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AFI's Greatest Male Legends Trivia Quiz

This quiz incorporates the AFI's greatest screen legends list with its 100 greatest movies list. For each actor, I will tell which of his movies were among the AFI's 100 greatest movies and you give the actor's name.

A multiple-choice quiz by weloveum. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
weloveum

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
136,096

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
19 / 25

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Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 25

1. "Casablanca", "The African Queen", "The Maltese Falcon", "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre".

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Question 2 of 25

2. "North by Northwest", "The Philadelphia Story", "Bringing up Baby".

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Question 3 of 25

3. "It's a Wonderful Life", "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington", "Rear Window", "The Philadelphia Story", "Vertigo".

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Question 4 of 25

4. "The Godfather", "On the Waterfront", "Apocalypse Now", "A Streetcar Named Desire".

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Question 5 of 25

5. No movies in the top 100; Some of his films include "Carefree", "Easter Parade", and "Roberta".

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Question 6 of 25

6. "The Grapes of Wrath". Hint

Robert Taylor

John Wayne

Gregory Peck

Henry Fonda

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Question 7 of 25

7. "Gone with the Wind", "It Happened One Night", "Mutiny on the Bounty".

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Question 8 of 25

8. "Yankee Doodle Dandy". Hint

Robert Mitchum

Jimmy Stewart

Jimmy Cagney

Gary Cooper

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Question 9 of 25

9. "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner". Hint

Fredric March

Gary Cooper

Gregory Peck

Spencer Tracy

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Question 10 of 25

10. "The Gold Rush", "City Lights", "Modern Times".

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Question 11 of 25

11. "High Noon". Hint

Alan Ladd

John Wayne

Gary Cooper

Clint Eastwood

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Question 12 of 25

12. "To Kill a Mockingbird". Hint

Spencer Tracy

Gregory Peck

Claude Rains

Charles Laughton

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Question 13 of 25

13. "Stagecoach", "The Searchers". Hint

Clint Eastwood

Alan Ladd

John Wayne

Gary Cooper

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Question 14 of 25

14. "Wuthering Heights". Hint

William Powell

Robert Donat

Paul Henreid

Laurence Olivier

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Question 15 of 25

15. "Singin' in the Rain", "An American in Paris". Hint

Fred Astaire

Gene Kelly

Frank Sinatra

James Mason

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Question 16 of 25

16. "Citizen Kane", "The Third Man". Hint

Peter Lorre

Orson Welles

Claude Rains

Robert Montgomery

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Question 17 of 25

17. Some of his films include "Out of the Past", "I Walk Alone", and "Champion".

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Question 18 of 25

18. "Rebel Without a Cause", "Giant". Hint

James Dean

Charlton Heston

Rock Hudson

Burt Lancaster

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Question 19 of 25

19. "From Here to Eternity". Hint

James Dean

Burt Lancaster

Robert Taylor

Kirk Douglas

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Question 20 of 25

20. "Duck Soup". Hint

W.C. Fields

Charlie Chaplin

The Marx Brothers

Buster Keaton

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Question 21 of 25

21. No movies in the top 100; His films include "College", "Speak Easily", and "Doughboys".

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Question 22 of 25

22. "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner". Hint

Sidney Poitier

Jack Lemmon

Rod Steiger

Tony Curtis

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Question 23 of 25

23. No movies in the top 100; His films include "Undercurrent", "Nevada", and "The Locket".

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Question 24 of 25

24. "Double Indemnity". Hint

Jimmy Cagney

Burt Lancaster

Claude Rains

Edward G. Robinson

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Question 25 of 25

25. "Sunset Blvd.", "The Bridge on the River Kwai", "Network", "The Wild Bunch".

Answer: (two words or just surname)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "Casablanca", "The African Queen", "The Maltese Falcon", "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre".

Answer: Humphrey Bogart

Humphrey Bogart (1899-1957) was ranked as the greatest male screen legend of all time. He won an Oscar for Best Actor for "The African Queen". He is probably best known, however, for playing Rick in "Casablanca".

2. "North by Northwest", "The Philadelphia Story", "Bringing up Baby".

Answer: Cary Grant

Cary Grant (1904-1986) was ranked second. He won on Honorary Oscar in 1969. Other memorable movies include "Notorious", "His Girl Friday", and "An Affair to Remember".

3. "It's a Wonderful Life", "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington", "Rear Window", "The Philadelphia Story", "Vertigo".

Answer: James Stewart

James Stewart (1908-1997) was ranked third. He won Best Actor for "The Philadelphia Story". In 1984 an Honorary Oscar was awarded to Mr. Stewart.

4. "The Godfather", "On the Waterfront", "Apocalypse Now", "A Streetcar Named Desire".

Answer: Marlon Brando

Marlon Brando, who was born in 1924, ranked fourth. He won Best Actor Oscars for "On the Waterfront" and for "The Godfather".

5. No movies in the top 100; Some of his films include "Carefree", "Easter Parade", and "Roberta".

Answer: Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire (1899-1987) was ranked fifth. He won an Honorary Oscar in 1949. He is most famous for his musical comedies with Ginger Rogers.

6. "The Grapes of Wrath".

Answer: Henry Fonda

Henry Fonda (1905-1982) was ranked sixth. He won an Honorary Oscar in 1980 and won Best Actor for "On Golden Pond".

7. "Gone with the Wind", "It Happened One Night", "Mutiny on the Bounty".

Answer: Clark Gable

Clark Gable (1901-1960) was ranked seventh. He was nominated for Best Actor for all three of these films, but won only for "It Happened One Night".

8. "Yankee Doodle Dandy".

Answer: Jimmy Cagney

James Cagney (1899-1986) was ranked eighth. He won Best Actor for "Yankee Doodle Dandy". He is best known as a star in many gangster films in the 1930's.

9. "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner".

Answer: Spencer Tracy

Spencer Tracy (1900-1967) was ranked ninth. He won back-to-back Best Actor Oscars for "Captain Courageous" and for "Boys Town". "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" was his last film.

10. "The Gold Rush", "City Lights", "Modern Times".

Answer: Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977) was ranked tenth. He won Honorary Oscars in 1927 and 1971 and won Best Score in 1972 for "Limelight".

11. "High Noon".

Answer: Gary Cooper

Gary Cooper (1901-1961) was ranked eleventh. He won Best Actor for "High Noon" and also for "Sergeant York". In addition, he won an Honorary Oscar in 1960.

12. "To Kill a Mockingbird".

Answer: Gregory Peck

Gregory Peck (1916-2003) was ranked twelfth. He won Best Actor for portraying Atticus Finch in "To Kill a Mockingbird". He won the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1967.

13. "Stagecoach", "The Searchers".

Answer: John Wayne

John Wayne (1907-1979) was ranked thirteenth. He won Best Actor in 1969 for "True Grit".

14. "Wuthering Heights".

Answer: Laurence Olivier

Lord Laurence Olivier (1907-1989) was ranked fourteenth. He won Best Actor for "Hamlet" and won two Honorary Oscars during his lifetime.

15. "Singin' in the Rain", "An American in Paris".

Answer: Gene Kelly

Gene Kelly (1912-1996) was ranked fifteenth. He won an Honorary Oscar in 1951. He was the key figure in shaping the grand age of the Hollywood musical.

16. "Citizen Kane", "The Third Man".

Answer: Orson Welles

Orson Welles (1915-1985) was ranked sixteenth. He won Best Screenplay for "Citizen Kane" in 1941 and an Honorary Award in 1970. He acted in, directed, wrote, and produced "Citizen Kane".

17. Some of his films include "Out of the Past", "I Walk Alone", and "Champion".

Answer: Kirk Douglas

Kirk Douglas, who was born in 1916, was ranked seventeenth. He won an Honorary Oscar in 1996.
Although "Spartacus" made several of AFI's lists, it did not make the AFI's list of greatest movies.

18. "Rebel Without a Cause", "Giant".

Answer: James Dean

James Dean (1931-1955) was ranked eighteenth. He is the first person to have been nominated for two Oscars posthumously. He died in a car crash.

19. "From Here to Eternity".

Answer: Burt Lancaster

Burt Lancaster (1913-1994) was ranked nineteenth. He won Best Actor for "Elmer Gantry". Other famous movies include "Judgement at Nuremberg" and "Sweet Smell of Success".

20. "Duck Soup".

Answer: The Marx Brothers

The twentieth-ranked Marx Brothers, were Groucho (Julius), Chico (Leonard), Harpo (Adolph), Zeppo (Herbert), and originally Gummo (Milton).

21. No movies in the top 100; His films include "College", "Speak Easily", and "Doughboys".

Answer: Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton (1895-1966) was ranked twenty-first. He won an Honorary Oscar in 1959.

22. "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner".

Answer: Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier, who was ranked twenty-second, was born in 1924. He was the first African American to win Best Actor, which was for "Lilies of the Field" in 1963. He won an Honorary Oscar in 2002.

23. No movies in the top 100; His films include "Undercurrent", "Nevada", and "The Locket".

Answer: Robert Mitchum

Robert Mitchum (1917-1997) was ranked twenty-third. He was nominated for an Oscar for the movie which brought him to prominence, "The Story of G.I. Joe".

24. "Double Indemnity".

Answer: Edward G. Robinson

Edward G. Robinson (1893-1973) was ranked twenty-fourth. He won an Honorary Oscar in 1972. He is perhaps most famous as a gangster boss in "Little Caesar".

25. "Sunset Blvd.", "The Bridge on the River Kwai", "Network", "The Wild Bunch".

Answer: William Holden

William Holden (1918-1981) was ranked twenty-fifth. He won Best Actor for "Stalag 17" in 1953.

Source: Author weloveum

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