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AFI's Top 100 Trivia Quiz

Take the ultimate test of the AFI's one hundred years (1896-1996), one hundred movies.

A multiple-choice quiz by zee93. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
zee93

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
132,181

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

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1890

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Which comedy is ranked the highest on the list? Hint

Some Like It Hot

Dr. Strangelove

Singin' in the Rain

The Graduate

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which of these years has the most movies on the list? Hint

1981

1983

1982

1984

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Question 3 of 10

3. What movie is noted to be the oldest on the entire list? Hint

The Birth of a Nation

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

The Jazz Singer

King Kong

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Question 4 of 10

4. How many musicals made the list (live or animated)? Hint

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Question 5 of 10

5. Over fifty percent of the list won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

True

False

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Question 6 of 10

6. I'm the best movie of the eighties and I star Robert DeNiro. What movie am I?

Answer: (Two Words, fighting.)

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Question 7 of 10

7. "Gone with the Wind" is the best color movie on the list.

True

False

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which actress is the only one to star in two consecutively ranked movies? Hint

Ingrid Bergman

Katherine Hepburn

Diane Keaton

Faye Dunaway

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Question 9 of 10

9. Some of the greatest actresses surprisingly do not appear anywhere on the list. Which of these talented women has at least one movie in the top 100? Hint

Greta Garbo

Celeste Holm

Jane Fonda

Liza Minnelli

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who is the only director to direct two movies in the top ten? Hint

David Lean

Michael Curtiz

Steven Spielberg

Victor Fleming

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which comedy is ranked the highest on the list?

Answer: The Graduate

"The Graduate" takes seventh place on the entire list.

2. Which of these years has the most movies on the list?

Answer: 1982

'82 with two movies: "Tootsie" and "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial". '81 and '84 in second with one each: "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and "Amadeus". '83 does not have any movies on the list.

3. What movie is noted to be the oldest on the entire list?

Answer: The Birth of a Nation

"The Birth of a Nation" from 1915.

4. How many musicals made the list (live or animated)?

Answer: 8

#6 "The Wizard of Oz",
#10 "Singin' in the Rain",
#41 "West Side Story",
#49 "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,
#55 "The Sound of Music",
#58 "Fantasia",
#68 "An American in Paris" and finally
#91 "My Fair Lady".

5. Over fifty percent of the list won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Answer: False

Only 33 Best Pictures made the list.

6. I'm the best movie of the eighties and I star Robert DeNiro. What movie am I?

Answer: Raging Bull

1980's "Raging Bull" stands at #24, followed by 1982's "E.T the Extra-Terrestrial" at #25.

7. "Gone with the Wind" is the best color movie on the list.

Answer: False

#4 "Gone with the Wind" was bested by #3 "The Godfather".

8. Which actress is the only one to star in two consecutively ranked movies?

Answer: Diane Keaton

Keaton stars in #31 "Annie Hall" and #32 "The Godfather Part II". The only other person to achieve this is Jack Nicholson with #19 "Chinatown" and #20 "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest".

9. Some of the greatest actresses surprisingly do not appear anywhere on the list. Which of these talented women has at least one movie in the top 100?

Answer: Celeste Holm

Holm stars in the unforgettable #16 "All About Eve". All three of the other actress' career films went unmarked by the AFI.

10. Who is the only director to direct two movies in the top ten?

Answer: Victor Fleming

Fleming directed #4 "Gone with the Wind" as well as #6 "The Wizard of Oz".

Source: Author zee93

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