A Sampling of Morgan Freeman Movies Quiz

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1. In which movie did Morgan star as Carter, a cancer patient whose life is changed when he meets fellow cancer patient Edward?

Answer: The Bucket List

Edward Cole (played by Jack Nicholson) is a wealthy man who ends up sharing a hospital room with working-class man Carter Chambers, in this 2007 movie. The only thing the two men have in common is that they have both been given about a year left to live. Edward convinces Carter to write a bucket list with him and to spend the better part of that year ticking items off that list.

It is a wonderful experience for the two men but not for Carter's family waiting at home for their loved one to return.

2. In which movie does Morgan first introduce inventor Lucius Fox?

Answer: Batman Begins

The character Lucius Fox first appears in "Batman Begins" (2005), Christopher Nolan's reboot of the Caped Crusader's story. Initially Fox has been demoted to the more or less defunct Applied Science Division, where he continues to run experiments and produce products on his own.

He becomes a valuable resource to millionaire Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) providing him with his crime fighting toys, helping him become Batman. Freeman reprises his role as Lucius Fox in both "The Dark Knight" (2008) and "The Dark Knight Rises" (2012), the character becoming more and more important to Batman's success.

He is appointed CEO and eventually Executive President of Wayne Enterprises.

3. In which film did Freeman play hit man Charlie, chasing a car containing drugs across the country?

Answer: Nurse Betty

Renee Zellweger stars as Betty, a woman who enters a fugue state after watching her husband be murdered. She believes herself to be a character from her favourite soap opera and sets off to find her former fianc� from the show. Morgan Freeman plays the hit man in hot pursuit, who needs to find the drugs her real husband was murdered for, before he can retire.

4. In which movie does Morgan appear as Azeem, a Moor who travels to England to repay the saving of his life?

Answer: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

This 1991 movie stars Kevin Costner as Robin of Locksley, a man who returns from the Crusades to find his home in ruins and his father murdered. He vows to seek revenge and Robin Hood is born. Azeem is a Moor whom Robin helped escape from the dungeons when he made his own escape. Azeem feels strongly that he owes a life for a life and follows Robin around until that repayment is made.

The late Alan Rickman was absolutely brilliant as the Sheriff of Nottingham.

5. In which movie do we find Freeman as U.S. President Beck, a leader faced with some very difficult decisions regarding the survival of the human race?

Answer: Deep Impact

This 1998 movie presents us with a world where the extinction of life as we know it seems likely, as a huge comet hurtles towards Earth. When an attempt to move the comet off its course fails, Beck's government creates a lottery of people most likely to rebuild civilisation, to be allowed entrance to the shelter. Out of 800,000 names in the lottery, only 200,000 are chosen.

6. This movie has Freeman playing another president, a South African one. Which movie shows how sports can unite a country?

Answer: Invictus

"Invictus" (2009) gives us the story of the South African rugby team and their battle for the 1995 World Rugby Cup, hosted by South Africa. Freeman plays Nelson Mandela, the first non-white president of South Africa after the fall of Apartheid. Mandela recognises the dissension in the country and meets with Francois Pienaar, the captain of the Springbok rugby team, and together they succeed in beginning to unite the nation through pride in the team.

7. In which movie do we find Freeman playing Detective Alex Cross, a forensic psychologist who is drawn back into the game when a kidnapper contacts him directly?

Answer: Along Came a Spider

Retired from the force, Detective Cross is licking his wounds after the death of his partner, an event that he feels partially responsible for. He is drawn back into the game when he is personally contacted by the kidnapper of a U.S. senator's daughter.

He is joined in his investigation by the Secret Service agent whose lapse in security allowed the kidnapping. But everything is not what it seems in this 2001 film.

8. In what Oscar winning picture (that also won an Oscar for Freeman) do we find Freeman playing Eddie 'Scrap-Iron' Dupris, a man who's blind in one eye?

Answer: Million Dollar Baby

Through sheer determination Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank), an exceptionally talented boxer, eventually manages to convince Frankie Dunn (Clint Eastwood) to train her. She seems unstoppable, until someone fights dirty. Eddie 'Scrap-Iron' Dupris (Morgan Freeman) is the gym assistant at Dunn's place.
"Million Dollar Baby" (2004) won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director (Eastwood), Best Actress (Swank) and Best Supporting Actor (Freeman).

9. In which comedy do we find Freeman, as God, handing over the role to someone else to prove a point?

Answer: Bruce Almighty

Bruce Nolan (Jim Carrey), a television reporter, has a run of bad luck combined with some nasty back-stabbing. Bruce has an outburst that results in his dismissal but he angrily announces that God is "the one who should be fired". God hands over the power to Bruce, with some pretty strict ground rules. Bruce initially enjoys his new powers but soon becomes overwhelmed and is happy to hand them back to where they belong.

10. What movie pairs Freeman as the seasoned Detective Lieutenant William Somerset with younger Detective David Mills, on the hunt for a killer who is murdering people based on the deadly sins?

Answer: Seven

Kevin Spacey is brilliant as the murderer known only as John Doe while Brad Pitt plays the short-tempered Mills in this 1995 movie. A series of bizarre and gruesome murders lead the detectives to realise that the murders are being fashioned after the seven deadly sins: gluttony; greed; sloth; lust; pride; envy and wrath.

The goal of the detectives is to catch John Doe before all seven murders are committed, but can they manage in time?

Source: Author skunkee

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Questions		Choices
1. In which movie did Morgan star as Carter, a cancer patient whose life is changed when he meets fellow cancer patient Edward?		Seven
2. In which movie does Morgan first introduce inventor Lucius Fox?		Deep Impact
3. In which film did Freeman play hit man Charlie, chasing a car containing drugs across the country?		Along Came a Spider
4. In which movie does Morgan appear as Azeem, a Moor who travels to England to repay the saving of his life?		Bruce Almighty
5. In which movie do we find Freeman as U.S. President Beck, a leader faced with some very difficult decisions regarding the survival of the human race?		Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
6. This movie has Freeman playing another president, a South African one. Which movie shows how sports can unite a country?		Batman Begins
7. In which movie do we find Freeman playing Detective Alex Cross, a forensic psychologist who is drawn back into the game when a kidnapper contacts him directly?		The Bucket List
8. In what Oscar winning picture (that also won an Oscar for Freeman) do we find Freeman playing Eddie 'Scrap-Iron' Dupris, a man who's blind in one eye?		Million Dollar Baby
9. In which comedy do we find Freeman, as God, handing over the role to someone else to prove a point?		Nurse Betty
10. What movie pairs Freeman as the seasoned Detective Lieutenant William Somerset with younger Detective David Mills, on the hunt for a killer who is murdering people based on the deadly sins?		Invictus

The very talented Morgan Freeman has had a long and respectable career in movies. Match the character he played with the correct movie.