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Historical Figures in Movies #1

Can you answer 50 questions about historical figures that were portrayed in movies?
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1. Which real-life astronaut Tom Hanks played in space drama Apollo 13?
Jim Lovell
Neil Armstrong
Alan Shepard
John Glen
2. Which Formula One driver Daniel Brühl played in the movie Rush?
Ayrton Senna
Niki Lauda
James Hunt
Alain Prost
3. Matt Damon portrayed Francois Pienaar in the movie Invictus. Which sport did he play?
Rugby
Soccer
Hurling
Baseball
4. Which former tennis star did Emma Stone portray in the movie Battle of the Sexes?
Chris Evert
Margaret Court
Billie Jean King
Martina Navratilova
5. What is the title of the movie in which Viggo Mortensen played the role of Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud?
The Theory of Everything
Young Dr. Freud
A Beautiful Mind
A Dangerous Method
6. Which actor portrayed former American president Harry S. Truman in Truman?
Christopher Lambert
Gary Sinise
Nicolas Cage
Cary Elwes
7. Which actor portrayed Alexander The Great in Alexander?
Russell Crowe
Brad Pitt
Colin Farrell
Eric Bana
8. What is the title of the movie in which John Cusack portrayed Edgar Allan Poe?
The Black Cat
Lunacy
The Raven
Tales of Poe
9. Ed Harris portrayed Jackson Pollock in the movie Pollock. What was his occupation?
Politician
Painter
Film director
Writer
10. Who portrayed an Australian outlaw Ned Kelly in 2003 movie?
Ben Affleck
Jake Gyllenhaal
Heath Ledger
Edward Norton
11. Who portrayed Pope Benedict XVI in 2019 movie The Two Popes?
Jude Law
Jonathan Pryce
Ben Kingsley
Anthony Hopkins
12. Who played Frank Serpico, a former NYPD detective in 1973 movie Serpico?
Dustin Hoffman
Michael Caine
Al Pacino
Marlon Brando
13. Gérard Depardieu portrayed Cyrano de Bergerac in 1990 movie. What was his occupation?
Opera singer
Composer
Painter
Novelist
14. Which painter Willem Defoe portrayed in the movie At Eternity's Gate?
Henri Matisse
Salvador Dali
Vincent Van Gogh
Claude Monet
15. Who played Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the movie Amadeus?
Tom Hulce
Jeffrey Jones
F. Murray Abraham
Kenny Baker
16. Which character Robert De Niro played in the movie The Untouchables?
Bugsy Siegel
Al Capone
Lucky Luciano
John Dillinger
17. What is the title of the movie in which Joseph Fiennes played William Shakespeare?
The Merchant of Venice
Hamlet
Romeo+Juliet
Shakespeare in Love
18. Which explorer Gerard Depardieu portrayed in the movie 1492: Conquest of Paradise?
Vasco da Gama
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Amerigo Vespucci
19. What is the title of the movie in which Martin Sheen portrayed commander Robert E. Lee?
Cold Mountain
Gettysburg
Free State of Jones
Glory
20. Paul Giamatti portrayed second president of the USA in the miniseries. What was his name?
James Madison
John Adams
James Monroe
Thomas Jefferson
21. What is the title of the movie in which Tom Hanks portrayed Walt Disney?
The Happiest Millionaire
Saving Mr. Banks
Walt Before Mickey
Pollyanna
22. What is the title of the movie in which Robert De Niro portrayed the boxer Jake LaMotta?
Creed
Southpaw
Raging Bull
Rocky II
23. Gretchen Mol portrayed Bettie Page in the movie The Notorious Bettie Page. What was her occupation?
Dancer
Model
Swimmer
Singer
24. In which movie Johnny Depp played Boston mobster Whitey Bulger?
The Departed
Road to Perdition
Black Mass
American Gangster
25. Margot Robbie appeared as Tonya Harding in I, Tonya. In which sport did she compete?
Figure skating
Athletics
Swimming
Gymnastics
26. What is the title of the movie in which Saoirse Ronan portrayed Mary Stuart?
A Queen is Crowned
The Favourite
The Queen
Mary Queen of Scots
27. Who portrayed Elizabeth Taylor in the movie Liz & Dick?
Margot Robbie
Amanda Seyfried
Lindsay Lohan
Natasha Richardson
28. What is the title of the movie in which Forest Whitaker portray Idi Amin?
Blood Diamond
Hotel Rwanda
The Last King of Scotland
Invictus
29. What is the title of the movie in which Judy Dench portray Queen Elizabeth I?
Elizabeth
The Virgin Queen
Mary Queen of Scots
Shakespeare in Love
30. Which legendary actress did Cate Blanchett portray in the movie The Aviator?
Vivien Leigh
Bette Davis
Katharine Hepburn
Ingrid Bergman
31. What is the title of the movie in which Sam Rockwell appeared as George W. Bush?
All the President's Men
Argo
Vice
The Candidate
32. Who portrayed former First Lady Jackie Kennedy in 2016 movie Jackie?
Natalie Portman
Emma Stone
Keira Knightley
Sandra Bullock
33. Who portrayed Tina Turner in 1993 movie What's Love Got to Do with It?
Gabrielle Union
Regina King
Viola Davis
Angela Bassett
34. Who portrayed Pope Francis in 2019 movie The Two Popes?
Jude Law
Ben Kingsley
Jonathan Pryce
Anthony Hopkins
35. What is the title of the movie in which Anthony Hopkins portrayed painter Pablo Picasso?
Genius
The Mystery of Picasso
Surviving Picasso
Lust for Life
36. Frank Langella appeared as Richard Nixon in 2008 movie Frost/Nixon. Who was David Frost?
Musician
Journalist
Lawyer
Politician
37. Brad Pitt portrayed Billy Bean in 2011 movie Moneyball. What sport did he play?
Soccer
Cricket
Baseball
American football
38. What is the title of the movie in which Leonardo DiCaprio portrayed business magnate Howard Hughes?
The Great Gatsby
The Revenant
Revolutionary Road
The Aviator
39. What is the title of the movie in which Dennis Quaid portrayed the musician Jerry Lee Lewis?
Jersey Boys
Walk the Line
Great Balls of Fire
Get on Up
40. In which TV series did Diego Luna appeared as drug lord Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo?
Breaking Bad
Weeds
True Blood
Narcos: Mexico
41. Liam Neeson played Oskar Schindler in Schindler's List. When was the movie released?
2000
1988
1982
1993
42. What is the title of the movie in which Kirk Douglas portrayed famous painter Vincent Van Gogh?
Loving Vincent
Dreams
Vincent & Theo
Lust for Life
43. Leonardo DiCaprio portrayed J. Edgar Hoover in the movie J. Edgar. What was his occupation?
CIA director
FBI director
NASA director
DEA director
44. Rami Malek won the Academy Award portraying Freddie Mercury in the Bohemian Rhapsody. How did Freddie die?
AIDS
heart attack
cancer
murder
45. Who appeared as tennis player John McEnroe in Borg vs McEnroe movie?
Tom Hardy
Zac Efron
Shia LaBeouf
Brian Austin Green
46. Which physicist did Geoffrey Rush portray in the 1st season of the TV series Genius?
Albert Einstein
Blaise Pascal
Nikola Tesla
Isaac Newton
47. Which painter did Antonio Banderas portray in the 2nd season of the TV series Genius?
Francisco Goya
Vincent Van Gogh
Rembrandt
Pablo Picasso
48. For which movie did Gary Oldman win the Academy Award while portraying Winston Churchill?
Darkest Hour
The War Room
The Candidate
All the King's Men
49. Which composer did Gary Oldman portray in the movie Immortal Beloved?
Strauss
Mozart
Bach
Beethoven
50. What is the name of the movie in which Marion Cotillard portrayed the singer Edith Piaf?
A Star is Born
Life in Pink
Moulin Rouge!
Purple Rain
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