Q 01/05
A) David Lean
B) Carol Reed
C) William Wyler
D) John Huston
Answer · why
Lean had already made The Bridge on the River Kwai with the same producer, Sam Spiegel, and would follow this with Doctor Zhivago.
Q 02/05
A) Michael Redgrave
B) John Gielgud
C) Ralph Richardson
D) Alec Guinness
Answer · why
The make-up was so faithful that people who had known Faisal mistook the actor for him on set.
Q 03/05
A) Seven Pillars of Wisdom
B) Revolt in the Desert Diaries
C) With Lawrence in Arabia
D) The Mint
Answer · why
Lawrence vowed never to profit from the book and priced the first edition below cost, leaving himself in debt.
Q 04/05
A) Eleven
B) Seven
C) Nine
D) Five
Answer · why
It was nominated for ten and took Best Picture and Best Director among its wins; neither of its acting nominees won.
Q 05/05
A) Maurice Jarre
B) Alfred Newman
C) Dimitri Tiomkin
D) Miklós Rózsa
Answer · why
The composer was little known at the time and only got the job after William Walton and Malcolm Arnold were unavailable; the AFI later ranked the scor...
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