Films Adapted from Non-Fiction Books - Statistics

Jump to: Answer Stats | Score Distribution | Your Scores

General Stats

This quiz has been taken 104 times
The average score is 9 of 18

Answer Stats

Film	Book	Hint	Film	% Correct
2002	1927	About 19th century criminal groups in New York City	Gangs of New York	78%
1976	1974	Chronicles investigative reporting of the Watergate scandal	All the President's Men	76%
2001	1999	About the crew of a helicopter shot down in the Battle of Mogadishu	Black Hawk Down	74%
2009	2006	Foster parents help Michael Oher overcome an impoverished upbringing to play in the NFL.	The Blind Side	64%
2016	2016	Three African-American women are mathematicians at NASA	Hidden Figures	60%
1997	1987	African slaves gain control of the Spanish ship transporting them.	Amistad	57%
2007	1996	Christopher McCandless hikes into the Alaskan wilderness	Into the Wild	55%
2011	2003	The Oakland Athletics use sabermetrics to build a team of undervalued talent.	Moneyball	55%
2015	2010	About people who profited from the financial crisis of 2007–08	The Big Short	52%
1997	1952	The life of Austrian Heinrich Harrer in Lhasa and surrounding areas from 1944 to 1951	Seven Years in Tibet	51%
1990	1973	Neurologist Dr. Malcolm Sayer treats catatonic patients with drug L-DOPA.	Awakenings	50%
1995	1995	Sam "Ace" Rothstein is asked by the Chicago Outfit to oversee operations at the Tangiers in Las Vegas	Casino	48%
2004	1990	Follows the coach and players of a high school football team in Odessa, Texas	Friday Night Lights	41%
1983	1979	Documents the stories of the first Project Mercury astronauts	The Right Stuff	36%
2017	2013	The making of Tommy Wiseau's infamous film The Room	The Disaster Artist	27%
2002	1998	Loose adaptation of Susan Orlean's The Orchid Thief	Adaptation	24%
1997	1993	Follows Howard Stern's life from boyhood to his rise to success in radio	Private Parts	24%
1993	1987	Chronicles the discovery and spread of AIDS with emphasis on government indifference	And the Band Played On	12%

Score Distribution

Percent of People with Each Score

Percentile by Number Answered

Your Score History

You have not taken this quiz

Countries of the World Quiz

EU Countries Quiz

Best-Selling Video Game Consoles

Countries with Nuclear Weapons

Richest Countries by Per-Capita GDP

Spanish Food Words

Disney Princesses

Name Every Beatles Song

Signs of the Zodiac Quiz

Most-Spoken Languages of the United States