Movies Quiz: Field of Dreams | 15 Questions

Answer: Berkeley

Answer: English

Officially English, unofficially the '60's.

Answer: Karin

Answer: in his cornfield

Answer: If you build it, he will come.

Answer: left field

While he was a good fielder, Shoeless Joe was better known for his hitting. His 1911 record for number of hits by a rookie (233) lasted for 90 years, until finally broken in 2001 by Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners. Joe's lifetime batting average of .356 ranks third all-time.

Incidentally, there are relatively few triples hit to left field, compared to right field. It would have been more realistic to say that Joe's glvoe was "where doubles went to die", while triples would more appropriately "die" in a right fielder's glove.

Answer: Harvey

In 'Harvey' Jimmy Stewart's companion is an imaginary rabbit. Ray was self-conscious about hearing voices and didn't want to encourage this sort of fantasy in his daughter.

Answer: Ray's daughter

Ray's brother-in-law can't see the players until near the end of the movie.

Answer: Timothy Busfield

On 'thirtysomething' Busfield played Elliot Weston, who ran an advertising agency along with his friend Michael Steadman, played by Ken Olin.

Answer: book banning

The crowd at the meeting starts out backing the censorship proposal, but after an impassioned speech by Annie the crowd comes around to the free speech point of view. The energetic debate reminds Annie of her activist days in the '60's.

Answer: Fenway Park

Ray had a dream about going to a game at Fenway Park with Terrence Mann. When Annie says 'is that the one with the big green wall?', she realizes that they both had the same dream, and she then supports Ray in his quest to go find Mann, who by that time has been a recluse for many years.

Answer: Minnesota

When they get there they find out he is dead. However, when Ray takes a nighttime walk, he finds he has gone back in time and he runs into Moonlight.

Answer: winks at him

The old Moonlight had mentioned winking to Ray when Ray asked Moonlight if he had any regrets. The full speech, one of the alltime great movie speeches, and wonderfully delivered by Burt Lancaster, is: 'I never got to bat in the major leagues. I would have liked to have had that chance. Just once. To stare down a big league pitcher. To stare him down, and just as he goes into his windup, wink. Make him think you know something he doesn't. That's what I wish for. Chance to squint at a sky so blue that it hurts your eyes just to look at it. To feel the tingling in your arm as you connect with the ball. To run the bases--stretch a double into a triple, and flop face-first into third, wrap your arms around the bag. That's my wish, Ray Kinsella. That's my wish. And is there enough magic out there in the moonlight to make this dream come true?'

Answer: The Baseball Encyclopedia

In a truly stirring movie moment, Mann gets up and says, 'People will come, Ray. They'll come to Iowa for reasons they can't even fathom. They'll turn up your driveway, not knowing for sure why they're doing it. They'll arrive at your door, innocent as children, longing for the past...

The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It's been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game, is a part of our past, Ray.

It reminds us of all that once was good, and that could be again. Oh people will come, Ray. People will most definitely come.'

Answer: Dyersville, Iowa

The field has been preserved in its orignal pristine conditon, and can be visited for free from April to November. It is located at the Lansing family farm in Dyersville, which is 25 miles West of Dubuque.