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Exploring the Movie 'Alchemy' and Its Historical Context

This quiz explores the cast and roles from the movie 'Alchemy' as well as the historical significance of alchemy in Western Europe.

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1 Who played Martin in the movie Alchemy?

2 What role did Robert Guillaume play in the movie Alchemy?

3 Who played Marissa in the movie Alchemy?

4 What role did James Barbour play in the movie Alchemy?

5 Who played Jane in the movie Alchemy?

6 Who played KJ in the movie Alchemy?

7 Starting with the ________, Persian and European alchemists invested much effort in the search for the 'philosopher's stone', a legendary substance that was believed to be an essential ingredient for either or both of those goals.

8 Who played Camille in the movie Alchemy?

9 What role did Rebecca Haydon play in the movie Alchemy?

10 In reality, although Alchemists contributed ________ to Western Europe, they did little for any known industry.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the 17th-century Theatrum Chemicum is a comprehensive compendium on alchemy in the western world.
  • the distinct resemblance of a certain silver mixture, known as Diana's Tree, to a forest of trees led alchemists to theorize the existence of life in the realm of minerals.
  • the hostility of English alchemist Thomas Charnock's neighbours forced him to barricade himself in his cottage.
  • composer Michael Arne's obsession for alchemy and the search for the philosopher's stone led him into serious financial problems resulting in his arrest and confinement in a Dublin sponging-house.
  • a real-life German alchemist named Johann Georg Faust was the inspiration for Marlowe-Goethe Faust of fictional fame.
  • Tang Dynasty general Li Baozhen, in search of immortality, consumed over 20,000 pills made by an alchemist, which eventually killed him.
  • Jacob Bruce, a Russian nobleman of Scottish descent and one of the most educated people in Russia at the time, was famous among the 18th-century Muscovites as an alchemist and mage.
  • The Kinship of the Three is the earliest book on theoretical alchemy in China and is the earliest source to have mentioned the compositions necessary to create gunpowder.
  • Piero di Cosimo's painting The Death of Procris (pictured) may contain allusions to the practice of alchemy.
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