Question 1

Before it was a famous film musical, 'My Fair Lady' was a play called 'Pygmalion' by which Nobel Prize-winning playwright?

Accepted Answer

George Bernard Shaw

Question 2

Which classic French novel by Victor Hugo, featuring Jean Valjean and Inspector Javert, was adapted into a highly successful stage musical and multiple films?

Accepted Answer

Les Misérables

Question 3

Which novel by Arthur C. Clarke was developed into a groundbreaking 1968 science fiction film directed by Stanley Kubrick?

Accepted Answer

2001: A Space Odyssey

Question 4

The 1994 film 'The Shawshank Redemption' is based on a novella by Stephen King found in which collection?

Accepted Answer

Different Seasons

Question 5

What 1974 film, based on a novel by Peter Benchley, revolutionized the summer blockbuster and made audiences afraid to go into the ocean?

Accepted Answer

Jaws

Question 6

Which novel by Philippa Gregory, about the Boleyn sisters, was adapted into a 2008 film starring Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson?

Accepted Answer

The Other Boleyn Girl

Question 7

Akira Kurosawa's 1957 film 'Throne of Blood' is a re-imagining of which Shakespearean tragedy?

Accepted Answer

Macbeth

Question 8

Which acclaimed novel, set in Japan and adapted into a 2005 film starring Ziyi Zhang, focuses on the life of a geisha?

Accepted Answer

Memoirs of a Geisha

Question 9

The 1996 film 'The English Patient,' which won nine Academy Awards, is an adaptation of a novel by which Canadian author?

Accepted Answer

Michael Ondaatje

Question 10

What celebrated Bengali novel by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay formed the basis for Satyajit Ray's iconic 'Apu Trilogy'?

Accepted Answer

Pather Panchali

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