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Quiz about Celebrity Quotes from the 1930s 50s

Celebrity Quotes from the 1930s - 50s Quiz

Here are ten quotes made by celebrities during Hollywood's Golden-Era, The 1930s through the 1950s. Some will be easy to figure out others will not. Good Luck! So, do you know who said.....

A multiple-choice quiz by daneyko. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
daneyko

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
19,439

Updated
Nov 20 24

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. 'Give me a couple of pages of the Bible and I'll give you a picture.' Hint

John Houston

Frank DiCapra

Victor Fleming

Cecil B. de Mille

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Question 2 of 10

2. 'A wide screen makes a bad film twice as bad.' Hint

Louis Mayer

Sam Goldwyn

Michael Eisner

Steven Spielberg

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Question 3 of 10

3. 'The public has always expected me to be a playboy, and a decent chap never lets his public down.' Hint

Errol Flynn

Burt Reynolds

Clark Gable

Rock Hudson

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Question 4 of 10

4. 'This king stuff is pure bull....I'm just a lucky slob from Ohio who happened to be in the right place at the right time.' Hint

Elvis Presley

Errol Flynn

Ronald Coleman

Clark Gable

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Question 5 of 10

5. 'I never said, I want to be alone. I only said I want to be let alone.'

Answer: (A legendary Swedish actress)

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Question 6 of 10

6. 'I don't care to belong to any social organization which would accept me as a member.' Hint

Mae West

Groucho Marx

Marilyn Monroe

James Dean

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Question 7 of 10

7. 'Hollywood is the only place where they will give you ten-thousand dollars for a kiss and ten cents for your soul.' Hint

Marilyn Monroe

James Dean

Grace Kelly

Katharine Hepburn

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Question 8 of 10

8. 'A man should control his life. Mine is controlling me.' Hint

Elvis Presley

Rudolph Valentino

James Dean

Marilyn Monroe

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Question 9 of 10

9. 'Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.' Hint

David O. Selznick

Laurence Olivier

Alfred Hitchcock

Elizabeth Taylor

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Question 10 of 10

10. 'I was a fourteen-year old boy for thirty years.'

Answer: (He was Andy Hardy in many films)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. 'Give me a couple of pages of the Bible and I'll give you a picture.'

Answer: Cecil B. de Mille

Cecil B. de Mille directed many great Biblical epics.

2. 'A wide screen makes a bad film twice as bad.'

Answer: Sam Goldwyn

Goldwyn was known for his quips as well as his sharp tongue.

3. 'The public has always expected me to be a playboy, and a decent chap never lets his public down.'

Answer: Errol Flynn

Errol Flynn had a very bad reputation in Hollywood. He was accused and put on trial for statutory rape and he angered many with his quote, 'Rape, I wouldn't have to.' The rape-trial was the birth place of the slogan, 'In Like Flynn'.

4. 'This king stuff is pure bull....I'm just a lucky slob from Ohio who happened to be in the right place at the right time.'

Answer: Clark Gable

In the 30's and 40's, long before Elvis, Gable was known as The King. His sense of style amd mannerisms were copied by many. In a scene from the movie 'It Happened One Night', Gable takes off his shirt to get ready for bed, and he is not wearing an undershirt. Sales of undershirts plummeted so much, Fruit of the Loom almost went out of business!

5. 'I never said, I want to be alone. I only said I want to be let alone.'

Answer: Greta Garbo

After her retirement, Garbo became a recluse. Photos of her were rare, and many hung outside her apartment building hoping for a glimpse of her.

6. 'I don't care to belong to any social organization which would accept me as a member.'

Answer: Groucho Marx

The Marx brothers movies while a bit dated, are still hilarious to this day.

7. 'Hollywood is the only place where they will give you ten-thousand dollars for a kiss and ten cents for your soul.'

Answer: Marilyn Monroe

Poor Marilyn was used by many in her sad short life. She became type-cast as a dim-wit in her films, but was actually a very intelligent woman who never got the respect she deserved.

8. 'A man should control his life. Mine is controlling me.'

Answer: Rudolph Valentino

Although this is Valentino's quote, it is true for the other choices as well. Valentino had many crazed fans. When he died, many of these fanatics killed themselves. That is taking idolation a 'bit' too far.

9. 'Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.'

Answer: Alfred Hitchcock

Hitchcock did not respect actors and actresses and referred to them as cattle.

10. 'I was a fourteen-year old boy for thirty years.'

Answer: Mickey Rooney

Mickey Rooney played teen-aged Andy Hardy for about twenty years! At the end of these films they always managed to put on 'a show'.

Source: Author daneyko

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