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Warner Brothers Classics Trivia Quiz

Try these 10 questions about classic Warner Brothers films from the 1930s and 1940s.

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

Author
buckmanboston

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
35,773

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
2193

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which of these 1930s gangster classics featured George Raft and was NOT made by Warner Brothers? Hint

Scarface

The Petrified Forest

Little Caesar

The Public Enemy

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who played George M. Cohan in 1942's 'Yankee Doodle Dandy'? Hint

Al Jolson

John Garfield

Pat O'Brien

James Cagney

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which movie did NOT feature the Dead End Kids? Hint

I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang

They Made Me A Criminal

Dead End

Angels With Dirty Faces

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who was 'The Great O'Malley' (1937)? Hint

James Cagney

Pat O'Brien

John Garfield

Ward Bond

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which detective series was a Warner Brothers production? Hint

Mr Moto

Charlie Chan

Mr Wong

Nancy Drew

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who is the actor common to these 3 movies: 'Invisible Stripes'(1940), 'The Roaring Twenties'(1937), 'Bullets Or Ballots'(1936)? Hint

Geroge Raft

Humphrey Bogart

James Cagney

Edward G Robinson

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which future TV star had a role in Humphrey Bogart's 1942 gangster-wartime classic 'All Through The Night'? Hint

Alan Hale Jr

Shemp Howard

Lucille Ball

Jackie Gleason

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who was the female lead in 'They Drive By Night'(1940), 'Angels With Dirty Faces'(1938), 'The Patient In Room 18' (1938), and 'It All Came True'(1938)? Hint

Ida Lupino

Bette Davis

Anne Baxter

Ann Sheridan

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which Humphrey Bogart classic won him an Oscar but was not made by Warner Brothers Studios? Hint

The African Queen

The Maltese Falcon

Casablanca

To Have And Have Not

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who played the father in 'Life With Father' (1947)? Hint

Spencer Tracy

William Powell

Pat O'Brien

Charles Boyer

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of these 1930s gangster classics featured George Raft and was NOT made by Warner Brothers?

Answer: Scarface

'Scarface' was made by Universal in 1932 and starred Paul Muni with co-star George Raft. WB made 'Little Caesar' with Edward G. Robinson and 'The Public Enemy' with James Cagney in 1931 and 'The Petrified Forest' with Humphrey Bogart in 1936.

2. Who played George M. Cohan in 1942's 'Yankee Doodle Dandy'?

Answer: James Cagney

Tough guy Cagney did a great job singing and dancing.

3. Which movie did NOT feature the Dead End Kids?

Answer: I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang

'I Am A Fugitive...' is the classic 1932 Paul Muni film. The Dead End Kids got their start with Bogart in 'Dead End'(1937), then with Cagney in 1938's 'Angels With Dirty Faces'. They were teamed with John Garfield in 'They Made Me A Criminal' (1938).

4. Who was 'The Great O'Malley' (1937)?

Answer: Pat O'Brien

Pat O'Brien starred as Officer O'Malley opposite Ann Sheridan and Humphrey Bogart.

5. Which detective series was a Warner Brothers production?

Answer: Nancy Drew

Bonita Granville starred in 4 Nancy Drew movies for WB. Peter Lorre played Mr Moto in 6 films for 20th Century Fox. Boris Karloff made 3 Mr Wong movies for Monogram. Warner Oland and Sydney Tolar made numerous Charlie Chan films for 20th Century Fox.

6. Who is the actor common to these 3 movies: 'Invisible Stripes'(1940), 'The Roaring Twenties'(1937), 'Bullets Or Ballots'(1936)?

Answer: Humphrey Bogart

Bogart played second banana to Edward G Robinson in 'Bullets Or Ballots', George Raft in 'Invisible Stripes', and James Cagney in 'The Roaring Twenties', before he made it big in 'The Maltese Falcon'.

7. Which future TV star had a role in Humphrey Bogart's 1942 gangster-wartime classic 'All Through The Night'?

Answer: Jackie Gleason

Gleason also starred in 'Larceny, Inc.' with Robinson. Alan 'Skipper' Hale was in 'Action In The North Atlantic' and 'They Drive By Night' with Bogart.

8. Who was the female lead in 'They Drive By Night'(1940), 'Angels With Dirty Faces'(1938), 'The Patient In Room 18' (1938), and 'It All Came True'(1938)?

Answer: Ann Sheridan

She played opposite Bogart, Cagney, and Raft in several films. However, in 'The Patient In Room 18', she got top billing.

9. Which Humphrey Bogart classic won him an Oscar but was not made by Warner Brothers Studios?

Answer: The African Queen

Bogart had a slew of great movies, but his only Oscar came for 1951's 'The African Queen', made by United Artists.

10. Who played the father in 'Life With Father' (1947)?

Answer: William Powell

Powell is better known for playing detective Nick Charles in the MGM Thin Man series.

Source: Author buckmanboston

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