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Atom Egoyan's Movies Trivia Quiz

Here is an hommage to one of the most talented directors of all time. This quiz is pretty tough if your not a hardcore Egoyan fan.

A multiple-choice quiz by egolover. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
egolover

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
55,532

Updated
Jun 14 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
289

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What is the name of the first feature length screenplay that Egoyan wrote? Hint

Gross Miscondut

32 Short Films About Glenn Gould

Speaking Parts

Next of Kin

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is Elias Koteas name in 'The Adjuster'? Hint

Thomas

Noah

Stan

Francis

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Question 3 of 10

3. What Egoyan film was (for the majority) improvised? Hint

Next of Kin

Calendar

Speaking Parts

Family Viewing

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Question 4 of 10

4. Finish this line from 'The Sweet Hereafter': Where waters gushed, and fruit trees grew, and flowers put forth a fairer hue, and everything was __________ and new.

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is one of Egoyan's favorite themes, that runs through the majority of his movies? Hint

rights for the disabled

how technology creates distance

role of the mother in families

the power of healing

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Question 6 of 10

6. What is Bruce Greenwood's (Francis) job in 'Exotica'? Hint

tax auditor

photographer

insurance adjuster

hotel manager

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Question 7 of 10

7. What song by a well known Canadian band (but sang by Sarah Polley) plays over the bus ride sequence in 'The Sweet Hereafter'? Hint

One More Color

Gasoline

Lovers in a Dangerous Time

Courage

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Question 8 of 10

8. What Samuel Beckett play did Egoyan adapt into a film starring John Hurt as the lead? Hint

Catastrophe

Waiting for Godot

End Game

Krapp's Last Tape

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Question 9 of 10

9. What does the photographer in 'Calendar' come to photograph in Armenia? Hint

native celebrations

landscapes

churches

wildlife (mainly sheep)

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Question 10 of 10

10. What Egoyan film ends with a shot of light flooding through an upstairs window? Hint

Exotica

Family Viewing

Felicia's Journey

The Sweet Hereafter

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the name of the first feature length screenplay that Egoyan wrote?

Answer: Next of Kin

It was directing this film that Egoyan met his future wife.

2. What is Elias Koteas name in 'The Adjuster'?

Answer: Noah

Elias Koteas also appears in Egoyan's "Exotica".

3. What Egoyan film was (for the majority) improvised?

Answer: Calendar

Egoyan had little time and budget for this one so most of it was done in one take and without a script.

4. Finish this line from 'The Sweet Hereafter': Where waters gushed, and fruit trees grew, and flowers put forth a fairer hue, and everything was __________ and new.

Answer: Strange

The theme of the film is solidified here.

5. What is one of Egoyan's favorite themes, that runs through the majority of his movies?

Answer: how technology creates distance

Egoyan once said 'it is fascinating, to me, how the technology designed to bring people together, in fact is the key to their alienation' in a Macleans article.

6. What is Bruce Greenwood's (Francis) job in 'Exotica'?

Answer: tax auditor

Egoyan came up with the script for 'Exotica' after he, himself, was audited. He was intrigued by the stories these people could tell with so much access to peoples' personal information.

7. What song by a well known Canadian band (but sang by Sarah Polley) plays over the bus ride sequence in 'The Sweet Hereafter'?

Answer: Courage

Written by The Tragically Hip and sung by them later in the film.

8. What Samuel Beckett play did Egoyan adapt into a film starring John Hurt as the lead?

Answer: Krapp's Last Tape

One of Egoyan's favorite plays, which influenced much of his work.

9. What does the photographer in 'Calendar' come to photograph in Armenia?

Answer: churches

Nothing to do with the question but this film contains my all time favorite Egoyan line: 'All that's meant to protect is bound to isolate, and all that's meant to isolate, is bound to hurt'.

10. What Egoyan film ends with a shot of light flooding through an upstairs window?

Answer: The Sweet Hereafter

Rhymes the shot at the carwash in the beginning of the film.

Source: Author egolover

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