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