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Quiz about Film Classics And Geography
Quiz about Film Classics And Geography

Film Classics And Geography Trivia Quiz


This quiz is about countries, cities, etc. and the role they play in some classic movies.

A multiple-choice quiz by flem-ish. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
flem-ish
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
70,033
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
1335
Last 3 plays: Guest 97 (5/10), Guest 176 (5/10), Hayes1953 (6/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. What country is Yul Brynner the King of in the 1956 movie 'The King and I'? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Where does Ensign Willie Keith (Robert Francis), the narrator of 'The Caine Mutiny' report for duty at the beginning of the film? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. The original story on which Lerner and Loewe based their movie 'Brigadoon' was the mythical German village of Germelshausen. To what part of the British Isles was this village transplanted both in the musical and in the film version with Gene Kelly? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. D.W. Griffith's 'Broken Blossoms' (1919) tells the story of Yellow Man, an ex-Buddhist monk and now a drug-addicted storekeeper, and Lucy, the illegitimate daughter of Battling Burrows who brutalises her. Where do Yellow Man and Lucy meet? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. In what country did William Holden, Alec Guinness and Jack Hawkins have to build a bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. What world-famous Carnival town is the background for 'Orfeu Negro'? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. In 'Arsenic and Old Lace' Mortimer Brewster's (=Cary Grant) aunts Abby and Martha mercifully kill off elderly people. Where do they send the corpses down to? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. In 'Anna Karenina' (1930) Greta Garbo falls in love with Count Vronsky, an officer of the Russian army. She leaves her husband Karenin (Basil Rathbone) and follows her soldier to Italy. Which town exactly? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. In a story based on a book by Ira Levin, Gregory Peck (as Dr Mengele) has to shoot Sir Laurence Olivier (as Ezra Liebermann). What is the title of the film (1978)? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. What country were Nigel (Hugh Grant) and Fiona originally on their way to (to rejuvenate their seven-year old marriage) in Polanski's 'Bitter Moon' when they met their corruptor Oscar? Hint



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Most Recent Scores
Mar 15 2024 : Guest 97: 5/10
Mar 13 2024 : Guest 176: 5/10
Feb 22 2024 : Hayes1953: 6/10
Feb 07 2024 : Guest 63: 6/10
Jan 29 2024 : Guest 99: 8/10

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What country is Yul Brynner the King of in the 1956 movie 'The King and I'?

Answer: Siam

Deborah Kerr is Anna Leonowens, a widowed English schoolteacher. The local authorities did not like the way their King had been portrayed.
2. Where does Ensign Willie Keith (Robert Francis), the narrator of 'The Caine Mutiny' report for duty at the beginning of the film?

Answer: Pearl Harbor

Humphrey Bogart is Captain Queeg. Van Johnson is Lieutenant Steve Maryk. Jose Ferrer is Lt Barry Greenwald. Fred McMurray is Lt. Tom Keeffer. (1954).
3. The original story on which Lerner and Loewe based their movie 'Brigadoon' was the mythical German village of Germelshausen. To what part of the British Isles was this village transplanted both in the musical and in the film version with Gene Kelly?

Answer: Scotland

The real Brig o' Doon can be seen in Alloway, Scotland in the heart of Robbie Burns country. Film dates back to 1954.
4. D.W. Griffith's 'Broken Blossoms' (1919) tells the story of Yellow Man, an ex-Buddhist monk and now a drug-addicted storekeeper, and Lucy, the illegitimate daughter of Battling Burrows who brutalises her. Where do Yellow Man and Lucy meet?

Answer: London

The film tells a story similar to Fellini's La Strada, with Giuletta Masini as Gelsomina ('Lucy') and Anthony Quinn as Zampano. (1954).
5. In what country did William Holden, Alec Guinness and Jack Hawkins have to build a bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors?

Answer: Thailand

Film dates back to 1957.
6. What world-famous Carnival town is the background for 'Orfeu Negro'?

Answer: Rio de Janeiro in Brazil

The story is about a black streetcar conductor's quest for the corpse of his beloved in the city-morgue of Rio, shortly after the Carnival (1959).
7. In 'Arsenic and Old Lace' Mortimer Brewster's (=Cary Grant) aunts Abby and Martha mercifully kill off elderly people. Where do they send the corpses down to?

Answer: Panama

They brew some special kind of elderberry wine to eliminate their victims. Mortimer's completely crazy brother Teddy then has to dig a grave for what the aunties call 'another yellow fever victim'. The basement where this happens is called 'the Panama Canal' by Abby and Martha. Peter Lorre is Dr. Einstein. Priscilla Lane is Elaine Harper. (1944).
8. In 'Anna Karenina' (1930) Greta Garbo falls in love with Count Vronsky, an officer of the Russian army. She leaves her husband Karenin (Basil Rathbone) and follows her soldier to Italy. Which town exactly?

Answer: Venice

Vronsky, however, lets her down to take part in the Turkish-Serbian war.
9. In a story based on a book by Ira Levin, Gregory Peck (as Dr Mengele) has to shoot Sir Laurence Olivier (as Ezra Liebermann). What is the title of the film (1978)?

Answer: The Boys from Brazil

Ira Levin is also the author of 'Rosemary's Baby'.
10. What country were Nigel (Hugh Grant) and Fiona originally on their way to (to rejuvenate their seven-year old marriage) in Polanski's 'Bitter Moon' when they met their corruptor Oscar?

Answer: India

Film dates back to 1992.
Source: Author flem-ish

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