Q 01/05

Who directed the 1962 epic Lawrence of Arabia?

A) David Lean

B) Carol Reed

C) William Wyler

D) John Huston

Answer · why

A) David Lean

David Lean. He had scouted locations in India for a film about Gandhi with the same producer, Sam Spiegel, then dropped it and turned to T. E. Lawrenc...

Q 02/05

Which actor plays Prince Faisal in Lawrence of Arabia?

A) Michael Redgrave

B) John Gielgud

C) Ralph Richardson

D) Alec Guinness

Answer · why

D) Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness. He had just played T. E. Lawrence himself on the London stage, in the 1960 play Ross, before taking the part of the prince.

Q 03/05

Lawrence of Arabia is based on T. E. Lawrence's life and which 1926 book?

A) Seven Pillars of Wisdom

B) Travels in Arabia Deserta

C) With Lawrence in Arabia

D) The Mint

Answer · why

A) Seven Pillars of Wisdom

Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Lawrence said he lost most of the first draft while changing trains at Reading station in 1919 and had to rewrite it from mem...

Q 04/05

Who beat Lawrence of Arabia's Peter O'Toole to the 1963 Best Actor Oscar?

A) Burt Lancaster

B) Gregory Peck

C) Jack Lemmon

D) Marcello Mastroianni

Answer · why

B) Gregory Peck

Gregory Peck won for playing Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird, so Lawrence of Arabia took seven Oscars, Best Picture among them, without one for...

Q 05/05

Who composed the famous score for Lawrence of Arabia?

A) Maurice Jarre

B) Alfred Newman

C) Dimitri Tiomkin

D) Miklós Rózsa

Answer · why

A) Maurice Jarre

Maurice Jarre got the job only after William Walton and Malcolm Arnold fell through, and the score won him the first of his three Oscars.