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Quiz about Hollywood Handles Hatred
Quiz about Hollywood Handles Hatred

Hollywood Handles Hatred Trivia Quiz


All of these movies are about the violence and cruelty perpetuated on humanity in the name of religion, politics or racial purity. When are we ever going to learn?

A multiple-choice quiz by skunkee. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
skunkee
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
186,124
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
3026
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. (1993) As unlikely a hero as you'll ever find, Oskar started out looking for cheap labour to help him make a profit in his factory. But when he saw the way the Jews were being brutalized in the Krakow ghetto, before being shipped to Auschwitz for extermination, he made it his life's work to save as many as he could. Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. (1997) At the age of 8, Frankie saw his father gunned down by a Loyalist assassin. Raised on hatred, Frankie soon became an important man in the I.R.A. When things get too hot, he's sent to America, to bring back weapons. Tom O'Meara, the cop who offers Frankie a room in his basement, discovers Frankie's mission, and makes it his mission to stop Frankie and the killing. Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. (1988) Set in the American South, two FBI agents attempt to investigate the disappearance (and assumed murder) of young civil rights workers in the '60s. The agents have their work cut out for them, getting someone to break the code of silence in a town where prejudice and segregation are the accepted way of life. Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. (1991) Although the main part of this movie takes place in Sherwood Forest, it does have a much darker beginning. Following their king on his 'Crusade' to win back their Holy Land, two young Englishmen find themselves captured and imprisoned by the Turks. With the help of a fellow prisoner, who happens to be a Moor, they escape, but one is mortally wounded, and only our hero and his Moorish companion make it to the shores of England alive. Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. (1970) Somewhere around the age of 100, Jack Crabb looks back on his life in the American west. Raised by Native Americans, Jack's done it all, including serving as a scout for General Custer at Little Big Horn, after seeing his Native wife killed. Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. (1982) In 1973, Chilean dictator Pinochet staged a coup to overthrow the elected reformist party, who had been backed in the election by the Chilean Communist Party. In the ensuing bloodbath thousands were killed, including 2 U.S. citizens. This movie tells the story of the father and widow of Charles Hormon, and their attempts to find some answers. Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. (1984) Sydney Schanberg was a journalist in Cambodia in 1975, when Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge launched their 'Cambodian Holocaust'. His colleague, Dith Pran was a local. Being American, Schanberg had no trouble getting out of Cambodia, but his friend was not allowed to leave. Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. (1986) It's 1327, and a strange series of murders in a Benedictine Abbey has everyone terrified of the upcoming visit of the Holy Inquisitor, Bernardo Gui. It's up to William of Baskerville, a travelling monk, and his young apprentice to solve the murders before the Holy Inquisition arrives. Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. (1983) British officers find themselves imprisoned in a Japanese Prisoner of War camp, run by the particularly cruel and ruthless Capt. Yanoi. Yanoi believes in honour and discipline, and sees his charges as cowards because they allowed themselves to become imprisoned, instead of taking the honourable route and committing suicide. In the hopes of making things easier all around, one British Officer tries to understand Yanoi's point of view. His comrades treat him as a traitor for his efforts. Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. (1987) Raised in South Africa, Donald Woods had no reason to question the system of laws known as Apartheid...at least not until he met Steve Biko, an activist for black rights. Woods soon becomes an admirer of Biko's, a fact that does not go unnoticed by the police. When Biko dies in jail, Woods writes a book about him, but finds that he has to leave South Africa to get it published. Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. (1993) As unlikely a hero as you'll ever find, Oskar started out looking for cheap labour to help him make a profit in his factory. But when he saw the way the Jews were being brutalized in the Krakow ghetto, before being shipped to Auschwitz for extermination, he made it his life's work to save as many as he could.

Answer: Schindler's List

Honoured by Israel in 1962 as a 'Righteous Gentile', Oskar Schindler showed how much of a difference one man can make. Although numbers vary depending on what source you read; it is safe to say that Schindler was personally responsible for saving the lives of over 1200 European Jews from Hitler's 'ethnic cleansing'. After the war he was hated in Germany, as a constant reminder to those who knew of what was happening to the Jews, but did nothing.
Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley and Ralph Fiennes delivered amazing performances under Steven Spielberg's direction.
2. (1997) At the age of 8, Frankie saw his father gunned down by a Loyalist assassin. Raised on hatred, Frankie soon became an important man in the I.R.A. When things get too hot, he's sent to America, to bring back weapons. Tom O'Meara, the cop who offers Frankie a room in his basement, discovers Frankie's mission, and makes it his mission to stop Frankie and the killing.

Answer: The Devil's Own

Alan J. Pakula directed this interesting film that addressed the religious-based hatred responsible for the years of violence in Northern Ireland. Frankie's experience of watching his father gunned down was not an uncommon one in the '70s, when both the Loyalists and the I.R.A. frequently used this form of punishment and warning.
Harrison Ford and Brad Pitt starred.
3. (1988) Set in the American South, two FBI agents attempt to investigate the disappearance (and assumed murder) of young civil rights workers in the '60s. The agents have their work cut out for them, getting someone to break the code of silence in a town where prejudice and segregation are the accepted way of life.

Answer: Mississippi Burning

Alan Parker directed this movie that takes a look at racial hatred in America, at a time when segregation was still legal. Although the main characters were fictional, the murder of the civil rights workers was not. Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe played the two FBI agents. Frances McDormand and Brad Dourif also starred.
4. (1991) Although the main part of this movie takes place in Sherwood Forest, it does have a much darker beginning. Following their king on his 'Crusade' to win back their Holy Land, two young Englishmen find themselves captured and imprisoned by the Turks. With the help of a fellow prisoner, who happens to be a Moor, they escape, but one is mortally wounded, and only our hero and his Moorish companion make it to the shores of England alive.

Answer: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

Kevin Reynolds directed this film which focused mainly on Robin's (played by Kevin Costner) attempts to overthrow the oppressive rule of the Sheriff of Nottingham (brilliantly played by Alan Rickman). Morgan Freeman played the Moorish companion, who taught Robin a lot about tolerating religious differences.

The Crusades are another example of the horror that is perpetuated in the name of religion.
5. (1970) Somewhere around the age of 100, Jack Crabb looks back on his life in the American west. Raised by Native Americans, Jack's done it all, including serving as a scout for General Custer at Little Big Horn, after seeing his Native wife killed.

Answer: Little Big Man

Arthur Penn directed the incomparable Dustin Hoffman in the role of Jack Crabb. Faye Dunaway, Chief Dan George and Richard Mulligan also starred. Although the story of Crabb's life was fictional, the treatment of the Native Americans was not. The slaughter of the Natives by European interlopers, despite the fact that they were living on lands that had been given to them in treaties, is a terrible part of our history.
6. (1982) In 1973, Chilean dictator Pinochet staged a coup to overthrow the elected reformist party, who had been backed in the election by the Chilean Communist Party. In the ensuing bloodbath thousands were killed, including 2 U.S. citizens. This movie tells the story of the father and widow of Charles Hormon, and their attempts to find some answers.

Answer: Missing

Costa-Gavras directed this very powerful, fact based movie that starred Jack Lemmon, Cissy Spacek and John Shea. The answers that Hormon's family found were disturbing, to say the least. There is reason to believe that not only did the U.S. government support Pinochet in his coup, to prevent Chile from becoming communist, but that they also were complicit in Hormon's murder, because he knew too much. Pinochet's genocide is yet another example of man's inhumanity to man.
7. (1984) Sydney Schanberg was a journalist in Cambodia in 1975, when Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge launched their 'Cambodian Holocaust'. His colleague, Dith Pran was a local. Being American, Schanberg had no trouble getting out of Cambodia, but his friend was not allowed to leave.

Answer: The Killing Fields

Over 2 million people, or 'undesirables' were killed in the Khmer Rouge's attempt to build an agrarian society by ridding themselves of urban dwellers. As far as they were concerned, everyone should live and work like peasants, and those who had chosen an urban lifestyle had shown themselves to be supporters of capitalism, and therefor had to be eliminated.
Roland Joffe directed this very powerful film that starred Sam Waterson and Haing Ngor.
8. (1986) It's 1327, and a strange series of murders in a Benedictine Abbey has everyone terrified of the upcoming visit of the Holy Inquisitor, Bernardo Gui. It's up to William of Baskerville, a travelling monk, and his young apprentice to solve the murders before the Holy Inquisition arrives.

Answer: The Name of the Rose

Sean Connery and Christian Slater starred in this Jean-Jacques Annaud film about a time in Europe where people feared the church more than they feared God...and with good reason. When approached by his apprentice about trying to save a young girl who was about to be tortured, Baskerville replied, 'She is already burnt flesh, Adso. Bernardo Gui has spoken: she is a witch.' Such was the power of the church at the time - it was easy to obtain the 'confessions' you needed, when you got them through torture.
9. (1983) British officers find themselves imprisoned in a Japanese Prisoner of War camp, run by the particularly cruel and ruthless Capt. Yanoi. Yanoi believes in honour and discipline, and sees his charges as cowards because they allowed themselves to become imprisoned, instead of taking the honourable route and committing suicide. In the hopes of making things easier all around, one British Officer tries to understand Yanoi's point of view. His comrades treat him as a traitor for his efforts.

Answer: Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

Nagisa Oshima directed this excellent film that starred David Bowie, Tom Conti and Ryuichi Sakamoto. Although this movie was entirely fictional, the brutality of Japanese Prisoner of War camps during the Second World War has been well documented.
10. (1987) Raised in South Africa, Donald Woods had no reason to question the system of laws known as Apartheid...at least not until he met Steve Biko, an activist for black rights. Woods soon becomes an admirer of Biko's, a fact that does not go unnoticed by the police. When Biko dies in jail, Woods writes a book about him, but finds that he has to leave South Africa to get it published.

Answer: Cry Freedom

Richard Attenborough directed this amazing movie that was based on a true story. Denzel Washington and Kevin Kline starred. Apartheid is yet another dark chapter in man's history of inhumanity to man.
In ten different questions, there hasn't been the need to duplicate a topic. In fact there are plenty of other examples of how hatred and cruelty can be rationalized and justified. Sad, isn't it?
Source: Author skunkee

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