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Historical Figures in Movies #1
Can you answer 50 questions about historical figures that were portrayed in movies?
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1. Which real-life astronaut Tom Hanks played in space drama Apollo 13?
John Glen
Alan Shepard
Neil Armstrong
Jim Lovell
2. Which Formula One driver Daniel Brühl played in the movie Rush?
James Hunt
Niki Lauda
Ayrton Senna
Alain Prost
3. Matt Damon portrayed Francois Pienaar in the movie Invictus. Which sport did he play?
Hurling
Soccer
Rugby
Baseball
4. Which former tennis star did Emma Stone portray in the movie Battle of the Sexes?
Martina Navratilova
Billie Jean King
Margaret Court
Chris Evert
5. What is the title of the movie in which Viggo Mortensen played the role of Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud?
A Beautiful Mind
Young Dr. Freud
The Theory of Everything
A Dangerous Method
6. Which actor portrayed former American president Harry S. Truman in Truman?
Christopher Lambert
Cary Elwes
Gary Sinise
Nicolas Cage
7. Which actor portrayed Alexander The Great in Alexander?
Eric Bana
Russell Crowe
Colin Farrell
Brad Pitt
8. What is the title of the movie in which John Cusack portrayed Edgar Allan Poe?
The Black Cat
The Raven
Lunacy
Tales of Poe
9. Ed Harris portrayed Jackson Pollock in the movie Pollock. What was his occupation?
Painter
Film director
Writer
Politician
10. Who portrayed an Australian outlaw Ned Kelly in 2003 movie?
Jake Gyllenhaal
Ben Affleck
Heath Ledger
Edward Norton
11. Who portrayed Pope Benedict XVI in 2019 movie The Two Popes?
Jude Law
Ben Kingsley
Anthony Hopkins
Jonathan Pryce
12. Who played Frank Serpico, a former NYPD detective in 1973 movie Serpico?
Michael Caine
Marlon Brando
Al Pacino
Dustin Hoffman
13. Gérard Depardieu portrayed Cyrano de Bergerac in 1990 movie. What was his occupation?
Opera singer
Painter
Novelist
Composer
14. Which painter Willem Defoe portrayed in the movie At Eternity's Gate?
Claude Monet
Henri Matisse
Salvador Dali
Vincent Van Gogh
15. Who played Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the movie Amadeus?
Kenny Baker
F. Murray Abraham
Jeffrey Jones
Tom Hulce
16. Which character Robert De Niro played in the movie The Untouchables?
Bugsy Siegel
John Dillinger
Lucky Luciano
Al Capone
17. What is the title of the movie in which Joseph Fiennes played William Shakespeare?
Hamlet
Shakespeare in Love
Romeo+Juliet
The Merchant of Venice
18. Which explorer Gerard Depardieu portrayed in the movie 1492: Conquest of Paradise?
Ferdinand Magellan
Amerigo Vespucci
Vasco da Gama
Christopher Columbus
19. What is the title of the movie in which Martin Sheen portrayed commander Robert E. Lee?
Cold Mountain
Free State of Jones
Gettysburg
Glory
20. Paul Giamatti portrayed second president of the USA in the miniseries. What was his name?
James Monroe
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
21. What is the title of the movie in which Tom Hanks portrayed Walt Disney?
Walt Before Mickey
Pollyanna
Saving Mr. Banks
The Happiest Millionaire
22. What is the title of the movie in which Robert De Niro portrayed the boxer Jake LaMotta?
Raging Bull
Rocky II
Southpaw
Creed
23. Gretchen Mol portrayed Bettie Page in the movie The Notorious Bettie Page. What was her occupation?
Swimmer
Model
Dancer
Singer
24. In which movie Johnny Depp played Boston mobster Whitey Bulger?
The Departed
American Gangster
Road to Perdition
Black Mass
25. Margot Robbie appeared as Tonya Harding in I, Tonya. In which sport did she compete?
Figure skating
Athletics
Swimming
Gymnastics
26. What is the title of the movie in which Saoirse Ronan portrayed Mary Stuart?
Mary Queen of Scots
A Queen is Crowned
The Favourite
The Queen
27. Who portrayed Elizabeth Taylor in the movie Liz & Dick?
Natasha Richardson
Amanda Seyfried
Margot Robbie
Lindsay Lohan
28. What is the title of the movie in which Forest Whitaker portray Idi Amin?
The Last King of Scotland
Invictus
Hotel Rwanda
Blood Diamond
29. What is the title of the movie in which Judy Dench portray Queen Elizabeth I?
Elizabeth
Shakespeare in Love
The Virgin Queen
Mary Queen of Scots
30. Which legendary actress did Cate Blanchett portray in the movie The Aviator?
Katharine Hepburn
Vivien Leigh
Bette Davis
Ingrid Bergman
31. What is the title of the movie in which Sam Rockwell appeared as George W. Bush?
The Candidate
Vice
Argo
All the President's Men
32. Who portrayed former First Lady Jackie Kennedy in 2016 movie Jackie?
Emma Stone
Natalie Portman
Keira Knightley
Sandra Bullock
33. Who portrayed Tina Turner in 1993 movie What's Love Got to Do with It?
Viola Davis
Regina King
Gabrielle Union
Angela Bassett
34. Who portrayed Pope Francis in 2019 movie The Two Popes?
Jonathan Pryce
Jude Law
Anthony Hopkins
Ben Kingsley
35. What is the title of the movie in which Anthony Hopkins portrayed painter Pablo Picasso?
The Mystery of Picasso
Genius
Lust for Life
Surviving Picasso
36. Frank Langella appeared as Richard Nixon in 2008 movie Frost/Nixon. Who was David Frost?
Journalist
Politician
Musician
Lawyer
37. Brad Pitt portrayed Billy Bean in 2011 movie Moneyball. What sport did he play?
Baseball
Soccer
American football
Cricket
38. What is the title of the movie in which Leonardo DiCaprio portrayed business magnate Howard Hughes?
The Revenant
The Great Gatsby
The Aviator
Revolutionary Road
39. What is the title of the movie in which Dennis Quaid portrayed the musician Jerry Lee Lewis?
Great Balls of Fire
Walk the Line
Jersey Boys
Get on Up
40. In which TV series did Diego Luna appeared as drug lord Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo?
True Blood
Weeds
Narcos: Mexico
Breaking Bad
41. Liam Neeson played Oskar Schindler in Schindler's List. When was the movie released?
1988
1993
2000
1982
42. What is the title of the movie in which Kirk Douglas portrayed famous painter Vincent Van Gogh?
Dreams
Lust for Life
Vincent & Theo
Loving Vincent
43. Leonardo DiCaprio portrayed J. Edgar Hoover in the movie J. Edgar. What was his occupation?
NASA director
DEA director
FBI director
CIA director
44. Rami Malek won the Academy Award portraying Freddie Mercury in the Bohemian Rhapsody. How did Freddie die?
heart attack
murder
cancer
AIDS
45. Who appeared as tennis player John McEnroe in Borg vs McEnroe movie?
Zac Efron
Shia LaBeouf
Brian Austin Green
Tom Hardy
46. Which physicist did Geoffrey Rush portray in the 1st season of the TV series Genius?
Albert Einstein
Blaise Pascal
Nikola Tesla
Isaac Newton
47. Which painter did Antonio Banderas portray in the 2nd season of the TV series Genius?
Francisco Goya
Pablo Picasso
Rembrandt
Vincent Van Gogh
48. For which movie did Gary Oldman win the Academy Award while portraying Winston Churchill?
All the King's Men
Darkest Hour
The War Room
The Candidate
49. Which composer did Gary Oldman portray in the movie Immortal Beloved?
Mozart
Strauss
Bach
Beethoven
50. What is the name of the movie in which Marion Cotillard portrayed the singer Edith Piaf?
Life in Pink
Purple Rain
A Star is Born
Moulin Rouge!
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