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1.
  Bewitched, Bothered and Be Wilder   great trivia quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Billy Wilder was a great director of a variety of classic movies and worked with many different movie stars! Can you match these Wilder-directed films with the stars who appeared in them?
Very Easy, 10 Qns, shuehorn, Jan 28 19
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Jan 28 19
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  Films of Billy Wilder in Brief   popular trivia quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Match the VERY brief plot description with the movie to which the five time Oscar winning director/screenwriter lent his considerable creativity. If the synopses are spoilers, you must be psychic. Added Information does include plot details.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, Nealzineatser, Sep 25 17
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  Billy Wilder: The Ultimate Film Maker    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
If not the best director of all time, Billy Wilder is certainly right up there with the best. If you're a classic movie buff, I'm sure you will appreciate the man and hopefully this quiz.
Average, 10 Qns, nickdrew55, Jan 18 23
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Jan 18 23
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  Billy Wilder Actors and Characters I    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
This quiz is dedicated to Billy Wilder. Mr. Wilder just recently passed away. I give you the name of a character from a Wilder movie, you name the actor who played the part.
Average, 15 Qns, wsfrink86, Apr 05 02
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  Movies of Billy Wilder    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Good movie-maker.
Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Mar 16 11
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  Billy Wilder Actresses and Characters    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is dedicated to Billy Wilder. I give you the name of a character from a Wilder film, you name the actress who played the part.
Average, 10 Qns, wsfrink86, Apr 05 02
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  Billy Wilder Actors and Characters II    
Multiple Choice
 5 Qns
This is a followup to my previous quiz on the same subject. I give you the name of a character from a Wilder movie, you name the actor who played the part.
Average, 5 Qns, wsfrink86, Apr 05 02
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trivia question Quick Question
Erika von Schluetow in 'A Foreign Affair'?

From Quiz "Billy Wilder Actresses and Characters"




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Billy Wilder Trivia Questions
1. Barton Keyes in 'Double Indemnity'?

From Quiz Billy Wilder Actors and Characters II

Answer: Edward G. Robinson

Heflin was in 'Johnny Eager' and Lorre and Greenstreet were both in 'The Maltese Falcon'.

2. Sugar Kane in 'Some Like It Hot'?

From Quiz Billy Wilder Actresses and Characters

Answer: Marilyn Monroe

With Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon.

3. Walter Neff in 'Double Indemnity'?

From Quiz Billy Wilder Actors and Characters I

Answer: Fred MacMurray

One of the best film noirs.

4. What job does Shirley Maclaine have in 'The Apartment'?

From Quiz Movies of Billy Wilder

Answer: Elevator Operator

Miss Kewbalick. Few movies are effectively funny and serious at the same time: this is one of them.

5. The characters Walter Neff, Barton Keyes and Phyllis Dietrichson, played respectively by Fred MacMurray, Edward G. Robinson and Barbara Stanwyck, were central characters in which 1944 Billy Wilder classic film noir?

From Quiz Billy Wilder: The Ultimate Film Maker

Answer: Double Indemnity

"Double Indemnity" (1944), possibly the best film noir of all time, tells a story of false love, lust, corruption, greed and betrayal that leads down the ever decaying road to inevitable murder. Stanwyck in particular giving the best performance of her sixty year acting career. The fact she was passed over for a best actress Oscar, still confounds film critics to this day. Billy Wilder also lost out on an Academy Award as best director to Leo McCarey and "Going My Way". "The Letter", "The Best Years of Our Lives" and "The Desperate Hours" were films directed by William Wyler.

6. Nestor Patou in 'Irma La Douce'?

From Quiz Billy Wilder Actors and Characters II

Answer: Jack Lemmon

Lemmon as a cop in Paris who falls for a prostitute and who later becomes her pimp.

7. Phyliss Dietrichson in 'Double Indemnity'?

From Quiz Billy Wilder Actresses and Characters

Answer: Barbara Stanwyck

With Fred MacMurray and Edward G. Robinson.

8. Don Birnam in 'The Lost Weekend'?

From Quiz Billy Wilder Actors and Characters I

Answer: Ray Milland

Milland won the Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of Don Birnam in 'The Lost Weekend'.

9. How do the murderers plan to conceal the murder in 'Double Indemnity'?

From Quiz Movies of Billy Wilder

Answer: Make it look like a fall from a train

A death by a train accident would pay double - hence, the title.

10. Charles Lindbergh in 'The Spirit of St. Louis'?

From Quiz Billy Wilder Actors and Characters II

Answer: James Stewart

With Murray Hamilton, the guy who played the mayor in 'Jaws'.

11. Erika von Schluetow in 'A Foreign Affair'?

From Quiz Billy Wilder Actresses and Characters

Answer: Marlene Dietrich

With Jean Arthur and John Lund.

12. Joe Gillis in 'Sunset Boulevard'?

From Quiz Billy Wilder Actors and Characters I

Answer: William Holden

Norma Desmond's kept man.

13. From whom are the two male stars fleeing in 'Some Like It Hot'?

From Quiz Movies of Billy Wilder

Answer: Gangsters

Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon are on the run after witnessing the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.

14. Max Von Mayerling in 'Sunset Boulevard'?

From Quiz Billy Wilder Actors and Characters II

Answer: Erich von Stroheim

Norma Desmond's chauffeur.

15. Johanna Augusta Franziska in 'The Emperor Waltz'?

From Quiz Billy Wilder Actresses and Characters

Answer: Joan Fontaine

With Bing Crosby.

16. Charles Tatum in 'Ace in the Hole' (a.k.a. 'The Big Carnival')?

From Quiz Billy Wilder Actors and Characters I

Answer: Kirk Douglas

Douglas as a reporter who prolongs the rescue of a man trapped in a mine.

17. Who plays the bartender in 'Lost Weekend'?

From Quiz Movies of Billy Wilder

Answer: Howard Da Silva

All of the choices are solid supporting actors, but it's Da Silva in this one.

18. J.D. Sheldrake in 'The Apartment'?

From Quiz Billy Wilder Actors and Characters II

Answer: Fred MacMurray

With Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine.

19. Sabrina Fairchild in 'Sabrina'?

From Quiz Billy Wilder Actresses and Characters

Answer: Audrey Hepburn

With Humphrey Bogart and William Holden.

20. Oberst Von Scherbach in 'Stalag 17'?

From Quiz Billy Wilder Actors and Characters I

Answer: Otto Preminger

Holden was Sgt. Sefton, Strauss was 'Animal' Kasava, and Taylor was Lt. Dunbar.

21. Who acts as the 'narrator' in 'Stalag 17'?

From Quiz Movies of Billy Wilder

Answer: A Prisoner

'Cookie', a friend of 'Sefton', is the narrator.

22. Norma Desmond in 'Sunset Boulevard'?

From Quiz Billy Wilder Actresses and Characters

Answer: Gloria Swanson

With William Holden.

23. Richard Sherman in 'The Seven Year Itch'?

From Quiz Billy Wilder Actors and Characters I

Answer: Tom Ewell

With Marilyn Monroe.

24. Which eventual tv star had a role in 'Sunset Boulevard'?

From Quiz Movies of Billy Wilder

Answer: Jack Webb

A small role for Webb as an acquaintance of William Holden's.

25. Fran Kubelik in 'The Apartment'?

From Quiz Billy Wilder Actresses and Characters

Answer: Shirley MacLaine

With Jack Lemmon and Fred MacMurray.

26. Frank Flannagan in 'Love in the Afternoon'?

From Quiz Billy Wilder Actors and Characters I

Answer: Gary Cooper

Cooper as a middle-aged playboy.

27. What sport is being televised when the cameraman is injured in 'The Fortune Cookie'?

From Quiz Movies of Billy Wilder

Answer: Football

Lemmon gets clobbered during a Cleveland Browns football game.

28. Peggy Grant in 'The Front Page'?

From Quiz Billy Wilder Actresses and Characters

Answer: Susan Sarandon

With Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon.

29. Leonard Vole in 'Witness for the Prosecution'?

From Quiz Billy Wilder Actors and Characters I

Answer: Tyrone Power

Power's last film.

30. Who played the nurse to Charles Laughton in 'Witness for the Prosecution'?

From Quiz Movies of Billy Wilder

Answer: Elsa Lanchester

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