Q 01/05

Moulin Rouge! is the final film in Baz Luhrmann's Red Curtain Trilogy. What are the other two?

A) Strictly Ballroom and Romeo + Juliet

B) Australia and The Great Gatsby

C) Elvis and The Get Down

D) Strictly Ballroom and Australia

Answer · why

A) Strictly Ballroom and Romeo + Juliet

Luhrmann's 1993 Sydney Opera House production of La bohème was a key source for the plot.

Q 02/05

In which year is the main story of the film set?

A) 1889

B) 1900

C) 1899

D) 1912

Answer · why

C) 1899

The framing device has Christian typing the story in 1900, a year after Satine's death.

Q 03/05

What is the name of the play the Bohemians are writing when Christian meets them?

A) Children of the Revolution

B) The Sitar Player

C) Bohemian Rhapsody

D) Spectacular Spectacular

Answer · why

D) Spectacular Spectacular

The tune of Offenbach's can-can, the Galop Infernal, is used for its theme.

Q 04/05

Whom does Satine mistake Christian for on the night they meet?

A) The Duke

B) Zidler

C) Toulouse-Lautrec

D) A doctor

Answer · why

A) The Duke

The Duke of Monroth is the investor Zidler hopes will turn the club into a theatre.

Q 05/05

In the Bohemians' improvised story for the Duke, a courtesan falls for a poor musician playing what instrument?

A) A violin

B) A guitar

C) A sitar

D) A flute

Answer · why

C) A sitar

The Duke later demands the ending be changed so the courtesan marries the maharaja.