Film and TV: Book to Movie Adaptations Flashcards
What character does Kermit the Frog play in the Muppet version of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island?
Captain Abraham Smollett
What is Edward’s special ability in the Twilight series?
Reading minds or Mind-reading
How many films are in The Twilight Saga?
Five (5)
Complete the inscription from The Lord of the Rings: “One Ring to rule them all; One Ring to find them all; One Ring to bring them all…”
“And in the darkness bind them.”
What brand and model of vehicle can be seen flying across London and the British countryside in the second Harry Potter film?
A Ford Anglia
Alice Walker’s The Color Purple became a hit Steven Spielberg film in 1985. Which star got her big break in the lead role?
Whoopi Goldberg
In Rudyard Kipling’s and Disney’s The Jungle Book, what is the name of the python?
Kaa
In The Hunger Games, Stanley Tucci plays a lively and good-natured character. What is his character’s name?
Caesar Flickerman or Caesar
The beginning of the movie Dune: Part One opens with the Princess describing the year and background information needed. She says, “The year is ______________.
10191 or ten thousand one ninety-one
Which Disney film adaptation of a classic book features playing cards, hares, cats, rabbits, dodos, and door knobs?
Alice in Wonderland
. Who plays Romeo in the 1996 film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet?
Leonardo DiCaprio
True or False: During the filming of the 2005 film adaptation of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, director Ken Kwapis never used the traditional phrase “Action!” to begin the actors’ performance on set.
True
Robert Downey Jr. stars in the 2020 film based on this novel, originally published in 1920, about a physician who can talk to animals by Hugh Lofting.
The Story of Doctor Dolittle
The movie Wonka was released in 2023. Name the author of the original book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, published in 1964.
Roald Dahl
Charles Dicken’s Oliver Twist has proved popular with filmmakers. Who plays Fagin in the David Lean version?
Alec Guinness
What is the name of the book turned movie in 1993, and again in 2020, about an orphaned girl who discovers a magical garden hidden at her strict uncle’s estate?
The Secret Garden
Peter Pan from the 2023 film Peter Pan & Wendy first appeared in this 1902 novel, originally written for adults.
The Little White Bird
C.S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia have now been made into three successful movies, but how many books are there in the series?
Seven books (7)
Who wrote the books that became the successful James Bond spy film franchise?
Ian Fleming
Little Women with Emma Watson is a 2019 film version of the novel by whom?
Louisa May Alcott
