Q 01/05

In Braveheart's battle scenes, what colour is the war paint on William Wallace's face?

A) Red

B) Blue

C) Green

D) Black

Answer · why

B) Blue

Blue. The woad-style paint is one of many liberties with history that led The Times, in 2009, to rank Braveheart second on its list of the most inaccu...

Q 02/05

Who wrote the Braveheart screenplay, sharing a surname with its hero?

A) Irving Wallace

B) Randall Wallace

C) David Wallace

D) Seoras Wallace

Answer · why

B) Randall Wallace

Randall Wallace. The American came across the story on a trip to Scotland, and in 2002 he teamed up with Mel Gibson again, directing him in We Were So...

Q 03/05

Braveheart drew on a 15th-century epic poem about Wallace by which Scottish minstrel?

A) Thomas the Rhymer

B) John Barbour

C) Blind Harry

D) William Dunbar

Answer · why

C) Blind Harry

Blind Harry. He wrote more than 150 years after Wallace died and filled the gaps with legend, which is why many of the best-known stories about the he...

Q 04/05

Which French actress plays Princess Isabelle in Braveheart?

A) Isabelle Adjani

B) Juliette Binoche

C) Emmanuelle Béart

D) Sophie Marceau

Answer · why

D) Sophie Marceau

Sophie Marceau. The romance is invented: the real Isabella was a small child in France while Wallace was fighting, and she only came to England to mar...

Q 05/05

Which actor plays King Edward Longshanks in Braveheart?

A) Patrick McGoohan

B) Alun Armstrong

C) Ian Bannen

D) James Cosmo

Answer · why

A) Patrick McGoohan

Patrick McGoohan. His king dies just as Wallace is executed, but the real Edward I outlived him by almost two years and died marching north for one mo...