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Spot the Reference! 🎭✨
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Identify the original work referenced in popular films, songs, and series.
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1
The concept of an angelic presence protecting someone in this song can be likened to which biblical reference?
Moses
Archangel Gabriel
Adam and Eve
The Ten Commandments
2
Which musical about a small-town girl and a city boy chasing their dreams features this iconic 80s rock song?
Hairspray
West Side Story
Rock of Ages
Grease
3
This Disney film tells the untold story of the villain from which classic fairy tale?
Beauty and the Beast
Sleeping Beauty
Cinderella
Snow White
4
This Filipino series is inspired by two iconic Jose Rizal novels about Filipino struggles during Spanish colonization.
Dekada '70
Noli Me Tangere & El Filibusterismo
Florante at Laura
Ibong Adarna
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This dystopian movie is inspired by a tale where young people are sacrificed for entertainment. This is based on____.
The Iliad
Odyssey
Medusa’s Curse
Theseus and the Minotaur
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Wicked
tells the untold story of the witches from which famous fairy tale?
Snow White
The Wizard of Oz
Cinderella
Sleeping Beauty
7
This mystery film follows the adventures of the younger sister of which famous fictional detective?
Miss Marple
Father Brown
Hercule Poirot
Sherlock Holmes
8
This pop song about granting wishes draws inspiration from which classic tale of magic and adventure?
One Thousand and One Nights
Sinbad
Arabian Nights
Aladdin
9
This romantic movie’s title is inspired by a line from which Shakespearean play?
Macbeth
Julius Caesar
Romeo and Juliet
Hamlet
10
This teen rom-com is a modern retelling of which Shakespearean play where a stubborn woman is “tamed” by her suitor?
Twelfth Night
The Taming of the Shrew
Much Ado About Nothing
Romeo and Juliet
11
This 90s teen movie is a modern adaptation of which Jane Austen novel?
Pride and Prejudice
Emma
Sense and Sensibility
Mansfield Park
12
his Disney movie about two sisters is loosely based on which Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale?
The Little Mermaid
The Emperor’s New Clothes
The Snow Queen
The Ugly Duckling
13
In this movie, a girl disguises herself as her brother. Which Shakespearean comedy inspired this?
Othello
As You Like It
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Twelfth Night
14
Which classic literary work inspired the storyline of Taylor Swift’s song
Love Story
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Pride and Prejudice
Romeo and Juliet
Hamlet
Macbeth
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The Lion King
tells the story of Simba avenging his father’s death. Which Shakespearean tragedy is this based on?
King Lear
Julius Caesar
Hamlet
Oedipus Rex