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Quiz: How well do you know Field of Dreams?

Can you get a home run…?
9.30pm, 30 Jul 2020
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KEVIN COSTNER CLASSIC Field of Dreams made its way onto Netflix this week.

The sports fantasy movie was nominated for three Academy Awards and is still a favourite today.

Let’s see how much you remember…

What year did Field of Dreams hit the cinemas?
1987
1988

1989
1990
Name Kevin Costner's character...
Ray Kinsella
Ray Kavanagh

Ray Kennedy
Ray Killoran
Where is the family's corn farm?
Utah
Iowa

Illinois
Kansas
What's the first phrase Ray hears from the whispering voice?
"If you build it, he will come..."
"If you build it, they will come..."

"Ease his pain..."
"He's behind you..."
What's the name of the first ghostly baseball player to visit the field?
Terence Mann
'Moonlight' Graham

Shoeless Joe Jackson
Roger 'Rocket' Clemens
James Earl Jones plays Terence Mann - what's his profession in the movie?
Doctor
Drug dealer

Writer
Sports commentator
During shooting filmmakers dammed a stream near the field - why?
To prevent flooding
To keep the grass nice and green

To make the corn grow
To create a swimming pool
What heroic act does 'Moonlight' Graham perform during the movie?
He gets Ray the loan he needs to save his farm
He hits a home run

He harvests lots of corn
He saves Ray's daughter
How will Ray manage to make money from his baseball field in the end?
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He'll sell tickets to the baseball games
He managed to get pro-sponsorship

He found oil in the field
He's going to sell the farm to his brother
The baseball field built for the movie still exists - true or false
True
False
Answer all the questions to see your result!
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You scored out of !
Home run!
You knocked it out of the park
Share your result:
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You scored out of !
Third base
You were so close!
Share your result:
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You scored out of !
Second base
Hey batter batter!
Share your result:
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You scored out of !
You built it...
...they didn't come
Share your result:

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