The Pianist Quizzes

The Pianist Quiz 1

1 When was the film released?
2008

2002

2003

2006
2 Who directed the film?
Steven Spielberg

Roman Polanski

Francis Ford Coppola

Martin Scorsese
3 Who wrote the script?
Ronald Harwood

Roman Polanski

Penny Marshall

Steven Spielberg
4 What is the film based on?
An autobiography

A piece of music

A play

A poem
5 Who wrote the source material?
Feliz Weinberg

Anne Frank

Elie Wiesel

Wladyslaw Szpilman
6 What instrument does Szpilman play?
The harp

The tuba

The cello

The piano
7 What year is it when the film begins?
1941

1942

1939

1934
8 Which of the following Academy Awards did the film NOT win?
Best Picture

Best Adapted Screenplay

Best Director

Best Actor
9 In what country does the film take place?
Poland

France

Germany

Italy
10 In what city does the film take place?
Gdansk

Warsaw

Wroclaw

Krakow
11 Where does the first scene take place?
The ghetto

A public square

A concert hall

A recording studio
12 What happens during the course of the scene?
There is a parade in the street outside

Nazis come in and kill several people

A bomb goes off

Szpilman has an anxiety attack
13 Who does Szpilman meet downstairs?
Jurek

Hitler

Dorota

Majorek
14 Why is Dorota at the studio?
To hear Szpilman play

To record her own music

To warn them about the bomb

To spy on him
15 Who wants to stay in Warsaw with Szpilman when everyone else wants to leave?
Regina

Henryk

Halina

Janina
16 Who do the Szpilman family learn has declared war on Nazi Germany while listening to the radio?
England and France

England and America

France and Greece

Russia and America
17 How much money do they have left when the Nazis invade the city center?
5,000 zlotys

3,000 zlotys

6,000 zlotys

4,000 zlotys
18 What is the maximum amount of money that the Nazis allow Jews to have in their home?
2,000 zlotys

1,500 zlotys

5,000 zlotys

3,000 zlotys
19 What does Szpilman's father want to do with the money?
Hide it in the table leg

Hide it under the flower pots

Put it under the floorboards

Hide it in the mattress
20 What does Szpilman suggest?
Hiding it in a violin

Hiding it under the floorboards

Hiding it in the lining of their clothes

Burying it in the soil of a potted plant
21 What is Regina's occupation?
Violinist

Teacher

Lawyer

Banker
22 Whose work does Szpilman play particularly well?
Chopin

Debussy

Beethoven

Liszt
23 What instrument does Dorota play?
Harp

Cello

Violin

Piano
24 What piece does Szpilman suggest Dorota learn to play?
Brahms' Cello Sonata

Dvorak's Cello Concerto

Haydn's Cello Concerto

Chopin's Cello Sonata
25 Who plays Dorota?
Michelle Dockery

Rosamund Pike

Emilia Fox

Imogen Poots

The pianist

The Jewish people wore armbands with yellow stars on their sleeves.

Asked by Hayley L #849596

Answered by jill d #170087 on 12/3/2018 1:28 AM

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how did the judenrat react to blade request to have his brother released after they had arrested him?

I see no evidence of a character by this name.

Asked by Tiana H #1242538

Answered by jill d #170087 on 6/10/2022 9:32 PM

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The Pianist, includes the shooting of Polish men lying face down in a row and there being shot in their heads – one by one. Was it seven men? Was it eight (8= the number for an octave on the piano)?

Seven Polish prisoners are shot.

He stands over them and, one by one, shoots them. When he comes to Benek, the seventh man, his pistol runs out of ammunition. He changes the clip, shoots Benek and marches off.

Asked by Jearl L #1175370

Answered by jill d #170087 on 10/11/2021 3:32 PM

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by Roman Polanski

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