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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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Last updated: October 15, 2019
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1. Which author did NOT write a book that was adapted by Kubrick?
Stephen King ✓
Anthony Burgess ✓
Aldous Huxley ✓
Arthur C. Clarke ✓
2. What was his profession prior to making movies?
Boxer ✓
Criminal ✓
Soldier ✓
Photographer ✓
3. What is "Spartacus" said to have effectively ended?
the Hays Code ✓
black and white cinema ✓
the classic studio system ✓
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?
Tokyo ✓
Cairo ✓
Vienna ✓
San Francisco ✓
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?
Ludwig van Beethoven ✓
Martin Luther King ✓
Napoléon Bonaparte ✓
George Washington ✓
7. What causes the apes in "2001" to go mad?
a machine gun ✓
a computer screen ✓
a black monolith ✓
a giant phallus ✓
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.
A Clockwork Orange ✓
Dr. Strangelove ✓
Barry Lyndon ✓
The Shining ✓
9. Who is the only actor to win an Oscar for a performance in a Stanley Kubrick movie?
Malcolm McDowell ✓
Peter Ustinov ✓
Peter Sellers ✓
James Mason ✓
10. And in which category did Kubrick win his only Oscar?
Editing ✓
Lifetime Achievement ✓
Original Screenplay ✓
Visual Effects ✓
11. Which genre did the director never tackle?
Science Fiction ✓
Horror ✓
Heist ✓
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)?
Kew-brick ✓
Koo-brick ✓
13. Who is the main character of "A Clockwork Orange"?
Alex DeLarge ✓
Franklin D. Nixon ✓
Jesus Antichrist ✓
Julius Kaiser ✓
14. What did Stanley Kubrick fake, according to conspiracy theories?
the assasination of John F. Kennedy ✓
the Chernobyl accident ✓
the moon landing ✓
the 9/11 attacks ✓
15. What is the historical backdrop of "Paths of Glory"?
the Fall of the Berlin Wall ✓
World War I ✓
the October Revolution ✓
the Cuba Crisis ✓
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