Absinthe Movie Quiz

Ten questions to test your knowledge of absinthe at the movies!

Van Helsing

In which building does Van Helsing (Hugh Jackman) discover a cache of absinthe?

A Creepy Castle
A Tall Tower
A Terrible Tunnel
A Weary Windmill
I don't know

Eurotrip

Photo by Zdenek Vavra - © 2004 DreamWorks LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Michelle Trachtenberg (above) who plays Jenny in Eurotrip is best known as:

Tru Davies in Tru Calling
Sydney Bristow in Alias
Dawn Summers in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Cordelia in Angel
I don't know

From Hell (part 1)

Along with his absinthe, Inspector Fred Abberline (Johnny Depp) drinks:

Laudanum
Cocaine
Opium
Gin
I don't know

From Hell (part 2)

Who else — other than Inspector Fred Abberline — is seen using absinthe in the film?

Mary Kelly
Netley the Coachman
Sergeant Peter Godley
Jack the Ripper
I don't know

Moulin Rouge!

In Moulin Rouge!, the Green Fairy is played by whom?

Julia Roberts
Kylie Minogue
Cameron Diaz
Denise Richards
I don't know

Sleepy Hollow

While filming Sleepy Hollow close to La Fée Absinthe HQ in Hertfordshire, England, Johnny Depp bought some absinthe for his trip to see:

Richard Gere
Hunter S Thompson
Marilyn Manson
Tom Hanks
I don't know

Bram Stoker's Dracula

While seducing her, Count Dracula (Gary Oldman) tells Mina Harker (Winona Ryder) that absinthe is:

'the gin of the Bourgeoisie'
'the aphrodisiac of the self'
'the prosac of Victorian London'
'the long, dark, teatime of the soul'
I don't know

Total Eclipse

In Total Eclipse, Leonardo DiCaprio plays Arthur Rimbaud, but at the UK première of which of his other films did La Fée’s Paul McGill introduce him to Bohemian Absinth?

Titanic
The Gangs of New York
Romeo+Juliet
The Beach
I don't know

Pretty Baby

Pretty Baby is set in which absinthe-soaked American city?

Boston
New Orleans
New York
Los Angeles
I don't know

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Written by Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls is about freedom fighters in:

Italy
Spain
Argentina
China
I don't know