Trivia Quiz on 1940s Cinema

1. Bert and ernie of 'sesame street' were named after bert and ernie in which frank capra film

A) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

B) Meet John Doe

C) You Can't Take It with You

D) It's a wonderful life

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2. What disney film boasts the song that's what uncle remus said

A) Dumbo

B) Cinderella

C) The Jungle Book

D) Song of the

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3. In which 1949 film do Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepbum play, married opposing lawyers in an attempted murder trial

A) Pat and Mike

B) Desk Set

C) Without Love

D) Adam's rib

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4. Who was the male lead in "Key Largo"

A) Edward G. Robinson

B) John Wayne

C) Clark Gable

D) Humphrey bogart

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5. The Egg and I was whose first film

A) Marilyn Munroe

B) Mae West

C) Jane Russell

D) Dorothy Lamour

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6. What was David Leans first film

A) Great Expectations

B) Hobson's Choice

C) Oliver Twist

D) Summertime

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7. What was the only film starring Mae West and WC Fields

A) She Done Him Wrong

B) I'm No Angel

C) My little chickadee

D) Goin' to Town

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8. In which 1945 film starring Lauren Bacall, did Humphrey Bogart play a Martinique bar-owner who was opposing the Nazis

A) Casablanca

B) The Big Sleep

C) Dark Passage

D) To have and have not

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9. Tracey and Hepburn first film in 1942 was what

A) Keeper of the Flame

B) Woman of the Year

C) Adam's Rib

D) Without Love

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10. Bambi was the first Disney film without what

A) Talking animals

B) Human characters

C) Color

D) Songs

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11. What film won the 1943 Oscar as best film

A) The Ox-Bow Incident

B) For Whom the Bell Tolls

C) Casablanca

D) The More the Merrier

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12. What year was the bacall-bogart movie "the guys from milwaukee" released

A) 1944

B) 1946

C) 1947

D) 1950

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13. In which film did orson welles play 'harry lime'

A) The Third Man

B) Citizen Kane

C) Touch of Evil

D) The Stranger

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14. Who was the director of the cult film 'Casablanca'?

A) Frank Capra

B) Victor Fleming

C) Howard Hawks

D) Michael Curtiz

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15. What 1942 movie did the song white christmas come from

A) Meet Me in St. Louis

B) Casablanca

C) Holiday inn

D) In Which We Serve

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16. Marilyn Louis born 1922 changed her name to what star of 40s

A) Rhonda Fleming

B) Lana Turner

C) Rita Hayworth

D) Jane Russell

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17. In what Hitchcock film did the heroine find shrunken head in bed

A) The 39 Steps

B) Notorious

C) Under Capricorn

D) Psycho

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18. John Garfield and Lana Turner starred in the film 'The Postman Always Rings Twice' what year was it released

A) 1943

B) 1944

C) 1946

D) 1945

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19. Who Won An Oscar For His Portrayal Of Broadway Legend George M Cohan In "Yankee Doodle Dandy"

A) James Cagney

B) Frank Sinatra

C) Humphrey Bogart

D) George Burns

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20. Which Charles Dickens novel was brought to the screen by David Lean

A) Oliver twist

B) Great Expectations

C) David Copperfield

D) A Tale of Two Cities

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21. Who sang for Lauren Bacall in To Have and Have Not

A) Dean Martin

B) Frank Sinatra

C) Bing Crosby

D) Andy Williams

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22. What country was the setting for "Casablanca"?

A) Spain

B) Morocco

C) Egypt

D) France

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23. "What Was The Name Of The Character That Henry Travers Plays In The Movie ""It's A Wonderful Life"""

A) Harry Bailey

B) George Bailey

C) Clarence Oddbody

D) Mr. Potter

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24. Which classic 1946 Christmas film features the line 'Daddy, every-time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings''

A) Miracle on 34th Street

B) White Christmas

C) A Christmas Story

D) It's a Wonderful Life

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25. Which 1945 Ealing Film Is A Sequence Of Supernatural Stories Told By A Group Of People In A Country House

A) Dead Of Night

B) The Ladykillers

C) Kind Hearts and Coronets

D) Passport to Pimlico

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26. The Song 'White Christmas ' Was' Performed In Which 1942 Film

A) Holiday Inn

B) Casablanca

C) Bambi

D) Meet Me in St. Louis

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27. In which 1944 film were Trick and Treat children to be seen

A) Gaslight

B) Double Indemnity

C) Going My Way

D) Meet me in St. Louis.

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28. "In the movie ""It's A Wonderful Life"" how do you know that a new angel has received his wings? (""a cock crows, there is a lightening flash, a bell rings, a trumpet sounds"") "

A) A cock crows

B) There is a lightening flash

C) A trumpet sounds

D) A Bell Rings

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29. Who played the role of Richard Blaine in Casablanca?

A) Peter Lorre

B) Ingrid Bergman

C) Paul Henreid

D) Humphrey Bogart

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30. What was Citizen Kane's first name?

A) Orson

B) Charles

C) George

D) Henry

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