Robert Capa D-Day Quiz: The Magnificent Eleven Negatives

This robert capa d-day quiz wades ashore at Omaha Beach in June 1944. Play 10 interactive questions on landing with American troops, rolls of film shot under fire, a darkroom mishap in London that left about eleven frames, their blurred look, Life magazine's publication, the Magnificent Eleven nickname, his saying about getting close and co-founding Magnum Photos.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Date
On which day did Capa photograph the landings?
Beach
At which beach did Capa land?
Rolls
About how many rolls of film did he shoot?
Lab
What happened to most of his film in London?
Eleven
About how many frames survived?
Look
What is a famous quality of the surviving images?
Mag
Which magazine published them?
Quote
What is Capa's famous advice about good pictures?
Agency
Which agency did Capa co-found?
War
Which earlier war had made Capa famous?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: On which day did Capa photograph the landings?
Answer: 6 June 1944
D-Day.
Q2: At which beach did Capa land?
Answer: Omaha Beach
With American troops.
Q3: About how many rolls of film did he shoot?
Answer: Several rolls
Under fire.
Q4: What happened to most of his film in London?
Answer: It was ruined in the darkroom
A darkroom mishap.
Q5: About how many frames survived?
Answer: Eleven
The Magnificent Eleven.
Q6: What is a famous quality of the surviving images?
Answer: They are blurred and grainy
Adding urgency.
Q7: Which magazine published them?
Answer: Life
In June 1944.
Q8: What is Capa's famous advice about good pictures?
Answer: Get close enough
Being near the action.
Q9: Which agency did Capa co-found?
Answer: Magnum Photos
In 1947.
Q10: Which earlier war had made Capa famous?
Answer: The Spanish Civil War
The Falling Soldier.

Under Fire at Omaha Beach

On 6 June 1944, D-Day, photographer Robert Capa landed at Omaha Beach with American troops and shot several rolls of film under heavy fire. He had already become famous for his images of the Spanish Civil War.

In London, most of his film was ruined in the darkroom, according to the long-told story, leaving about eleven frames, later called the Magnificent Eleven. The surviving images are blurred and grainy, which adds to their sense of chaos and urgency. Life magazine published them in June 1944.

Capa famously advised that if your pictures are not good enough, you are not close enough. In 1947 he co-founded Magnum Photos with Henri Cartier-Bresson and others. He died in 1954 while covering the war in Indochina.

What This Quiz Teaches

Photography fans will enjoy these questions.

When Capa landed
Where he photographed
What happened to the film
How the images look
What he founded

Did You Know?

Historians still debate the darkroom story.
Capa was born in Budapest.
His real name was Endre Friedmann.
Saving Private Ryan drew on his images.
His brother Cornell founded a photo museum.