Big Screen Bard: A Film Quiz

Question 1 of 10:

"Throne of Blood", a classic Japanese film about a murderous Samurai, is based on which play?

a) Macbeth (1)

b) Richard III (0)

c) Hamlet (0)

d) Othello (0)

Who recently directed an all-singing, all-dancing version of "Love's Labour's Lost"?

a) Baz Luhrmann (0)

b) Kenneth Branagh (1)

c) Terry Gilliam (0)

d) Jane Campion (0)

"Forbidden Planet", the famous 50s sci-fi movie, is based on which of Shakespeare 's plays?

a) King Lear (0)

b) Henry V (0)

c) A Winter's Tale (0)

d) The Tempest (1)

Ian McKellan starred in a "Richard III" that's set in which imaginary place?

a) Soviet America (0)

b) A re-colonised India (0)

c) Fascist Britain (1)

d) New Roman Empire (0)

Which Hollywood legend played Hamlet's murdered father in Kenneth Branagh 's epic, all-star version of the play?

a) Paul Newman (0)

b) Charlton Heston (1)

c) Jack Nicholson (0)

d) Clint Eastwood (0)

The plot of "Shakespeare in Love" borrows from "Romeo and Juliet" and which other play?

a) Twelfth Night (1)

b) The Merchant of Venice (0)

c) A Midsummer Night's Dream (0)

d) Cymbeline (0)

Who was the first black actor to portray Othello on film?

a) Sidney Poitier (0)

b) Morgan Freeman (0)

c) Samuel L Jackson (0)

d) Laurence Fishburne (1)

Where does Ethan Hawke deliver the "To be or not to be" speech in the recent modern day adaptation of "Hamlet"?

a) a video store (1)

b) a fast food restaurant (0)

c) a football field (0)

d) a basketball court (0)

Which of the following US teen comedies is based on one of Shakespeare 's plays?

a) Never Been Kissed (0)

b) She's All That (0)

c) 10 Things I Hate About You (1)

d) American Pie (0)

The first movie to be inspired by Shakespeare was made in 1899. Which play was it based on?

a) Hamlet (0)

b) King John (1)

c) Macbeth (0)

d) Romeo and Juliet (0)