Some sample questions from this category:
* In the movie 'Alexander The Great' who played the part of Alexander?
* In the movie 'The Wind And The Lion' who played the part of Theodore Roosevelt?
* Jesse James, the leader of a notorious outlaw gang of the Wild West, has been the subject of many films. In 1939 the movie 'Jesse James' was made, who played Jesse?
* '10 Rillington Place' was about the unsavoury activites of rapist-murderer John Reginald Christie. Who played Christie?
* In the movie 'Bound For Glory' which was about American folk singer and composer Woody Guthrie, who played Guthrie?
* In 1945 'Rhapsody In Blue' was made about George Gershwin, who played the composer?
* Emma Hamilton, the mistress of Lord Nelson has had several films made about her life. In 1941 'That Hamilton Woman' was released, who played Lady Hamilton?
* Emperor of France Napoleon Bonaparte has been the subject of many films. In 1956 'War And Peace' was released, who played Napoleon in that film?
* General George Armstrong Custer, the glory-seeking Cavalry officer who meet his end at the Little Big Horn has been a favorite of film makers. One of the many movies made about him was 'They Died With Their Boots On' who played Custer in this film?
* Anne Boleyn the second wife of Henry VIII who was beheaded at the scaffold was the only wife of the six to have a full-scale film on her life made called 'Anne Of The Thousand Days'. Who played Anne in that movie?
* Who was the first actor to play Henry VIII in a movie?
* This beautiful and very talented british actress played many tragic characters such as Anne Boleyn, Isadora Duncan, Mary Stuart and Lady Alice More. Who is she?
* We probably all remember Angus McFayden as Robert the Bruce in the unforgettable 'Braveheart'. But who played his father, the old Bruce? I'll give you a clue: this Scottish actor sadly died in 1999 in a car accident.
* In 1941, the famous Laurence Olivier became Sir Horatio Nelson for the Alex Korda movie 'That Hamilton Woman'. Who played Lady Emma Hamilton?
* Before he portrayed the American artist Jackson Pollock ('Pollock' 2000), Ed Harris played a famous astronaut in the 1983 'Right Stuff'. Which one was it?
* Judi Dench won an Oscar in 1998 for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth I in 'Shakespeare In Love'. The preceeding year she played another queen in a wonderful but underestimated movie. Who was this queen?
* In 1955, Richard Burton played the thespian brother of a famous assassin in 'The Prince Of Players'. Which assassin am I talking about?
* In the movie 'Quiz Show' (1994), Paul Scofield played a Pulitzer-Prize winning poet. Who was it?
* In the 1970 movie 'Cromwell', Richard Harris was the title character, but who played the unfortunate King Charles I who lost his head in the struggle?
* In the 1998 movie 'Love Is The Devil', Derek Jacobi played the British painter Francis Bacon. But who played his lover, George Dyer?
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