Movie quiz biography answers

History Of Film Quiz 1

  • 1. 

    First film to show the use of camera shot composition, editing, and storytelling technique.

    Correct Answer
    A. Great Train Robbery

    Explanation
    The Great Train Robbery is considered the first film to showcase the use of camera shot composition, editing, and storytelling techniques. Released in 1903, this silent film directed by Edwin S. Porter revolutionized the way films were made. It introduced techniques such as cross-cutting, multiple camera angles, and a narrative structure that told a coherent story. The film's success paved the way for the development of modern filmmaking, making it a significant milestone in the history of cinema.

  • 2. 

    Muybridge settled a bet for ex-Governer Standford.  What was that bet:

    Correct Answer
    B. If horses hooves left the ground when they galloped

    Explanation
    Muybridge settled a bet regarding whether horses' hooves left the ground when they galloped.

  • 3. 

    Known as the Wizard of Menlo Park and the inventor of the first commercial cam

    TriviaBug

  • Val Kimler played a maverick rock star in 1991.

    The Doors

  • Sigourney Weaver played conservationist Diane Fossey in this 1987 film.

    Gorillas in the Mist

  • 1994 - Johny Depp played this horror movie maker.

    Ed Wood

  • Joaquin Phoenix plays Johny Cash in this 2005 biopic.

    Walk the Line

  • Philip Seymour Hoffman played this writer and won an Oscar in 2005.

    Capote

  • Warren Beatty plays John Reed in this 1981 movie about Russian revolution.

    Reds

  • 1998 biographical film about the running star Steve Prefontaine.

    Without Limits

  • 2005 - Russel Crowe boxes as James Braddock.

    Cinderella Man

  • 2003 - Gwyneth Paltrow plays this suicidal poet.

    Sylvia

  • 1994 - Jennifer Jason Leigh starred as the writer Dorothy Parker.

    Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

  • A 1942 biographical film about George M. Cohan, starring James Cagney.

    Yankee Doodle Dandy

  • 2006 - Forrest Whitaker plays the dictator Idi Amin.

    The Last King of Scotland

  • Peter O'Toole in this 1962 desert classic.

    Lawrence of Arabia

  • Robert De Niro plays the boxer Jake La Motta

    Biographical Movies Trivia

    1. In 1933, Greta Garbo played the lead role as the monarch at the head of an empire. What is the name of that monarch and also the film?


    From Quiz Real to Reel: Real People on the Silver Screen 3

    Answer: Queen Christina

    In "Queen Christina", the young monarch dedicates her whole life to the Swedish Empire and is even set up to marry her cousin, Karl Gustav, in order to provide the country with a blue-blooded heir to the throne. However, she eventually realises she has denied herself a life of her own. On a whim, she speeds off into the countryside in disguise and ends up falling in love with the Spanish envoy, Antonio, who is on his way to meet her in the capital. He has no idea with whom he has had a brief but ardent fling until they meet officially back in the city. He isn't best pleased and feels belittled, but in the end is won over once again. The public turn against him, she abdicates, and they flee the country, albeit separately. Unfortunately, whilst they are apart Gustav pops up and fatally wounds Antonio in a duel. The film is a mishm
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