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Title Roles Trivia Quiz

Recognize the people's names in the movie titles below? Name the actor/actress that played the title role.

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

Author
Audreybraff

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
83,939

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
11 / 20

Plays
1365

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Question 1 of 20

1. Who portrayed the title character in "The Eddy Duchin Story"?

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Stewart Granger

Peter Duchin

Dick Powell

Tyrone Power

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Question 2 of 20

2. Who portrayed the title character in the movie "Lillian Russell"?

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Betty Grable

Jane Russell

Norma Shearer

Alice Faye

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Question 3 of 20

3. Who portrayed the title characters in "The Fabulous Dorseys"? Hint

Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey

Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis

Frank Sinatra & Gene Kelly

Gene Kelly & Fred Astaire

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Question 4 of 20

4. Who portrayed the title character in the movie "The Helen Morgan Story"? Hint

Anne Bancroft

Alice Brady

Anne Baxter

Ann Blyth

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Question 5 of 20

5. Who portrayed the title character in the movie "Madam Curie"? Hint

Greer Garson

Jane Greer

Joan Crawford

Joan Fontaine

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Question 6 of 20

6. Who played the title character in the film "Houdini"? Hint

Robert Wagner

Tony Curtis

Rock Hudson

Tab Hunter

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Question 7 of 20

7. Who played the title character in the movie "The Story of Louis Pasteur"? Hint

Paul Muni

Frederic March

Spencer Tracy

Fred Mac Murray

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Question 8 of 20

8. Who played the title character in the film "The Babe Ruth Story"? Hint

Babe Ruth

Guy Kibbee

William Bendix

Edmund Gwenn

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Question 9 of 20

9. Who played Al Jolson in "The Jolson Story"? Hint

Gene Kelly

Al Jolson

Frank Sinatra

Larry Parks

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Question 10 of 20

10. Who starred as the title character in the film "Joan Of Arc"? Hint

Norma Shearer

Ingrid Bergman

Claudette Colbert

Loretta Young

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Question 11 of 20

11. Who played the title character in the film "The Great Caruso"? Hint

Mario Lanza

Gordon MacRae

Nelson Eddy

Howard Keel

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Question 12 of 20

12. Who starred as the title character in the film "Sister Kenny"? Hint

Rosalind Russell

Shirley Booth

Loretta Young

Thelma Ritter

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Question 13 of 20

13. Who starred as the title character in the film "Valentino"? Hint

Clark Gable

Tyrone Power

Anthony Dexter

Robert Taylor

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Question 14 of 20

14. Who portrayed the title character in the film "W.C. Fields And Me"? Hint

Rod Steiger

Lou Costello

Marlon Brando

James Coco

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Question 15 of 20

15. Who played the title character in the film "The Jackie Robinson Story"? Hint

Jackie Robinson

Canada Lee

Sidney Poitier

Eddie Anderson

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Question 16 of 20

16. Who starred as the title character in the film "The Courtmartial Of Billy Mitchell"? Hint

Gary Cooper

Robert Montgomery

Spencer Tracy

Robert Ryan

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Question 17 of 20

17. Who starred as the title character in the movie "Marie Antoinette"? Hint

Loretta Young

Norma Shearer

Greer Garson

Ingrid Bergman

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Question 18 of 20

18. Who starred as the title character in the film "Tennessee Johnson"? Hint

Robert Mitchum

Spencer Tracy

Van Heflin

Gary Cooper

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Question 19 of 20

19. Who starred as the title character in the film "Christopher Colombus"? Hint

Errol Flynn

Fredric March

Spencer Tracy

Robert Taylor

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Question 20 of 20

20. Who portrayed the title character in the film "Young Mr. Lincoln"? Hint

John Carradine

Walter Huston

Henry Fonda

Raymond Massey

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who portrayed the title character in "The Eddy Duchin Story"?

Answer: Tyrone Power

Peter Duchin (Eddy's son) was the pianist in the movie's score.

2. Who portrayed the title character in the movie "Lillian Russell"?

Answer: Alice Faye

Alice Faye was 20th Century Fox's hottest property after Shirley Temple.

3. Who portrayed the title characters in "The Fabulous Dorseys"?

Answer: Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey

They were brothers for real!

4. Who portrayed the title character in the movie "The Helen Morgan Story"?

Answer: Ann Blyth

Paul Newman was the co-star in this film.

5. Who portrayed the title character in the movie "Madam Curie"?

Answer: Greer Garson

Walter Pidgeon was her co-star in this film as well as quite a few others.

6. Who played the title character in the film "Houdini"?

Answer: Tony Curtis

Jaimie Leigh Curtis' dad.

7. Who played the title character in the movie "The Story of Louis Pasteur"?

Answer: Paul Muni

Paul Muni won an Academy Award for his performance in this film.

8. Who played the title character in the film "The Babe Ruth Story"?

Answer: William Bendix

This film was made many years before John Goodman's portrayal.

9. Who played Al Jolson in "The Jolson Story"?

Answer: Larry Parks

Larry Parks also starred in the sequel "Jolson Sings Again".

10. Who starred as the title character in the film "Joan Of Arc"?

Answer: Ingrid Bergman

She was nominated for an Academy Award for this film, but lost out to Jane Wyman in "Johnny Belinda".

11. Who played the title character in the film "The Great Caruso"?

Answer: Mario Lanza

At the time this movie was made, Mario Lanza was just about the only one with that kind of voice to play Caruso.

12. Who starred as the title character in the film "Sister Kenny"?

Answer: Rosalind Russell

Rosalind Russell was a very versatile actress who could play comedy, drama and musicals - she was a joy to watch in everything she did.

13. Who starred as the title character in the film "Valentino"?

Answer: Anthony Dexter

A great look alike for Valentino but that's as far as it went.

14. Who portrayed the title character in the film "W.C. Fields And Me"?

Answer: Rod Steiger

Valerie Perrine co-starred with Rod Steiger in this movie.

15. Who played the title character in the film "The Jackie Robinson Story"?

Answer: Jackie Robinson

The studio evidently couldn't hire an actor to play the part!

16. Who starred as the title character in the film "The Courtmartial Of Billy Mitchell"?

Answer: Gary Cooper

He said more than "yep" in this movie.

17. Who starred as the title character in the movie "Marie Antoinette"?

Answer: Norma Shearer

Irving Thalberg felt that his wife could do justice to this movie.

18. Who starred as the title character in the film "Tennessee Johnson"?

Answer: Van Heflin

Always a great character actor, this was one of his leading man films.

19. Who starred as the title character in the film "Christopher Colombus"?

Answer: Fredric March

This aging actor in the 1950s did a fine job in this epic film.

20. Who portrayed the title character in the film "Young Mr. Lincoln"?

Answer: Henry Fonda

All of the other actors have portrayed Lincoln in other films, Henry Fonda starred in this one and a great job he did with it.

Source: Author Audreybraff

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