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Stanley Kubrick Trivia - Multiple Choice

Here are some facts relating to filmmaker Stanley Kubrick. How many do you know?
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1. Which author did NOT write a book that was adapted by Kubrick?
Stephen King
Arthur C. Clarke
Anthony Burgess
Aldous Huxley
2. What was his profession prior to making movies?
Photographer
Soldier
Criminal
Boxer
3. What is "Spartacus" said to have effectively ended?
the classic studio system
black and white cinema
the Hays Code
Blacklisting
4. What is the name of Kubrick's movie about the Vietnam War?
Platoon
Apocalypse Now
Full Metal Jacket
The Deer Hunter
5. Where does "Dream Novella", the inspiration for "Eyes Wide Shut", take place?
Vienna
Tokyo
San Francisco
Cairo
6. Kubrick spent many years trying to make film about an historical person, reading more than 100 books about him in the process. Who is he?
George Washington
Martin Luther King
Ludwig van Beethoven
Napoléon Bonaparte
7. What causes the apes in "2001" to go mad?
a black monolith
a machine gun
a giant phallus
a computer screen
8. Kubrick made the protagonist of this movie explicitly evil, to stress the point that freedom in any individual is important regardless of his moral quality.
Barry Lyndon
Dr. Strangelove
A Clockwork Orange
The Shining
9. Who is the only actor to win an Oscar for a performance in a Stanley Kubrick movie?
Peter Ustinov
Malcolm McDowell
James Mason
Peter Sellers
10. And in which category did Kubrick win his only Oscar?
Visual Effects
Editing
Original Screenplay
Lifetime Achievement
11. Which genre did the director never tackle?
Horror
Heist
Science Fiction
Western
Kubrick was set to direct the western "One-Eyed Jacks" but fell out with lead star Marlon Brando, who took on the job.
12. What is the correct way to pronounce his last name (according to Wikipedia)?
Koo-brick
Kew-brick
13. Who is the main character of "A Clockwork Orange"?
Jesus Antichrist
Julius Kaiser
Alex DeLarge
Franklin D. Nixon
14. What did Stanley Kubrick fake, according to conspiracy theories?
the moon landing
the assasination of John F. Kennedy
the Chernobyl accident
the 9/11 attacks
15. What is the historical backdrop of "Paths of Glory"?
the Cuba Crisis
the Fall of the Berlin Wall
the October Revolution
World War I
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