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2 Spencer Tracy quizzes and 20 Spencer Tracy trivia questions.
1.
  The Life of Spencer Tracy    
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I haven't seen a quiz on one of the greatest film actors yet so I decided to create one myself. I hope you enjoy it.
Average, 10 Qns, dvc4223, Nov 27 18
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  Spencer Tracy Movies    
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Tracy is as good as it gets when you're looking for a consistently good actor.
Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Dec 26 20
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Spencer Tracy Trivia Questions
1. Where was Tracy born?

From Quiz The Life of Spencer Tracy

Answer: Milwaukee,Wisconsin

He had a troubled childhood, going to six different high schools in Wisconsin and Kansas during a five-year span.

2. In 'Bad Day at Black Rock', the leader of the evil force in town is played by whom?

From Quiz Spencer Tracy Movies

Answer: Robert Ryan

Ryan is the leader. Marvin and Borgnine are his thugs. Brennan is the doctor.With Dean Jagger, too. Fine movie.

3. How many Oscar nominations did Tracy receive when he was ALIVE?

From Quiz The Life of Spencer Tracy

Answer: eight

Tracy received his first nomination for "San Francisco"(1936). Then Tracy won the Oscar the next two years for "Captains Courageous and Boys Town". Tracy didn't receive an Oscar nomination for the next twelve years until he teamed up with Elizabeth Taylor for "Father Of the Bride in 1950. That was the first of his three nominated performances in the 1950s. The others were "Bad Day At Black Rock"(1955) and "The Old Man The Sea"(1958). He received his next nomination in 1960 for "Inherit The WInd". The very next year Tracy lost out to his co-star Maximilian Schell for "Judgement At Nuremburg". He earned his ninth and final nomination when he was six feet under for "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner" in 1967. He died a few weeks after filming was completed.

4. In 'Inherit the Wind', the role of the newspaperman (based on the H.L. Mencken figure) is played by this actor.

From Quiz Spencer Tracy Movies

Answer: Gene Kelly

Kelly is the reporter. York plays the teacher (Scopes) and Akins is a minister. Fredric March is the lawyer who opposes Tracy. Another good movie.

5. In 'Judgment at Nuremberg', one of the key defendants is played by this actor.

From Quiz Spencer Tracy Movies

Answer: Burt Lancaster

Lancaster is the judge who is on trial. Widmark and Schell are prosecutor and defense attorney, respectively. Clift is a witness.

6. In which movie did Tracy make his feature film debut?

From Quiz The Life of Spencer Tracy

Answer: Up The River

This was an obscure film made in 1930 but this prison comedy had a young John Ford directing the film and a promising young actor by the name of Humphrey Bogart also making his feature film debut.

7. In 'San Francisco', Tracy played a ___.

From Quiz Spencer Tracy Movies

Answer: Priest

Clark Gable played the gambler and saloon owner. Tracy (and Gable) were oil men in 'Boom Town'.

8. In 'Boom Town', Tracy and Gable were rivals for this actress.

From Quiz Spencer Tracy Movies

Answer: Claudette Colbert

Francis was in 'Black Rock'. Dietrich was in 'Nuremberg'. Macdonald was in 'San Francisco'.

9. Tracy's relationship with Katharine Hepburn is pretty well known today but why didn't he ever marry her?

From Quiz The Life of Spencer Tracy

Answer: He was married.

Tracy wouldn't divorce his wife, actress Louise Treadwell because he was a strict Roman Catholic. Tracy and Treadwell remained married for forty-four years until his death.

10. Who co-starred with Tracy in 'The Mountain'?

From Quiz Spencer Tracy Movies

Answer: Robert Wagner

Ericson was in 'Black Rock'. Poitier was in 'Guess Who's Coming To Dinner?'. Morgan was the judge in 'Inherit the Wind'.

11. Which child actor co-starred with him in "Boys Town"?

From Quiz The Life of Spencer Tracy

Answer: Mickey Rooney

Freddie Barthomolew starred beside him in "Captain Courageous" (1937), the year before "Boys Town" was released but the eighteen-year old Rooney is better remembered today as Tracy's co-star than Barthomolew.

12. Tracy starred in 'The Old Man and the Sea'. Who wrote the novel upon which the movie was based?

From Quiz Spencer Tracy Movies

Answer: Hemingway

13. Which movie did NOT have Katharine Hepburn as a co-star?

From Quiz Spencer Tracy Movies

Answer: It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World

Everyone else was in the movie - large cast of name stars.

14. Mickey Rooney co-starred with Tracy in which movie?

From Quiz Spencer Tracy Movies

Answer: Boys Town

Tracy played Father Flanagan to a young Rooney.

15. How old was Tracy when he passed away?

From Quiz The Life of Spencer Tracy

Answer: 67

He was born on 1900 and died in 1967. It's a miracle he lived that long considering his friendliness with the bottle.

16. Which was Tracy's final movie?

From Quiz Spencer Tracy Movies

Answer: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

With Hepburn and Poitier.

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