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The people who turn your favorite book into a movie sometimes have a very different vision form yours, but sometimes it is magic. And movies can certainly bring books to a wider audience.
12 quizzes and 125 trivia questions.
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  More Who Wrote the Book First?   popular trivia quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Many books have been turned into movies over the years. This is a follow-up quiz to my first one on this topic "Who Wrote the Book First?". For this one, match the book/movie title with the author of the book.
Easier, 10 Qns, Trivia_Fan54, Jul 19 21
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  Who Wrote the Book First?   popular trivia quiz  
Match Quiz
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Many authors write books that become movies at a later date. Here is a list of ten of them. Simply match the name of the book/movie with the author of the book.
Easier, 10 Qns, Trivia_Fan54, Aug 05 21
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  Kubrick's Inspiration    
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Over the course of his career, Stanley Kubrick made just thirteen feature films, ten of which were adapted from other works. Can you match the film with the author of the piece it was based on?
Easier, 10 Qns, Red_John, Feb 23 22
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Feb 23 22
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  What Book Was That Movie Adapted From?   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
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Many famous movies have been adapted from books with entirely different titles. Test your knowledge of book to movie adaptations.
Average, 10 Qns, agentofchaos, Feb 23 20
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Feb 23 20
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  From Books to Movies    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Many of our favorite movies have stemmed from literary sources. Most of these questions are on widely known books and movies, so they should be fairly familiar to you.
Average, 10 Qns, abbeyrd, Jul 17 21
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Jul 17 21
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  Literary Allusion in Songs and Movies   great trivia quiz  
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You do not have to know any of the songs or movies used in this quiz to answer the questions correctly; you just need to know your literature! Enjoy.
Average, 15 Qns, skylarb, Mar 06 17
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  European Novels That Became Movies    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Out of the hundreds of books that have become movies, I have selected ten novels by European authors whose movie adaptations are among my favorites.
Easier, 10 Qns, tiye, Aug 22 14
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  Have You Thought About Changing The Title?    
Multiple Choice
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Many books are turned into movies often with the same title. Sometimes though, the plot is the same, but the movie title is nothing like the book title. I will try to avoid spoilers, but no promises.
Average, 10 Qns, 480154st, Feb 25 22
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  My Favorite Books That Became Movies    
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Can you name these great books that became movies or television shows?
Average, 10 Qns, MissHollyB, Feb 25 22
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Feb 25 22
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  False Endings    
Multiple Choice
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When writers run out of original storylines, they make a movie out of a book... but they don't always stay true to the storylines. This quiz is about those false movie endings and what they really should have been.
Difficult, 10 Qns, suzidunc, Feb 08 14
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trivia question Quick Question
Who wrote the novel that the award-winning film "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975) was based on?

From Quiz "From Books to Movies"




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  Books That Became Movies in 2002    
Multiple Choice
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So many wonderful stories in the printed world have been adapted for the big screen. Some brilliantly come to life while others beg the quote, 'the book was better'. All movies featured in 2002.
Average, 10 Qns, Bertho, Oct 05 19
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  Literary Movies    
Multiple Choice
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Can you identify the authors on whose works the following movies were based?
Difficult, 10 Qns, davidmunn, Feb 08 14
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Books Made into Movies Trivia Questions
1. "Die Hard" (1988) starred Bruce Willis as an NYPD cop and the wonderful Alan Rickman as a German terrorist conducting a Christmas heist. On which 1979 novel by Roderick Thorp was the movie based?

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Answer: Nothing Lasts Forever

"Nothing Lasts Forever" featured retired NYPD detective Joe Leland visiting his daughter on Christmas Eve, and was a sequel to Thorp's 1966 novel "The Detective", which had also been made into a movie, starring Frank Sinatra as Leland. Of course, in the "Die Hard" movie, Joe Leland's name was changed to John McClane and it wasn't a sequel, otherwise we would have had Bruce Willis playing an older Frank Sinatra or something as equally bizarre. I know I said I would try to avoid spoilers, but if you have only seen the film, you really should read the book.

2. The 1995 teen comedy "Clueless" was loosely adapted from what Jane Austen novel?

From Quiz What Book Was That Movie Adapted From?

Answer: Emma

The protagonist in both the movie and the book is a spoiled rich girl who fancies herself a matchmaker until she finds herself out of her depth. In the novel, Emma ends up falling in love with her sister's brother-in-law Mr. Knightley and at the end they marry. In the film, Cher falls in love with her step-brother Josh, although the ending has a humorous twist. Cher and Josh kiss for the first time; in a voice-over, Cher says, "you can guess what happens next," and the scene cuts to a wedding - then we hear Cher saying, "As if! I'm only 16 and this is California not Kentucky." And of course, it turns out to be someone else's wedding.

3. What book written by Stephen King centers around an author, Thad Beaumont, and his evil twin, George Stark?

From Quiz My Favorite Books That Became Movies

Answer: The Dark Half

The book written was written in 1990. George was a "tumor" in Thad's brain that, without Thad's knowledge, was removed. The tumor came back to meet his brother, or was he already there? Is George just Thad's imagination? It became a TV movie in 1993 with Award winner Timothy Hutton and Amy Madigan.

4. The movie "What Dreams May Come" is based on the novel by Richard Matheson. But what author was the originator of this phrase?

From Quiz Literary Allusion in Songs and Movies

Answer: William Shakespeare

In "Hamlet", Shakespeare writes: "For in that sleep of death what dreams may come / When we have shuffled off this mortal coil. . . " The 1998 movie stars Robin Williams.

5. Who wrote the book that 'The Green Mile' is based on?

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Answer: Stephen King

6. "A Cock And Bull Story" hit the silver screen in 2005, starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon, and was based on "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" by which author?

From Quiz Have You Thought About Changing The Title?

Answer: Laurence Sterne

I am quite sure that Sterne, while writing his novel, which was first published between 1759 and 1767, didn't have the cream of UK comedy 250 years in the future in mind, but that is who ended up starring in this film. Apart from Coogan and Brydon, the movie features Stephen Fry, David Walliams, Dylan Moran, Ashley Jensen and Ronni Ancona along with Gillian Anderson. Whilst the novel was about a book within a book, the movie uses the same premise in the world of film and sees Coogan and Brydon playing themselves playing characters in a movie.

7. Philip K. Dick's novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" was loosely adapted into what highly regarded film?

From Quiz What Book Was That Movie Adapted From?

Answer: Blade Runner

Both the book and the film concern a bounty hunter who hunts down rogue androids, and both touch on philosophical and religious themes, such as what it means to be human. However, there are many differences between the two, and the book delves more explicitly into mystical themes. For example, it describes a (fictional) religion called Mercerism that employs a virtual reality device to allow followers to identify with the religion's founder.

8. What book by Stephen King revolves around a clown named Pennywise and the Losers Club that he haunts in Derry Maine?

From Quiz My Favorite Books That Became Movies

Answer: It

This book was written in 1986. The Losers Club all have dreams about a clown, Pennywise, who lurks in the tunnels under the town killing little children. When they discover they all see him, they decide they must stop this clown. They think they have succeeded once, but not so fast. Pennywise comes to make the Losers Club have nightmares again. The movie was made into a 2 part mini series. It starred Richard Thomas, John Ritter and Tim Curry as Pennywise.

9. The movie "'Till Human Voices Wake Us" takes its title from a poem by whom?

From Quiz Literary Allusion in Songs and Movies

Answer: T.S. Eliot

This drama, released in 2002, stars Guy Pearce and Helena Bonham Carter. The title comes from Eliot's "Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock": "We have lingered in the chambers of the sea / By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown / Till human voices wake us, and we drown."

10. Just in case you haven't heard the name enough: Harry Potter, Harry Potter, Harry Potter, a new movie hit the screen in 2002. What was the title of the second book in the series, which was also the name of the movie?

From Quiz Books That Became Movies in 2002

Answer: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Did you know it took over 1000 children to make the film, as UK laws require every child actor to have doubles and even trebles?

11. The Vietnam war movie, 'Apocalypse Now' (1979), is based on what novella by Joseph Conrad?

From Quiz From Books to Movies

Answer: Heart of Darkness

12. Stanley Kubrick's 1987 movie "Full Metal Jacket" was based on which book by Gustav Hasford, the title of which referred to how long a serviceman had left in a Vietnam tour of duty?

From Quiz Have You Thought About Changing The Title?

Answer: The Short-Timers

A short timer was classed as anyone with less than a year left of their tour in this book by Hasford, which is part novel and part autobiography. In 1990, former U.S. Marine Hasford published the second part of his trilogy, "The Phantom Blooper", but unfortunately died in 1993 before writing the final installment.

13. Which book by Dean Koontz revolves around Hatch Harrison who dies and is revived two hours later? Now he is having images of a psychopath named Vassago, and Vassago knows he is watching.

From Quiz My Favorite Books That Became Movies

Answer: Hideaway

Hatch gets into a car accident and is literally dead. The doctor revives him and that is when Hatch starts seeing images of Vassago. Turns out the doctor who revived Hatch was Vassago's father and he had done the same for Vassago. The movie was made in 1995, and starred Jeff Goldblum, Christine Lahti and Jeremy Sisko.

14. To what Shakespeare play does the Mel Brooks film 'To Be or Not to Be' allude?

From Quiz Literary Allusion in Songs and Movies

Answer: Hamlet

The words come from Hamlet's famous soliloquy, in which he contemplates suicide: "To be, or not to be: that is the question: / Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer / The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, / Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, / And by opposing end them?" Mel Brooks took the title from the original 1942 film of the same title, starring Jack Benny and Carole Lombard.

15. Which short story by sci-fi author Philip K. Dick, first published in 1956, was released as a movie in 2002?

From Quiz Books That Became Movies in 2002

Answer: Minority Report

The 'Minority Report' was first published as a short story in the 'Fantastic Universe' magazine in 1956.

16. Who directed the controversial adaption of Anthony Burgess' novel, "A Clockwork Orange"?

From Quiz From Books to Movies

Answer: Stanley Kubrick

17. Science fiction horror movie "Village Of The Damned" (1960 and remade in 1995) is about telepathic children born to all the women in a village on the same day. From which John Wyndham novel was this adapted?

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Answer: The Midwich Cuckoos

Wydham's novel from 1957 deals with many subjects, but specifically brood parasitism, as practised by cuckoos when they lay their eggs in the nests of others, and the rapid growth rate of the young, which forces the surrogate mother to abandon her own young in order to care for the impostor. "The Midwich Cuckoos" is considered a masterpiece by many contemporary science fiction writers and the 1995 movie remake is notable for being the final role of Christopher "Superman" Reeve before the accident which left him paralysed.

18. The 1973 post-apocalyptic science-fiction film "Soylent Green", which was prominently concerned with overcrowding and overpopulation, was loosely based on what novel by Harry Harrison?

From Quiz What Book Was That Movie Adapted From?

Answer: Make Room! Make Room!

Both the book and the film explore the idea of overpopulation leading to depleted environmental resources and social problems. The film adds a unique twist in that government decides to solve the problem of diminishing food resources by resorting to cannibalism. This led to the classic line, "Soylent green is people!"

19. In the movie "Sense and Sensibility", Marianne asks Elinor, "Is love a fancy or a feeling?" Whom is she quoting?

From Quiz Literary Allusion in Songs and Movies

Answer: Hartley Coleridge

This comes from Sonnet VII: "Is love a fancy, or a feeling? No. / It is immortal as immaculate Truth."

20. Bret Easton Ellis is the author of many best sellers including 'American Psycho,' 'Less Than Zero' and 'The Informers.' His 1987 novel about twisted college relationships went up on the big screen in 2002. What was the title?

From Quiz Books That Became Movies in 2002

Answer: The Rules of Attraction

In general, this movie adaptation received very ordinary reviews, suggesting the director strayed too far from the original mood of the book.

21. What novel, written by Shirley Jackson, was the source for two movies called "The Haunting"?

From Quiz From Books to Movies

Answer: The Haunting of Hill House

22. "Maybe Baby" was a 2000 movie starring Hugh Laurie and Joely Richardson, based on the 1999 novel "Inconceivable" by which author?

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Answer: Ben Elton

Elton wrote the very successful book and then wrote the screenplay and directed the movie as well. Although the movie may not be worthy of an Oscar nomination, it does showcase the talents of Laurie, who is a talented musician and wrote the song "Sperm Test" for the movie, which he sings in a blues style to his basset hound.

23. The 1999 romantic comedy-drama "10 Things I Hate About You" was a modern retelling of what Shakespeare play?

From Quiz What Book Was That Movie Adapted From?

Answer: The Taming of the Shrew

In both the play and the film, there are two daughters, Bianca and Kat/Katherina; the younger daughter Bianca is a sweet girl who most guys find desirable, while her older sister Kat/Katherina has a willful personality and is therefore unpopular. In the play, the girls' father forbids Bianca from marrying until Katherina does. In the film, the girls are high school students, so the father's restriction is on them dating rather than marriage. The play puts considerable emphasis on the cruel "taming" of Katherina by her husband, which continues to generate controversy to this day, but this element was omitted from the film.

24. The movie "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" takes its title characters from what Shakespearian play?

From Quiz Literary Allusion in Songs and Movies

Answer: Hamlet

The movie is based on a play by Tom Stoppard. The characters Rosencrantz and Guildenstern play a minor role in Shakespeare's play: they are friends of Hamlet.

25. The main character in this best seller by Sebastian Faulks becomes a British secret agent who is dropped into war-torn France to liaise with the French underground movement in WWII.

From Quiz Books That Became Movies in 2002

Answer: Charlotte Grey

The movie starring Cate Blanchett is set in a Nazi-occupied village and gives great insight to the French Resistance, Nazi-French political collaboration and anti-semitism.

26. Frank Darabont, director of "The Green Mile", also directed and adapted what other Stephen King work?

From Quiz From Books to Movies

Answer: The Shawshank Redemption

27. Winner of three Oscars and nominated for four others, "The Killing Fields" (1984) can not fail to move anyone that watches it, but on which 1980 novel by Sydney Schanberg is it based?

From Quiz Have You Thought About Changing The Title?

Answer: The Death and Life of Dith Pran

David Puttnam's powerful movie about life and friendship under the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia is truly wonderful and deserving of all the accolades it has received. For me personally, however, the book is much more personal and much more moving, as Schanberg writes about his friend and the suffering he endures.

28. In "Clueless", Josh's date attributes the quote "to thine own self be true" to Hamlet. Cher corrects her. What Shakespearian "dude" does she say actually spoke the words?

From Quiz Literary Allusion in Songs and Movies

Answer: Polonius

Cher says she knows it was the "Polonius dude" who said the words and not Hamlet, because she knows Mel Gibson. This is part of Polonius's advice to his son Laertes, which also includes, "Neither a borrower, nor a lender be."

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