Q 01/05

Who wrote the novel Shoeless Joe, adapted for the screen as Field of Dreams (1989)?

A) W. P. Kinsella

B) Mark Harris

C) Michael Shaara

D) Bernard Malamud

Answer · why

A) W. P. Kinsella

W. P. Kinsella wanted to call his novel The Dream Field, but his publisher preferred Shoeless Joe; the studio then dropped that title for the film and...

Q 02/05

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

A) Dubuque

B) Dyersville

C) Ames

D) Cedar Rapids

Answer · why

B) Dyersville

Dyersville's corn stood far too short when cameras were due to roll in the dry summer of 1988, so the shoot had to work around it until the stalks gre...

Q 03/05

In the novel Shoeless Joe, which real reclusive writer does Ray seek out, changed to Terence Mann in Field of Dreams?

A) Thomas Pynchon

B) Kurt Vonnegut

C) J. D. Salinger

D) Harper Lee

Answer · why

C) J. D. Salinger

J. D. Salinger's lawyers wrote that he was offended by the novel and would be unhappy to see it reach other media, so the filmmakers invented a 1960s ...

Q 04/05

Which Hollywood legend's last big-screen role was Doc 'Moonlight' Graham in Field of Dreams?

A) Charlton Heston

B) Robert Mitchum

C) Gregory Peck

D) Burt Lancaster

Answer · why

D) Burt Lancaster

Burt Lancaster's character was a real man: Archibald Graham played his one big-league game in June 1905, not on the last day of the 1922 season as the...

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

White Sox and Yankees hitters sent eight home runs into the corn, the last a walk-off by Chicago's Tim Anderson; the pandemic had pushed the game back...