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Quiz about A Beautiful Mind The Mistakes

"A Beautiful Mind" - The Mistakes Quiz

Do you know "A Beautiful Mind" well enough to even know the mistakes?

A multiple-choice quiz by Minerva. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Minerva

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
85,520

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

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2930

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Question 1 of 10

1. In a scene that takes place in 1956 or 1957, Alicia Nash places an orange Tupperware container in the refrigerator. What is wrong about this particular Tupperware container? Hint

The model was not yet invented

They didn't make orange plastic at that time

The lid was made from titanium

Tupperware was not invented

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Question 2 of 10

2. In the end, when Nash gets standing ovations from the Nobel-prize audience which word is clearly spelt wrongly? Hint

Prize

Nash

Forbes

Nobel

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Question 3 of 10

3. When John's wife is in the bathroom she drinks all of the water in a cup. What is wrong about the cup when she throws it against the mirror? Hint

The colour of the contents of the cup has changed.

It is a different cup

It is full again

The cup is already broken

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Question 4 of 10

4. In the scene where he returns from the Pentagon to his place of employment, John Nash walks by an American flag. What is wrong with this flag? Hint

It's actually the flag from the state of New York

The white stripes are pink

The red stripes are pink

It has too many stars on it

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Question 5 of 10

5. Mid movie, they show a "Timex" wall clock. What is wrong with this? Hint

"Timex" did not make synchronized wall clocks

"Timex" was not a clock company

"Timex" didn't exist then

Synchronized wall clocks were not invented

6. In the scene when Nash is put into the car and is being taken away to the hospital, there is a line of people watching him drive away. Two of the specatators are the imaginary roommate, Charles, and the little girl. They are standing in front of rest of the spectators. What do the other spectators do which is wrong? Hint

One person puts his hand on Charles's shoulder

They talk to Charles and the girl

They look around Charles and the girl

They push Charles and the girl out of the way

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Question 7 of 10

7. When John Nash enters the cafe at the end and the people start giving him the pens, the first two go down pretty much perpendicular to him. In the next shot what has happened to them? Hint

They have gone

There are three pens

They have changed angle

They are different pens

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Question 8 of 10

8. How old do they refer to Nash's son being in 1994 although he was born in 1954? Hint

In his 30s

In his 20s

In his 40s

in his 50s

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Question 9 of 10

9. In the scenes where John Nash is doing his work in the garage, when we get a shot of the outside of the garage. What changes about the garage from one shot to the next? Hint

The windows are placed differently

It swaps from a single to a double

The trees alternate between having leaves and not having leaves

There are no doors

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Question 10 of 10

10. Remember the scene near the beginning of the movie where Nash is in his room trying to come up with his original idea and hits his head against the window? In the next few shots what changes? Hint

The stains on his clothes

The colour of his hair

The placement of his hair

The blood on his forehead

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In a scene that takes place in 1956 or 1957, Alicia Nash places an orange Tupperware container in the refrigerator. What is wrong about this particular Tupperware container?

Answer: The model was not yet invented

Although Tupperware first became very popular in the mid-50s, the particular model of Tupperware used in the film was not introduced until the late 60s or early 70s.

2. In the end, when Nash gets standing ovations from the Nobel-prize audience which word is clearly spelt wrongly?

Answer: Nobel

They spell it 'Noble'.

3. When John's wife is in the bathroom she drinks all of the water in a cup. What is wrong about the cup when she throws it against the mirror?

Answer: It is full again

They played this scene at the "Academy Awards" when Jennifer Connelly won Best Supporting Actress.

4. In the scene where he returns from the Pentagon to his place of employment, John Nash walks by an American flag. What is wrong with this flag?

Answer: It has too many stars on it

The flag has the staggered row arrangement of the current 50 stars, not the 48 star flag you should see in the 1950's.

5. Mid movie, they show a "Timex" wall clock. What is wrong with this?

Answer: "Timex" did not make synchronized wall clocks

"Simplex" made the synchronized wall clocks, not "Timex".

Answer: They look around Charles and the girl

As the car is driving away you see a female student look around the imaginary roommate to see the moving car. If the roommate can only be seen by Nash why did she need to look around the roommate to watch the car drive away?

7. When John Nash enters the cafe at the end and the people start giving him the pens, the first two go down pretty much perpendicular to him. In the next shot what has happened to them?

Answer: They have changed angle

It shows them all turned 90 degrees.

8. How old do they refer to Nash's son being in 1994 although he was born in 1954?

Answer: In his 20s

There are two references to the age of Nash's son which take place in 1994. In both cases he is referred to as a young man in his twenties - once by comparison to the waitress in the tea room and once as "being at Harvard". He also is shown in the last scene as somewhere in his twenties. According to the movie he was born in 1954 or 1955 which would have make him far older than 20 in 1994

9. In the scenes where John Nash is doing his work in the garage, when we get a shot of the outside of the garage. What changes about the garage from one shot to the next?

Answer: It swaps from a single to a double

10. Remember the scene near the beginning of the movie where Nash is in his room trying to come up with his original idea and hits his head against the window? In the next few shots what changes?

Answer: The blood on his forehead

When he turns to his imaginary roommate after that, there is blood on his forehead. Then, in some of the next shots, his forehead is clean, and then the blood returns on it.

Source: Author Minerva

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