Books into Movies Quiz

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It wouldn’t be a very difficult quiz if the movies had just used the book title, but fortunately that isn’t always the case. For these famous film adaptations, can you guess the book that provided inspiration. Try our Books into Movies Quiz!

 

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#1. The Irishman (2019) was based on which book?

Unlucky! I Heard you Paint Houses is the correct answer

#2. Apocalypse Now (1979) was loosely based on which book?

Unlucky! it was based on the novella Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

#3. The movie Stand by Me (1986) was based on which Stephen King story?

Unlucky!, It was his novella The Body

#4. Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown (1997) was adapted from which book?

Unlucky! It was Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard

#5. Slumdog Millionaire (2008) was loosely based on which book?

Unlucky! It was loosely based on Q&A by Vikas Swarup

#6. Total Recall (1990) was based on which Philip K Dick book?

Unlucky! It was based on We Can Remember It For You Wholesale

#7. Frozen (2013) was based on which book?

Unlucky! It was the fairy tale The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen

#8. Die Hard (1988) was inspired from which book?

Unlucky! Nothing Else Matters by Roderick Thorp is the correct answer

#9. The Handmaiden (2016) was adapted from which book?

Unlucky! It was based on Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

#10. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) was loosely based on ?

Unlucky it was the short story The Greatest Gift (1943) by Philip Van Doren Stern, which itself was loosely based on the Charles Dickens 1843 novella A Christmas Carol.

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