Q 01/05

Which singer topped the US chart in 1986 with a German-language hit partly inspired by Amadeus?

A) Nena

B) Taco

C) Falco

D) Sandra

Answer · why

C) Falco

Falco took Rock Me Amadeus to number one in Britain as well, the first Austrian act to top the chart there. He grew up in Vienna, the city where Mozar...

Q 02/05

Which Star Wars lead, who had played Mozart on Broadway, was turned down for the film Amadeus?

A) Mark Hamill

B) Harrison Ford

C) Billy Dee Williams

D) Anthony Daniels

Answer · why

A) Mark Hamill

Mark Hamill auditioned for hours, only for the director to decide that nobody would accept Luke Skywalker as the composer. He had played the part on s...

Q 03/05

Which tennis star's mood swings reportedly shaped the lead actor's portrayal of Mozart in Amadeus?

A) Jimmy Connors

B) John McEnroe

C) Ilie Nastase

D) Guillermo Vilas

Answer · why

B) John McEnroe

John McEnroe and his outbursts on court gave the actor a model for a genius with no self-control. The actor claimed he only found the famous giggle af...

Q 04/05

Amadeus is the Latin form of Mozart's baptismal name Theophilus, which is usually said to mean what?

A) Gift of God

B) Servant of God

C) Voice of God

D) Loved by God

Answer · why

D) Loved by God

Loved by God is just how the envious Salieri sees his rival in the film. The name also exists as Gottlieb in German, the form used in the letter that ...

Q 05/05

Which capital city behind the Iron Curtain doubled for 18th-century Vienna in the film Amadeus?

A) Prague

B) Budapest

C) Warsaw

D) East Berlin

Answer · why

A) Prague

Prague was a homecoming for the director, who had left Czechoslovakia in the late 1960s. The crew filmed in six real palaces, furnished with antiques ...