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Biographical film - Quiz
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  • 1. What is a biographical film also known as?
A) A character study
B) A historical feature
C) A biopic
D) A docudrama
  • 2. What is the primary subject of a biographical film?
A) A completely invented biography
B) The life of a real person
C) A fictional historical event
D) A group of mythical creatures
  • 3. How do biopics differ from docudramas?
A) They exclusively cover political events
B) They attempt to tell a single person's life story
C) They are never based on true events
D) They focus on multiple fictional characters
  • 4. Who is George F. Custen?
A) A biopic scholar
B) A film director
C) An actor who played Richard Nixon
D) A critic of Jennifer Lopez
  • 5. What did George F. Custen argue in his 1992 book?
A) The genre only focuses on women
B) The genre is more popular than ever
C) The genre died with the Hollywood studio era
D) The genre is a subgenre of documentary
  • 6. Who wrote 'Whose Lives Are They Anyway? The Biopic as Contemporary Film Genre'?
A) Ellen Cheshire
B) Dennis P. Bingham
C) Christopher Robé
D) George F. Custen
  • 7. According to Dennis P. Bingham, what distinguishes the male biopic genre?
A) It generally deals with great accomplishments
B) It focuses on child actors
C) It is exclusively about military leaders
D) It generally deals with victimization
  • 8. What does Dennis P. Bingham say the female biopic genre generally deals with?
A) Political conquests
B) Female victimization
C) Scientific breakthroughs
D) Corporate success stories
  • 9. Which author examined British/American films from the 1990s and 2000s in their 2014 book?
A) Roger Ebert
B) Ellen Cheshire
C) Darryl F. Zanuck
D) Anthony Hopkins
  • 10. Who wrote about gender norms in the biopic in 'Taking Hollywood Back'?
A) George F. Custen
B) Dennis P. Bingham
C) Ellen Cheshire
D) Christopher Robé
  • 11. How did Roger Ebert defend films like 'The Hurricane'?
A) He argued they are parables, not documentaries
B) He claimed they are 100% historically accurate
C) He insisted they should be ignored by critics
D) He believed they were solely for entertainment
  • 12. What is a major challenge in casting biographical films?
A) Ensuring the actor is the same age as the subject
B) Choosing only actors who look exactly like the subject
C) Balancing looks with the ability to portray characteristics
D) Finding actors who have never worked before
  • 13. Why did Anthony Hopkins feel he shouldn't have played Richard Nixon?
A) Lack of resemblance between the two
B) He did not like working with the director
C) He disagreed with the script's politics
D) He felt the film was too short
  • 14. Why was the casting of John Wayne as Genghis Khan criticized?
A) He was considered too young for the role
B) He did not want to wear the costume
C) An American actor was cast as a Mongol warlord
D) He had no acting experience at the time
  • 15. Which actor was criticized for playing Egyptian president Anwar Sadat?
A) John Wayne
B) Jennifer Lopez
C) Anthony Hopkins
D) Louis Gossett Jr.
  • 16. What was the objection to casting Jennifer Lopez as Selena?
A) She was not a famous actress at the time
B) She had never sung in a movie before
C) She is of Puerto Rican descent while Selena was Mexican American
D) She was considered too old for the role
  • 17. Who did Warren Beatty portray in Bonnie and Clyde?
A) Clyde Barrow
B) Ed Wood
C) Charlie Chaplin
D) J. Robert Oppenheimer
  • 18. Which actor played Mahatma Gandhi in the 1982 film Gandhi?
A) Jamie Foxx
B) Ben Kingsley
C) Johnny Depp
D) Jim Carrey
  • 19. Who portrayed Andy Kaufman in the film Man on the Moon?
A) Jim Carrey
B) Eddie Redmayne
C) Tom Hanks
D) Robert Downey Jr.
  • 20. In which film did Robert Downey Jr. play Lewis Strauss?
A) Oppenheimer
B) Ray
C) Chaplin
D) Saving Mr. Banks
  • 21. What is an 'auto biopic'?
A) A film with no actors
B) A film made by robots
C) A film where the subject plays themself
D) A film about automobiles
  • 22. Who played himself in the film The Jackie Robinson Story?
A) Howard Stern
B) Muhammad Ali
C) Jackie Robinson
D) Audie Murphy
  • 23. Which film features Howard Stern playing himself?
A) The Bob Mathias Story
B) Alice's Restaurant
C) Private Parts
D) Call Me Anna
  • 24. Which film became the highest-grossing biopic in 2018?
A) Michael
B) Bohemian Rhapsody
C) Oppenheimer
D) Ray
  • 25. What subject was featured in the 2023 film Oppenheimer?
A) Michael Jackson
B) Freddie Mercury
C) J. Robert Oppenheimer
D) Charlie Chaplin
  • 26. How much did the movie Michael earn on its opening weekend?
A) 100 million US
B) 217 million US
C) 17 million US
D) 500 million US
  • 27. Who played P. L. Travers in Saving Mr. Banks?
A) Emma Thompson
B) Faye Dunaway
C) Patty Duke
D) Fantasia
  • 28. Which actor portrayed Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything?
A) Eddie Redmayne
B) Cillian Murphy
C) Johnny Depp
D) Brad Pitt
  • 29. In which movie did Jaafar Jackson play the lead role?
A) Chaplin
B) Ray
C) The Greatest
D) Michael
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