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Quiz about Kevin Costner sings The Star Spangled Banner

Kevin Costner sings "The Star Spangled Banner" Quiz

The opening line of "The Star Spangled Banner" has been modified to describe ten Kevin Costner films. Good luck!

A matching quiz by Triviaballer. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
Triviaballer

Time
3 mins

Type
Match Quiz

Quiz #
396,004

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Easy

Avg Score
10 / 10

Plays
615

Last 3 plays: Guest 136 (10/10), Guest 51 (10/10), Guest 71 (9/10).

(a) Drag-and-drop from the right to the left, or (b) click on a right side answer box and then on a left side box to move it.

Questions		Choices
1. This film has won him, a couple of Oscars		Waterworld
2. He's trying to catch, someone after Whitney		Dances with Wolves
3. He's baseball's catcher, but only Minor Leagues		Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
4. Who could have believed that a human could fly		Man of Steel
5. When a shot rings out and the President dies		The Bodyguard
6. A turn of the cards and it's the FBI		Bull Durham
7. The world is a sea and they're searching for land		Tin Cup
8. In less than two weeks the whole world could explode		Molly's Game
9. He's trying to put this white ball in a hole		JFK
10. With bow and arrow I am made an outlaw		Thirteen Days

Select each answer

1. This film has won him, a couple of Oscars

2. He's trying to catch, someone after Whitney

3. He's baseball's catcher, but only Minor Leagues

4. Who could have believed that a human could fly

5. When a shot rings out and the President dies

6. A turn of the cards and it's the FBI

7. The world is a sea and they're searching for land

8. In less than two weeks the whole world could explode

9. He's trying to put this white ball in a hole

10. With bow and arrow I am made an outlaw

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This film has won him, a couple of Oscars

Answer: Dances with Wolves

Released in 1990 "Dances with Wolves" was a critical success as it earned Kevin Costner an Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Director as well as a nomination for Best Actor. The film told the story of Lieutenant John Dunbar during the U.S. Civil War.

After Dunbar is wounded he encounters a group of Sioux Native Americans that he befriends and falls in love with one of its members.

2. He's trying to catch, someone after Whitney

Answer: The Bodyguard

"The Bodyguard" was the second-highest grossing film of 1992. It stars Costner as the titular bodyguard for a music and movie superstar named Rachel Marron who was played by Whitney Houston. Not surprisingly, the two fall for each other and Costner successfully protects her from the would-be-assassin.

3. He's baseball's catcher, but only Minor Leagues

Answer: Bull Durham

Kevin Costner was an avid baseball fan and he starred as the minor-league catcher Crash Davis in the 1988 film "Bull Durham". Susan Sarandon also starred in the film as one of the team's groupies and part-time love interest to Costner and a talented but unreliable pitcher named Ebby Calvin "Nuke" LaLoosh, who was played by Tim Robbins.

4. Who could have believed that a human could fly

Answer: Man of Steel

"Man of Steel" was directed by Zack Snyder and it featured a star-studded cast with the likes of Henry Cavill, Amy Adams and Diane Lane. Costner played the part of Jonathan Kent, the adoptive father of Clark Kent who would help protect Earth with his superhuman powers.

5. When a shot rings out and the President dies

Answer: JFK

Oliver Stone's 1991 film "JFK" depicted Kevin Costner as New Orleans attorney Jim Garrison who gave compelling evidence about how John F. Kennedy's assassination was a part of a large government conspiracy and not simply committed by the lone assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. Some of the film's other stars included Tommy Lee Jones as Clay Shaw and Gary Oldman as Lee Harvey Oswald.

6. A turn of the cards and it's the FBI

Answer: Molly's Game

"Molly's Game" is based on a true story and tells the tale of a woman who ran a high-stakes poker game for Hollywood royalty, powerful business gurus and even the Russian mob before being arrested by FBI agents. The movie stars Jessica Chastain as Molly Bloom and Kevin Costner as Larry Bloom. The film was directed by Aaron Sorkin and it was released in 2017.

7. The world is a sea and they're searching for land

Answer: Waterworld

In "Waterworld" Kevin Costner stars as the Mariner, a drifter in a post-apocalyptic world in which the sea has covered all the continents. He joins up with some others during a battle in which a gang of pirates tries to drown him. They later discover some unflooded land on top of Mt Everest, and his new-found friends decide to settle there while the Mariner heads off in a wooden sailboat.

8. In less than two weeks the whole world could explode

Answer: Thirteen Days

Thirteen Days recounts one version of the Cuban Missile crisis in which the US government, under John F Kennedy, have only days to come up with a plan that will defeat the Soviets and prevent a nuclear crisis. Costner plays Kenny O'Donnell, a top White House assistant.

The film tensely showed the balance of protecting the interests of the USA while not caving in to the threats of the USSR.

9. He's trying to put this white ball in a hole

Answer: Tin Cup

"Tin Cup" is a romantic comedy in which Kevin Costner plays a former golf superstar named Roy McAvoy who doesn't have the determination and work ethic to make it at the pro level. Eventually, with the help of Dr. Molly Griswold (Rene Russo), McAvoy's golf career gets re-energized and he plays well at the golf majors the U.S. Open.

10. With bow and arrow I am made an outlaw

Answer: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

Although it was panned by critics, "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" was the second-highest grossing film of 1991 grossing nearly $400 million worldwide. Costner plays the titular Robin Hood who, with his trusty followers, raid the Sheriff of Nottingham's castle and help inspire a peasant revolt.

Source: Author Triviaballer

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