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Movie Oldies but Goodies Trivia Quiz

This is a quiz about various films I have enjoyed.

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

Author
andycapp

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
15,310

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
4892

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: angostura (10/10), benjovi (3/10), BarbaraMcI (10/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who is not a cast member of the 1949 Best Picture Oscar winner 'All The Kings Men'? Hint

John Ireland

Broderick Crawford

Mercedes McCambridge

Lew Ayers

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Question 2 of 10

2. What Academy Award Winning Director directed Jezebel starring Bette Davis and Henry Fonda? Hint

Fred Zinnerman

John Ford

William Wyler

Elia Kazan

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is Mrs Miniver reading to her children in the air raid shelter? Hint

Wind in the Willows

Peter Pan

Mary Poppins

Alice in Wonderland

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is the name of the father in 'Boy's Town'? Hint

Miller

Johnson

Flanagan

Rickards

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Question 5 of 10

5. In the movie, 'Arsenic and Old Lace', Dr Einstein is portrayed by who? Hint

Peter Lorre

Boris Karloff

Raymond Massey

Norman Lloyd

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Question 6 of 10

6. Elwood P.Dowd has a six foot rabbit friend called what? Hint

Jack

Bunny

Harvey

Lewis

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which future 'Bewitched' star was in 'Inherit the Wind'? Hint

Dick York

Elizabeth Montgomery

Dick Sargeant

Agnes Moorehead

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who played Charley Malloy, Terry Malloy's brother in 'On The Waterfront'? Hint

Marlon Brando

Lee J.Cobb

Rod Steiger

Karl Malden

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who played washed up actress Margo Channing in 'All about Eve'?

Answer: (Two words, full or last name only)

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which child star portrayed Anna Muir in 'The Ghost and Mrs Muir'? Hint

Shirley Temple

Natalie Wood

Margaret O'Brien

Elizabeth Taylor

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who is not a cast member of the 1949 Best Picture Oscar winner 'All The Kings Men'?

Answer: Lew Ayers

Broderick Crawford won Best Actor and Mercedes McCambridge won Best Supporting Actress for this film.

2. What Academy Award Winning Director directed Jezebel starring Bette Davis and Henry Fonda?

Answer: William Wyler

This film won Bette Davis a Best Actress Oscar.

3. What is Mrs Miniver reading to her children in the air raid shelter?

Answer: Alice in Wonderland

This film won Greer Garson a Best Actress Oscar.

4. What is the name of the father in 'Boy's Town'?

Answer: Flanagan

This film won Spencer Tracy his second Best Actor Oscar in two years.

5. In the movie, 'Arsenic and Old Lace', Dr Einstein is portrayed by who?

Answer: Peter Lorre

Also starring Cary Grant and Priscilla Lane.

6. Elwood P.Dowd has a six foot rabbit friend called what?

Answer: Harvey

In the film 'Harvey' starring James Stewart and Josephine Hull who won Best Supporting Actress Oscar.

7. Which future 'Bewitched' star was in 'Inherit the Wind'?

Answer: Dick York

Also starring Spencer Tracy, Fredric March and Gene Kelly.

8. Who played Charley Malloy, Terry Malloy's brother in 'On The Waterfront'?

Answer: Rod Steiger

Brando won an Oscar for his portrayal of Terry Malloy.

9. Who played washed up actress Margo Channing in 'All about Eve'?

Answer: Bette Davis

Also starring Anne Baxter, George Sanders and Celeste Holm.

10. Which child star portrayed Anna Muir in 'The Ghost and Mrs Muir'?

Answer: Natalie Wood

Also starring Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison and George Sanders.

Source: Author andycapp

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