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10 Questions: Movies About Baseball Multiple Choice Quiz | Movies

All of the movies mentioned below are about baseball, covering everything from major league ball, to the minor leagues, to the Japanese leagues, to the women's league which operated during World War II, to kids' sandlot ball, to a Black barnstorming team

A multiple-choice quiz by chessart. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
chessart

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
196

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
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Awards
Top 20% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. Baseball-lover Kevin Costner stars in all of the following movies except which one? Hint

Bull Durham

For Love of the Game

Field of Dreams

The Natural

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Question 2 of 10

2. James Earl Jones was in all of the following baseball movies except which one? Hint

Field of Dreams

Angels in the Outfield

The Sandlot

The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings

3. The veteran American ballplayer playing in Japan in 'Mr. Baseball' was played by what baseball-loving actor, who often would be seen wearing a Detroit Tigers cap on the set of his TV show? Hint

Tom Selleck

Tim Allen

Jamie Farr

James Garner

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Question 4 of 10

4. The film 'Major league' shows a group of misfits playing for what Major League team, which has not won a World Series since 1948? Hint

Cleveland Indians

Boston Red Sox

Chicago Cubs

Philadelphia Phillies

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Question 5 of 10

5. Whose mammoth home run knocked out the lights in 'The Natural'? Hint

Paul Newman

Robert Redford

Nick Nolte

Warren Beatty

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which film is about life in the minor leagues? Hint

Rookie of the Year

Damn Yankees

Angels in the Outfield

Bull Durham

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which film is about a Black baseball team barnstorming through mid-America in 1939? Hint

Sandlot

Damn Yankees

Bang the Drum Slowly

The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings

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Question 8 of 10

8. The highly-acclaimed film 'Eight Men Out' tells the true story of what? Hint

Ballplayers who died in World War II

Players who jumped to the new Federal League in 1913

Yankee managers fired by George Steinbrenner

The 1919 Chicago 'Black Sox' scandal

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Question 9 of 10

9. What team does the 12-year-old boy with the 100-mph fastball play for in 'Rookie of the Year'? Hint

Cleveland Indians

California Angels

Boston Red Sox

Chicago Cubs

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who played one of the most hated ballplayers ever in the 1994 film 'Cobb', after winning an Oscar for his work in 'The Fugitive'? Hint

John Goodman

Tommy Lee Jones

Harrison Ford

Ray Liotta

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Baseball-lover Kevin Costner stars in all of the following movies except which one?

Answer: The Natural

Costner is a big baseball fan, and often attends the games of his alma mater, Cal State-Fullerton.

2. James Earl Jones was in all of the following baseball movies except which one?

Answer: Angels in the Outfield

Jones has also played a baseball player on Broadway, winning a Tony award in 1987 for his portrayal of a frustrated baseball player in "Fences", a play by August Wilson.

3. The veteran American ballplayer playing in Japan in 'Mr. Baseball' was played by what baseball-loving actor, who often would be seen wearing a Detroit Tigers cap on the set of his TV show?

Answer: Tom Selleck

A true baseball lover, Selleck actually joined the Tigers for spring training in 1992. He even got into a spring training game, fouling away half a dozen pitches before striking out against Bobby Ayala of the Cincinnati Reds.

4. The film 'Major league' shows a group of misfits playing for what Major League team, which has not won a World Series since 1948?

Answer: Cleveland Indians

As of the end of the 2002 season, the Indians are still looking for their first championship since 1948, the fourth-longest such drought behind the Cubs, White Sox, and Red Sox.

5. Whose mammoth home run knocked out the lights in 'The Natural'?

Answer: Robert Redford

"The Natural" was directed by Barry Levinson, loosely based on the novel by Bernard Malamud. The ending, however, was changed from the dark ending in the novel.

6. Which film is about life in the minor leagues?

Answer: Bull Durham

The best film I have ever seen about life in the minor leagues. In particular, two scenes on the team bus show the tedium of the constant travel from one town to another that characterizes life in the minor leagues.

7. Which film is about a Black baseball team barnstorming through mid-America in 1939?

Answer: The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings

Superb performances by Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones, and Richard Pryor.

8. The highly-acclaimed film 'Eight Men Out' tells the true story of what?

Answer: The 1919 Chicago 'Black Sox' scandal

Directed by John Sayles, from the book by Eliot Asinof. The film has been praised for its true-to-life quality, especially in the way it portrays the notorious skinflint White Sox owner, Charles Comiskey, who treated his players like slaves.

9. What team does the 12-year-old boy with the 100-mph fastball play for in 'Rookie of the Year'?

Answer: Chicago Cubs

The teams which have historically been losers have frequently been the subject for such "phenom" films. Here it is the Cubs, in "Major League" it was the Indians, in "Damn Yankees" it was the Senators, and in "Angels in the Outfield" (1994 version) it was the Angels. The latter, however, shed its loser image with a stirring come-from-behind win over the Giants in the 2002 World Series.

10. Who played one of the most hated ballplayers ever in the 1994 film 'Cobb', after winning an Oscar for his work in 'The Fugitive'?

Answer: Tommy Lee Jones

Goodman played Babe Ruth in the 1992 film 'The Babe'.

Source: Author chessart

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