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Historical Figures in Movies #2

Can you answer 50 questions about historical figures that were portrayed in movies?
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1. Angelina Jolie portrayed Gia Carangi in 1998 movie Gia. What was her occupation?
Actress ✓
Singer ✓
Tennis player ✓
Model ✓
2. In which TV series did Wagner Moura appeared as Pablo Escobar?
The Wire ✓
Narcos ✓
Money Heist ✓
Breaking Bad ✓
3. Which astronaut did Ryan Gosling play in the movie First Man?
Jim Lovell ✓
Buzz Aldrin ✓
Neil Armstrong ✓
Scott Glenn ✓
4. What is the title of the movie for which Renee Zellweger won Academy Award while playing Judy Garland?
Judy ✓
Summer Stock ✓
A Star is Born ✓
I Could Go On Singing ✓
5. Who portrayed Elton John in the movie Rocketman?
Taron Egerton ✓
Richard Madden ✓
Jamie Bell ✓
Colin Firth ✓
6. Which Formula One driver did Chris Hemsworth play in the movie Rush?
Niki Lauda ✓
James Hunt ✓
Juan Manuel Fangio ✓
Jim Clark ✓
7. Which singer did Chadwick Boseman play in 2014 movie Get On Up?
Nat King Cole ✓
Stevie Wonder ✓
Barry White ✓
James Brown ✓
8. Who portrayed Eva Perón in 1996 movie Evita?
Cher ✓
Madonna ✓
Laura Linney ✓
Maura Tierney ✓
9. Jesse Eisenberg portrayed an entrepreneur Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network. What network did he build?
Twitter ✓
Facebook ✓
Pinterest ✓
MySpace ✓
10. John Goodman portrayed Babe Ruth in 1992 movie The Babe. What sport did he play?
Baseball ✓
Cricket ✓
Golf ✓
Rugby ✓
11. Who portrayed British archaeologist and army officer known as Lawrence of Arabia?
Peter O'Toole ✓
Richard Harris ✓
Omar Sharif ✓
Alec Guinness ✓
12. What is the title of the movie from 2002 in which Nicole Kidman played the English writer Virginia Woolf?
The Waves ✓
To the Lighthouse ✓
Who's Afraid of V. Woolf? ✓
The Hours ✓
13. Who did Colin Firth play in The King's Speech?
King Edward VIII ✓
King Charles ✓
King William III ✓
King George VI ✓
14. What is the title of the movie from 2001 in which Will Smith played as boxer champion Muhammad Ali?
Facing Ali ✓
Ali ✓
Freedom Road ✓
Ali, the Fighter ✓
15. What is the title of the movie in which Jim Carrey appeared as entertainer Andy Kaufman?
Yes Man ✓
Bruce Almighty ✓
The Truman Show ✓
Man on the Moon ✓
16. What is the title of the movie in which Ralph Fiennes portrayed Charles Dickens?
A Christmas Carol ✓
Oliver ✓
Great Expectations ✓
The Invisible Woman ✓
17. Who portrayed Elizabeth Taylor in Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story?
Tiffani Thiessen ✓
Sherilyn Fenn ✓
Teri Hatcher ✓
Amanda Peet ✓
18. What is the title of the movie in which Stephen Fry played Oscar Wilde?
Wilde ✓
A Good Woman ✓
Dorian Gray ✓
An Ideal Husband ✓
19. In Walk the Line Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash were portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix and...
Kate Hudson ✓
Reese Witherspoon ✓
Anna Paquin ✓
Jennifer Aniston ✓
20. Jared Leto appeared as criminal Mark David Chapman in Chapter 27. Who did he murder?
Tupac Shakur ✓
Gianni Versace ✓
Notorious B.I.G. ✓
John Lennon ✓
21. Michelle Williams portrayed Marilyn Monroe in My Week With Marilyn. How did Marilyn die in 1962?
Heart attack ✓
Murder ✓
Overdose ✓
Car crash ✓
22. Hannah Taylor-Gordon played Anne Frank in 2001 TV mini-series. How did Anne die at age of 15?
Typhus fever ✓
Lung cancer ✓
Execution ✓
Starvation ✓
23. What is the title of the movie in which Benicio Del Toro portrayed Che Guevara?
The Motorcycle Diaries ✓
Che: Rise & Fall ✓
Che: parts I and II ✓
Evita ✓
24. Which actor played Andy Warhol in 2006 movie Factory Girl?
Brad Pitt ✓
Guy Pearce ✓
Matt Damon ✓
Hayden Christensen ✓
25. Philip Seymour Hoffman portrayed Truman Capote in Capote. What was his profession?
Politician ✓
Doctor ✓
Novelist ✓
Lawyer ✓
26. Audrey Tautou appeared as Coco Chanel in the movie Coco Before Chanel. What was her occupation?
Fashion designer ✓
Ballerina ✓
Actress ✓
Pop singer ✓
27. Hilary Swank appeared as Amelia Earhart in Amelia. What was her occupation?
Aviator ✓
Golfer ✓
Mechanic ✓
Racing driver ✓
28. Who portrayed Peter Sellers in The Life and Death of Peter Sellers?
Geoffrey Rush ✓
Robert Redford ✓
Roger Moore ✓
Paul Newman ✓
29. In 2001 movie James Franco played James Dean. How did James die in age of 24?
Car crash ✓
Drugs ✓
Murder ✓
Suicide ✓
30. Which male singer did Cate Blanchett play in the movie I’m Not There?
Jim Morrison ✓
Bob Dylan ✓
Billy Gibbons ✓
Steven Tyler ✓
31. Which actress won Academy Award for playing American serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster?
Charlize Theron ✓
Naomi Watts ✓
Cameron Diaz ✓
Nicole Kidman ✓
32. Which actor played physicist Stephen Hawking in The Theory Of Everything?
Adam Driver ✓
Timothée Chalamet ✓
Eddie Redmayne ✓
Jesse Eisenberg ✓
33. In 2008 movie Milk Sean Penn portrayed American gay rights activist and politician Milk. What was his first name?
Josh ✓
Marcus ✓
Harvey ✓
Jason ✓
34. In 2002 movie Frida Salma Hayek portrayed Frida Kahlo. What was her occupation?
Politician ✓
Nurse ✓
Musician ✓
Painter ✓
35. Which actor portrayed Alfred Hitchcock in Hitchcock?
Anthony Hopkins ✓
Patrick Stewart ✓
Ben Kingsley ✓
Sean Connery ✓
36. Which actress portrayed Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen?
Helen Mirren ✓
Judi Dench ✓
Meryl Streep ✓
Olivia Colman ✓
37. Which punk rock band's singer did Gary Oldman play in Sid and Nancy movie?
Sex Pistols ✓
The Offspring ✓
The Clash ✓
Green Day ✓
38. What is the title of the movie in which Meryl Streep appeared as Margaret Thatcher?
The Iron Lady ✓
The Final Days ✓
The Forecaster ✓
The Falklands Play ✓
39. What is the title of the movie in which Adrien Brody appeared as Salvador Dali?
Midnight in Madrid ✓
Midnight in Paris ✓
Midnight in Barcelona ✓
Midnight in London ✓
40. What was the cause of death of singer Selena Quintanilla who was played by Jennifer Lopez?
Car crash ✓
Suicide ✓
Heart attack ✓
Murder ✓
41. Which rock singer did Andre Benjamin play in the movie All Is by My Side?
Little Richard ✓
Jimi Hendrix ✓
Otis Redding ✓
Prince ✓
42. What is the title of the movie in which Morgan Freeman appeared as South African leader Nelson Mandella?
Mandela ✓
Free at Last! ✓
Goodbye Bafana ✓
Invictus ✓
43. Which actor played human rights activist Malcolm X in 1992 movie?
Eddie Murphy ✓
Will Smith ✓
Denzel Washington ✓
Samuel L. Jackson ✓
44. Daniel Day-Lewis won the Oscar for portraying which American president?
Abraham Lincoln ✓
George Washington ✓
Theodore Roosevelt ✓
Richard Nixon ✓
45. Which actor portrayed Ray Charles in the 2004 movie Ray?
Cuba Gooding Jr. ✓
Jamie Foxx ✓
Chris Rock ✓
Don Cheadle ✓
46. In 2013 Ashton Kutcher portrayed Steve Jobs in the movie Jobs. Which company's CEO was he?
Microsoft ✓
Samsung ✓
Google ✓
Apple ✓
47. Val Kilmer was portraying singer Jim Morrison in 1991 movie. What rock band was that story about?
The Animals ✓
The Doors ✓
Pink Floys ✓
Led Zeppelin ✓
48. What is the title of the movie in which Bruno Ganz portrayed Adolf Hitler?
Hitler: The Rise of Evil ✓
The Bunker ✓
The Great Dictator ✓
Downfall ✓
49. Ben Kingsley won the Oscar for playing Mahatma Gandhi. Who directed that movie?
Oliver Stone ✓
Richard Attenborough ✓
Ridley Scott ✓
Stanley Kubrick ✓
50. Who played Charlie Chaplin in 1992 movie?
Matt Dillon ✓
Jeffrey Dean Morgan ✓
John Cusack ✓
Robert Downey Jr. ✓
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