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Quiz about Movies About Baseball
Quiz about Movies About Baseball

10 Questions: Movies About Baseball Multiple Choice Quiz | Movies


All of the movies mentioned below are about baseball, covering everything from major league ball, to the minor leagues, to the Japanese leagues, to the women's league which operated during World War II, to kids' sandlot ball, to a Black barnstorming team

A multiple-choice quiz by chessart. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
chessart
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
196
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
18484
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 170 (8/10), Guest 76 (10/10), Guest 75 (9/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Baseball-lover Kevin Costner stars in all of the following movies except which one? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. James Earl Jones was in all of the following baseball movies except which one? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. The veteran American ballplayer playing in Japan in 'Mr. Baseball' was played by what baseball-loving actor, who often would be seen wearing a Detroit Tigers cap on the set of his TV show? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. The film 'Major league' shows a group of misfits playing for what Major League team, which has not won a World Series since 1948? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Whose mammoth home run knocked out the lights in 'The Natural'? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Which film is about life in the minor leagues? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Which film is about a Black baseball team barnstorming through mid-America in 1939? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. The highly-acclaimed film 'Eight Men Out' tells the true story of what? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. What team does the 12-year-old boy with the 100-mph fastball play for in 'Rookie of the Year'? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Who played one of the most hated ballplayers ever in the 1994 film 'Cobb', after winning an Oscar for his work in 'The Fugitive'? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Baseball-lover Kevin Costner stars in all of the following movies except which one?

Answer: The Natural

Costner is a big baseball fan, and often attends the games of his alma mater, Cal State-Fullerton.
2. James Earl Jones was in all of the following baseball movies except which one?

Answer: Angels in the Outfield

Jones has also played a baseball player on Broadway, winning a Tony award in 1987 for his portrayal of a frustrated baseball player in "Fences", a play by August Wilson.
3. The veteran American ballplayer playing in Japan in 'Mr. Baseball' was played by what baseball-loving actor, who often would be seen wearing a Detroit Tigers cap on the set of his TV show?

Answer: Tom Selleck

A true baseball lover, Selleck actually joined the Tigers for spring training in 1992. He even got into a spring training game, fouling away half a dozen pitches before striking out against Bobby Ayala of the Cincinnati Reds.
4. The film 'Major league' shows a group of misfits playing for what Major League team, which has not won a World Series since 1948?

Answer: Cleveland Indians

As of the end of the 2002 season, the Indians are still looking for their first championship since 1948, the fourth-longest such drought behind the Cubs, White Sox, and Red Sox.
5. Whose mammoth home run knocked out the lights in 'The Natural'?

Answer: Robert Redford

"The Natural" was directed by Barry Levinson, loosely based on the novel by Bernard Malamud. The ending, however, was changed from the dark ending in the novel.
6. Which film is about life in the minor leagues?

Answer: Bull Durham

The best film I have ever seen about life in the minor leagues. In particular, two scenes on the team bus show the tedium of the constant travel from one town to another that characterizes life in the minor leagues.
7. Which film is about a Black baseball team barnstorming through mid-America in 1939?

Answer: The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings

Superb performances by Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones, and Richard Pryor.
8. The highly-acclaimed film 'Eight Men Out' tells the true story of what?

Answer: The 1919 Chicago 'Black Sox' scandal

Directed by John Sayles, from the book by Eliot Asinof. The film has been praised for its true-to-life quality, especially in the way it portrays the notorious skinflint White Sox owner, Charles Comiskey, who treated his players like slaves.
9. What team does the 12-year-old boy with the 100-mph fastball play for in 'Rookie of the Year'?

Answer: Chicago Cubs

The teams which have historically been losers have frequently been the subject for such "phenom" films. Here it is the Cubs, in "Major League" it was the Indians, in "Damn Yankees" it was the Senators, and in "Angels in the Outfield" (1994 version) it was the Angels. The latter, however, shed its loser image with a stirring come-from-behind win over the Giants in the 2002 World Series.
10. Who played one of the most hated ballplayers ever in the 1994 film 'Cobb', after winning an Oscar for his work in 'The Fugitive'?

Answer: Tommy Lee Jones

Goodman played Babe Ruth in the 1992 film 'The Babe'.
Source: Author chessart

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