Adaptations Trivia Quiz

Answer: Call Me By Your Name

The movie 'Call Me By Your Name' was released in 2017. It was about a boy, Elio Perlman, played fantastically by Timothée Chalamet who falls for his father's student assistant, named Oliver, played by Armie Hammer. The movie also starred Michael Stuhlbarg, Amira Casar and Victoire Du Bois.

In the movie, the romance between the two young men happened in Italy in the year 1983. This movie was adapted for the screen by James Ivory and he won an Oscar for it at the age of 89. Other than the novel 'Call Me by Your Name' on which this movie was based, André Aciman has written books such as 'Find Me' and 'Harvard Square'. Luca Guadagnino has directed movies such as 'A Bigger Splash' and 'I Am Love'.

Answer: The Descendants

'The Descendants' was directed by Alexander Payne and it was released in 2011. The screenplay was co-written by Jim Rash - who was known for his hilarious role as Dean Craig Pelton on the comedy sitcom 'Community'. The others writers involved in the script were Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon. The movie was based on the book 'The Descendants' by Kaui Hart Hemmings. In the movie, George Clooney played a lawyer in Honolulu, named Matt King, who was also father to two daughters, Scotty (Amara Miller) and Alex (Shailene Woodley), and owner of a lot of land in his native Kauai. Matt and his family were affected by a tragedy in the movie which complicated their already troubled family life in unexpected ways. The movie's script was widely praised and it won the Oscar for Adapted Screenplay that year. The movie was also nominated for Best Picture and Payne received a nomination for Best Director.

George Clooney has acted in movies such as 'Syriana' and 'Michael Clayton'.

Answer: Schindler's Ark

'Schindler's List' was a 1993 movie directed by Steven Spielberg. It was written by Steven Zaillian. Both of them won Oscars for their work on this movie and the movie itself won the top award that year. The movie was based on the book 'Schindler's Ark' by Thomas Keneally. Set during the Holocaust, the movie chronicled the attempts of an industrialist, Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson) to save as many people as he could from the Nazis who were searching for them, led by the vicious Amon Göth (Fiennes). Ben Kingsley and Caroline Goodall also appear in the movie. Keneally has also written books such as 'Blood Red, Sister Rose' and 'An Angel in Australia'. Spielberg has directed movies such as 'The Terminal' and 'Jaws'. Fiennes has appeared in movies such as 'The English Patient' and 'In Bruges'.

Answer: Solomon Northup

Solomon Northup was the protagonist of the 2013 movie '12 Years A Slave'. In real life, Solomon Northup was a man who was sold into slavery and regained his freedom after 12 years, in 1853. Later, Northup wrote an account of his experiences in a work that was titled 'Twelve Years A Slave'.

This was adapted by John Ridley for the screen and won an Oscar for his work. The movie was directed by Steve McQueen. Brad Pitt, who also appeared in the movie, was awarded an Oscar for his role as a producer for this film.

The movie starred Chiwetel Ejiofor as Northup. Michael Fassbender, Sarah Paulson and Paul Giamatti also appear in the movie. Lupita Nyong'o won an Oscar for her performance in this movie.

Answer: Q&A

The movie chronicled the life of Jamal Malik in India through the perspective of a 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire'-style gameshow. It was directed by Danny Boyle and starred Dev Patel, Frieda Pinto and Anil Kapoor. The movie received major critical acclaim and won the Oscar for Best Picture and Best Director.

Indian composer A. R. Rahman created the score to the movie and won an Oscar for his work on it. Vikas Swarup is an Indian author who has written other books such as 'The Accidental Apprentice' and 'Six Suspects'.

Answer: Women Talking

The movie 'Women Talking' was based on the novel of the same name. It also starred Rooney Mara, Jessie Buckley, Claire Foy and Ben Whishaw. It was directed by Sarah Polley and was released in 2022. It centred on a group of American Mennonite women who were subjected to rapes by men in their community and their plans to deal with the circumstances they were in.

The movie was critically acclaimed and was nominated with Best Picture. Polley won the Oscar for her screenplay to the movie. Polley has directed other movies such as 'Away from Her' and 'Take This Waltz'. Toews has written books such as 'A Complicated Kindness' and 'All My Puny Sorrows'.

Answer: Moonlight

Barry Jenkins directed 'Moonlight'. It was released in 2016. It starred Trevante Rhodes, André Holland, Janelle Monáe, Naomie Harris, and Mahershala Ali. Ali won an Oscar for his performance in the movie and Harris was nominated for one. The movie chronicled the life of Chiron through various stages of his life as he deals with abuse and tries to figure out his sexual identity.

The screenplay was written by Jenkins along with McCraney for which they won an Oscar. The movie itself won Best Picture at the Academy Awards. McCraney also wrote the screenplay for the movie 'High Flying Bird'.

Answer: Sapphire

The movie 'Precious' was directed by Lee Daniels. It starred Mo'Nique, Gabourey Sidibe, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey and Lenny Kravitz. It revolved around the life of 16-year-old Claireece Precious Jones as she tries to live a normal life after being subjected to abuse by her parents. Sidibe was nominated for an Oscar for her performance. Daniels was nominated for the Best Director Oscar and the movie itself was in contention for Best Picture. Geoffrey S. Fletcher wrote the screenplay of the movie based on the novel and won an Oscar for his work. Sapphire (also known as Ramona Lofton) has written other novels such as 'The Kid'. Mo'Nique has appeared in movies such as 'Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins' and 'Shadowboxer'.

Answer: No Country For Old Men

The 2007 movie 'No Country for Old Men' was directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. This movie won them the Oscars for directing and adapted screenplay. The movie starred Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem and Josh Brolin. The movie was about a man who found some cash left behind from a drug deal which then set an officer of the law and a hitman on his trail. Javier Bardem won an Oscar for his terrifying portrayal of the hitman, Anton Chigurh.

The movie itself won Best Picture. The movie was based on Cormac McCarthy's novel of the same name which was published in 2005. McCarthy was known for his books such as 'All the Pretty Horses' and 'Cities of the Plain'.

He won a Pulitzer Prize for his novel 'The Road' which was also adapted into a movie starring Viggo Mortensen.

Answer: Sideways

'Sideways' was directed by Alexander Payne and was released in 2004. It was based on the book called 'Sideways' by Rex Pickett, who authored other books such as 'Vertical'. Jim Taylor and Payne won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for this movie.

The movie also starred Virginia Madsen and Sandra Oh. Madsen and Haden Church were nominated for Oscars for their performances in this movie. The movie was about the experiences of two men, Miles (Giamatti) and Jack (Haden Church) while they are on a trip to an American wine country to celebrate Jack's engagement.