Barry Lyndon - Quiz
Barry Lyndon
  • 1. Barry Lyndon is a 1975 period drama film directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on the novel 'The Luck of Barry Lyndon' by William Makepeace Thackeray. It tells the story of the rise and fall of an Irish rogue, Barry Lyndon, who seeks to improve his station in life through a series of romantic and financial exploits in 18th century Europe. The film is noted for its stunning cinematography, which employs natural lighting and candle-lit scenes to create a visually striking aesthetic that transports the viewer to the opulent yet tumultuous world of the time. Featuring the performances of Ryan O'Neal in the titular role and Marisa Berenson as Lady Lyndon, the film explores themes of ambition, superficiality, and the social hierarchies of the era. With its slow pace and deliberate storytelling, 'Barry Lyndon' deviates from conventional narrative techniques, making it a unique entry in Kubrick's filmography and a thought-provoking meditation on the cost of pursuing wealth and status.

    Who directed the film 'Barry Lyndon'?
A) Stanley Kubrick
B) Martin Scorsese
C) Francis Ford Coppola
D) Alfred Hitchcock
  • 2. In which year was 'Barry Lyndon' released?
A) 1968
B) 1975
C) 1990
D) 1980
  • 3. Which actor played the title character, Barry Lyndon?
A) Robert Redford
B) Ryan O'Neal
C) Dustin Hoffman
D) Jack Nicholson
  • 4. In 'Barry Lyndon', who does Barry attempt to marry for money?
A) Princess Isabella
B) Countess Caroline
C) Lady Lyndon
D) Queen Marie
  • 5. 'Barry Lyndon' is based on a novel by which author?
A) Jane Austen
B) William Makepeace Thackeray
C) Charles Dickens
D) Mark Twain
  • 6. What is the running time of 'Barry Lyndon'?
A) 185 minutes
B) 150 minutes
C) 120 minutes
D) 210 minutes
  • 7. Which actor narrates the film 'Barry Lyndon'?
A) Anthony Hopkins
B) Michael Hordern
C) Morgan Freeman
D) Liam Neeson
  • 8. What is the title of the musical theme composed by Leonard Rosenman for 'Barry Lyndon'?
A) Sarabande
B) Allegro
C) Adagio
D) Andante
  • 9. Which of the following terms best describes the pacing of 'Barry Lyndon'?
A) Erratic
B) Frenzied
C) Deliberate
D) Chaotic
  • 10. Who plays the character of Redmond Barry's mother in 'Barry Lyndon'?
A) Glenda Jackson
B) Anne Bancroft
C) Maggie Smith
D) Marie Kean
  • 11. What is the relationship between Barry Lyndon and Lord Bullingdon?
A) Brothers
B) Cousins
C) Business partners
D) Stepson
  • 12. In which country does the majority of 'Barry Lyndon' take place?
A) Ireland
B) England
C) United States
D) France
  • 13. What war is depicted in 'Barry Lyndon'?
A) World War II
B) Seven Years' War
C) Vietnam War
D) American Civil War
  • 14. What is the nationality of Barry Lyndon at the beginning of the film?
A) English
B) French
C) Irish
D) Scottish
  • 15. What is the most distinctive feature of 'Barry Lyndon's cinematography?
A) Natural lighting
B) Special effects
C) Animation
D) Black and white
  • 16. 'Barry Lyndon' was nominated for how many Academy Awards?
A) 3
B) 10
C) 5
D) 7
  • 17. Which aspect of 'Barry Lyndon' received particular praise from critics?
A) Cinematography
B) Editing
C) Soundtrack
D) Costume design
  • 18. Which film did Stanley Kubrick work on before starting 'Barry Lyndon'?
A) The Shining
B) Full Metal Jacket
C) A Clockwork Orange
D) Dr. Strangelove
  • 19. How many Oscars did 'Barry Lyndon' win at the 48th Academy Awards?
A) Four
B) Eight
C) Two
D) Six
  • 20. Which of these awards was 'Barry Lyndon' nominated for but did not win?
A) Best Director
B) Best Cinematography
C) Best Art Direction
D) Best Costume Design
  • 21. What was Stanley Kubrick's original project before 'Barry Lyndon'?
A) A sequel to '2001: A Space Odyssey'
B) A film about the American Revolution
C) A biopic on Napoleon
D) An adaptation of 'The Great Gatsby'
  • 22. In which year was the novel 'The Luck of Barry Lyndon' published?
A) 1844
B) 1865
C) 1901
D) 1820
  • 23. What is notable about the cinematography in 'Barry Lyndon'?
A) Extensive use of CGI
B) Use of color film
C) Filming exclusively at night
D) Scenes shot entirely in candlelight
  • 24. What was the initial reason for Barry's duel with John Quin?
A) Due to a family feud
B) Over a gambling debt
C) To impress his cousin Nora Brady
D) For a political disagreement
  • 25. Who informs Barry that the duel with John Quin was staged?
A) The Chevalier de Balibari
B) Sir Charles Lyndon
C) Captain Grogan
D) Frau Lieschen
  • 26. What role does Barry assume after deserting the Army?
A) Manservant to the Chevalier de Balibari
B) An Austrian diplomat
C) A Prussian soldier
D) A gambler in Tübingen
  • 27. How does Barry force payment from debtors after leaving Prussia?
A) By blackmailing them
B) Through legal action
C) With sword duels
D) Using bribery
  • 28. What prompts Sir Charles Lyndon's death in the film?
A) An accident
B) Verbal repartee with Barry
C) An illness
D) A duel with Barry
  • 29. In what year does Barry marry Lady Lyndon?
A) 1773
B) 1795
C) 1780
D) 1768
  • 30. What is the name of Barry and Lady Lyndon's son?
A) Bryan Patrick
B) Edward Patrick
C) William Patrick
D) Charles Patrick
  • 31. What does Lady Lyndon's mother advise Barry to obtain?
A) An annuity
B) A title
C) A duel
D) More wealth
  • 32. Who interrupts the society party thrown by Barry?
A) Lord Wendover
B) Lady Lyndon
C) Lord Bullingdon
D) Graham
  • 33. What does Lady Lyndon seek from clergyman Samuel Runt?
A) Financial advice
B) Religious counseling
C) Legal assistance
D) Medical treatment
  • 34. Who tutors Bullingdon and Bryan before becoming a clergyman?
A) Barry's mother
B) Lord Wendover
C) Graham
D) Samuel Runt
  • 35. What does Barry do after Bullingdon misfires the first shot in their duel?
A) Throws his gun
B) Deliberately fires into the ground
C) Shoots Bullingdon
D) Runs away
  • 36. Which actor played the role of the older Lord Bullingdon in 'Barry Lyndon'?
A) Ryan O'Neal
B) Steven Berkoff
C) Leon Vitali
D) Patrick Magee
  • 37. Which location was used as Frederick II of Prussia's Neues Palais in 'Barry Lyndon'?
A) Hohenzollern Castle
B) Potsdam near Berlin
C) Dunrobin Castle
D) Ludwigsburg Palace
  • 38. Which actress, a former Vogue and Time magazine cover model, starred in 'Barry Lyndon'?
A) Marisa Berenson
B) Vivian Kubrick
C) Godfrey Quigley
D) Leon Vitali
  • 39. Which location was used for the 'exterior shots' in 'Barry Lyndon'?
A) Wilton House, Wiltshire
B) Castle Howard, North Yorkshire
C) Petworth House, West Sussex
D) Little Island, Waterford
  • 40. Which Irish folk group performed music in 'Barry Lyndon'?
A) The Chieftains
B) The Dubliners
C) Planxty
D) Clannad
  • 41. How much money per year does Bullingdon offer Barry to leave?
A) 1000 guineas
B) 250 guineas
C) 750 guineas
D) 500 guineas
  • 42. In the 2012 Sight & Sound Greatest Films of All Time poll, where did Barry Lyndon place in the directors' poll?
A) 59th
B) 12th
C) 27th
D) 19th
  • 43. Which critic gave 'Barry Lyndon' three and a half stars out of four?
A) Pauline Kael
B) Roger Ebert
C) Vincent Canby
D) Gene Siskel
  • 44. What event caused filming to be cancelled on 30 January 1974 in Dublin?
A) Bomb threats by the Provisional IRA
B) A workers' strike
C) Technical difficulties
D) Severe weather conditions
  • 45. What narrative style is used in Thackeray's novel?
A) First-person
B) Third-person omniscient
C) Second-person
D) Objective
  • 46. How does Kubrick's film differ from the novel regarding narrative style?
A) It uses second-person narration.
B) It maintains a first-person narrative.
C) It uses an objective, third-person perspective.
D) It has no narrator.
  • 47. What aesthetic quality is 'Barry Lyndon' widely regarded for?
A) Stately, static, painterly quality.
B) Modern digital effects
C) Fast-paced action sequences
D) High-energy musical score
  • 48. What was the average lighting volume used in candlelit scenes?
A) Fifty watts
B) Three candela
C) Ten lumens
D) One hundred candelas
  • 49. Which location was used for the 'chapel scene' in 'Barry Lyndon'?
A) Wilton House, Wiltshire
B) Petworth House, West Sussex
C) Castle Howard, North Yorkshire
D) Stourhead, Wiltshire
  • 50. Which director named Barry Lyndon as his favorite Kubrick film?
A) Lars von Trier
B) Roger Ebert
C) Martin Scorsese
D) Akira Kurosawa
  • 51. Which location was used for the 'exterior of the Lyndon estate' in 'Barry Lyndon'?
A) Wilton House, Wiltshire
B) Stourhead, Wiltshire
C) Petworth House, West Sussex
D) Castle Howard, North Yorkshire
  • 52. Which theme is prominently explored in 'Barry Lyndon'?
A) Romantic love
B) Fate and destiny
C) Science fiction
D) Political intrigue
  • 53. Which location was used for the 'Berlin main street scene' in 'Barry Lyndon'?
A) Hohenzollern Castle
B) Dunrobin Castle
C) Neues Palais at Potsdam near Berlin
D) Ludwigsburg Palace
  • 54. Which location was used for the 'lake and temple scene' in 'Barry Lyndon'?
A) Petworth House, West Sussex
B) Stourhead, Wiltshire
C) Castle Howard, North Yorkshire
D) Corsham Court, Wiltshire
  • 55. What tone does Thackeray's novel have?
A) Romantic
B) Comic
C) Serious
D) Tragic
  • 56. Who convinced Kubrick to relocate the shoot from Borehamwood to Ireland?
A) Alcott
B) Jan Harlan
C) Ken Adam
D) Roy Walker
  • 57. What type of music accompanies scenes with Redcoats marching in 'Barry Lyndon'?
A) 'The British Grenadiers'
B) Rule, Britannia!
C) Hearts of Oak
D) God Save the Queen
  • 58. What was Barry Lyndon's ranking in BBC's 2015 list of the 100 greatest American films?
A) 12th
B) 19th
C) 27th
D) 59th
  • 59. Which film did Philip Stone appear in after 'Barry Lyndon'?
A) The Shining
B) A Clockwork Orange
C) 2001: A Space Odyssey
D) Eyes Wide Shut
  • 60. Which castle was used for exterior shots in 'Barry Lyndon'?
A) Petworth House
B) Wilton House
C) Waterford Castle
D) Blenheim Palace
  • 61. Which Japanese filmmaker cited Barry Lyndon as one of his 100 favorite films?
A) Martin Scorsese
B) Akira Kurosawa
C) Lars von Trier
D) Roger Ebert
  • 62. Which critic ranked 'Barry Lyndon' fifth on his year-end list of the best films of 1975?
A) Vincent Canby
B) Roger Ebert
C) Charles Champlin
D) Gene Siskel
  • 63. Which location was used for the 'English Redcoat encampment' in 'Barry Lyndon'?
A) Kells Priory, County Kilkenny
B) Castle Howard, North Yorkshire
C) Petworth House, West Sussex
D) Wilton House, Wiltshire
  • 64. What injury does Barry sustain during the duel?
A) An arm injury
B) No injury
C) A leg amputation below the knee
D) A head wound
  • 65. Which castle in Scotland was used for exterior and garden scenes?
A) Ludwigsburg Palace
B) Hohenzollern Castle
C) Neues Palais
D) Dunrobin Castle
  • 66. What profession does Barry resume after leaving the Lyndon estate?
A) Serving in the military
B) Becoming a clergyman
C) Gambling
D) Working as a steward
  • 67. In what year was Barry Lyndon released on Blu-ray by Warner Bros.?
A) 2011
B) 2017
C) 1999
D) 2025
  • 68. Which location in West Germany was used for 'Barry Lyndon'?
A) Blenheim Palace
B) Castle Howard
C) Dunrobin Castle
D) Ludwigsburg Palace
  • 69. What was Pauline Kael's opinion on 'Barry Lyndon'?
A) It's a coffee-table movie, like a three-hour slide show for art-history majors
B) One of the most beautiful films ever made
C) A masterpiece but a dead-end masterpiece
D) An utterly comfortable story about upper-class life
  • 70. Which house was destroyed in an accidental fire after filming for 'Barry Lyndon'?
A) Dunrobin Castle
B) Castle Howard
C) Blenheim Palace
D) Powerscourt House
  • 71. What type of artificial lights were used outside the windows for interior scenes?
A) LED panels
B) Fluorescent tubes
C) Mini-Brutes
D) Softboxes
  • 72. In the 2022 Sight & Sound Greatest Films of All Time poll, where did Barry Lyndon place in the critics' poll?
A) 59th
B) 45th
C) 27th
D) 19th
  • 73. Which Kubrick film featured Leonard Rossiter before 'Barry Lyndon'?
A) The Shining
B) Eyes Wide Shut
C) A Clockwork Orange
D) 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • 74. In which year did The Village Voice rank Barry Lyndon at number 46 in its Top 250 'Best Films of the Century' list?
A) 2000
B) 2022
C) 1999
D) 2012
  • 75. What was Kubrick's opinion on adapting Barry Lyndon as a comedy?
A) He believed it would work best as a comedy.
B) He thought it could only be adapted as a tragedy.
C) He felt comedy was the most suitable genre.
D) He did not think it should be done as a comedy.
  • 76. How does Barry Lyndon describe himself in the novel?
A) As a truthful observer.
B) As an omniscient being.
C) As a reliable historian.
D) As an unreliable narrator.
  • 77. Which location was used for the 'music room scene' in 'Barry Lyndon'?
A) Castle Howard, North Yorkshire
B) Corsham Court, Wiltshire
C) Wilton House, Wiltshire
D) Petworth House, West Sussex
  • 78. How long did the principal photography of 'Barry Lyndon' last?
A) 400 days
B) 200 days
C) 150 days
D) 300 days
  • 79. Who was the cinematographer for 'Barry Lyndon' who appeared in a non-speaking role?
A) Philip Stone
B) Leon Vitali
C) John Alcott
D) Godfrey Quigley
  • 80. Which location was used for the 'chevalier's home' in 'Barry Lyndon'?
A) Castle Howard, North Yorkshire
B) Dublin Castle, County Dublin
C) Wilton House, Wiltshire
D) Petworth House, West Sussex
  • 81. Which location was used for the 'interior and exterior scenes' in 'Barry Lyndon'?
A) Petworth House, West Sussex
B) Stourhead, Wiltshire
C) Wilton House, Wiltshire
D) Castle Howard, North Yorkshire
  • 82. Which company released Barry Lyndon on Ultra HD Blu-ray in July 2025?
A) The Village Voice
B) Criterion
C) Time Magazine
D) Warner Home Video
  • 83. Which classical composer's work is most associated with the film 'Barry Lyndon'?
A) Schubert
B) Mozart
C) Handel
D) Vivaldi
  • 84. What is Barry Lyndon's approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes?
A) 45%
B) 59%
C) 89%
D) 77%
  • 85. Which company extensively modified lenses for 'Barry Lyndon'?
A) Panavision
B) Arri
C) Sony
D) Cinema Products Corporation
  • 86. What was Vincent Canby's opinion on 'Barry Lyndon'?
A) Controlled so meticulously that it's drained the blood out of it
B) A masterpiece but a dead-end masterpiece
C) Another fascinating challenge from one of our most remarkable, independent-minded directors
D) Almost aggressive in its cool detachment
  • 87. What is one significant change Kubrick made to the plot?
A) He omitted Barry's backstory.
B) He added a final duel.
C) He changed the setting to modern times.
D) He removed all duels.
  • 88. Which location was used for the 'Spa garden scene' in 'Barry Lyndon'?
A) Castle Howard, North Yorkshire
B) Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland
C) Petworth House, West Sussex
D) Wilton House, Wiltshire
  • 89. Which critic compared watching 'Barry Lyndon' to going through the Prado without lunch?
A) Roger Ebert
B) Vincent Canby
C) Steven Spielberg
D) Gene Siskel
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