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