before they are allowed to sign up, customers must first prove themselves worthy by passing a movie knowledge entrance exam.
The 16-question entrance exam, which can be seen in full here, features detailed questions from many of the films visited during the trip, that only die-hard movie lovers would be able to answer.
For example, a sample question from the exam is: ‘In Jaws, Richard Dreyfuss’ Hooper explains that his interest in studying sharks first began when he accidentally caught a baby shark that panicked and destroyed his boat – what species of shark did he catch?’
Filming locations
Those who pass will jet off to Venice before cruising to Barcelona, while taking in the sights from The Godfather, before heading on to Rome, Athens and Istanbul for scenery from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly and Mamma Mia.
In New York, travellers can witness the sky scrapers where Peter Parker a.k.a Spider-Man span his webs, then it’s on to Massachusetts and the Bahamas.
Later in the journey, film fans will be able to take in the Los Angeles sights made famous in Julia Robert’s classic Pretty Woman, and Hawaii’s Jurassic World scenery.
They will then travel to New Zealand to soak in the The Lord of the Rings setting, as well as visiting beaches in Phuket, made famous by Leonardo DiCaprio in The Beach, and Star Wars sets in Abu Dhabi.
Michael Wilson, Managing Director at Bolsover Cruise Club, said: ‘This cruise is for anyone who’s dreamed of travelling the world and feeling like a film star at the same time
‘Filming locations often double as the most dramatic, scenic settings so we believe this voyage will prove to be a smash-hit.’
Guests will stay in five-star hotels while travelling on a total of 13 cruise liners, as well as business class flight transfers.
ARE YOU ENOUGH OF A FILM BUFF TO PASS? HERE’S THE TEST
1. In Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man, Peter Parker wrestles Bone Saw McGraw in a steel cage match to earn some extra money. He’s billed by the announcer as ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’, but what name does Peter originally suggest?
2. In The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, the character of Tuco is wanted by the authorities in how many counties?
3. In Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, how many ships survive the Battle of Yavin following the destruction of the Death Star?
4. In Ian Fleming’s Casino Royale novel, Bond encounters Le Chiffre at the fictional Royale-les-Eaux casino in France. However, in the movie, the casino is located which country?
5. What is the name of the members’ club that Bond visits during his Bahamas sabbatical in Casino Royale?
6. Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy begins with an opening monologue from Cate Blanchett’s Galadriel. But who is the first character to actually speak on screen?
7. In Pretty Woman, what is the real-life name of the boutique where cashiers refuse to serve Vivian, making a “big mistake… huge”?
8. In the classic scene in Pretty Woman where Edward (Richard Gere) snaps the jewellery box on Vivian’s fingers, how much does he say the necklace he has borrowed is worth?
9. The CGI model used for the exteriors of the Vatican in Angels & Demons was repurposed for a brief scene in which other 2009 movie?
10. In Jaws, Richard Dreyfuss’ Hooper explains that his interest in studying sharks first began when he accidentally caught a baby shark that panicked and destroyed his boat. What species of shark did he catch?
11. In The Godfather, Michael Corleone served in the Marines in the Pacific during World War II, and was awarded which medal for his bravery in battle?
12. Fleeing to Palermo after murdering Virgil Sollozzo and Captain McCluskey in The Godfather, Michael Corleone is granted refuge by Don Tommasino, who allows him to stay at his uncle’s villa located near which Sicilian town?
13. What is the name of the phony production company that the CIA set up in order to serve as cover for their fake science fiction film at the heart of the mission to exfiltrate the embassy staff in Argo.
14. On which Thai Island does Richard (Leonardo DiCaprio) first encounter the two American surfers in The Beach?
15. In the opening scene of Mamma Mia, Sophie Sheridan (Amanda Seyfried) posts wedding invitations to her three potential fathers Sam Carmichael (Pierce Brosnan), Bill Anderson (Stellar Skarsgard) and Harry Bright (Colin Firth). What three cities do they reside in?
16. In Jurassic World, InGen creates the hybrid Indominus Rex using the genes of several species. Which of these allows the dinosaur’s skin to change colour?
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