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Stanley Kubrick Trivia - Multiple Choice

Here are some facts relating to filmmaker Stanley Kubrick. How many do you know?
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1. Which author did NOT write a book that was adapted by Kubrick?
Aldous Huxley
Arthur C. Clarke
Anthony Burgess
Stephen King
2. What was his profession prior to making movies?
Soldier
Boxer
Photographer
Criminal
3. What is "Spartacus" said to have effectively ended?
black and white cinema
Blacklisting
the Hays Code
the classic studio system
4. What is the name of Kubrick's movie about the Vietnam War?
Full Metal Jacket
The Deer Hunter
Apocalypse Now
Platoon
5. Where does "Dream Novella", the inspiration for "Eyes Wide Shut", take place?
Vienna
Tokyo
Cairo
San Francisco
6. Kubrick spent many years trying to make film about an historical person, reading more than 100 books about him in the process. Who is he?
Martin Luther King
Napoléon Bonaparte
Ludwig van Beethoven
George Washington
7. What causes the apes in "2001" to go mad?
a computer screen
a black monolith
a machine gun
a giant phallus
8. Kubrick made the protagonist of this movie explicitly evil, to stress the point that freedom in any individual is important regardless of his moral quality.
A Clockwork Orange
Dr. Strangelove
The Shining
Barry Lyndon
9. Who is the only actor to win an Oscar for a performance in a Stanley Kubrick movie?
Malcolm McDowell
Peter Sellers
James Mason
Peter Ustinov
10. And in which category did Kubrick win his only Oscar?
Visual Effects
Original Screenplay
Lifetime Achievement
Editing
11. Which genre did the director never tackle?
Science Fiction
Horror
Western
Heist
Kubrick was set to direct the western "One-Eyed Jacks" but fell out with lead star Marlon Brando, who took on the job.
12. What is the correct way to pronounce his last name (according to Wikipedia)?
Kew-brick
Koo-brick
13. Who is the main character of "A Clockwork Orange"?
Alex DeLarge
Franklin D. Nixon
Jesus Antichrist
Julius Kaiser
14. What did Stanley Kubrick fake, according to conspiracy theories?
the assasination of John F. Kennedy
the 9/11 attacks
the moon landing
the Chernobyl accident
15. What is the historical backdrop of "Paths of Glory"?
the Fall of the Berlin Wall
the October Revolution
World War I
the Cuba Crisis
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