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Quiz about Amazing Movie Stars 4
Quiz about Amazing Movie Stars 4

Amazing Movie Stars 4 Trivia Quiz


Quizzical60: Here are 25 multi-choice questions on movie stars which increase in difficulty. Have fun.

A multiple-choice quiz by Quizzical. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
Quizzical
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
47,483
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
25
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
17 / 25
Plays
5050
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 107 (20/25), Guest 50 (12/25), Guest 35 (21/25).
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Question 1 of 25
1. This American leading man kept his popularity for nearly 30 years. An uncomplicated, outdoor guy, beloved by women and admired by men. He was known as 'The King of Hollywood'. Hint


Question 2 of 25
2. This brow-mopping, gravel-voiced, black American jazz trumpeter gained pleasure from playing music and clowning around in his few film appearances. He died in 1971 from heart failure. Hint


Question 3 of 25
3. This actor viewed the world cynically through a whisky bottle. He communicated his dislike for women and children in his act and on Christmas Day 1946 his alcoholism caught up with him. Hint


Question 4 of 25
4. This British-born actor of the silent era was knighted in 1975. He married 4 times including actress Paulette Goddard (1936-42). He was the father of actress Geraldine. Hint


Question 5 of 25
5. His trademarks were a painted-on moustache, large eyebrows, steel-rimmed spectacles, a cigar and a mad crouching walk. His humour depended on elaborate wordplay and puns and he got the lion's share of the wisecracks. Hint


Question 6 of 25
6. Born in Kashmir, this British leading lady was in the 1969 Bond film 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' and 'Shirley Valentine' (1989). She was formerly married to actor and scriptwriter Jeremy Lloyd. Hint


Question 7 of 25
7. This American comedian was in show business from the age of 8 when he ran away to sing in a minstrel show. He was noted for his tie twiddle and long-suffering look at the camera. He died in 1957 after a stroke. Hint


Question 8 of 25
8. This 5 feet 4 inches Canadian-born actor played Marty McFly in 'Back to the Future'. He plays younger than his years but alas now he is suffering progressively from Parkinson's Disease. Hint


Question 9 of 25
9. In his early career, this actor was accused of copying Marlon Brando. As a director he directed his wife, Joanne Woodward in 'Rachel Rachel'. Hint


Question 10 of 25
10. Australian actor who married British-born actress Rachel Ward in 1983. He co-starred with Tom Cruise in 'Cocktail' (1988). Hint


Question 11 of 25
11. This blonde American actress starred in three Alfred Hitchcock films. She died from a brain hemorrhage after a car crash. Hint


Question 12 of 25
12. This British blonde actress had 7 children before dying of cancer. She married David McCallum in 1968 and Charles Bronson. Hint


Question 13 of 25
13. This plump Canadian comic star was continually dieting and died of a heart attack while making a film in torrid heat in Mexico. He once said, 'A lot of people just see me as a jolly fat guy but I'd hate to think that was the only reason they were laughing'. Hint


Question 14 of 25
14. Scottish actor who founded his own Glasgow theatre company. He had a world-wide hit with 'The Full Monty'(1997) and played violent Begbie in 'Trainspotting' (1996). Hint


Question 15 of 25
15. This actor always suffered for being 'too good looking'. Male critics insisted that anyone that handsome couldn't be any good as an actor. He was the founder of the Sundance Institute for independent film-makers. Hint


Question 16 of 25
16. This British actor was born on the Isle of Wight and began his show business career busking in London's West End. He married actress Sinead Cusack. Hint


Question 17 of 25
17. He was a nightclub bouncer while studying acting and has a masters degree in chemical engineering. This blond, muscular, 6 feet 6 inches tall Swedish-born karate champion has starred in a James Bond film. Hint


Question 18 of 25
18. American actor who played Deputy Dewey Riley in the 'Scream' films and was married to co-star Courteney Cox. He is the brother of Patricia and Rosanna. Hint


Question 19 of 25
19. British blonde actress who is best remembered as the girl covered with gold paint in the James Bond film Goldfinger. Her autobiography was called 'Golden Girl'. Hint


Question 20 of 25
20. This glamour queen of the 1940s married Orson Welles. She contacted Alzheimer's Disease at 62 and for the last few years of her life she had to be cared for like a baby. Hint


Question 21 of 25
21. This British actor was knighted in 1953. He has the longest film career in the history of the British Cinema. Hint


Question 22 of 25
22. This Swedish-born international model is best known for her decorative roles in 2 James Bond films. Hint


Question 23 of 25
23. This tall American dancing star was an eye-catching partner for both Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly. Since 1948 she has been married to her second husband Tony Martin. Hint


Question 24 of 25
24. This British actress was the great-granddaughter of one-time British prime minister Lord Herbert Asquith. Hint


Question 25 of 25
25. An American actress who was a latecomer to films. A strong soprano singer, she gained Broadway musical success in the mid 1990s in the leading role of 'Sunset Boulevard'. Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. This American leading man kept his popularity for nearly 30 years. An uncomplicated, outdoor guy, beloved by women and admired by men. He was known as 'The King of Hollywood'.

Answer: Clark Gable

2. This brow-mopping, gravel-voiced, black American jazz trumpeter gained pleasure from playing music and clowning around in his few film appearances. He died in 1971 from heart failure.

Answer: Louis Armstrong

3. This actor viewed the world cynically through a whisky bottle. He communicated his dislike for women and children in his act and on Christmas Day 1946 his alcoholism caught up with him.

Answer: W.C. Fields

He once sold a storyline written on the back of an envelope for $25,000.
4. This British-born actor of the silent era was knighted in 1975. He married 4 times including actress Paulette Goddard (1936-42). He was the father of actress Geraldine.

Answer: Charlie Chaplin

5. His trademarks were a painted-on moustache, large eyebrows, steel-rimmed spectacles, a cigar and a mad crouching walk. His humour depended on elaborate wordplay and puns and he got the lion's share of the wisecracks.

Answer: Groucho Marx

6. Born in Kashmir, this British leading lady was in the 1969 Bond film 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' and 'Shirley Valentine' (1989). She was formerly married to actor and scriptwriter Jeremy Lloyd.

Answer: Joanna Lumley

7. This American comedian was in show business from the age of 8 when he ran away to sing in a minstrel show. He was noted for his tie twiddle and long-suffering look at the camera. He died in 1957 after a stroke.

Answer: Oliver Hardy

8. This 5 feet 4 inches Canadian-born actor played Marty McFly in 'Back to the Future'. He plays younger than his years but alas now he is suffering progressively from Parkinson's Disease.

Answer: Michael J. Fox

9. In his early career, this actor was accused of copying Marlon Brando. As a director he directed his wife, Joanne Woodward in 'Rachel Rachel'.

Answer: Paul Newman

10. Australian actor who married British-born actress Rachel Ward in 1983. He co-starred with Tom Cruise in 'Cocktail' (1988).

Answer: Bryan Brown

11. This blonde American actress starred in three Alfred Hitchcock films. She died from a brain hemorrhage after a car crash.

Answer: Grace Kelly

The Hitchcock films were: 'Dial M for Murder' (1954), 'Rear Window' (1954) and 'To Catch a Thief' (1955). She married Prince Rainier of Monaco in 1956 and retired.
12. This British blonde actress had 7 children before dying of cancer. She married David McCallum in 1968 and Charles Bronson.

Answer: Jill Ireland

13. This plump Canadian comic star was continually dieting and died of a heart attack while making a film in torrid heat in Mexico. He once said, 'A lot of people just see me as a jolly fat guy but I'd hate to think that was the only reason they were laughing'.

Answer: John Candy

14. Scottish actor who founded his own Glasgow theatre company. He had a world-wide hit with 'The Full Monty'(1997) and played violent Begbie in 'Trainspotting' (1996).

Answer: Robert Carlyle

15. This actor always suffered for being 'too good looking'. Male critics insisted that anyone that handsome couldn't be any good as an actor. He was the founder of the Sundance Institute for independent film-makers.

Answer: Robert Redford

16. This British actor was born on the Isle of Wight and began his show business career busking in London's West End. He married actress Sinead Cusack.

Answer: Jeremy Irons

17. He was a nightclub bouncer while studying acting and has a masters degree in chemical engineering. This blond, muscular, 6 feet 6 inches tall Swedish-born karate champion has starred in a James Bond film.

Answer: Dolph Lundgren

18. American actor who played Deputy Dewey Riley in the 'Scream' films and was married to co-star Courteney Cox. He is the brother of Patricia and Rosanna.

Answer: David Arquette

19. British blonde actress who is best remembered as the girl covered with gold paint in the James Bond film Goldfinger. Her autobiography was called 'Golden Girl'.

Answer: Shirley Eaton

20. This glamour queen of the 1940s married Orson Welles. She contacted Alzheimer's Disease at 62 and for the last few years of her life she had to be cared for like a baby.

Answer: Rita Hayworth

21. This British actor was knighted in 1953. He has the longest film career in the history of the British Cinema.

Answer: Sir John Gielgud

22. This Swedish-born international model is best known for her decorative roles in 2 James Bond films.

Answer: Maud Adams

1974 'The Man with the Golden Gun' and 1983 'Octopussy' were the Bond movies.
23. This tall American dancing star was an eye-catching partner for both Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly. Since 1948 she has been married to her second husband Tony Martin.

Answer: Cyd Charisse

24. This British actress was the great-granddaughter of one-time British prime minister Lord Herbert Asquith.

Answer: Helena Bonham Carter

25. An American actress who was a latecomer to films. A strong soprano singer, she gained Broadway musical success in the mid 1990s in the leading role of 'Sunset Boulevard'.

Answer: Glenn Close

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