Q 01/05

Field of Dreams (1989) was adapted from the novel Shoeless Joe. Who wrote it?

A) W. P. Kinsella

B) Mark Harris

C) Michael Shaara

D) Bernard Malamud

Answer · why

A) W. P. Kinsella

Kinsella was Canadian, and the film shot under the novel's title before the studio renamed it late in production.

Q 02/05

The cornfield ballpark in Field of Dreams was built on a farm outside which small town?

A) Dubuque

B) Dyersville

C) Ames

D) Cedar Rapids

Answer · why

B) Dyersville

The diamond was left standing after the shoot and became a tourist attraction.

Q 03/05

In the novel Shoeless Joe, which real reclusive writer does Ray seek out, before the film changed him to Terence Mann?

A) Thomas Pynchon

B) Kurt Vonnegut

C) J. D. Salinger

D) Harper Lee

Answer · why

C) J. D. Salinger

Salinger threatened to sue if his name was used, so the character became a fictional 1960s novelist and civil-rights-era icon.

Q 04/05

Which Hollywood legend made his final film appearance as Doc 'Moonlight' Graham in Field of Dreams?

A) Charlton Heston

B) Robert Mitchum

C) Gregory Peck

D) Burt Lancaster

Answer · why

D) Burt Lancaster

Archibald Graham was a real player who appeared in exactly one major league game, for the 1905 New York Giants, without an at-bat.

Q 05/05

Which two teams played MLB's first regular-season game at the Field of Dreams site in 2021?

A) White Sox and Yankees

B) Cubs and Cardinals

C) Twins and Brewers

D) Rangers and Blue Jays

Answer · why

A) White Sox and Yankees

The game had been scheduled for 2020 and was pushed back a year by the pandemic; the White Sox won it with a walk-off homer into the corn.