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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?
Anthony Burgess
Arthur C. Clarke
Stephen King
Aldous Huxley
2. What was his profession prior to making movies?
Boxer
Photographer
Soldier
Criminal
3. What is "Spartacus" said to have effectively ended?
the Hays Code
black and white cinema
the classic studio system
Blacklisting
4. What is the name of Kubrick's movie about the Vietnam War?
The Deer Hunter
Platoon
Apocalypse Now
Full Metal Jacket
5. Where does "Dream Novella", the inspiration for "Eyes Wide Shut", take place?
Cairo
Tokyo
Vienna
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?
George Washington
Napoléon Bonaparte
Ludwig van Beethoven
Martin Luther King
7. What causes the apes in "2001" to go mad?
a black monolith
a machine gun
a computer screen
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.
The Shining
Dr. Strangelove
Barry Lyndon
A Clockwork Orange
9. Who is the only actor to win an Oscar for a performance in a Stanley Kubrick movie?
Malcolm McDowell
Peter Ustinov
Peter Sellers
James Mason
10. And in which category did Kubrick win his only Oscar?
Original Screenplay
Editing
Visual Effects
Lifetime Achievement
11. Which genre did the director never tackle?
Western
Heist
Horror
Science Fiction
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"?
Julius Kaiser
Franklin D. Nixon
Jesus Antichrist
Alex DeLarge
14. What did Stanley Kubrick fake, according to conspiracy theories?
the 9/11 attacks
the Chernobyl accident
the moon landing
the assasination of John F. Kennedy
15. What is the historical backdrop of "Paths of Glory"?
the Cuba Crisis
the Fall of the Berlin Wall
the October Revolution
World War I
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