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