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1. The film, ironically, begins on the set of a previous Charlie Kaufman film. Which one?
Human Nature
Being John Malkovich
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
 
2. Tilda Swinton plays a studio executive for which company? (Hint: it’s the same studio that released Adaptation.)
Columbia
DreamWorks
New Line
Universal
 
3. Susan Orlean originally went to Florida to write a piece about John Laroche for which publication?
Nature
The New Yorker
People
The Washington Post
 
4. John gets caught by police while poaching rare orchids with which Indian tribe?
Apache
Cherokee
Seminole
Shawnee
 
5. What is John's favorite kind of orchid?
Child
Death
Ghost
Light
 
6. Donald's script is self-described as Silence of the Lambs meets...
The Birds
North By Northwest
Psycho
Rear Window
 
7. Charlie asks for what kind of pie when he first meets Alice?
Blueberry
Cherry
Key Lime
Lemon
 
8. In Donald's script, the main character has what problem?
Insomnia
Multiple Personality Disorder
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Schizophrenia
 
9. How does John's mother die?
Car Wreck
Gator Attack
Old Age
Suicide
 
10. What is the title of Donald's script?
On the Run
The Strange
The Three
Where is My Mind?
 
11. According to Robert McKee, what is the most important part of a script?
The beginning
The problem
Character development
The end
 
12. Also according to Robert, what is the best script ever written?
Casablanca
Citizen Kane
The Godfather
Gone With the Wind
 
13. What is Donald's solution to fixing Charlie's script?
Go to a script-writing seminar
Meet Susan
Rewrite the thing
Take a vacation
 
14. Who does Susan say she would have dinner with? Either Einstein or...
Ghandi
Jesus
Mother Teresa
The Pope
 
15. When not hunting down orchids, John operates what kind of Web site?
Art
Gambling
Porn
Film (like BOP!)
 
16. While high, Susan forces John to do what?
Imitate a dial tone
Speak with an accent
Strip
Tell a joke
 
17. Susan (to Charlie): "Are you going to write this in your screenplay?"
Charlie: "I can't write at a time like this."
Charlie: "I really don't know what this is."
Charlie: "Now why would I do that?"
Charlie: "Of course."
 
18. How does Donald die?
Car wreck
Gator attack
Old age
Suicide
 
19. How does John die?
Car wreck
Gator attack
Old age
Suicide
 
20. In the end, who does Charlie say he loves?
Amelia
Catherine Keener
Susan
Valerie
 
21. Who does Charlie think should play himself in his adaptation?
Gerard Depardieu
Himself
Nicolas Cage
Wes Anderson
 
22. What song plays at the end of the film?
"Wonderful Tonight" by Eric Clapton
"Imagine" by John Lennon
"Free Bird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd
"Happy Together" by The Turtles
 
23. Which actor doesn’t play himself/herself in the film?
Brian Cox
Catherine Keener
John Malkovich
Spike Jonze
 
24. Who is the film's director?
Charlie Kaufman
Michel Gondry
Spike Jonze
Wes Anderson
 
25. What award did Adaptation. win at the Oscars?
Best Actor (Nicolas Cage)
Best Supporting Actress (Meryl Streep)
Best Supporting Actor (Chris Cooper)
Best Adapted Screenplay (Charlie Kaufman)
 




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