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KenRussell easyquiz |
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Quiz yourself on Ken's films, his actors, his television etc. An easy quiz: here are the questions and the answers:
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| Which film got an Oscar for the best actress | Women in Love and Glenda Jackson |
| What is the title of Ken's television film about Delius | Song of Summer |
| Name one of Ken's films based on works by D.H. Lawrence | Women in Love, The Rainbow, the television series Lady Chatterley |
| Name a film with both Glenda Jackson and Oliver Reed | Women in Love |
| Which film has no dialogue | Tommy. All the dialogue, apart from one word, is sung |
| Which film did Roger Daltry of The Who do with Russell after Tommy | Lisztomania |
| Who sings in Ken's pop video Nikita | Elton John |
| Name one of Ken's American films | Altered States, Crimes of Passion, Trapped Ashes, Whore, and Dogboys for American television |
| Who played The Acid Queen in Tommy | Tina Turner. The original choice was Tiny Tim |
| What is the title of Ken's autobiography | A British Picture. In America it is called Altered States |
| How old is Ken | 80. He was born on 3 July 1927 |
| What science fiction film has Ken done | Altered States |
| Name a film about staging a play | The Boyfriend, Salome´s Last Dance |
| Nureyev the dancer acts in which film | Valentino |
| In Tommy who do the people in the church worship | Marilyn Monroe |
| Name a film without nuns, priests or crucifixions | Billion Dollar Brain, The Boyfriend, Valentino, Whore |
| What are Ken's horror films | The Lair of the White Worm, The Fall of the Louse of Usher, Trapped Ashes |
| Who plays Tchaikovsky in The Music Lovers | Richard Chamberlain. He was attempting to get away from his Dr Kildare image |
Assessment
| Less than 5 | you are very fortunate, you have a lot of Ken Russell films still to see |
| 6-15 | pretty good |
| >15 | click here to on to the advanced questions |