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Lawrence of Arabia Multiple Choice Quiz | 10 Questions

Test your knowledge of David Lean's epic masterpiece 'Lawrence of Arabia'.

A multiple-choice quiz by Molotov. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Molotov

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
45,010

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1048

Last 3 plays: looney_tunes (6/10), Guest 86 (3/10), Guest 98 (6/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which actor plays the role of Arab chieftan Auda Abu Tayi? Hint

Omar Sharif

Anthony Quinn

Yul Brynner

Claude Rains

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who was the man who Lawrence brought out of the Nafud Desert, and later executed to avoid a bloodfeud between the Arab tribes? Hint

Auda

Ali

Gasim

Tafas

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Question 3 of 10

3. At Lawrence's funeral, who refers to him as a 'shameless exhibitionist'? Hint

Murray

Bentley

Allenby

Dryden

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Question 4 of 10

4. Where does Lawrence have his encounter with the Turkish General? Hint

Yenbu

Damascus

Deraa

Aqaba

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Question 5 of 10

5. Lawrence's two orphan servants Farraj and Daud both die during the movie, but which one died first?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Whose first line in the movie is 'Stand and fight'? Hint

Ali

Prince Feisal

Auda Abu Tayi

General Murray

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Question 7 of 10

7. In an insolent exchange with General Murray Lawrence says 'I cannot fiddle, but I can build a great state from a small city.' Which famous Greek philosopher is Lawrence quoting? Hint

Themistocles

Plato

Aristotle

Socrates

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which rank does Lawrence not hold at any time during the movie? Hint

Lieutenant

Captain

Major

Colonel

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Question 9 of 10

9. Auda said 'When God made you a fool he gave you a fool's face'. Who is he talking to? Hint

Lawrence

Allenby

Ali

Brighton

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who says to Lawrence 'It is recognized that you have a funny sense of fun.'? Hint

Murray

Dryden

Allenby

William Potter

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which actor plays the role of Arab chieftan Auda Abu Tayi?

Answer: Anthony Quinn

Anthony Quinn played many different roles throughout his career from Greeks to Arabs, but he was seldom cast as a Mexican which is what he actually was.

2. Who was the man who Lawrence brought out of the Nafud Desert, and later executed to avoid a bloodfeud between the Arab tribes?

Answer: Gasim

Lawrence later tells Allenby that killing Gasim disturbed him, not for the usual reasons, but because he enjoyed it.

3. At Lawrence's funeral, who refers to him as a 'shameless exhibitionist'?

Answer: Bentley

Apart from this brief scene at the beginning, Jackson Bentley does not appear for the entire first half of the movie.

4. Where does Lawrence have his encounter with the Turkish General?

Answer: Deraa

There are doubts as to the veracity of this incident, with many believing that it was invented by Lawrence himself in his autobiography.

5. Lawrence's two orphan servants Farraj and Daud both die during the movie, but which one died first?

Answer: Daud

Daud drowned in quicksand in the Sinai Desert en route to Cairo. Farraj was shot by Lawrence to save him from the Turks, after he was wounded by a detonator.

6. Whose first line in the movie is 'Stand and fight'?

Answer: Prince Feisal

7. In an insolent exchange with General Murray Lawrence says 'I cannot fiddle, but I can build a great state from a small city.' Which famous Greek philosopher is Lawrence quoting?

Answer: Themistocles

Murray is not impressed by Lawrence's learnedness.

8. Which rank does Lawrence not hold at any time during the movie?

Answer: Captain

After the fall of Aqaba, Allenby promotes Lawrence directly from Lieutenant to Major. He is later promoted to Colonel after the fall of Damascus.

9. Auda said 'When God made you a fool he gave you a fool's face'. Who is he talking to?

Answer: Brighton

10. Who says to Lawrence 'It is recognized that you have a funny sense of fun.'?

Answer: Dryden

Source: Author Molotov

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