Trivia Quiz on 1950s Cinema

1. Who starred in the film The Man from Laramie

A) James stewart

B) John Wayne

C) Gary Cooper

D) Clark Gable

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2. In Rebel Without a Cause name the High School

A) Dawson

B) Westlake High

C) Summit High

D) Riverside High

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3. In what film was line A mans gotta do what a mans gotta do

A) Alan Ladd Shane

B) The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

C) High Noon

D) The Searchers

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4. Which epic film was based on a novel by Lew Wallace

A) Ben hur

B) Spartacus

C) Quo Vadis

D) The Ten Commandments

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5. In what Hitchcock film did Shirley MacLaine debut in 1956

A) Psycho

B) The trouble with Harry

C) Vertigo

D) Rebecca

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6. Which Wimbledon Tennis Champion Had A Role In The John Wayne Film "The Horse Soldiers"

A) Billie Jean King

B) Arthur Ashe

C) Althea Gibson

D) Rod Laver

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7. Which 1954 film won eight Oscars

A) Rear Window

B) Dial M for Murder

C) The Caine Mutiny

D) On the Waterfront

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8. What book was made into the first feature length British cartoon

A) Alice in Wonderland (1951)

B) The Hobbit (1977)

C) Animal Farm in 1954

D) Treasure Island (1950)

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9. Who won the best actress Oscar 1959 Room at the Top

A) Audrey Hepburn

B) Elizabeth Taylor

C) Katharine Hepburn

D) Simone Signoret

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10. Who was the female star of the film 'Seperate Tables'

A) Grace Kelly

B) Deborah Kerr

C) Audrey Hepburn

D) Elizabeth Taylor

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11. What ship sank in "a night to remember"

A) Lusitania

B) HMS Bismarck

C) Titanic

D) Edmund Fitzgerald

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12. Born May 7, 1901, He Starred In This Movie: Dallas - 1950

A) Clark Gable

B) John Wayne

C) Gary Cooper

D) Humphrey Bogart

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13. Josephine Hull best supporting actress Oscar which 1950 film

A) All About Eve

B) Arsenic and Old Lace

C) Harvey

D) The Shopworn Angel

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14. Dodgers what famous singer played the title role in "the great caruso"

A) Mario Lanza

B) Luciano Pavarotti

C) Enrico Caruso

D) Frank Sinatra

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15. In the 1954 film A Star is Born starring Judy Garland who played the leading man

A) Cary Grant

B) Humphrey Bogart

C) Clark Gable

D) James mason

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16. Who played the lead female in meet me in las vegas

A) Ann-Margret

B) Audrey Hepburn

C) Vera-Ellen

D) Cyd Charisse

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17. Gregory Peck played Lt Joe Clements in what 1950s film

A) The Snows of Kilimanjaro

B) Pork Chop Hill

C) Moby Dick

D) On the Beach

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18. Name the swimmer who became a Hollywood star in the 1940's and 50s in films such as Bathing beauty and Neptune's Daughter

A) Annette Kellerman

B) Rita Hayworth

C) Esther Williams

D) Bette Davis

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19. "Night of he Hunter' was the only film directed by which actor

A) Orson Welles

B) Alfred Hitchcock

C) Laurence Olivier

D) Charles Laughton

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20. Who starred in the Alfred Hitchcock film 'To Catch a Thief

A) Ingrid Bergman

B) James Stewart

C) Cary Grant

D) Anthony Perkins

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21. For which film did Anthony Quinn win an Oscar for Best Suporting Actor, in 1956

A) Lust for life

B) Viva Zapata!

C) The Barefoot Contessa

D) Giant

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22. Who starred in the 1952 film 'niagara'

A) Marilyn monroe

B) Grace Kelly

C) Ingrid Bergman

D) Jane Russell

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23. James Stewart starred in Hitchcock's Rear Window, who was his female co-star

A) Audrey Hepburn

B) Ingrid Bergman

C) Grace Kelly

D) Thelma Ritter

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24. What film did Rock Hudson and Doris Day star in together in 1959

A) Giant

B) That Touch of Mink

C) Pillow talk

D) The Pajama Game

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25. Who was the future political pair to star in Hellcats of the Navy

A) Nixon

B) Ronald

C) Kennedy

D) Carter

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26. Name Clint Eastwoods first film made in 1955

A) Revenge of the Creature -1955

B) Lady Godiva of Coventry -1955

C) A Fistful of Dollars -1964

D) Francis in the Navy -1955

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27. In what film did Sean Connery sing Pretty Irish Girl

A) Goldfinger

B) From Russia with Love

C) The Hunt for Red October

D) Darby O Gill and the Little People

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28. In which film did Lee Marvin throw boiling coffee in Gloria Graham's face

A) The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

B) The big heat

C) Cat Ballou

D) The Dirty Dozen

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29. In Hitchcock's film The Trouble with Harry - what was the trouble

A) He was pretending to be dead

B) He died of natural causes

C) He was dead

D) He was alive but unconscious

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30. Storm Warning the only film in which this Actress killed who

A) Joan Crawford

B) Rita Hayworth

C) Betty Grable

D) Doris Day

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31. Whose films include 'giant','written on the wind' and 'a farewell to arms'

A) James Dean

B) Lauren Bacall

C) Rock hudson

D) Jennifer Jones

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32. What famous singer played the title role in "the great caruso"?

A) Mario Lanza

B) Enrico Caruso

C) Luciano Pavarotti

D) Placido Domingo

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33. From which musical did the gongs "Spring, spring, spring" and "The Lonesome Polecat Lament" come

A) The King and I

B) Oklahoma!

C) Seven brides for seven brothers

D) Annie Get Your Gun

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34. What 1951 film featured ronald reagan raising a chimp

A) The Day the Earth Stood Still

B) Bedtime for bonzo

C) Quo Vadis

D) A Place in the Sun

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35. In Which Film Does Julie London Sing "Cry Me A River"

A) The Man from Planet X

B) Bye Bye Birdie

C) The Girl Can't Help It

D) Some Like It Hot

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36. Who Played The Part Of Bongo Herbert In A Classic 1959 Movie

A) Elvis Presley

B) Cliff Richard

C) Adam Faith

D) Tom Jones

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37. Which singer has appeared in films playing characters called "Danny Fisher", "Glenn Tyler" and "Lucky Jackson"?

A) Frank Sinatra

B) Michael Jackson

C) Prince

D) Elvis Presley

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38. What was the second colour film to win best picture Oscar 1951

A) Gone with the Wind

B) The Greatest Show on Earth

C) From Here to Eternity

D) An American in Paris

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39. Bridge River Kwai - Bridges Toki Rio - what actor links films

A) William Holden

B) Alec Guinness

C) Jack Hawkins

D) Sessue Hayakawa

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40. What was Disney's first non animated live action film

A) Old Yeller (1957)

B) Treasure Island

C) The Shaggy Dog (1959)

D) Swiss Family Robinson (1960)

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41. Which German actress appeared in the film "Witness for the Prosecution

A) Lilli Palmer

B) Marlene dietrich

C) Hildegard Knef

D) Elke Sommer

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42. Strawberries are the undoing of an unhinged man in which 50s film ?

A) Dial M for Murder

B) Rear Window

C) On the Waterfront

D) The Caine Mutiny

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43. Which 1950s films took place in Chicago and Miami 1929

A) The Asphalt Jungle

B) Some Like it Hot

C) Miami Exposé

D) Chicago Confidential

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44. In which popular 1950s film is a character played by Audrey Hepburn given 24 hours to do as she pleases in the eternal city ?

A) Sabrina

B) Funny Face

C) Roman Holiday

D) The Nun's Story

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45. Which Scottish actor famously sang in the film Darby O Gill & the little people?

A) Ewan McGregor

B) Sean Connery

C) James McAvoy

D) Gerard Butler

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46. Which 1950s films took place in Burma 1943

A) From Here to Eternity

B) The Bridge on the River Kwai

C) The King and I

D) South Pacific

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47. A mysterious cloud of pesticide and radiation causes a disturbing reversal for Scott Carey in which classic 50s film ?

A) Them!

B) Forbidden Planet

C) Plan 9 from Outer Space

D) The Incredible Shrinking Man

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48. Name any of James Dean's three films (Point For Each).

A) Rebel Without a Cause

B) Some Like It Hot

C) Casablanca

D) The Godfather

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49. Name James Dean's three films.

A) A Rebel without a cause, East of Eden, Giant

B) Rebel Without a Cause, East of Eden, Giant

C) East of Eden, Giant, A Rebel without a cause

D) Giant, East of Eden, A Rebel without a cause

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50. On the face of which mountain does the climax of North by Northwest take place?

A) Mount Rushmore

B) Mount Everest

C) Mount Kilimanjaro

D) Mount Fuji

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