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Director Match-Up Trivia Quiz

I give you the movie title, you tell me which of the four listed directed it. These are some of my favorite movies, so have fun!!

A multiple-choice quiz by gumbygolds. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
gumbygolds

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
32,276

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
11 / 15

Plays
1238

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

1. Who directed 'The Third Man'? Hint

Orson Welles

John Huston

Alfred Hitchcock

Carol Reed

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2. Who directed 'The Manchurian Candidate'? Hint

John Frankenheimer

Michael Ritchie

Alan J. Pakula

Alfred Hitchcock

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3. Who directed 'Being There'? Hint

Alfred Hitchcock

Hal Ashby

John Schlesinger

Francis Ford Coppola

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4. Who directed 'Mr Deeds Goes To Town'? Hint

Preston Sturges

Howard Hawks

Alfred Hitchcock

Frank Capra

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5. Who directed 'The Lady Eve'? Hint

Alfred Hitchcock

Joseph L Mankiewicz

Preston Sturges

George Cukor

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6. Who directed 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'? Hint

Alfred Hitchcock

Sam Peckinpah

Arthur Penn

George Roy Hill

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7. Who directed 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'?

Answer: (One Word Not Alfred Hitchcock!)

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8. Who directed 'This is Spinal Tap'? Hint

Mel Brooks

Alfred Hitchcock

Rob Reiner

Christopher Guest

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9. Who directed 'Shane'? Hint

Fred Zinneman

John Ford

Alfred Hitchcock

George Stevens

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10. Who directed 'High Noon'? Hint

John Ford

George Stevens

Fred Zinneman

Alfred Hitchcock

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11. Who directed 'The Player'?

Answer: (Two Words)

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12. Who directed 'On the Waterfront'? Hint

Elia Kazan

Edward Dmytryk

Frank Capra

Alfred Hitchcock

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13. Who directed 'Modern Times'? Hint

Charlie Chaplin

Michael Curtiz

Alfred Hitchcock

Leo McCarey

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14. Who directed 'The Apartment'? Hint

Billy Wilder

Alfred Hitchcock

Wes Craven

Elia Kazan

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15. Who directed 'Foreign Correspondent'?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who directed 'The Third Man'?

Answer: Carol Reed

'The Third Man' is an excellent movie. It is so good, that it made the American Film Institute's Top 100 movie list. It also was number one on the British Film Institute's Top 100 movie list. Is the movie British or English????? I don't know (When Orson Welles appears out of the shadow for the first time, that's one of my favorite moments of any movie).

2. Who directed 'The Manchurian Candidate'?

Answer: John Frankenheimer

Another Top 100 movie. I think it was not available for a while because of the subject matter and the fact that it was released so close to the assassination of Kennedy.

3. Who directed 'Being There'?

Answer: Hal Ashby

Not Top 100. Could've been. Good stuff.

4. Who directed 'Mr Deeds Goes To Town'?

Answer: Frank Capra

Good Gary Cooper comedy. You'll laugh, you'll cry (maybe), you'll cheer.

5. Who directed 'The Lady Eve'?

Answer: Preston Sturges

Good Henry Fonda comedy.

6. Who directed 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'?

Answer: George Roy Hill

That one was kinda easy, huh?? If you put Alfred Hitchcock, you should quit now!

7. Who directed 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'?

Answer: Lean

8. Who directed 'This is Spinal Tap'?

Answer: Rob Reiner

At first I thought it was a Hitchcock, but after deep investigation, I found it was not... It was directed by Rob Reiner. But it was still good.

9. Who directed 'Shane'?

Answer: George Stevens

Not to be confused with 'Psycho'.

10. Who directed 'High Noon'?

Answer: Fred Zinneman

Not to be confused with 'Rear Window'.

11. Who directed 'The Player'?

Answer: Robert Altman

Good movie about the movies.

12. Who directed 'On the Waterfront'?

Answer: Elia Kazan

'I coulda been a...' I can't remember the rest.

13. Who directed 'Modern Times'?

Answer: Charlie Chaplin

14. Who directed 'The Apartment'?

Answer: Billy Wilder

15. Who directed 'Foreign Correspondent'?

Answer: Alfred Hitchcock

I had to have ONE Hitchcock movie!!

Source: Author gumbygolds

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