Which film features the character Indiana Jones searching for the Ark of the Covenant?
Correct answer: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Raiders of the Lost Ark follows Indiana Jones's search for the Ark of the Covenant.
Indiana Jones, Chaplin & Film Directors
Follow directors, performances and memorable characters through 10 film questions. The range includes adventure, literary drama, international cinema, psychological horror, a biographical performance and a musical. Pay attention to which part of filmmaking the question concerns, whether it is casting, directing, adaptation or the identification of a particular scene or story.
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- Which film features the character Indiana Jones searching for the Ark of the Covenant?
- What was the name of the Korean gangster that both Kirby and Billy worked for in St. Elmos Fire?
- Who directed the 2005 film Brokeback Mountain?
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What was the name of the Korean gangster that both Kirby and Billy worked for in St. Elmos Fire?
Correct answer: Kim Sung Ho
In St. Elmo's Fire, Kirby and Billy had both worked for the Korean gangster Kim Sung Ho.
Who directed the 2005 film Brokeback Mountain?
Correct answer: Ang Lee
Ang Lee directed Brokeback Mountain, a 2005 drama adapted from Annie Proulx's short story. Its central characters are two sheep herders whose relationship develops over several years in the American West.
Which actor played Charlie Chaplin in the 1992 film Chaplin?
Correct answer: Robert Downey Jr.
Robert Downey Jr. played Charlie Chaplin in the 1992 biographical film Chaplin, directed by Richard Attenborough. The story follows the silent-film comedian and filmmaker through his career and personal life.
Which Japanese director made Seven Samurai?
Correct answer: Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa directed Seven Samurai (1954), a Japanese period drama about villagers who recruit samurai to defend them from bandits. The film later influenced many other action and ensemble stories.
This English actor and portrayer of detective Hercule Poirot played Julia Roberts boss in the movie Erin Brockovich.
Correct answer: Albert Finney
Albert Finney played attorney Ed Masry, Erin Brockovich's boss, and also portrayed Hercule Poirot in the 1974 film Murder on the Orient Express.
Who directed the 1960 Italian film L'Avventura?
Correct answer: Michelangelo Antonioni
Michelangelo Antonioni directed L'Avventura (1960), an Italian film in which a woman's disappearance changes the relationships among her companions. It is associated with Antonioni's exploration of alienation and modern life.
Which actress played ballerina Nina Sayers in Black Swan?
Correct answer: Natalie Portman
Natalie Portman portrayed Nina Sayers, the ballerina at the centre of Darren Aronofsky's 2010 psychological thriller Black Swan. The role follows Nina's preparations for a production of Swan Lake.
Who directed The Shining?
Correct answer: Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick directed The Shining (1980), adapted from Stephen King's novel. Jack Nicholson plays Jack Torrance, a caretaker whose family becomes isolated at the Overlook Hotel.
Which musical, directed by Robert Wise, is ranked # 41 on the AFI Top 100 list?
Correct answer: West Side Story
West Side Story, co-directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, ranked No. 41 on AFI's original 1998 list of the 100 greatest American films.
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- Which film features the character Indiana Jones searching for the Ark of the Covenant?
- What was the name of the Korean gangster that both Kirby and Billy worked for in St. Elmos Fire?
- Who directed the 2005 film Brokeback Mountain?
- Which actor played Charlie Chaplin in the 1992 film Chaplin?
- Which Japanese director made Seven Samurai?
- This English actor and portrayer of detective Hercule Poirot played Julia Roberts boss in the movie Erin Brockovich.
- Who directed the 1960 Italian film L'Avventura?
- Which actress played ballerina Nina Sayers in Black Swan?
- Who directed The Shining?
- Which musical, directed by Robert Wise, is ranked # 41 on the AFI Top 100 list?
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