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Movies And Their Directors Trivia Quiz

A quiz about who directs those cool movies you go see!

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

Author
divemag

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
31,600

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
1343

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who directed 'Alien', 'Blade Runner', and most recently, 'Hannibal' and 'Gladiator'?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which director won the Golden Globe for Best Director for a Drama in 2001? Hint

Steven Spielberg

Steven Soderbergh

Ang Lee

Ridley Scott

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which of these directors has NOT directed a 'Star Wars' film (only 1 right answer!!)? Hint

George Lucas

Irvin Kershner

Richard Marquand

Paul Weitz

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who directed 'The Wizard of Oz'? Hint

Walter Murch

Victor Fleming

Geoff Burrowes

Richard Lerner

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who directed 'Gone With the Wind'? Hint

Frank Lloyd

Victor Fleming

Frank Borzage

Walter Murch

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Question 6 of 10

6. A little toughie here (maybe): An Academy Award Question. Which of these directors has NOT won the Best Director award 3 times? Hint

Frank Capra

Steven Spielberg

John Ford

William Wyler

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who directed 'One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest' and, more recently, 'The People vs. Larry Flynt' and 'Man on the Moon'? Hint

Peter Weir

Roger Corman

Charles Russell

Milos Forman

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who directed 'Apollo 13'?

Answer: (His brother's in it!)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who directed 1999s Best Picture 'American Beauty'? Hint

Robert Zemeckis

Sam Mendes

Barry Levinson

Anthony Minghella

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Question 10 of 10

10. Here's an easier one... hopefully! (sorry to everyone who's struggled through this quiz!!) Who directed 'The Godfather' and its two major sequels?

Answer: (Three Words)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who directed 'Alien', 'Blade Runner', and most recently, 'Hannibal' and 'Gladiator'?

Answer: Ridley Scott

'Blade Runner', great flick!! Harrison Ford rules! 'Gladiator' should win Best Picture too (in 2001)!!

2. Which director won the Golden Globe for Best Director for a Drama in 2001?

Answer: Ang Lee

'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' was the movie.

3. Which of these directors has NOT directed a 'Star Wars' film (only 1 right answer!!)?

Answer: Paul Weitz

Lucas directed 'Star Wars: A New Hope' and 'The Phantom Menace', Marquand directed 'Return of the Jedi', and Kershner was behind 'The Empire Strikes Back'. (Paul Weitz directed 'American Pie!')

4. Who directed 'The Wizard of Oz'?

Answer: Victor Fleming

Walter Murch directed 'Return to Oz' in 1985.

5. Who directed 'Gone With the Wind'?

Answer: Victor Fleming

If you got this one and the last one both right, pat yourself on the back!! George Cukor also directed the movie as well.

6. A little toughie here (maybe): An Academy Award Question. Which of these directors has NOT won the Best Director award 3 times?

Answer: Steven Spielberg

Capra-3('It Happened One Night', 'Mr. Deeds Goes To Town' and 'You Can't Take it With You') Ford-4('The Informer', 'The Grapes of Wrath', 'How Green Was My Valley' and 'The Quiet Man') Wyler-3('Mrs. Miniver', 'The Best Years of Our Lives' and 'Ben-Hur') Spielberg-2('Saving Private Ryan' and 'Schindlers List').

7. Who directed 'One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest' and, more recently, 'The People vs. Larry Flynt' and 'Man on the Moon'?

Answer: Milos Forman

'Man on the Moon', great flick! Go rent it!

8. Who directed 'Apollo 13'?

Answer: Ron Howard

Clint Howard is also in Ron's 'the Grinch'... along with almost all of Ron's other works!

9. Who directed 1999s Best Picture 'American Beauty'?

Answer: Sam Mendes

His first Oscar for his first movie direction.

10. Here's an easier one... hopefully! (sorry to everyone who's struggled through this quiz!!) Who directed 'The Godfather' and its two major sequels?

Answer: Francis Ford Coppola

Source: Author divemag

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