Trivia Quiz on American Cinema

1. Robert de Niro won Best Actor Oscar for which film in 1980

A) Raging Bull

B) Taxi Driver

C) The Deer Hunter

D) Awakenings

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2. Who wrote and directed the 1977 film 'Annie Hall'

A) Steven Spielberg

B) Martin Scorsese

C) Francois Truffaut

D) Woody Allen

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3. What 1970 movie hit was banned on military bases

A) Patton

B) MASH

C) Love Story

D) Airport

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4. What are "the four nightingales" better known as

A) The Three Stooges

B) The Monty Python

C) The marx brothers

D) The Flying Burritos

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5. In which 1960 film did Elvis Presley play a mixed race character

A) G.I. Blues

B) Flaming Star

C) Blue Hawaii

D) Stay Away, Joe

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6. Which film director's films include "Raging Bull" and "Goodfellas"

A) Peter Jackson

B) Martin scorsese

C) Steven Spielberg

D) Francis Ford Coppola

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7. Who directed the film 'ordinary people'

A) Francis Ford Coppola

B) Stanley Kubrick

C) Sydney Pollack

D) Robert Redford

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8. Denzil Washington's first film as director was what

A) Antwone Fisher

B) Finding Fish

C) Remember the Titans

D) John Q

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9. What was Spencer Tracy's last film

A) Inherit the Wind

B) Guess whose coming to dinner

C) The Mountain

D) Pat and Mike

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10. Who is Goldie Hawns actor partner

A) Tom Hanks

B) Brad Pitt

C) Kurt russell

D) Sean Penn

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11. Name the legendary Hollywood cowboy who was born as Leonard Slye in 1912

A) Gene Autry

B) Tom Mix

C) Clayton Moore

D) Roy Rogers

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12. Who directed the 1916 film 'intolerance'

A) Cecil B. DeMille

B) Louis Feuillade

C) F. W. Murnau

D) D.w griffith

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13. What was the highest grossing american silent movie

A) The Great Train Robbery

B) Intolerance

C) Birth of a nation

D) The Kid

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14. The film 'The Wizard of Oz' was released in which year

A) 1939

B) 1938

C) 1940

D) 1945

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15. In which 1989 film did Kevin Costner play Ray Kinsella?

A) Dances with Wolves

B) The Bodyguard

C) Field Of Dreams

D) No Way Out

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16. Who directed 'drive he said', 'goin' south' and 'the two jakes'

A) Martin Scorsese

B) Francis Ford Coppola

C) Robert Altman

D) Jack

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17. John Wayne called what film "The most un-American thing ever"

A) Shane

B) Stagecoach

C) High Noon

D) The Searchers

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18. What famous film maker was first to use the close up

A) Georges Méliès

B) David Wark Griffith Birth of a Nation

C) Louis Lumière

D) Sergei Eisenstein

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19. Who produced and directed the film 'Citizen Kane'

A) Alfred Hitchcock

B) Francis Ford Coppola

C) Orson welles

D) Steven Spielberg

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20. Who played the pawnbroker in the film of that name

A) Robert De Niro

B) Paul Newman

C) Rod Stiger

D) Peter O'Toole

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21. Who was the female star of the film Klute

A) Meryl Streep

B) Jane fonda

C) Diane Keaton

D) Sally Field

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22. Ron howard's directed his first film in 1977. what was it called

A) Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo

B) Grand theft

C) Star Wars

D) The Goodbye Girl

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23. Who played the part of Malcolm X in the film of the same name in 1992

A) Will Smith

B) Denzelwashington

C) Jamie Foxx

D) Laurence Fishburne

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24. What sport was involved in the movie "kansas city bomber"

A) Basketball

B) Roller derby

C) Ice hockey

D) Boxing

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25. Who directed the films 'Carrie' and 'The Untouchables'

A) Steven Spielberg

B) Brian de palma

C) Martin Scorsese

D) Alfred Hitchcock

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26. Frederick Austerlitz became famous as who

A) Harry Houdini

B) Fred Astair

C) Charlie Chaplin

D) Gene Kelly

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27. Which films are about the corleone family

A) Scarface

B) Goodfellas

C) Casino

D) The godfather

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28. Who directed the film "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"

A) Alfred Hitchcock

B) Stanley Kubrick

C) Milos forman

D) Francis Ford Coppola

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29. What film won the best picture Oscar in 1967

A) In the Heat of the Night

B) The Sound of Music

C) A Man for All Seasons

D) The Greatest Story Ever Told

E) The Deer Hunter

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30. Wife Beware in 1933 was the first film shown where

A) An ordinary indoor cinema

B) An open-air theatre

C) A rooftop cinema

D) A Drive in theatre

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31. 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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32. What Was The Name Of The Character Played By Anne Bancroft In The 1967 Film 'The Graduate''

A) Ms. Robinson

B) Mrs. Charles

C) Mrs. Robinson

D) Mrs. G.

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33. 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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34. 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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35. Which 60's Movie features The Line you wouldn't be able to do those awful things to me if I weren't still in this chair

A) What ever happened to Baby Jane ?

B) Psycho

C) The Birds

D) Rosemary's Baby

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36. "What town is the setting for the perennial Christmas classic 'It's a Wonderful Life'? (""Bailey Park, Beford Falls, Sleepy Hollow, Pottersville"") "

A) Bailey Park

B) Sleepy Hollow

C) Pottersville

D) Bedford Falls

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37. How Old Was James Dean When He Died

A) 23

B) 25

C) 24

D) 26

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38. Field of Dreams is a film about what?

A) Baseball

B) Football

C) Basketball

D) Cricket

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39. Which Middleweight Boxer Is The Subject Of The Film 'Raging Bull''?

A) Marvin Hagler

B) Sugar Ray Leonard

C) Rocky Balboa

D) Jake Le Motta

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40. By what name is Allan Stewart Konisburg better known as?

A) Woody Allen

B) Allan Stewart Konigsberg

C) William Allen Konigsberg

D) Woody Allan

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41. Who Is The Sister Of Warren Beatty ?

A) Shirley Mclaine

B) Barbra Streisand

C) Liza Minnelli

D) Jane Fonda

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42. What was John Wayne's real name?

A) Marion Robert Morrison

B) Marion Mitchell Morrison

C) Marion Michael Morrison

D) Marion Morrison

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43. This movie starring Marlon Brando won the best picture award in 1972.

A) The Godfather

B) Patton

C) The French Connection

D) The Sting

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44. What film marked James Cagney's return to the screen after 20 years?

A) Love Me or Leave Me

B) Yankee Doodle Dandy

C) One, Two, Three

D) Ragtime

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45. The two rival gangs in "West Side Story" were the Sharks and the _________.

A) Jets

B) The Saints

C) The Cobras

D) The Greasers

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46. She played the lead role in "Coal Miner's Daughter".

A) Reba McEntire

B) Jessica Lange

C) Reese Witherspoon

D) Sissy Spacek

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47. What was Kevin Bacon's first big hit?

A) Friday the 13th

B) Diner

C) A Few Good Men

D) Footloose

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48. This is a classic film about a huge gorilla.

A) Gorilla at Large

B) King Kong vs Godzilla

C) Gorgo

D) King Kong

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49. Who directed citizen kane?

A) Alfred Hitchcock

B) Steven Spielberg

C) Francis Ford Coppola

D) Orson Welles

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50. What was Citizen Kane's first name?

A) Orson

B) Charles

C) George

D) Henry

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51. What was the original name of "Little Rascals"?

A) The Keystone Kids

B) Our Kids

C) Our Gang

D) Hal Roach's Rascals

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