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Directed by Cecil B. DeMille, 'The Ten Commandments' (1956) stars Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner. It won an Oscar for Best Special Effects.
3 quizzes and 35 trivia questions.
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  Ten Commandments    
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This is a quiz on the amazing epic 'The Ten Commandments' starring Charleton Heston and Yul Brynner. Spelling counts!
Average, 15 Qns, erlandau, Aug 16 19
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  'The Ten Commandments'   popular trivia quiz  
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It's a bit theatrical for our times, but 'The Ten Commandments' starring Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner is still one of my favorite films. See if you can answer the following questions and enjoy the quiz!
Average, 10 Qns, msgene, Aug 02 04
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  The Truth of "The Ten Commandments"    
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"The Ten Commandments" was one of the most successful movies of all time. And yet, many don't know the truth of many aspects of the making of "The Ten Commandments". Do you?
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Whom did Moses choose for his wife?

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The Ten Commandments Trivia Questions
1. What was the name of the Pharaoh shown at the beginning of the movie, who ordered the death of the first born of the Jews?

From Quiz The Truth of "The Ten Commandments"

Answer: Rameses I

This information can be gathered from the opening credits. The character of Rameses I was the father of Seti, and he was the one who decreed for the death of the Hebrew firstborn. The actor who portrayed him was Ian Keith.

2. What was the name of the Egyptian princess who found Moses floating in the Nile and reared him as her own?

From Quiz Ten Commandments

Answer: Bithia

Played by Nina Foch.

3. What was the name of Moses' mother according to the 1957 Cecil B DeMille epic?

From Quiz 'The Ten Commandments'

Answer: Yochabel

While Bithiah drew Moses from the water and adopted him as her own, Yochabel was his natural mother.

4. Whom did Moses kill, for which he was banished to the desert?

From Quiz Ten Commandments

Answer: Baka

Played perfectly by Vincent Price.

5. During the course of the film, Moses is in love with two women. What are their names?

From Quiz 'The Ten Commandments'

Answer: Nefretiri and Sephora

6. Who was the original choice for Nefertiri?

From Quiz The Truth of "The Ten Commandments"

Answer: Audrey Hepburn

Originally, Audrey Hepburn was cast as Nefertiri. However, the linen Egyptian dresses that the character wore were unflattering to Hepburn's figure, so much so that they distracted from the movie. Anne Baxter was called in as a replacement.

7. Who played the beautiful Nefertiri?

From Quiz Ten Commandments

Answer: Anne Baxter

8. Yvonne DeCarlo played Moses' wife in The Ten Comandments. She also played the wife in a popular sitcom of the early 60s. What was the name of this show?

From Quiz 'The Ten Commandments'

Answer: The Munsters

9. Who were Moses' biological siblings?

From Quiz Ten Commandments

Answer: Aaron and Miriam

10. What was the role Edward G. Robinson played?

From Quiz 'The Ten Commandments'

Answer: Dathan

11. Why was Charlton Heston chosen for the role of Moses?

From Quiz The Truth of "The Ten Commandments"

Answer: He resembled a Michelangelo statue of Moses.

Moses was a famous historical figure and the subject of many great works of art. DeMill travelled to Rome and saw the statue of Moses by Michelangelo and remarked "That looks like Chuck Heston". Once back in L.A., he called Heston in and offered him the role.

12. Who directed 'The Ten Commandments'?

From Quiz Ten Commandments

Answer: Cecil B. DeMille

He directed it as a silent film in 1926, and decided to remake it in color and in sound in 1956.

13. Who orders the death of Moses' son?

From Quiz 'The Ten Commandments'

Answer: Rameses

14. Which actor/actress had a wax dummy of themself appear in the movie?

From Quiz The Truth of "The Ten Commandments"

Answer: Eugene Mazzola

In the scene in which Ramses carries the dead body of his son (Eugene Mazzola) to the statue of Anubis, the body changes from being Eugene Mazzola's real body (in Ramses' arms) to a wax dummy (in Anubis' arms).

15. What was Seti's last word before death?

From Quiz Ten Commandments

Answer: Moses

'And with my last breath, I break my own law, and utter the name of Moses...Moses...Moses....'

16. What is the first plague actually depicted in the movie?

From Quiz 'The Ten Commandments'

Answer: Water turns to blood

17. Who designed the film's title slides?

From Quiz The Truth of "The Ten Commandments"

Answer: Arnold Friberg

Friberg designed the film's title slide, which he hand painted onto a piece of leather and photographed. He also had a minor role in costume development.

18. Whom did Moses choose for his wife?

From Quiz Ten Commandments

Answer: Sephora

Played by the lovely Yvonne DeCarlo.

19. To stay factual, what did Demille ask Heston to do with the character?

From Quiz The Truth of "The Ten Commandments"

Answer: Speak with a stammer

Biblically, Moses complained of being slow in speech, which traditionally has been identified as a stammer. DeMille considered having the character stammer, but Charlton Heston couldn't do it lightly enough, so DeMille settled for him speaking very slowly.

20. What was the first of the Ten Plagues?

From Quiz Ten Commandments

Answer: Water turns to blood

21. Joshua was condemned to work in the mines after the incident with Baka. What was the mineral that was mined in those mines?

From Quiz 'The Ten Commandments'

Answer: Copper

22. What was Moses' first son's name?

From Quiz Ten Commandments

Answer: Gershom

23. When Jethro's daughters danced for Moses, each in an effort to get him to chose her as a bride, they gave him their _______?

From Quiz 'The Ten Commandments'

Answer: shawls

24. In the final scene, in which Moses ordains Joshua, the physical manner in which he puts his hands on Joshua's head to anoint him is taken from which religion?

From Quiz The Truth of "The Ten Commandments"

Answer: The Latter Day Saints

Arnold Friedberg was the inspiration for Joshua's anointing position. Frieberg was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and demonstrated for DeMille the LDS way of performing such appointments. DeMille liked it and it was used for the film.

25. Whom did Joshua love?

From Quiz Ten Commandments

Answer: Lilia

Played by the beautiful Debra Paget.

26. How many times does Ann Baxter say to Charlton Heston, 'Oh, Moses, Moses...'?

From Quiz 'The Ten Commandments'

Answer: Twice

She actually says,'Oh, Moses, Moses' twice.

27. What nation did Moses conquer nearer to the start of the movie?

From Quiz Ten Commandments

Answer: Ethiopia

28. Who is the only one who knew about Moses' true identity, besides Bithia?

From Quiz Ten Commandments

Answer: Memnet

29. Whom does Moses save from between the stones?

From Quiz Ten Commandments

Answer: Yochabel

30. Yvonne De Carlo, who played Sephora, went on to star in a 1960s TV sitcom. Which was it and what was her role?

From Quiz Ten Commandments

Answer: Lily on "The Munsters"

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