Movies Based on Books

Question 1

Name the movie adaptation: “Team of Rivals” by Doris Kearns Goodwin

Accepted Answer

Lincoln

Question 2

Which kids’ adventure film is based on a novella by Stephen King?

Accepted Answer

Stand By Me

Question 3

Who wrote the earliest known version of Beauty and the Beast?

Accepted Answer

Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve

Question 4

Name the movie adaptation: “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” by Philip K. Dick

Accepted Answer

Blade Runner

Question 5

Which movie is NOT an adaptation of a novel by Elmore Leonard?

Accepted Answer

Reservoir Dogs

Question 6

Which book adaptation won an Oscar for best picture?

Accepted Answer

Gone With the Wind

Question 7

Name the movie adaptation: “Travelling to Infinity” by Jane Hawking

Accepted Answer

The Theory of Everything

Question 8

Which movie is NOT an adaptation of a novel by Jane Austen?

Accepted Answer

Kiss the Girls

Question 9

Which classic holiday movie is NOT based on a book?

Accepted Answer

Home Alone

Question 10

Who wrote the Hunger Games series of novels?

Accepted Answer

Suzanne Collins

Question 11

Which gangster movie is NOT based on a book?

Accepted Answer

Scarface

Question 12

Which epic series’ final book was NOT split into two films?

Accepted Answer

The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

Question 13

Which space flick is NOT based on a book?

Accepted Answer

Gravity

Question 14

Name the movie adaptation: “Push” by Sapphire

Accepted Answer

Precious

Question 15

Which movie is based on two memoirs that were written by different people?

Accepted Answer

Beautiful Boy

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