Q 01/05

In which year was Dances with Wolves released?

A) 1990

B) 1991

C) 1993

D) 1995

Answer · why

A) 1990

It premiered in October and opened nationwide on 9 November, going on to become the year's fourth-highest grosser worldwide.

Q 02/05

What is the surname of the Union lieutenant played by Kevin Costner?

A) Dunbar

B) Timmons

C) Sedgwick

D) Fambrough

Answer · why

A) Dunbar

He is a first lieutenant who asks to be posted to the frontier so he can see it before it disappears.

Q 03/05

Who wrote both the 1988 novel and the film's Oscar-winning screenplay?

A) William Goldman

B) Larry McMurtry

C) Cormac McCarthy

D) Michael Blake

Answer · why

D) Michael Blake

The story began as an unsold spec script; Costner urged him to turn it into a novel to improve its chances of being made.

Q 04/05

Much of the film's dialogue is spoken, with English subtitles, in which language?

A) Cheyenne

B) Comanche

C) Lakota

D) Navajo

Answer · why

C) Lakota

Only one of the actors was a native speaker, and critics later noted the cast had been taught the language's feminine forms.

Q 05/05

In the original novel, the lieutenant settles with a tribe of which people, changed for the film?

A) Cheyenne

B) Comanche

C) Crow

D) Apache

Answer · why

B) Comanche

The film moved the story north to the Sioux; a sequel novel published in 2001 picks the tale up eleven years later.