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The Second Books into Movies Quiz
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#1. Shoeless Joe by W. P. Kinsella was adapted into which movie?
Unlucky! It was adapted into1989 hit movie Field of Dreams
#2. My Own Private Idaho was inspired by which book?
Unlucky! Gus Van Sant’s 1991 movie was inspired by City of Night by John Rechy
#3. Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell inspired which famous movie?
Unlucky! It inspired The Thing, a 1982 American science fiction horror film by John Carpenter
#4. A Widow for One Year by John Irving was adapted as which movie?
Unlucky! It was adapted as The Door in the Floor, released in 2004 and starring Jeff Bridges and Kim Basinger
#5. O Brother, Where Art Thou? was loosely based on which poem?
Unlucky! It was loosely based on Homer’s epic Greek poem the Odyssey
#6. The 1999 movie 10 Things I Hate About You is based on which Shakespeare play?
Unlucky! It was based on The Taming of the Shrew
#7. Arrival (2016) is based on the novella Story of Your Life by…?
Unlucky! It was a novella by Ted Chiang
#8. Cruel Intentions, released in 1999, is a modern retelling of which famous French novel?
Unlucky! It was based on Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’s novel Les Liaisons dangereuses
#9. Heaven Has No Favorites by German author Erich Maria Remarque was adapted as which movie?
Unlucky! It was adapted as Bobby Deerfield, a 1977 movie featuring Al Pacino
#10. Ritual by David Pinner is the basis for which cult classic horror film?
Unlucky! It was the inspiration for The Wicker Man
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