Stagecoach Trivia Quiz

Answer: John Wayne

Wikipedia says Wayne became "an instant superstar" after his appearance in "Stagecoach", but the actor claims to have acted in 80 Westerns between 1930 and 1939, when "Stagecoach" was released. But it would only be in 1969, 30 years later, that Wayne would finally be considered good enough to win an Oscar, as Rooster Cogburn in "True Grit".

Answer: Lordsburg

Most of the outdoor scenes were filmed in Monument Valley. In the film, when Curly, the Marshal, hears that Buck has seen Luke Plummer in Lordsburg, he announces that he will ride shotgun. And as the stage is about to set out from Tonto, Buck, the stage driver, announces the stops as Dry Fork, Indian Wells, and Lee Ferry, before arrival in Lordsburg.

Answer: Apaches led by Geronimo

When Curly is apprised of the danger by the lieutenant, Curly asks, "What's the trouble, Lieutenant?", and the lieutenant answers, "Geronimo." Earlier, at a Cavalry post, the telegraph line to Lordsburg was cut after a single word had been received. The word was "Geronimo." And when Curly asks Dallas if she wants to stay in Tonto, Dallas looks at the representatives of the Ladies' League of Decency and says pointedly, "There's worse things than Apaches." Later in the film, just before reaching Lordsburg, the stage falls under attack by the Apaches.

Answer: liquor salesman

Throughout the story, Doc Boone possessively guards the salesman's sample case and has a bottle of liquor in his hand in most scenes.

Answer: Andy Devine

Devine's raspy voice threatened to be a detriment in his sound film career, but instead it turned into his trademark, as he became a popular comic figure over 45 years on the silver screen. His character of Jingles on "Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok" (on both TV and film at the same time) was basically the same type as "Stagecoach's" Buck. Beginning in 1955, while the "Hickok" series was still on, Devine also began hosting a children's TV show called "Andy's Gang".

Answer: to exact revenge on Luke Plummer for the murder of his father and brother

After Ringo killed one of the Plummers' hired hands, so the story goes, Luke Plummer murdered Ringo's father and brother. Having escaped from prison, the Kid is determined to kill Luke, even if he also has to face the other two Plummer brothers.

Answer: The Cavalry rescues the stage from an Apache war party.

Ringo has the shoot-out with the Plummers after the stage reaches Lordsburg and, at least in this movie, John Wayne does not ride off alone into the sunset. The stage is never robbed by outlaws. As the Apaches are ready to capture the stage and the marshal and passengers have run out of bullets, and Hatfield, the Southern gentleman played by John Carradine, is about to use his last bullet on Lucy Mallory to save her from the Apaches, we hear the trumpet call as the Cavalry arrives to save the stage and drive off the war party.

Answer: Henry Gatewood, the banker

Gatewood, who looks down on the rest of the passengers, is absconding with $50,000 meant to be deposited in the bank in Tonto. No doubt the wealthiest of all the passengers and the one from society's highest class, Gatewood turns out to be the least honorable.

Answer: Hatfield, the former Confederate soldier

Many who've watched the film see Hatfield's death as a symbol of the end of the Confederacy's ante-bellum way of life and/or the South's chivalric demise. Peacock is the first to be wounded and when he gets the arrow in the chest it is a signal in the film that the Apache attack has begun.

Answer: two riders riding together

As the film opens, we see two horsemen riding at full speed toward the camera. They have come to warn the cavalry about depredations of Apaches, roused up by Geronimo, on the frontier around Lordsburg. The movie's final scene shows Ringo and Dallas riding a buckboard together into the sunset toward Ringo's ranch across the border.