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7 Cary Grant quizzes and 80 Cary Grant trivia questions.
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  Cary Grant Classics   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Complete the titles of these Cary Grant films.
Easier, 15 Qns, drtmb, Jun 07 10
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  Cary Grant- Name The Characters I Played    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Here are some of Cary Grant's more memorable films. Can you name the character he played in each? I've listed each movie and its release date.
Average, 10 Qns, MWG, Oct 16 01
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  Movies of a Legend    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
One of classic film's greatest legends is Cary Grant. This quiz is about some of his movies.
Average, 10 Qns, bonanza22, Jun 15 06
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  More Cary Grant    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Co-stars and characters in Cary Grant Films.
Average, 15 Qns, drtmb, Aug 01 09
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  Grant Me a Movie    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz covers ten of the movies that starred Cary Grant.
Average, 10 Qns, pennie1478, Jan 04 12
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  A Day at the Movies with Cary Grant    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is all about the movies starring Cary Grant. See how much you know!
Tough, 10 Qns, bonanza22, Nov 26 18
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  Cary Grant Movies    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Suave, suave, suave.
Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Apr 03 03
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trivia question Quick Question
In "North by Northwest", Grant is suspected of murder. Who did he supposedly kill?

From Quiz "Cary Grant Movies"




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Cary Grant Trivia Questions
1. What real life composer did Cary Grant portray in "Night and Day"?

From Quiz Grant Me a Movie

Answer: Cole Porter

Cary Grant played songwriter Cole Porter opposite to Alexis Smith, who played Cole's wife, Linda Lee Thomas. Cole Porter wrote lyrics for several popular Broadway musicals. Warner Brothers produced "Night and Day", which was released on July 2, 1946. Cary Grant performed "Bull Dog", "An Old Fashioned Garden" and "You're The Top" for the movie.

2. In "The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss", what did Ernest Bliss sell door-to-door?

From Quiz A Day at the Movies with Cary Grant

Answer: Stoves

Ernest Bliss was a rich, bored young man who asked a doctor for advice. The doctor suggested that Ernest live for a year without touching his money. One of Ernest's jobs while trying to make a living on his own was to sell stoves. Cary Grant starred with Mary Brian.

3. Grant had a starring role in "The Bishop's Wife". Who played the title role?

From Quiz Cary Grant Movies

Answer: Loretta Young

With David Niven. Pleasant.

4. Who co-starred with Cary Grant in 'The Awful Truth'?

From Quiz More Cary Grant

Answer: Irene Dunne and a dog

The dog was Mr. Smith (Asta).

5. In Cary Grant's first movie, "This is the Night", he played an Olympic javelin thrower with what first name?

From Quiz Grant Me a Movie

Answer: Stephen

Cary Grant played an Olympic Javelin thrower named Stephen. Stephen was happily married to Claire, or so he thought. After returning home from the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, Stephen found his wife, Claire, ready to run off with another man to Venice, Italy. Stephen's best friend, Gerald, lied and told Stephen the tickets were for Gerald and his new wife. Hilarity ensued as Stephen's friend, Gerald, fell in love with the woman he hired to be his new wife and Stephen reunited with his cheating wife, all while vacationing in Venice. Paramount Publix produced "This is the Night" which was released on April 8, 1932.

6. What local crime keeps Hildy (Rosalind Russell) around a little longer in "His Girl Friday"?

From Quiz Movies of a Legend

Answer: Murder

In the classic comedy "His Girl Friday", Rosalind Russell plays Hildy Johnson, newspaperman Walter Burn's (Cary Grant) ex-wife. She is Walter's newspaper's top reporter, but she informs Walter she is leaving the paper to get remarried. When a murder is committed, Walter is able to convince Hildy to write a story on it and stay. By the end of the film Hildy and Walter get back together, of course!

7. Who wrote the book that "Gunga Din" is based on?

From Quiz A Day at the Movies with Cary Grant

Answer: Rudyard Kipling & Kipling

"Gunga Din" took place in India during British rule. Rudyard Kipling also wrote "Captains Courageous" and "The Jungle Book".

8. In "Arsenic and Old Lace", Grant is horrified to find that people are being poisoned. How is the poison being administered?

From Quiz Cary Grant Movies

Answer: Wine

Elderberry wine, to be precise. Grant's best comedy?

9. Who co-starred with Grant in 'Bringing up Baby'?

From Quiz More Cary Grant

Answer: Katharine Hepburn and a leopard

All of the above eight actresses were in at least one film with Cary Grant.

10. Cary Grant starred in the 1932 movie version of "Madame Butterfly". What Naval ranking did Grant's character have in the movie?

From Quiz Grant Me a Movie

Answer: Lieutenant

Cary Grant played Navy Lieutenant B. F. Pinkerton. He married Cho-Cho San, a geisha, while in Japan and then left for the States. Three years later, Pinkerton returned with his new wife. Cho-Cho San committed suicide after learning Pinkerton had remarried. Paramount Publix produced the movie which was released on December 30, 1932.

11. In "The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer", what occupation did Myrna Loy's character have?

From Quiz Movies of a Legend

Answer: Judge

Cary Grant stars as Richard Nugent, a man who somehow gets mixed up in the lives of Susan (Shirley Temple) and her older sister Margaret (Myrna Loy), a judge.

12. Who directed "The Philadelphia Story"?

From Quiz A Day at the Movies with Cary Grant

Answer: George Cukor

"The Philadelphia Story" starred Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, and Jimmy Stewart. Howard Hawks directed "Bringing Up Baby", Hitchock directed "Notorious" and "North by Northwest", among others, and Frank Capra directed "Arsenic and Old Lace". George Cukor also directed "Holiday", which co-starred Katharine Hepburn.

13. In "Night and Day", Grant played what composer?

From Quiz Cary Grant Movies

Answer: Cole Porter

Danny Thomas played composer Gus Kahn in a different movie.

14. In "The Grass is Greener", who was the actor who played Charles Delacro, a millionaire vying for the affections of the very married wife, Hilary Rhyall?

From Quiz Grant Me a Movie

Answer: Robert Mitchum

Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr were the Earl and Countess Rhyall. Victor and Hilary Rhyall lived in an English mansion they called Lynley Hall. After financial troubles forced them to open up their home for paid tours, the Earl and Countess met oil tycoon Charles Delacro (Robert Mitchum). The Earl invited Delacro to stay with them. Delacro took a liking to Hilary Rhyall. He and Victor Rhyall ended up in a duel for Deborah Kerr's affections, which Victor lost after he was shot. While tending to Victor, Hilary remembered how much she loved him. Charles left with Victor's female friend, Hattie (Jean Simmons) in this Grandon Productions movie, released on January 1961. "Hollywood Reporter" reviewed the movie as "the year's most disappointing". Robert Mitchum was best known for his role as the deeply disturbed former prisoner Harry Powell in the 1955 movie, "The Night of the Hunter". Moray Watson starred as the butler for the Rhyall family.

15. What was Geoff Carter's (Cary Grant) job in "Only Angels Have Wings"?

From Quiz A Day at the Movies with Cary Grant

Answer: Pilot

In "Only Angels Have Wings", which co-starred Jean Arthur, Geoff Carter was a pilot who delivered mail. Grant's character in "The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer" was an author, Cole Porter was a songwriter in "Night and Day", and Dudley was an angel in "The Bishop's Wife".

16. In which film did Grant play an angel?

From Quiz More Cary Grant

Answer: The Bishop's Wife

1947 with Loretta Young and David Niven.

17. One of Grant's best movies is "The Philadelphia Story", which was remade in 1956 as "High Society", a musical. Who played Cary Grant's character, C.K. Dexter Haven?

From Quiz Movies of a Legend

Answer: Bing Crosby

Grace Kelly played Tracy Lord, Katherine Hepburn's character, and Frank Sinatra played Mike Connor, Jimmy Stewart's character. This remake certainly does not receive the praise "The Philadelphia Story" enjoys.

18. What was Grant's first movie with Ingrid Bergman?

From Quiz A Day at the Movies with Cary Grant

Answer: Notorious

"Notorious" was about an American agent during WWII. "Suspicion" co-starred Joan Fontaine, "An Affair to Remember" co-starred Deborah Kerr, and "Penny Serenade" co-starred Irene Dunn. Grant and Bergman made another movie together in 1958, "Indiscreet".

19. Who co-starred with Grant in "Mr. Lucky"?

From Quiz Cary Grant Movies

Answer: Laraine Day

Russell was in "His Girl Friday". Hepburn was in "Charade". Fontaine was in "Suspicion". Overlooked Grant movie.

20. What was the name of the angel Cary Grant played in a film with Loretta Young?

From Quiz More Cary Grant

Answer: Dudley

21. On July 30, 1937, a Cary Grant movie titled "The Toast of _______" was released. What is the missing location?

From Quiz Grant Me a Movie

Answer: New York

The movie was produced and distributed by RKO Radio. The movie starred Edward Arnold and Frances Farmer. Cary Grant was cast as the love interest for Frances Farmer. "The Toast of New York" was a historically factual movie based on three men's con game in the early years of the Civil War.

22. How many children did Jim and Muriel Blandings (Cary Grant and Myrna Loy) have in "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House"?

From Quiz A Day at the Movies with Cary Grant

Answer: 2 & Two

The names of their children were Joan and Betsy. Jim and Muriel Blandings were trying to build a home in the country because their city house was too small. Myrna Loy also co-starred with Grant in "The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer".

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