Famous Acting Pairs Trivia Quiz

Answer: The Sting

In 'The Sting', Robert Redford plays a small-time grifter named Johnny Hooker who hooks up with Newman's Henry Gondorff in a big time con job.

Answer: Joanne Woodward

In order of their release, the 10 films featuring Newman and Woodward are: 'Rally Round the Flag, Boys!' (1958), 'The Long, Hot Summer' (1958), 'From the Terrace' (1960), 'Paris Blues' (1961), 'A New Kind of Love' (1963), 'Winning' (1969), 'WUSA' (1970), 'The Drowning Pool' (1975), 'Harry and Son' (1985) and'Mr. & Mrs. Bridge' (1990).

Answer: The People vs. Larry Flint

'The People vs. Larry Flint' is a film featuring Woody Harrelson that details the difficult court battles that 'Hustler Magazine' publisher Larry Flint was forced to go through.

Snipes and Harrelson first appeared together in the 1986 film 'Wildcats'. They did not show up together in a film for another six years, when they made 'White Men Can't Jump in 92. Three years later came the movie 'Money Train' (1995). In 1999, Snipes appeared in cameo in Woody Harrelson's film 'Play It to the Bone' (Snipes played himself).

Answer: Lethal Weapon

From 1987 to 1998, Glover and Gibson appeared together as police partners Roger Murtaugh and Martin Riggs in four different 'Lethal Weapon' films. Glover also made a cameo appearance in the Mel Gibson film 'Maverick' in 1994.

In the 'Lethal Weapon' films, police partners Glover and Gibson fight various criminals and other vicious bad guys, such as smugglers and counterfeiters.

Answer: Tough Guys

'Tough Guys', a film about two old gangsters who have recently been released from prison and plan one last heist, was the last of the movies that paired Douglas and Lancaster. The others: 'Gunfight at the O.K. Corral' (1957), 'The Devil's Disciple' (1959), 'The List of Adrian Messenger' (1963) and 'Seven Days in May (1964).

Answer: Reynolds and Field

Burt Reynolds and Sally Field were quite the screen item in the late 1970s, appearing in the films 'Smokey and the Bandit' in 1977 and 'Hooper' and 'The End' in 1978. They also paired up for a sequel to 'Smokey' in 1980.

Answer: Mickey Rooney

Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney shared the following screen credits: 'Thoroughbreds Don't Cry' (1937), 'Love Finds Andy Hardy' (1938), 'Babes in Arms' (1939), 'Strike Up the Band' (1940), 'Babes on Broadway' (1941), 'Life Begins for Andy Hardy' (1941), 'Girl Crazy' (1943), 'Thousands Cheer' (1943), 'Words and Music' (1948) and, finally, 'Andy Hardy Comes Home' (1958).

Answer: Blazing Saddles

Together, Wilder and Pryor appeared in 'Silver Streak' in 1976, 'Stir Crazy' in 1980, 'See No Evil, Hear No Evil' in 1989 and 'Another You' in 1991. Pryor was set to appear in the 1974 film 'Blazing Saddles' with Wilder, but his presence in the film was rejected by the studio. He was credited as a writer on the film.

'Blazing Saddles' was the story of a black sheriff in a racist town of the old west. Gene Wilder plays the sheriff's sidekick, and together they foil the plot of a railroad magnate to destroy the town.

Answer: Ben Stiller

Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson have appeared in a number of movies together, including 'Permanent Midnight' (1998), 'Meet the Parents' (2000), 'The Royal Tenenbaums'(2001), 'Zoolander' (2001), 'Meet the Fockers' (2004) and 'Starsky & Hutch' (2004). Let's hope their productive and amusing on-screen relationship continues for many years to come.

Answer: Ethan Hawke

Thurman and Hawke's ill-fated marriage began with Hawke after they made the 1997 film 'Gattaca' together. In 2001 they participated in two more films together, 'Tape' and 'Chelsea Walls' (though, in the latter, Hawke only appeared in voice).

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