One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Trivia Quiz

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: 1975 Film
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: 1975 Film
Ten questions about the psychiatric ward, memorable performances, dramatic scenes, and the film's remarkable Oscar success.
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest became a landmark of 1970s American cinema through its powerful performances and hospital setting. This trivia quiz covers memorable confrontations, the patients' unusual adventures, the novel behind the story, filming locations, and Academy Award achievements.
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What This Quiz Covers

Questions cover the rebellious central patient and controlling head nurse, a television baseball dispute, a hospital basketball game, an unauthorized ocean outing, the original novel, and a landmark Academy Awards ceremony.

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  1. Where does McMurphy take a group of patients during an unauthorized outing away from the hospital?
  2. Which filmmaker directed One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and won an Academy Award for his work?
  3. Which patient does McMurphy encourage to use his height during the hospital's basketball games?
  4. In which state was much of the 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest shot inside a real psychiatric hospital?
  5. Which author wrote the 1962 novel that inspired the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest?
  6. Which heavy object does Chief Bromden lift and throw through a hospital window during the film's ending?
  7. Which actor played the rebellious Randle McMurphy in the 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest?
  8. Which actress portrayed the strict Nurse Ratched in the 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest?
  9. Which five Academy Award categories did One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest win at the 1976 ceremony?
  10. What sporting event does McMurphy unsuccessfully campaign to watch on television in the hospital ward?
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: 1975 Film
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