So, how many movies did you see last year?

In theaters? On opening weekend?

I shared my opinions on 36 movies with Coast Weekend readers in 2006. Helpful colleagues Laurel Eddy and Patrick Webb boosted the total number of locally-written movie reviews to 40. Other weeks, we reviewed live theater productions, interviewed our friends and coworkers about their secret favorites or let the Associated Press critics have their say.

Now it’s time to see if you’ve been paying attention.

Take these totally trivial quizzes below to find out how much you know about the films that merited reviews on this page in 2006.

Look for the answers in next week’s Coast Weekend. If you really feel you have to see the answers right away, you can find them online at www.coastweekend.com

Nothing new under the sun

Match the numbers below with these categories of films reviewed in 2006:

5116

___ Remakes of previously released films or TV shows

___ Adaptations of books or plays

___ Sequels or installments in a series

For a list of films, see the gray box.

Challenge: Which movie fits all three of the above categories?

Money, money, money

Rank these 2006 movies according to their U.S. box office gross:

Cars

Casino Royale

The Da Vinci Code

Ice Age: The Meltdown

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest

Superman Returns

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

X-Men: The Last Stand

Challenge: How many 2006 releases grossed enough to break into the top 100 moneymaking films of all time?

Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon

There’s a theory that erstwhile actor Kevin Bacon can be linked via a maximum of six common costars to any other movie actor in the business. Can you find links from Bacon to these 2006 movie stars in six steps or fewer?

Example: Link Kevin Bacon to Miss Piggy.

Miss Piggy was in Muppets from Space with Andie MacDowell (1), who was in Four Weddings and a Funeral with Hugh Grant (2), who was in Nine Months with Julianne Moore (3), who was in Boogie Nights with John C. Reilly (4), who was in The River Wild with Kevin Bacon (5).

? Sylvester Stallone

? Ashton Kutcher

? Will Ferrell

? Keira Knightley

? Jennifer Aniston

? Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

Challenge: The first link must be a movie that came out in 2006.

Extreme closeup

Which movies of 2006 do these closeup pictures represent?

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Final exam

What movies earned the highest and lowest ratings by Coast Weekend’s critics in 2006?

Thanks for playing!

Nothing new under the sun

Sequels or installments in a series – 11 (Rocky Balboa, Casino Royale, The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, Saw III, Jackass Number Two, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, Superman Returns, X-Men: The Last Stand, Mission: Impossible III, Scary Movie 4 and Ice Age: The Meltdown)

Remakes of previously released films or TV shows – 5 (Casino Royale, The Wicker Man, Miami Vice, Doogal and When a Stranger Calls)

Adaptations of books or plays – 6 (Casino Royale, The Wicker Man, The Da Vinci Code, V for Vendetta, Nanny McPhee and Tristan & Isolde)

Challenge: Which movie fits all three of the above categories? Casino Royale

Money, money, money

1. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest

2. Cars

3. X-Men: The Last Stand

4. The Da Vinci Code

5. Superman Returns

6. Ice Age: The Meltdown

7. Casino Royale

8. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

Challenge: How many 2006 releases grossed enough to break into the top 100 moneymaking films of all time? 6

Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon

(Challenge answer possibilities are shown.)

Sylvester Stallone was in Rocky Balboa with Burt Young (1), who was in Once Upon a Time in America with Elizabeth McGovern (2), who was in She’s Having a Baby with Kevin Bacon (3).

Ashton Kutcher was in The Guardian with Kevin Costner (1), who was in JFK with Kevin Bacon (2).

Will Ferrell was in Stranger than Fiction with Dustin Hoffman (1), who was in Sleepers with Kevin Bacon (2).

Keira Knightley was in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest with Johnny Depp (1), who was in Edward Scissorhands with Dianne Wiest (2), who was in Footloose with Kevin Bacon (3).

Jennifer Aniston was in The Break-Up with Vince Vaughn (1), who was in Wedding Crashers with Owen Wilson (2), who was in The Big Bounce with Gary Sinise (3), who was in Apollo 13 with Kevin Bacon (4).

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was in Gridiron Gang with Xzibit (1), who was in 8 Mile with Kim Basinger (2), who was in Pret-a-porter with Julia Roberts (3), who was in Flatliners with Kevin Bacon (4).

Extreme closeup

1. Stranger than Fiction

2. V for Vendetta

3. Jackass Number Two

4. Cars

5. Eight Below

6. Snakes on a Plane

Final exam

Highest: United 93 (Three and a half stars out of four)

Lowest: Ultraviolet, Little Man and The Wicker Man (all one and a half stars)