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Movies En Español Trivia Quiz

Well, let's see how much you know about movies made in Spain, Mexico, Central and South America.

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

Author
xanderdrax

Time
5 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
128,126

Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who is the director of the Ecuadorian movie "Ratas, Ratones, Rateros"? Hint

Ernesto Suárez

Carlos Naranjo

Sebastian Cordero

Pedro Almodovar

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is the name of the movie made in Argentina with the following characters: The owner of a restaurant called Belvedere, an old woman with Alzheimer's, and an actor who played a priest? Hint

Tacones Lejanos

El Hijo De La Novia

La Historia Oficial

Angel Negro

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is the name of the first movie directed by Alejandro Amenabar? Hint

Abre Los Ojos

Tesis

Los Otros

La Comunidad

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is the name of the Spanish male singer that used a red dress and a wig, like Dustin Hoffman in "Tootsie", in a Pedro Almodovar movie? Hint

Julio Iglesias

Rafael

David Summers

Miguel Bose

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is the name of the Mexican movie about three stories linked by a car accident? Hint

Amores Perros

Y Tu Mamá También

Sexo, Pudor y Lágrimas

Nueve Reinas

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Question 6 of 10

6. Author Laura Esquivel wrote the novel that inspired this movie. The novel and the movie have the same name and is about traditions of a Mexican family. What is the name of this movie? Hint

La Virgen De Los Sicarios

Entre Marx y Una Mujer Desnuda

Como Agua Para Chocolate

Pantaleón y Las Visitadoras

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of these movies was nominated for an Academy Award in the category of Best Foreign Language Film and is about two friends and their lives in Cuba? Hint

Guantanamera

El Crimen Del Padre Amaro

Fresa y Chocolate

Doña Flor y Sus Dos Maridos

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is the name of the Pedro Almodovar movie that has these characters: A man who was born inside a bus and a police officer that can't walk but can play basketball? Hint

Mujeres al Borde de un Ataque de Nervios

Atame

Carne Trémula

Matador

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Question 9 of 10

9. What is the name of the Spanish actor that worked with Almodovar and John Malkovich? Hint

Javier Bardem

Octavio Paz

Santiago Segura

Enrique Iglesias

10. What is the name of the Spanish movie about a truck driver who wants to know the truth about his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend, after he finds a picture of them in a car accident?. Aitana Sanchez Gijon, the same actress of "A Walk in the Clouds", worked in this movie. Hint

La Flor De Mi Secreto

Doble piel

Todo El Poder

Celos

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who is the director of the Ecuadorian movie "Ratas, Ratones, Rateros"?

Answer: Sebastian Cordero

This movie is about two cousins, Angel (the bad guy) and Salvador (the good guy). Angel is going to destroy everything and everybody around Salvador's life. Salvador's father gets hurt, Salvador's best friend gets shot during a robbery, the body of a criminal is hidden under Salvador's bed and he discovers that his girlfriend slept with Angel.

2. What is the name of the movie made in Argentina with the following characters: The owner of a restaurant called Belvedere, an old woman with Alzheimer's, and an actor who played a priest?

Answer: El Hijo De La Novia

This movie was nominated for an Academy Award in the category of Best Foreign Language Film. It is about the owner of a restaurant called Belvedere who suffers a heart attack. After this, his father tells the restaurant owner that he wants to marry his mother at the church, because they only lived together all these years.

But that is a problem because his mother has Alzheimer's and the church says no.

3. What is the name of the first movie directed by Alejandro Amenabar?

Answer: Tesis

Nicole Kidman worked in a movie written and directed by Amenabar called "The Others". Tom Cruise, her ex-husband, worked in a remake of Amenabar's movie "Abre Los Ojos" called "Vanilla Sky" with the same actress of the original movie, Penelope Cruz.

4. What is the name of the Spanish male singer that used a red dress and a wig, like Dustin Hoffman in "Tootsie", in a Pedro Almodovar movie?

Answer: Miguel Bose

The name of this movie is "Tacones Lejanos". It's about a woman and her troubled relationship with her mother.

5. What is the name of the Mexican movie about three stories linked by a car accident?

Answer: Amores Perros

This movie was nominated for an Academy Award in the category of Best Foreign Language Film. That year's winner was "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

6. Author Laura Esquivel wrote the novel that inspired this movie. The novel and the movie have the same name and is about traditions of a Mexican family. What is the name of this movie?

Answer: Como Agua Para Chocolate

Laura Esquivel's husband Alfonso Arau was the director of this movie, its English title is "Like Water for Chocolate". He also was the director of "A Walk in the Clouds" with Keanu Reeves, Anthony Quinn and Giancarlo Giannini, the Italian detective murdered by Hannibal Lecter in the movie "Hannibal."

7. Which of these movies was nominated for an Academy Award in the category of Best Foreign Language Film and is about two friends and their lives in Cuba?

Answer: Fresa y Chocolate

8. What is the name of the Pedro Almodovar movie that has these characters: A man who was born inside a bus and a police officer that can't walk but can play basketball?

Answer: Carne Trémula

This movie is about guy who was born inside a bus and years later, he goes to jail for shooting a police officer. This police officer, because of this wound, becomes a Special Olympics basketball player. After his sentence, the man from the bus decides to seek revenge and seduces the wife of the police officer. It's a pretty crazed thriller.

9. What is the name of the Spanish actor that worked with Almodovar and John Malkovich?

Answer: Javier Bardem

He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in the movie "Before Night Falls", where he played Cuban poet Reinaldo Arenas. That year's winner was Russell Crowe for his role in "Gladiator."

Answer: Celos

This movie proves that sometimes you better leave the past alone.

Source: Author xanderdrax

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