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Classic Movies: Average Difficulty Mix Trivia Quizzes

56 quizzes and 560 trivia questions.

Historical Events In Films popular trivia quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

Each movie listed has a historical background as part of its plot. In some of the movies listed it's the focus of the whole film. See how many you can name.

Average, 10 Qns, wallace702, Feb 08 24

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Feb 08 24
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For Lovers of Classic Films popular trivia quiz

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This quiz consists of questions pertaining to movies and movie stars in the 1940s, 50s and 60s. The best years for film, in my opinion.

Average, 10 Qns, geebee22, Dec 06 24

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Dec 06 24
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Legendary Movies

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This quiz is about some outstanding movies. If you haven't seen them, try 'em out!

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Sep 27 17

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Great Moments And Images From Classic Movies popular trivia quiz

Multiple Choice

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Some memorable parts of some memorable movies.

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Sep 21 22

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Sep 21 22
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Movies That Have Been Re-Made

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Many movies have been re-made by Hollywood. Here's a look at some of them.

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Sep 19 14

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Some Classic Movies (1930-1965)

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I love classic movies. Here is some trivia about classics and their stars.

Average, 10 Qns, TSOMfan, Jul 11 23

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Jul 11 23
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Best Films of the Century popular trivia quiz

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Here are some of the best films of the century. Surely, you must have seen most of them. So it should be easy.

Average, 10 Qns, mpc, Mar 18 24

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Mar 18 24
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Classic Movie Titles

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Classic movies with a last question hint.

Average, 10 Qns, nkydell, Sep 04 13

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Movies About Historical Figures

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Hollywood likes to make movies about historical figures - even if the biographies wander away from the facts every now and then

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Mar 13 11

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Movie Oldies But Goodies 2 popular trivia quiz

Multiple Choice

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Some more questions about the best movies.

Average, 10 Qns, andycapp, Jun 26 16

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Quick Question

'Gone With The Wind' was a rarity: a good book that became a good movie. How did the book's author, Margaret Mitchell, die?

From Quiz "Legendary Movies"

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Bring on the Empty Horses: Films of Michael Curtiz

Multiple Choice

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Hungarian director Michael Curtiz directed some of Hollywood's earliest blockbusters. I'll give you a few clues, you name the Curtiz masterpiece... OK?

Average, 10 Qns, alkmene, Jun 11 04

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Movies That Have Sequels

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Many movies have been followed by sequels. Here are a few of them.

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Jul 08 16

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More Movies About Historical Figures

Multiple Choice

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For those of you who enjoyed the prior quiz, here are some more questions about famous people in the movies.

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Apr 24 22

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Apr 24 22
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Classic British Comedy Films

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The post-war years saw many British comedy films that have become cinema classics. How well do you remember these ones, and can you spot the common link between them in the last question? There is also a link between the wrong answers of each question.

Average, 10 Qns, dericpw, Apr 10 05

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Overrated Movies

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I may be looking for trouble, but here's my list.

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Jun 27 23

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Jun 27 23
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More Classic Movies About "Underdogs"

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My earlier quiz dealt with "outnumbered" movie heroes who faced difficult odds. Here's another quiz along those lines.

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Jun 14 22

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Jun 14 22
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17.

Hope and Crosby; The Road Movies

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Ten questions about the seven Bob Hope-Bing Crosby Road movies.

Average, 10 Qns, professorjon, Nov 10 19

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Nov 10 19
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18.

The American Experience in Movies

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A look at the development (and crises) of America as depicted in the movies.

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Jun 14 20

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Jun 14 20
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Movies About Merry Olde England

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Classic movie adventures and swashbuckling in Merry Olde England.

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Jul 02 14

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Ten Funny Classics

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A look at a few good, old comedies.

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Nov 02 16

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3805 plays

21.

Classic Cinema, Classic Films

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This quiz will test your knowledge of some general classic movie trivia. Have fun!

Average, 10 Qns, jollyholly29, Dec 28 23

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Dec 28 23
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Early Days of Hollywood

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Here's a glance at some of the stars of Hollywood from a long time ago.

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Jan 11 19

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Jan 11 19
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Movie Epics and Spectaculars

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What makes a movie 'spectacular' or 'epic'? It's hard to define ... but here are a few that may fit into that category.

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Jun 30 14

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Swashbuckling and Chivalry

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Here are some of the old-time classics that deal with sea-going buccaneers, knights, and other bold types.

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Jul 01 14

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Exotic Movie Locales

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Movies often transport us to exotic places or show us unfamiliar cultures.

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Sep 13 10

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Class and Style: Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn popular trivia quiz

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The title says it all.

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Jun 15 20

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Jun 15 20
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Classic War Movies

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A look at some classic movies about various wars. (I've dealt with movies about WW II in another quiz.)

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Jul 25 22

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Jul 25 22
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"Fact-Based" Movies of the Unusual

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Some movies about strange events are supposedly based on actual happenings.

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Oct 11 03

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Classic Movies of World War II

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Memorial Day Weekend seems an appropriate time to take note of some of the old classsic movies about WW II combat.

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Apr 16 11

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More Movies That Have Been Re-Made

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This is a belated sequel to my prior quiz about movies that have been re-made.

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Jun 24 10

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Film Classics And Geography

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This quiz is about countries, cities, etc. and the role they play in some classic movies.

Average, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Jan 11 19

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Integrity vs. Business

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Many classic movies address the individual's conflict between individual integrity or "playing ball".

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Oct 11 03

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Movies of Recent World History

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"Recent" refers to the mid/late part of the twentieth century.

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Dec 02 08

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Great Chases

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Chase scenes are key parts of many movies. Here's a look at a few good ones.

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Oct 11 03

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Escape Movies

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Prison - and how to escape from one.

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Oct 11 03

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Doomsday

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Many movies deal with the end of the world - or, at the very least, with mass destruction. Here are a few of them.

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Dec 18 13

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1184 plays

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Outnumbered

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A popular plot line for many movies concerns the plight of a hopelessly outnumbered protagonist. Here are a few of the best examples.

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Oct 14 12

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"Moving" Dramas

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Classic movie dramas set on planes, trains, etc.

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Jul 09 23

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Jul 09 23
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Popular Movies From Popular Novels

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Here are some popular "classic" movies that derive from equally popular novels by a few talented writers.

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Dec 19 23

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Dec 19 23
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Don't Confuse These Movies!

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Here are some movies with similar titles - see if you can avoid confusion.

Tough, 10 Qns, robert362, Jan 11 19

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Jan 11 19
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Fighting Your Way To the Top

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A common story line in classic movies is the attempt by the "common man" to make it to the top. Here are a few examples. (This quiz might be difficult: not all of the movies are that well-known.)

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Jan 11 19

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Jan 11 19
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One-Hit Wonders in The Movies

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Here are a few people who made brief, notable movie appearances - and then more-or-less vanished.

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Nov 20 17

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Family Conflict Movies

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Some of the better classic dramas deal with conflicts within the family. Here are a few.

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Oct 09 19

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Oct 09 19
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Teaching in the Movies

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A look at some classic movies dealing with teaching and education.

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Oct 28 13

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1412 plays

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New York in Classic Movies

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Here's a look at movies that highlight New York and its attractions.

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Jan 11 19

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Jan 11 19
1129 plays

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Classic Movies From European Literature

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Classic movies which derive from classic European fiction.

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Sep 25 13

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Feel-Good Fables and Fantasies

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Some movies have a kind of 'feel good' quality about them.

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Apr 10 16

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Old-Time Movie Series

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These are some old, old movie series that were popular way back when.

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Oct 11 03

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Movie Capers And Heists

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This is a little tour of some of the classic movies that deal with capers, heists, cons, etc.

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Apr 22 15

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Movie Presidents, Politicians and Elections

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It's an election year, so maybe it's a good time to take a look at how politicians and elections work out in the movies.

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Dec 08 11

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51.

War Is Hell

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With war with Iraq the topic of the day as this quiz is made, here's a look at some of the dangers of war (aside from the obvious dangers of combat).

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Oct 11 03

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The Natives Are Restless

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Movies that (for the most part) show the scenery and splendor of the dark continent, Africa.

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Feb 20 12

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Resistance to Tyranny and Heroism

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The first few questions are about fighting against tyranny. The later questions deal with heroism.

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Nov 30 13

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990 plays

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Madness at the Movies

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Here's a look at some classic movies that deal with various forms of 'madness'. Name the star of each movie.

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Jan 11 19

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Jan 11 19
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People In The Know

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Many classic movies deal with "secret information" of one sort or another.

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Dec 25 21

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Dec 25 21
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Crusading (And Other) Reporters

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Here's a look at some movies that deal with reporters who are out to get the "big story".

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Jul 06 21

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Jul 06 21
804 plays

Classic Movies: Average Difficulty Mix Trivia Questions

1. In which film does Duke Louis Mazzini, played by Dennis Price, murder his entire family, all of whom are played by Sir Alec Guinness, in order to inherit his title and fortune?

From Quiz Classic British Comedy Films

Answer: Kind Hearts And Coronets

Alec Guinness plays eight parts, representing, in effect, the entire D'Ascoyne family. These roles included: Lord Ascoyne D'Ascoyne; General Rufus D'Ascoyne; Admiral Lord Horatio D'Ascoyne; Ascoyne D'Ascoyne; Rev Lord Henry D'Ascoyne; Henry D'Ascoyne; Ethelred D'Ascoyne; Lady Agatha D'Ascoyne. The other films all star Peter Sellers.

2. For which movie did Audrey Hepburn win her only Academy Award?

From Quiz Some Classic Movies (1930-1965)

Answer: Roman Holiday

"Roman Holiday" is the story of a princess who, weary of her position, runs away. She doesn't know that the man she befriends is really a reporter out for a story. "Roman Holiday" was Audrey Hepburn's first starring role in an American made movie. She was slated to be billed below Greogory Peck, however, after seeing her talent as an actress Peck pushed for her to receive co-star billing. She got it and the 1953 Academy Award for Best Actress.

3. "The Dirty Dozen" pitted Lee Marvin and his men against a larger number of German soldiers (although not in a traditional combat setting). Who went on the mission along with Marvin and his "dirty dozen" prisoners?

From Quiz More Classic Movies About "Underdogs"

Answer: Richard Jaeckel

Jaeckel went on the mission with Marvin and the prisoners. The other three actors mentioned played soldiers in the movie.

4. This historic, oceanic epic, which catapaulted the then-little-known Australian Errol Flynn to fame, also starred Olivia de Havilland. It was based on a novel by Rafael Sabatini.

From Quiz Bring on the Empty Horses: Films of Michael Curtiz

Answer: Captain Blood

Robert Donat was signed to play the title role in this film, but Flynn got his chance when Donat simply didn't show up for work. Although Flynn was one of the few actors in Hollywood who was billed under his real name, the Warner Brothers' publicity machine inexplicably churned out fallacious press reports regarding his nationality: he was supposed to be Irish.

5. "Paths of Glory" took a hard look at some of the madness that goes on at the higher levels of the military. During what war does the action occur?

From Quiz War Is Hell

Answer: WW I

Kirk Douglas, George Macready, Adolphe Menjou. Early Kubrick, early classic.

6. John Wayne starred with (of all people) Jennifer O'Neill in this western.

From Quiz Don't Confuse These Movies!

Answer: Rio Lobo

It was a forgettable effort - unlike "Rio Bravo", which was one of Wayne's best westerns.

7. Joan Crawford tries to make it to the top in "Mildred Pierce" by running a restaurant. Who plays her right-hand assistant?

From Quiz Fighting Your Way To the Top

Answer: Eve Arden

From waitress to restaurant owner. Good job by all of the cast members.

8. "The French Connection" is memorable for its chase sequences involving (in one way or another) the famous (or infamous) New York City subway system. What happened to the principal villain, "Frog 1", at the end of the movie?

From Quiz New York in Classic Movies

Answer: He escapes

He escapes - setting up the sequel, "French Connection II".

9. Grace Kelly starred with Ray Milland and Bob Cummings in Hitchcock's very fine "Dial M for Murder". The actor who played the police investigator also starred in what other Hitchcock movie?

From Quiz Class and Style: Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn

Answer: To Catch A Thief

John Williams was excellent as the police detective; he was also excellent as a nervous insurance man in "To Catch a Thief".

10. Any quiz on movies of Africa must start with "Tarzan, The Ape Man" (1932). Who played him?

From Quiz The Natives Are Restless

Answer: Johnny Weissmuller

Famed swimmer Johnny Weissmuller was perhaps the best in a role that has been played by MANY actors. (Several films over the years for Weissmuller in the role.) Based on the writings of Edgar Rice Burroughs.

11. "Gandhi" was about the legendary Indian leader. Who played the title role?

From Quiz Movies of Recent World History

Answer: Ben Kingsley

A long movie by Richard Attenborough about an intriguing world figure.

12. A common storyline has valiant cowboys outnumbered by menacing Indians. In "They Died With Their Boots On", the massacre at Little Big Horn is dramatized. Who played the doomed Custer?

From Quiz Outnumbered

Answer: Errol Flynn

It was Flynn (and Olivia DeHavilland) who starred. The same formula is at work in "Sea Hawk" and "Captain Blood", where Flynn is outnumbered by Spanish soldiers and English prison-tenders, respectively. Easy to watch - if you don't take the history angle seriously.

13. "Breaker Morant" is set during the Boer War. Why is Harry Morant known as "Breaker"?

From Quiz Classic War Movies

Answer: He was a breaker of horses

Interesting movie of the "war is hell" type.

14. "Plymouth Adventure" dramatized the journey of the Pilgrims as early American colonists. Who starred in the movie?

From Quiz The American Experience in Movies

Answer: Spencer Tracy

They must have been hardy adventurers to cross the Atlantic in that little ship.

15. James Earl Jones and Estelle Parsons starred in a movie about Barney and Betty Hill. Why were the Hills newsworthy?

From Quiz "Fact-Based" Movies of the Unusual

Answer: UFOs

The Hills - an inter-racial couple - claimed to have been abducted by a UFO while driving through New England. This may seem commonplace today, but in the middle of the twentieth century it was extraordinary stuff. The movie is "The UFO Incident".

16. "Flight to Freedom" was an interesting movie that was said to be loosely based on this pilot's real-life adventure.

From Quiz "Moving" Dramas

Answer: Amelia Earhart

Rosalind Russell starred as a prominent female pilot. In the movie, she performs undercover work for the U.S. on the eve of WW II. The movie fueled speculation that Earhart's disappearance was somehow connected with espionage activities in which she may have been engaged.

17. "Brute Force" stars which classic actor in a "got-to-get-out-of-prison" storyline?

From Quiz Escape Movies

Answer: Burt Lancaster

Hume Cronyn as the tough warden.

18. In "Seven Days in May", good guy Kirk Douglas considers using "secret letters" against bad guy Burt Lancaster. What kind of letters are they?

From Quiz People In The Know

Answer: Love letters

Love letters from Burt to Ava Gardner. Good movie, based on a good novel. Fredric March as the president; Rod Serling screenplay. Very solid.

19. In "The Sweet Smell of Success", Tony Curtis gets squeezed and manipulated by tyrannical Burt Lancaster. Who is the supposed model for the Lancaster character?

From Quiz Integrity vs. Business

Answer: Walter Winchell

It is said that the character was based on Winchell - a once powerful and influential journalist.

20. "The Out-of-Towners" was re-made with Goldie Hawn and Steve Martin. Jack Lemmon starred in the original; who was his co-star?

From Quiz More Movies That Have Been Re-Made

Answer: Sandy Dennis

Why would anyone re-make one of the worst movies of all time?

21. "The Music Box" pits a daughter against her father (who may or may not be a Nazi). What is hidden inside of the music box?

From Quiz Family Conflict Movies

Answer: Photographs

Fine drama, well done. Jessica Lange as the daughter.

22. In "Some Like It Hot", Tony Curtis plays Joseph, and goes by Josephine when he dresses as a girl. Jack Lemmon plays Gerald, and goes by what name as a woman?

From Quiz Classic Cinema, Classic Films

Answer: Daphne

This film, made in 1959, was done in black and white, though color was the customary version done at that time, because the makers wanted to downplay the gaudiness of the makeup worn by Lemmon and Curtis.

23. "To Catch a Thief" features a great car chase along winding Riviera roads as Cary Grant tries to elude the police. Who is driving the car being pursued?

From Quiz Great Chases

Answer: Grace Kelly

One of Hitchcock's best.

24. "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" is enormously enjoyable. One memorable scene has Newman and Redford atop a mountain overlooking a river while being pursued. What's the problem at the moment?

From Quiz Ten Funny Classics

Answer: Sundance can't swim

"Are you crazy? The fall will probably kill you!"

25. Flaubert's 'Madame Bovary' was made into a movie in which Van Heflin played the male lead. Who played the title role?

From Quiz Classic Movies From European Literature

Answer: Jennifer Jones

A forgotten actress today. But, she did good work.

26. A legendary part of the movies is the chase. The best chase sequences I've seen are in 'Bullitt' and 'The French Connection'. Where do these stories take place?

From Quiz Great Moments And Images From Classic Movies

Answer: San Francisco, New York

San Francisco with its rolling hills and New York chasing the train.

27. 'Goodbye, Mr. Chips' was an early classic in this genre. Who played the lead role?

From Quiz Teaching in the Movies

Answer: Robert Donat

A golden oldie.

28. 'The Slender Thread' involved an attempted suicide by a distraught woman. Who played her?

From Quiz Madness at the Movies

Answer: Anne Bancroft

Bancroft was the woman. Poitier was the hot-line worker. Good movie.

29. What country is Yul Brynner the King of in the 1956 movie 'The King and I'?

From Quiz Film Classics And Geography

Answer: Siam

Deborah Kerr is Anna Leonowens, a widowed English schoolteacher. The local authorities did not like the way their King had been portrayed.

30. Who starred in 'The Saint' movies?

From Quiz Old-Time Movie Series

Answer: George Sanders

Suave George Sanders played the role before Roger Moore was Simon Templar in the TV series.

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