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Quiz about On Location
Quiz about On Location

On Location Trivia Quiz


Let's go on a sight-seeing tour of movie locations - tell me which movie was filmed on these beautiful sites!

A photo quiz by merylfederman. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Time
4 mins
Type
Photo Quiz
Quiz #
366,394
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
1946
Awards
Top 5% quiz!
Last 3 plays: Guest 65 (7/10), Guest 92 (5/10), Guest 97 (8/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. The Estates Theater in Prague, shown here, is a historic opera house, where Mozart himself conducted the premiere of his opera "Don Giovanni". It was therefore quite accurate for which of these Oscar-winning films to film there for its opera scenes? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. These picturesque cliffs of Ireland are the Cliffs of Moher, and they have been shown in many films, including "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" and "Leap Year". However, they are probably best known for their rendering as the "Cliffs of Insanity" in which well-loved Rob Reiner movie? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. The Philadelphia Museum of Art, shown here, is famous for its use in a rousing athletic montage in which iconic movie? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Devils Tower, this soaring rock formation in Wyoming, is a humbling presence and puts us in awe of the natural world, and it was the first US National Monument. Which movie took advantage of its otherworldly qualities and made it a landing site for UFOs? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. This staircase in Georgetown was used for a death scene in a classic horror movie about demonic possession - which one? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Bourne Wood's mock castle shown here, represented Castle Chalus and its burned-out castle gate in which movie? This movie depicts a historical battle at the Chalus castle where Richard the Lionheart actually did lose his life. Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. This is Lancaster House, a building owned by the British government. Its interior was used to represent an area of Buckingham Palace where a King prepared to address his people - but in which movie? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Timberline Lodge, shown here, is a historic landmark on Mount Hood in Oregon. Its exterior also served as the exterior of a very scary movie place. What film did it feature in - as the frightening Overlook Hotel? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Blenheim Palace, shown here, is a beautiful English manor owned by the Churchill family. It was also used as the exterior of the Elsinore castle in which Shakespearean adaptation? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Magnolia plantation, shown here, was used as one of the several plantation locations in this Oscar-winning film. This plantation is in Louisiana and actually is situated only a few miles from the plantation of the infamous slaveowner Edwin Epps portrayed in the film. Which slavery-themed film takes us to the Edwin Epps plantation via the real-life Magnolia? Hint



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1. The Estates Theater in Prague, shown here, is a historic opera house, where Mozart himself conducted the premiere of his opera "Don Giovanni". It was therefore quite accurate for which of these Oscar-winning films to film there for its opera scenes?

Answer: Amadeus

"Amadeus", the Milos Forman-directed Best Picture, starred F. Murray Abraham and Tom Hulce as Salieri and Mozart, respectively. The movie follows a heavily fictionalized version of the rivalry between the two composers - Salieri as the dogged intellectual and Mozart as the natural, inspired genius.

There are many opera scenes shown in the movie, including scenes of "Don Giovanni", shot in this beautiful and historic location of the Estates Theater.
2. These picturesque cliffs of Ireland are the Cliffs of Moher, and they have been shown in many films, including "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" and "Leap Year". However, they are probably best known for their rendering as the "Cliffs of Insanity" in which well-loved Rob Reiner movie?

Answer: The Princess Bride

"The Princess Bride" is the movie which features The Cliffs of Insanity as an obstacle of a location where the giant Fezzik has to out climb The Man in Black. Ultimately, the story follows Princess Buttercup throughout her tumultuous romance with the presumed-dead Wesley, which forces her to evade a planned wedding with the cruel Prince Humperdinck.
3. The Philadelphia Museum of Art, shown here, is famous for its use in a rousing athletic montage in which iconic movie?

Answer: Rocky

"Rocky", the Best Picture winner from 1976 about the down-and-out boxer Rocky Balboa who ends up with a shot at the title if he fights champion Apollo Creed, featured a famous training montage where Rocky runs up the stairs to the Philadelphia Museum of Art to the song "Gonna Fly Now".

This scene is so famous that a statue of Rocky has been placed here to commemorate the film and this particular moment.
4. Devils Tower, this soaring rock formation in Wyoming, is a humbling presence and puts us in awe of the natural world, and it was the first US National Monument. Which movie took advantage of its otherworldly qualities and made it a landing site for UFOs?

Answer: Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Steven Spielberg's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" features Devils Tower as the landing place of the alien mothership, which comes in at the climax of a plotline where trackers have to solve the mystery of alien abductions and the elusive information traces they leave behind.

The 5-tone musical code sent by the aliens actually turns out to be coordinates to the location of this beautiful natural monument.
5. This staircase in Georgetown was used for a death scene in a classic horror movie about demonic possession - which one?

Answer: The Exorcist

Spoiler alert! "The Exorcist" features the death of Karras by falling down these stairs, and Georgetown charged people to watch the performance of the stunt as he did two takes falling down the (rubber-coated for the occasion) stairs.
6. Bourne Wood's mock castle shown here, represented Castle Chalus and its burned-out castle gate in which movie? This movie depicts a historical battle at the Chalus castle where Richard the Lionheart actually did lose his life.

Answer: Robin Hood (2010)

The 2010 "Robin Hood" film starring Russell Crowe featured a kind of backstory for Robin and his Merry Men, which included them fighting at the poorly strategized battle at this castle, which turns them off monarchy in general and their leaders in particular. Bourne Wood's mock castle has also been used for "Gladiator" battle scenes and other film sets.
7. This is Lancaster House, a building owned by the British government. Its interior was used to represent an area of Buckingham Palace where a King prepared to address his people - but in which movie?

Answer: The King's Speech

"The King's Speech", the Best Picture from 2010, featured many sumptuous locations in and around the royal quarters that form the setting of George VI's life. In particular, this building served as the filming location before and after George's title speech.

The film itself features the arc as the Duke of York not only ascends the throne after his brother's abdication, but gains the confidence to address his people during wartime, despite a lifelong stutter.
8. Timberline Lodge, shown here, is a historic landmark on Mount Hood in Oregon. Its exterior also served as the exterior of a very scary movie place. What film did it feature in - as the frightening Overlook Hotel?

Answer: The Shining

"The Shining" is a Steven King adaptation starring Jack Nicholson and directed by Stanley Kubrick, and this story about Jack Torrance, who loses his mind while caretaker of the haunted Overlook, became a horror classic. This hotel's exterior is likely recognizable from the film, but the interior shots were done elsewhere.
9. Blenheim Palace, shown here, is a beautiful English manor owned by the Churchill family. It was also used as the exterior of the Elsinore castle in which Shakespearean adaptation?

Answer: "Hamlet" (Branagh)

"Hamlet", the classic Shakespeare tragedy of the young Prince's revenge for his father's death, takes place in Elsinore Castle, and Kenneth Branagh's massive, star-studded adaptation from 1996 used this beautiful facade to represent the setting. (Olivier's Elsinore was a darker more medieval-looking place.)
10. Magnolia plantation, shown here, was used as one of the several plantation locations in this Oscar-winning film. This plantation is in Louisiana and actually is situated only a few miles from the plantation of the infamous slaveowner Edwin Epps portrayed in the film. Which slavery-themed film takes us to the Edwin Epps plantation via the real-life Magnolia?

Answer: 12 Years a Slave

"12 Years a Slave" follows the true story of Solomon Northup, who was kidnapped from his life as a free man in New York into slavery. He is forced into the deep South, to the plantation of the wildly cruel Edwin Epps, before finally being saved by people from his life in New York. This building here is used as one of the masters' homes in the film.
Source: Author merylfederman

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