National Film Registry: Part 4 Quiz

Answer: Lawrence of Arabia

The epic film about the way T.E. Lawrence tried to unite warring Arab tribes against the Turks in WWI won both awards for 1962. Another David Lean film, "The Bridge on the River Kwai", also won both of these awards and was inducted into the NFR in 1997.

Answer: The Magnificent Ambersons

While Welles's surviving notes describe the cut scenes, the footage itself was destroyed. The story of the fall of the Amberson family in the 20th century lost its final scene, many conversations, and most of a ballroom sequence that was shot in a long take.

Answer: Gertie

"Gertie the Dinosaur" is about twelve minutes long and contains expressive animation in black line drawings on a white background. Gertie responds to McCay's commands, ignores them, fights with a mammoth, drinks a lake dry, and gives McCay a ride on her back. Its various techniques make it a milestone in animation.

Answer: Fiddler on the Roof

Also known as "Tevye", the Yiddish-American film was based on the silent film "Khavah" and the play "Tevye". It was the first non-English language film to be inducted into the Registry. Maurice Schwartz plays Tevya, a Jewish man seeing the ways of tradition crumble around him in the 20th century. Topol plays the role in the 1971 film.

Answer: David Holzman's Diary

The 1967 faux-documentary is about a man making a documentary. He records his life in a similar manner as YouTubers of the 21st century. The three incorrect answers were also inductions for 1991. Jim McBride also directed the film "The Big Easy" and episodes of "Six Feet Under".

Answer: High School

Shot over five weeks, "High School" has no narration and no narrative. It simply presents what high schoolers go through daily, from dull classes to teachers who squash their individuality. A sequel, "High School II", came out in 1994. Both films were directed by Frederick Wiseman.

Answer: What's Opera, Doc?

"What's Opera, Doc?" from 1957 uses music from the Wagner operas "The Flying Dutchman", "Die Walkure", "Siegfried", "Rienzi", and "Tannhauser". Bugs and Elmer sing "Return My Love" to the tune of the "Pilgrim's Chorus" from "Tannhauser" and dance to the bacchanal music.

Although the short did not win an Oscar, it is considered by many film historians as one of the greatest cartoons ever made.

Answer: The Bank Dick

"The Bank Dick" is also called "The Bank Detective", particularly in the U.K. Starring W.C. Fields, the 1940 film is a comedy about a detective trying to solve a mystery about missing funds.

Answer: Morocco

"Morocco" is a romance about a cabaret singer who falls in love during the Rif War of the 1920s in Morocco. It caused a scandal for a scene where Dietrich sings while dressed in men's clothing and kisses a woman. Most of "Casablanca", which was one of the first set of 25 NFR inductions, is set in Morocco.

Answer: Dog Star Man

Made from 1961 to 1964, the five films in "Dog Star Man" make up a longer, albeit experimental and dreamlike, narrative. It mainly concerns the various things a man sees while climbing a mountain with his dog. The films were directed by Stan Brakhage.