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Quiz about Amazing Movie Stars 5
Quiz about Amazing Movie Stars 5

Amazing Movie Stars 5 Trivia Quiz


Here are 25 questions on movie stars which increase in difficulty. Good luck and have fun.

A multiple-choice quiz by Quizzical. Estimated time: 7 mins.
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Author
Quizzical
Time
7 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
60,818
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
25
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
15 / 25
Plays
4823
Last 3 plays: Guest 107 (15/25), Guest 50 (16/25), Guest 35 (18/25).
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Question 1 of 25
1. This actor's alcoholism caught up with him on Christmas Day 1946 and his screen image was very close to his real personality? Hint


Question 2 of 25
2. Who was killed on 30th September 1955 while driving his Porsche Spyder along a California highway? Hint


Question 3 of 25
3. His final film was with Marilyn Monroe in 'The Misfits' before dying from a heart attack in 1960? Hint


Question 4 of 25
4. This former juvenile delinquent left home at 13 to work in a variety of menial jobs and became one of France's foremost stars in the 1980s. Hint


Question 5 of 25
5. He became the highest-paid child star, but quarrels between his father and film-makers over asking 8 million dollars a film led to adult oblivion. Hint


Question 6 of 25
6. Born Tula Ellice Finklea, this American long-legged dancing star was an eye catching partner for both Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly? Hint


Question 7 of 25
7. This Welsh-born leading actor died from a cerebral haemorrhage in 1984? Hint


Question 8 of 25
8. This small, cloth-capped British comedian who was very fond of too-tight suits was knighted in 2000? Hint


Question 9 of 25
9. This nine-times married pocket-sized American star was married to Ava Gardner (1942-43) who was his first wife. Hint


Question 10 of 25
10. She was born in Los Angeles in 1926 and had a paranoid schizophrenic mother, no permanent father and several foster homes? Hint


Question 11 of 25
11. This British actress featured in TV's 'The Avengers' (1962-64) as a leather-clad, judo-throwing wildcat. She starred in a 1964 Bond film? Hint


Question 12 of 25
12. Which actor died of a ruptured appendix in 1926 at the age of 31? Hint


Question 13 of 25
13. Which American teenage star was named after her home town in Minnesota? Hint


Question 14 of 25
14. This short American actor and former child model was selected to play the hobbit hero in Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings'? Hint


Question 15 of 25
15. This British actress died after breaking a hip in a fall. She was created Dame in 1967 and played a glorious Miss Marple? Hint


Question 16 of 25
16. Name the British actress who married and divorced Peter Vaughan and starred in the film 'The Krays' (1990)? Hint


Question 17 of 25
17. This actress was best known for her role of Estelle in 'Great Expectations'. Her husbands include Stewart Granger and film director Richard Brooks of 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' (1958) and 'Elmer Gantry' (1960)? Hint


Question 18 of 25
18. This actress was no dumb blonde as she wrote her own scripts and proved herself to be an expert self publicist and business woman. She died at the age of 88 in 1980? Hint


Question 19 of 25
19. This Scottish born actor was bald from an early age and died from cancer at the age of 75? Hint


Question 20 of 25
20. Name the British actor who married Virginia McKenna (1957-94) appearing in several wildlife movies together? Hint


Question 21 of 25
21. This American actor abandoned a baseball career because of a knee injury. He married actress Sarah Jessica Parker in 1997 who had a success with the TV series 'Sex and the City'. Hint


Question 22 of 25
22. He was married to his first wife for 30 years when she died. He recovered from a stroke in 1981 and an operation to remove his larynx in 1990. He died from pneumonia in 1994? Hint


Question 23 of 25
23. Which dark haired Spanish actress trained as a dancer in classical Spanish ballet and started acting in films at the age of 17? Hint


Question 24 of 25
24. This Scottish actor was once an electrician. He achieved fame by his role of Simon Callow's partner in 'Four Weddings and a Funeral'? Hint


Question 25 of 25
25. This British actor with an upper class air was nicknamed 'The Thinking Woman's Crumpet' and starred in a couple of Bond Movies? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. This actor's alcoholism caught up with him on Christmas Day 1946 and his screen image was very close to his real personality?

Answer: W.C. Fields

He died from dropsy, a liver ailment and heart failure. He was the original party pooper as he moaned constantly about Christmas Day.
2. Who was killed on 30th September 1955 while driving his Porsche Spyder along a California highway?

Answer: James Dean

Public sorrow was unequalled since the death of Rudolph Valentino.
3. His final film was with Marilyn Monroe in 'The Misfits' before dying from a heart attack in 1960?

Answer: Clark Gable

His third wife Carole Lombard died in a aircrash in 1942.
4. This former juvenile delinquent left home at 13 to work in a variety of menial jobs and became one of France's foremost stars in the 1980s.

Answer: Gerard Depardieu

5. He became the highest-paid child star, but quarrels between his father and film-makers over asking 8 million dollars a film led to adult oblivion.

Answer: Macaulay Culkin

Other sources claim he was paid 5 million dollars for 'Home Alone' and 5 per cent of the gross to appear in the sequel.
6. Born Tula Ellice Finklea, this American long-legged dancing star was an eye catching partner for both Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly?

Answer: Cyd Charisse

7. This Welsh-born leading actor died from a cerebral haemorrhage in 1984?

Answer: Richard Burton

He married Elizabeth Taylor from 1964 to 1974 then again two years later.
8. This small, cloth-capped British comedian who was very fond of too-tight suits was knighted in 2000?

Answer: Norman Wisdom

9. This nine-times married pocket-sized American star was married to Ava Gardner (1942-43) who was his first wife.

Answer: Mickey Rooney

His autobiographies include 'I.E.'(1965) and 'Life is Too Short' (1991)
10. She was born in Los Angeles in 1926 and had a paranoid schizophrenic mother, no permanent father and several foster homes?

Answer: Marilyn Monroe

To this day collectors avidly acquire everything that is written and published about her.
11. This British actress featured in TV's 'The Avengers' (1962-64) as a leather-clad, judo-throwing wildcat. She starred in a 1964 Bond film?

Answer: Honor Blackman

The bond film was 'Goldfinger'. She also starred in TV's 'The Upper Hand' (1990-93).
12. Which actor died of a ruptured appendix in 1926 at the age of 31?

Answer: Rudolph Valentino

He was the great romantic idol of the 1920's and his sudden death caused several suicides and his funeral was a national event.
13. Which American teenage star was named after her home town in Minnesota?

Answer: Winona Ryder

Ryder was born in Winona, Minnesota, on October 29, 1971.
14. This short American actor and former child model was selected to play the hobbit hero in Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings'?

Answer: Elijah Wood

It has been generally acknowledged that he was Hollywood's best child actor of the 1990s.
15. This British actress died after breaking a hip in a fall. She was created Dame in 1967 and played a glorious Miss Marple?

Answer: Margaret Rutherford

She married Stringer Davis who starred with her in 'Murder Most Foul' (1962) and 'Murder Ahoy' (1964).
16. Name the British actress who married and divorced Peter Vaughan and starred in the film 'The Krays' (1990)?

Answer: Billie Whitelaw

17. This actress was best known for her role of Estelle in 'Great Expectations'. Her husbands include Stewart Granger and film director Richard Brooks of 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' (1958) and 'Elmer Gantry' (1960)?

Answer: Jean Simmons

18. This actress was no dumb blonde as she wrote her own scripts and proved herself to be an expert self publicist and business woman. She died at the age of 88 in 1980?

Answer: Mae West

One of her autobiographies was 'Goodness Had Nothing To Do With It' (1959).
19. This Scottish born actor was bald from an early age and died from cancer at the age of 75?

Answer: Alastair Sim

Alastair Sim (1900-1976) b. Edinburgh, Scotland.
20. Name the British actor who married Virginia McKenna (1957-94) appearing in several wildlife movies together?

Answer: Bill Travers

They starred in 'Ring of Bright Water' (1969). Virginia McKenna was married to Denholm Elliott (1954-56)
21. This American actor abandoned a baseball career because of a knee injury. He married actress Sarah Jessica Parker in 1997 who had a success with the TV series 'Sex and the City'.

Answer: Matthew Broderick

22. He was married to his first wife for 30 years when she died. He recovered from a stroke in 1981 and an operation to remove his larynx in 1990. He died from pneumonia in 1994?

Answer: Joseph Cotten

His 1987 autobiography was 'Vanity Will Get You Somewhere'
23. Which dark haired Spanish actress trained as a dancer in classical Spanish ballet and started acting in films at the age of 17?

Answer: Penelope Cruz

She starred in 'Captain Corelli's Mandolin' and a one time girlfriend of Tom Cruise.
24. This Scottish actor was once an electrician. He achieved fame by his role of Simon Callow's partner in 'Four Weddings and a Funeral'?

Answer: John Hannah

He is a leading character called Jonathan in 'The Mummy' (1999) and played Matthew in 'Four Weddings and a Funeral' (1993).
25. This British actor with an upper class air was nicknamed 'The Thinking Woman's Crumpet' and starred in a couple of Bond Movies?

Answer: Charles Dance

He starred in 'The Spy who Loved Me' (1977) and 'For Your Eyes Only' (1981).
Source: Author Quizzical

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