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Blending Fact and Fiction Trivia Quiz

This quiz deals with movies and novels that are loosely derived from facts. Very loosely.

A multiple-choice quiz by robert362. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
robert362

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
89,581

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
3012

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Irving Stone is one of the best known writers of the "historical novel". Who is the subject of his book, "The Agony and the Ecstasy"? Hint

Leonardo

Mozart

Beethoven

Michelangelo

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who is the subject of Stone's "Lust for Life"? Hint

Abraham Lincoln

Shakespeare

Socrates

Vincent Van Gogh

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who is being described in "A Dead Man in Deptford" ? Hint

Christopher Marlowe

Lee Harvey Oswald

Guy Fawkes

John Wilkes Booth

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who is the author of "Dead Man in Deptford"? Hint

Anthony Burgess

Herman Wouk

John Fowles

Leon Uris

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Question 5 of 10

5. Irving Stone once more: Who did he write about in "The Passions of the Mind"? Hint

Sigmund Freud

Copernicus

Charles Darwin

Aristotle

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Question 6 of 10

6. "The Valley of the Dolls" was a novel (and later a movie) that was said to be based on actual people. Who was the author? Hint

Irving Wallace

Harold Robbins

Jacqueline Susann

Arthur Haley

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of the following is said to be one of the people being depicted in "Valley of the Dolls"? Hint

Judy Garland

Bette Davis

Jean Harlow

Katharine Hepburn

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Question 8 of 10

8. Errol Flynn starred in "The Sea Hawk". Who is being loosely described in the story? Hint

Francis Drake

John Cabot

Walter Raleigh

Henry Hudson

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Question 9 of 10

9. "Citizen Kane" is considered to be the masterpiece work of Orson Welles. Who is supposedly being described? Hint

Andrew Carnegie

Henry Ford

John D. Rockefeller

William Randolph Hearst

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Question 10 of 10

10. "Dominique" was a big hit for "The Singing Nun". Who played her in the movie? Hint

Florence Henderson

Rose Marie

Ginger Rogers

Debbie Reynolds

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Irving Stone is one of the best known writers of the "historical novel". Who is the subject of his book, "The Agony and the Ecstasy"?

Answer: Michelangelo

Tortured Michelangelo - as played by Charlton Heston.

2. Who is the subject of Stone's "Lust for Life"?

Answer: Vincent Van Gogh

Kirk Douglas as Van Gogh; Anthony Quinn as his friend, Gauguin.

3. Who is being described in "A Dead Man in Deptford" ?

Answer: Christopher Marlowe

Marlowe's death in Deptford (England) is quite curious; this novel considers some possibile explanations.

4. Who is the author of "Dead Man in Deptford"?

Answer: Anthony Burgess

Burgess (of "Clockwork Orange" fame) is the author.

5. Irving Stone once more: Who did he write about in "The Passions of the Mind"?

Answer: Sigmund Freud

This one was about Sigmund the great.

6. "The Valley of the Dolls" was a novel (and later a movie) that was said to be based on actual people. Who was the author?

Answer: Jacqueline Susann

Susann, considered by some to be the "queen of trash" is the author.

7. Which of the following is said to be one of the people being depicted in "Valley of the Dolls"?

Answer: Judy Garland

Barbara Parkins, Sharon Tate, Patty Duke and Susan Hayward in the cast. One character, the pill-popper, is said to be based on Garland.

8. Errol Flynn starred in "The Sea Hawk". Who is being loosely described in the story?

Answer: Francis Drake

The great Elizabethan explorer, sailor-solider and adventurer.

9. "Citizen Kane" is considered to be the masterpiece work of Orson Welles. Who is supposedly being described?

Answer: William Randolph Hearst

The fictional Kane was said to be inspired by Hearst.

10. "Dominique" was a big hit for "The Singing Nun". Who played her in the movie?

Answer: Debbie Reynolds

In and out of the convent (as well as her singing career), she struggled for a while.

Source: Author robert362

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