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Love Story Trivia Questions

How much do you really know about Love Story? Below are 8 true or false statements. Click each one to reveal the answer and explanation.

1.

The film 'Love Story' won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

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✗ FALSE

It was nominated for Best Picture but lost to 'Patton.' It did win Best Original Score and other Oscars, but not the top prize.

2.

The film was shot entirely on location in New York City.

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✗ FALSE

The film used locations in Cambridge, Massachusetts (Harvard University) and New York City, but interior scenes were shot on soundstages in Los Angeles.

3.

Ryan O'Neal and Ali MacGraw dated in real life during the filming of 'Love Story.'

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✗ FALSE

They had a famous on-screen chemistry, but they never dated. MacGraw was married to producer Robert Evans at the time.

4.

The line 'Love means never having to say you're sorry' appears in both the film and the novel.

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✓ TRUE

The line is indeed in Erich Segal's novel and the 1970 film, spoken by Oliver to Jenny. It became iconic, though often misattributed to other works.

5.

The character Jenny Cavilleri was based on a real person from Erich Segal's life.

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✗ FALSE

Segal said Jenny was a composite of several women he knew, not a direct copy of any one person. The story itself was fictional.

6.

Erich Segal wrote the novel 'Love Story' after the film script was completed.

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Segal wrote the screenplay first, then adapted it into a novel, which was published just before the film's release to build hype.

7.

The iconic theme song 'Where Do I Begin' from Love Story was originally written without lyrics.

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Composer Francis Lai wrote the instrumental theme first. Lyrics were added later by Carl Sigman, and it became a hit for Andy Williams.

8.

The tagline 'Love means never having to say you're sorry' from the film Love Story was written by the screenwriter, not improvised by the cast.

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Erich Segal created the line for the screenplay and novel; it was a deliberate scripted moment, never a cast improvisation.

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