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Classic Movies on the Brain Trivia Quiz

I will give you the stars, plot and the year of a movie. All I need from you is the title. Good luck and have fun!

A multiple-choice quiz by Aerowynne. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Aerowynne

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
38,318

Updated
Oct 25 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1674

Last 3 plays: Guest 89 (5/10), Guest 75 (5/10), Guest 23 (9/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which 1964 beach classic starring Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello and Don Rickles was about a contessa that eyes a girl's guy as a gym owner's bodybuilders eye their beach? Hint

Beach Blanket Bingo

Muscles and Blankets on the Beach

Strong Beach

Muscle Beach Party

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which 1936 romance starring Ronald Colman, Claudette Colbert and Rosalind Russell was about a British gentleman in the french Foreign Legion who woos a cafe girl and a noblewoman in the desert? Hint

In the Desert Sun

Two Diamonds in the Sand

Desert Loves

Under Two Flags

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which 1945 western starring Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman and Flora Robson was about a gold-digger who meets a rich Texas gambler in 1875 New Orleans and follows him to upstate New York? Hint

New York Express

Saratoga Trunk

Eastward Chase

Texas Case

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which 1939 comedy starring Joe Penner, Betty Grable and Richard Lane was about cabbies who send a chump to buy a racehorse, and he buys one that runs on beer? Hint

The Ale Stallion

The Drunken Race

A Horse Named Ale

The Day the Bookies Wept

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which 1939 classic starring Anne Shirley, James Ellison and Barbara Read was about a grocer's daughter who dates a football hero and joins a snooty sorority? Hint

The Grocer's Daughter

The Decision

Sorority Girl

Sorority House

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which 1948 film starring Pat O'Brien, Daryl Hickman and Charles Kember was about an Irish priest who shepherds street-wise newsboys in early 1900's St.Louis? Hint

The Good Shepherd

St. Louis

Blarney Street

Fighting Father Dunne

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which 1949 suspense flick starring Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten and Trevor Howard was about a pulp writer who goes to postwar Vienna and probes the death of a shady friend? Hint

The Third Man

The One Man

The Lost Man

The Last Man

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which 1962 comedy starring Jerry Lewis, Joan O'Brien and Zachary Scott was about a goofy TV repairman who seeks a missing heir and finds he has been looking for himself? Hint

The Heir

It's Only Money

Find Who?

The Great Search

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which 1956 film starring Spencer Tracy, Robert Wagner and Claire Trevor was about two brothers who climb to a plane that crashed in the Alps: one to help the other to loot? Hint

The Search

The Mountain

The Swiss Army

Climb to Them

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which 1955 darkly comedic thriller starring Edmund Gwenn, Shirley Maclaine and John Forsythe was about rural Vermonters who try to bury a corpse, more than once? Hint

The Problem With Harry

The Trouble With Joe

The Problem With Joe

The Trouble With Harry

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which 1964 beach classic starring Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello and Don Rickles was about a contessa that eyes a girl's guy as a gym owner's bodybuilders eye their beach?

Answer: Muscle Beach Party

This was director William Asher's second beach movie.

Answer: Under Two Flags

Not an all around great movie but can be called a classic.

3. Which 1945 western starring Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman and Flora Robson was about a gold-digger who meets a rich Texas gambler in 1875 New Orleans and follows him to upstate New York?

Answer: Saratoga Trunk

A great black and white classic with some great cinematography.

4. Which 1939 comedy starring Joe Penner, Betty Grable and Richard Lane was about cabbies who send a chump to buy a racehorse, and he buys one that runs on beer?

Answer: The Day the Bookies Wept

A hilarious comedy of the golden years.

5. Which 1939 classic starring Anne Shirley, James Ellison and Barbara Read was about a grocer's daughter who dates a football hero and joins a snooty sorority?

Answer: Sorority House

Actually the movie reminds me of those old '50s school films about science and health.

6. Which 1948 film starring Pat O'Brien, Daryl Hickman and Charles Kember was about an Irish priest who shepherds street-wise newsboys in early 1900's St.Louis?

Answer: Fighting Father Dunne

The story reminds me of the story of 'Boys Town' and Father O'Malley.

7. Which 1949 suspense flick starring Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten and Trevor Howard was about a pulp writer who goes to postwar Vienna and probes the death of a shady friend?

Answer: The Third Man

The movie was directed by Carol Reed.

8. Which 1962 comedy starring Jerry Lewis, Joan O'Brien and Zachary Scott was about a goofy TV repairman who seeks a missing heir and finds he has been looking for himself?

Answer: It's Only Money

Another Jerry Lewis classic.

9. Which 1956 film starring Spencer Tracy, Robert Wagner and Claire Trevor was about two brothers who climb to a plane that crashed in the Alps: one to help the other to loot?

Answer: The Mountain

Spencer Tracy is the one helping, and Robert Wagner is the one stealing.

10. Which 1955 darkly comedic thriller starring Edmund Gwenn, Shirley Maclaine and John Forsythe was about rural Vermonters who try to bury a corpse, more than once?

Answer: The Trouble With Harry

The movie was directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

Source: Author Aerowynne

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