The Ten Commandments (1956)
Choose an answer from the three choices
and True or False offered after each question and then "Check Your Answers"
at the end of the quiz.
 1.
The Ten Commandments is a 1956 motion picture that
dramatized the Biblical story of Moses, an adopted Egyptian
prince-turned deliverer of the Hebrew slaves. Who produced and directed
the movie?
- Cecil B. DeMille
- Elmer Bernstein
- Yul Brynner
2. Who played Moses?
- Mike Connors
- John Carradine
- Charlton Heston
3. The Paramount mountain at the beginning of the movie is replaced
with Mount Sinai and the sky is red.
4. Who played Pharaoh Rameses II?
- John Derek
- Sir Cedric Hardwicke
- Yul Brynner
5. The original choice for the role of Nefretiri was Audrey
Hepburn.
The ultimate decision not to cast her was due to her
less-than-voluptuous figure. Anne Baxter, the final choice for the role,
filled out her sheer costumes in a manner that more closely resembled
period wall paintings of Egyptian ladies.
6. Other well-known talent in the film's "cast of
thousands" included Herb Alpert as a Hebrew drummer, Carl
"Alfalfa" Switzer as a slave, Michael Ansara as an Egyptian
taskmaster, Robert Vaughn as a spearman and a Hebrew, Clint Walker as a
Sardinian captain and DeMille himself as the film's narrator, all
uncredited.
7. Who is NOT a writer of the screenplay?
- J.H. Ingraham (novel Pillar of Fire)
- A.E. Southon (novel On Eagle's Wing)
- Amos Moses (novel Jerry Reed)
8. Charlton Heston won his first Oscar playing Moses.
9. "Where's your Messiah now?", a famous line from the Ten
Commandments. Who said the line?
- Edward G. Robinson
- Vincent Price
- Mike Connors
10. Although Rameses II and Seti I were historical figures,
Rameses'
wife's name was Nefertari, not "Nefretiri", as in the film.
This queen, though well-known, is not to be confused with the even more
famous queen Nefertiti, who lived 75 years earlier. Both names mean
"Beautiful."
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