Jules Verne Quiz: Reception of Jules Verne’s works

Which Jules Verne novel was the first to be made into a film?
1. De la Terre à la Lune
2. Vingt Mille Lieues sous les mers
3. Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours
4. Michel Strogoff
5. Mathias Sandorf
Who were the founders of the Société Jules Verne?
1. Jean H. Guermonprez
2. Cornelis Helling
3. Jean Jules-Verne
4. Michel Verne
Which of these does really exist?
1. The town Jules-Verne
2. The lake Jules Verne
3. The crater Jules Verne
4. The island Jules Verne

Match these actors with the role they played:

How long did these people take to circumnavigate the world?

Which of these stories inspired an operette by Jacques Offenbach?
1. De la Terre à la Lune
2. Une fantaisie du docteur Ox
3. Maître Zacharius
4. Michel Strogoff
Which of these authors has (have) said to admire Jules Verne’s work?
1. Edgar Allan Poe
2. Raymond Roussel
3. Lev Tolstoi
4. Ivan Tourgenyev
5. Émile Zola
Where is the Musée Jules Verne located?
1. Amiens
2. Bruxelles
3. Marseille
4. Nantes
5. Paris
Which of these countries issued stamps commemorating Jules Verne?
1. France
2. Germany
3. Mali
4. Monaco
5. Switzerland
6. United States
Which famous European actor appeared in three Hollywood Verne films?
1. Ursula Andress
2. Curd Jürgens
3. Peter Lorre
4. James Mason
5. Anton Walbrook
Which actor played the first talking Captain Nemo in a Hollywood movie?
1. Lionel Barrymore
2. Allen Holubar
3. Warner Oland
4. Leonard Penn
5. Spencer Tracy
What was the generic title of the series of novels by Paul d’Ivoi?
1. Histoires extraordinaires
2. Voyages excentriques
3. Nouveaux voyages extraordinaires
4. Histoires verniennes
Which company in the following list never used Jules Verne to make commercial ads?
1. Toshiba
2. Waterman
3. Nestle
4. IBM
5. Ford
6. Nina Ricci

In which year was each of these biographies published?

Peter Costello: Jules Verne, Inventor of Science-Fiction
Olivier Dumas: Jules Verne
M. Allotte de la Fuÿe: Jules Verne, sa vie, son oeuvre
Charles Lemire: Jules Verne, 1828–1905
Jean Jules-Verne: Jules Verne

Which of these films won one or more Oscars?
1. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
2. Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
3. Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
4. In Search of the Castaways (1962)
5. Eight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon (1993)
Which characters appear in various paintings by Paul Delvaux?
1. Nemo and Robur
2. Uncle Sam and Uncle Sib
3. Otto Lidenbrock and Palmyrin Rosette
4. Phileas Fogg and Jean Passepartout

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