Q 01/05

Who directed The Princess Bride (1987)?

A) Rob Reiner

B) Ron Howard

C) Richard Donner

D) Barry Levinson

Answer · why

A) Rob Reiner

Rob Reiner directed The Princess Bride; his father Carl Reiner had given him Goldman's novel as a teenager, and he made it right after Stand by Me (19...

Q 02/05

Who wrote the 1973 novel and adapted it for the screen?

A) Terry Gilliam

B) William Goldman

C) Neil Simon

D) Peter Beagle

Answer · why

B) William Goldman

William Goldman wrote the 1973 novel and the screenplay; he had already won screenwriting Oscars for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and All the Pr...

Q 03/05

What does Westley say every time Buttercup gives him an order on the farm?

A) Right away

B) Of course, Highness

C) As you wish

D) Yes, my lady

Answer · why

C) As you wish

Buttercup eventually works out that the phrase is his way of saying 'I love you'.

Q 04/05

What is the name of the kingdom where Buttercup lives?

A) Guilder

B) Zamunda

C) Genovia

D) Florin

Answer · why

D) Florin

Buttercup lives in Florin, the kingdom whose prince, Humperdinck, chooses her as his bride; the story opens on a farm 'in the country of Florin'.

Q 05/05

Prince Humperdinck plans to start a war with which neighbouring country?

A) Guilder

B) Florin

C) Aldovia

D) Grand Fenwick

Answer · why

A) Guilder

Humperdinck wants war with Guilder, the rival country across the sea; he hires Vizzini to kill Buttercup near the Guilder frontier so the crime can be...