Mystery Movie Sort II Trivia Quiz

Answer: Movies based on Stephen King Books

The 1980 psychological horror film was directed by Stanley Kubrick and starred Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duval - it is based on Stephen King's 1977 novel of the same name and features Jack Torrance, a writer suffering from writer's block who becomes the winter caretaker at a remote hotel where a previous caretaker had murdered his wife.

Answer: Movies based on Stephen King Books

Frank Darabont directs this 1999 film that stars Tom Hanks and Michael Clarke Duncan - with Tom Hanks playing the warden of a death row prison. Duncan plays a prisoner who can heal others of sickness who is sentenced to death for a murder he did not commit. The movie is based on Stephen King's novel that was released 3 years earlier.

Answer: Movies based on Stephen King Books

King's 1974 novel has been adapted into many films, but the most famous movie is Brian De Palma's 1976 blockbuster "Carrie", that featured John Travolta and Sissy Spacek. Carrie White is an outcast at her school, tormented for her shabby appearance and social awkwardness.

At home, her mother is a religious fundamentalist with little empathy for her teenage daughter. The most famous scene in the movie occurs at the prom, where Carrie is finally able to exact her revenge.

Answer: Movies based on Stephen King Books

The 1982 novella "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" was published by Steven King in his collection "Different Seasons". The 1994 Frank Darabont film, starring Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins, is significantly more popular. The story follows two prison inmates who are attempting to escape their captivity and find freedom.

Answer: Movies Set During World War II

Morten Tyldum's biographical film is about the life of Alan Turing. But the majority of the plot centers about the brilliant scientist's attempt to use pioneering computing methods to break the German coding machine "Enigma" and help his the Allies win World War II. The 2014 film stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Kiera Knightley.

Answer: Movies Set During World War II

The 1998 Steven Spielberg epic war film stars Tom Hanks and Matt Damon - the opening scene is on Omaha Beach in France during D-day when the Allied troops were attempting the largest land invasion to that point in war history. General Marshall orders that Private James Ryan be brought back home to the United States, as his three brothers have all been killed in action in the war.

Answer: Movies Set During World War II

The 1942 drama was both filmed and set in World War II and was directed by Michael Curtiz and starred Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman as Rick Blaine and Ilsa Lund respectively. Rick Blaine, an American, owns a tavern in Casablanca, Morocco that features varied clientele, including enemy Vichy French officers.

The two stars play former lovers that reunite under difficult circumstances and their attempt to navigate their romance in the midst of the raging war.

Answer: Movies Set During World War II

Set in Krakow during World War II, the Steven Spielberg 1993 film follows Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson), a Nazi Party member and German citizen who saved the lives of over 1,200 Jews from the Holocaust by employing them in his factory. Although his initial intentions are self-serving, he eventually bribed Nazi officials and gave increasingly lavish gifts in order to buy his workers time and keep them safe until the war eventually concluded.

Answer: Musician Biopic Movies

The 2005 American drama film, directed by James Mangold and starring Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon is a biographical drama about Johnny Cash, one of the greatest singer-songwriters in American history, as well as his wife June Carter, who performed many songs with him.

Answer: Musician Biopic Movies

The 2004 film was produced and directed by Taylor Hackford and follows the life story of Ray Charles (Jamie Foxx) who loses his vision as a seven year old and is forced to learn to function as a disabled black man in a poor and segregationist, American society. The film also stars Kerry Washington and Regina King.

Answer: Musician Biopic Movies

The 2018 biopic film was directed by Bryan Singer and details the life of Freddie Mercury, the lead singer and face of the English rock band "Queen". Starring Rami Malek and Lucy Boynton, the film's title is derived from one of Queen's most famous hits "Bohemian Rhapsody" and culminates in Freddie Mercury's famous "Live Aid" performance in 1985, a few years before his death from AIDS-related complications.

Answer: Musician Biopic Movies

The 2019 biographical musical details the life and musical career of Elton John. Directed by Dexter Fletcher and starring Taron Egerton in the title role, the movie follows Reginald Dwight's life, including his early upbringing and subsequent struggles with drugs, alcohol, and his sexuality.

Answer: Movies Set on a Ship

The 2013 film was directed by Paul Greengrass and stars Tom Hanks and Barkhad Abadi. Hanks plays Captain Richard Phillips, a ship commander whose vessel is taken over my Somali pirates off the coast of the horns of Africa. The movie's most famous line is arguably the timeless "I am the captain now.", spoken by the Somali lead pirate Abduwali Muse, as he and his allies are able to take over the ship.

Answer: Movies Set on a Ship

The 2012 film is based on the novel by Canadian author Yann Martel and was directed and produced by Ang Lee. Starring Suraj Sharma and Irfan Khan, the movie follows Pi, a young Indian man who was the victim of a shipwreck, who survived by staying on a small lifeboat with several animals, including a full grown tiger, Richard Parker.

At the end of the movie, it is revealed that his survival on the lifeboat with the animals may have been an allegory of much darker events.

Answer: Movies Set on a Ship

The 2000 American disaster movie was directed by Wolfgang Petersen and starred George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg. The film details the true story of the "Andrea Gail" commercial sword fishing boat, a vessel that was lost at sea, with all crew presumed dead, following a 1991 tropical storm Hurricane Grace.

Answer: Movies Set on a Ship

The 1997 disaster epic was directed by James Cameron and stars Kate Winslet as Rose and Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack, two passengers on the ill-fated ship "RMS Titanic", that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in April of 1912. Jack is a lower-class vagabond who meets the young, beautiful Rose, who is engaged to a wealthy man in order to uphold her family's financial status.