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Sports Media and the Arts

Description: This quiz tests your knowledge about the relationship between sports media and the arts.
Number of Questions: 15
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Which famous sports movie was based on the true story of a high school football team from Odessa, Texas?

  1. Friday Night Lights

  2. Remember the Titans

  3. Rudy

  4. The Blind Side


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Friday Night Lights is a 2004 sports drama film based on the 1990 non-fiction book of the same name by H. G. Bissinger.

Who directed the critically acclaimed sports drama film 'Raging Bull'?

  1. Martin Scorsese

  2. Steven Spielberg

  3. Francis Ford Coppola

  4. Quentin Tarantino


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Martin Scorsese directed the 1980 biographical sports drama film 'Raging Bull', which starred Robert De Niro as boxer Jake LaMotta.

Which sports-themed TV show featured the character of Ted Lasso, an American football coach who moves to England to coach a soccer team?

  1. Ted Lasso

  2. The Office

  3. Parks and Recreation

  4. Modern Family


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Ted Lasso is an American sports comedy-drama television series created by Jason Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, Brendan Hunt, and Joe Kelly.

What is the name of the famous sports-themed painting by George Bellows that depicts a boxing match?

  1. Stag at Sharkey's

  2. The Fight

  3. The Knockdown

  4. The Uppercut


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Stag at Sharkey's is a 1909 oil painting by American artist George Bellows. It depicts a boxing match at Sharkey's Athletic Club in New York City.

Which sports-themed novel by Bernard Malamud won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1959?

  1. The Natural

  2. The Assistant

  3. The Fixer

  4. Dubin's Lives


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Natural is a 1952 novel by Bernard Malamud. It tells the story of Roy Hobbs, a talented baseball player who is given a magical bat by a mysterious stranger.

Who wrote the screenplay for the 1976 sports drama film 'Rocky'?

  1. Sylvester Stallone

  2. John G. Avildsen

  3. Irwin Winkler

  4. Robert Chartoff


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Sylvester Stallone wrote the screenplay for the 1976 sports drama film 'Rocky', which he also starred in as the title character.

Which sports-themed ballet was choreographed by Jerome Robbins and premiered in 1957?

  1. Fancy Free

  2. Interplay

  3. The Cage

  4. Afternoon of a Faun


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Fancy Free is a one-act ballet choreographed by Jerome Robbins to music by Leonard Bernstein. It premiered in 1944 and was inspired by the experiences of American sailors during World War II.

What is the name of the sports-themed opera composed by Gian Carlo Menotti that premiered in 1951?

  1. Amahl and the Night Visitors

  2. The Consul

  3. The Medium

  4. The Saint of Bleecker Street


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Amahl and the Night Visitors is a one-act opera composed by Gian Carlo Menotti. It premiered in 1951 and tells the story of a crippled boy who is visited by the Three Kings on their way to Bethlehem.

Which sports-themed play by Arthur Miller premiered on Broadway in 1955?

  1. A View from the Bridge

  2. The Crucible

  3. Death of a Salesman

  4. All My Sons


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A View from the Bridge is a play by Arthur Miller that premiered on Broadway in 1955. It tells the story of a longshoreman who becomes obsessed with his wife's niece.

What is the name of the sports-themed documentary film directed by Ezra Edelman that won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2016?

  1. O.J.: Made in America

  2. The Cove

  3. Man on Wire

  4. Searching for Sugar Man


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

O.J.: Made in America is a 2016 American documentary film directed by Ezra Edelman. It tells the story of O.J. Simpson, a former American football player who was tried and acquitted for the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman.

Which sports-themed TV show featured the character of Michael Scott, a regional manager of a paper company?

  1. The Office

  2. Parks and Recreation

  3. Modern Family

  4. 30 Rock


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Office is an American mockumentary sitcom television series that aired on NBC from March 24, 2005, to May 16, 2013.

What is the name of the sports-themed novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald that was published posthumously in 1925?

  1. The Great Gatsby

  2. Tender Is the Night

  3. This Side of Paradise

  4. The Beautiful and Damned


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Great Gatsby is a novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald that follows the story of Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire, and his pursuit of the American Dream.

Which sports-themed film directed by Ron Shelton was released in 1988?

  1. Bull Durham

  2. White Men Can't Jump

  3. Tin Cup

  4. The Mighty Ducks


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Bull Durham is a 1988 American sports comedy-drama film directed by Ron Shelton. It stars Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, and Tim Robbins.

What is the name of the sports-themed painting by Norman Rockwell that depicts a baseball game?

  1. The Saturday Evening Post Cover

  2. Freedom of Speech

  3. The Problem We All Live With

  4. Triple Self-Portrait


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Saturday Evening Post Cover is a painting by Norman Rockwell that was published on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post on August 13, 1943. It depicts a baseball game between two teams of boys.

Which sports-themed TV show featured the character of Leslie Knope, a deputy director of the Parks and Recreation Department in Pawnee, Indiana?

  1. Parks and Recreation

  2. The Office

  3. Modern Family

  4. 30 Rock


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Parks and Recreation is an American political satire comedy television series created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur. It aired on NBC from April 9, 2009, to February 24, 2015.

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