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Question 1

What famous Hollywood bombshell was born Norma Jeane Mortenson?

  • A
    Marilyn Monroe
  • B
    Virginia Mortenson
  • C
    Jean Harlow
  • D
    Norma Rae

Question 2

Making 11 tumultuous films together, this on-again, off-again real-life couple had even more drama in their own lives than they shared on the screen which is saying a lot. Their performances in Cleopatra won critical acclaim and landed them in 10 more films together.

  • A
    Cary Grant and Dyan Cannon
  • B
    Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton
  • C
    George Segal and Suzanne Pleshette
  • D
    Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh

Question 3

This dancing duo tapped and spun their way into American hearts as they starred opposite each other in some 10 films, and their dance in "Let's Face the Music and Dance" is one of their all-time best dance numbers.

  • A
    Hedy Lamarr and Charles Boyer
  • B
    Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
  • C
    Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamore
  • D
    Irene Dunn and Cary Grant

Question 4

These two youngsters were paired for 10 performances and grew up together in front of America's eyes. They co-starred in the Andy Hardy movie series as well as a couple of special productions.

  • A
    Jane Wyman and Jack Oakey
  • B
    Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland
  • C
    Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
  • D
    Lew Ayres and Sandy Dennis

Question 5

Hailed as a truly classic film noir, the 1946 gem The Killers featured a 23-year-old actor in a role that would make him an instant star. Which famous leading man played the part of a dreamy, thoughtful Swede in danger from multiple plots?

  • A
    James Earl Jones
  • B
    Burt Lancaster
  • C
    Charlie Chaplin
  • D
    Klaus Kinski

Question 6

Spellbound, a 1945 film noir with deliciously complex characterizations, stars Ingrid Bergman as a psychoanalyst who is trying to help an amnesiac played by what well-known actor?

  • A
    Bruce Dern
  • B
    Gregory Peck
  • C
    Brian Keith
  • D
    Alan Alda

Question 7

The classic, genre-defining gumshoe in the 1941 film noir The Maltese Falcon is played by which actor?

  • A
    Humphrey Bogart
  • B
    Spencer Tracy
  • C
    Kirk Douglas
  • D
    Richard Widmark

Question 8

This on-screen couple were the best of friends in real life and stayed in touch until he died of AIDS in 1985. Who was this couple that starred in the fan-favorite film Pillow Talk?

  • A
    Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck
  • B
    Doris Day and Rock Hudson
  • C
    John Barrymore and Dolores Costello
  • D
    Jane Wyman and Don Ameche

Question 9

This couple of the silver screen only made two films together, years apart, each with one-word titles: Notorious and Indiscreet. Though they each acted with other people many more times, these two films were box office hits and gave each of their careers a boost. Who were these rock-solid Hollywood stars?

  • A
    Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman
  • B
    James Mason and Eva Marie Saint
  • C
    Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford
  • D
    Claude Rains and Dolores Del Rio

Question 10

In the 1953 black and white film noir Angel Face which actor has the starring male role as a hapless race car driver turned ambulance jockey?

  • A
    John Wayne
  • B
    Woody Allen
  • C
    Bing Crosby
  • D
    Robert Mitchum

Question 11

What actress and singer signed her first movie contract with MGM at just age 13, and had one of her biggest success in 1939 when she went "Over the Rainbow" at 16?

  • A
    Judy Garland
  • B
    Shirley Temple
  • C
    Ann Margret
  • D
    Brigitte Bardot

Question 12

The feisty Girl Friday in the 1946 film noir The Dark Corner gets involved in the dangerous troubles of her private detective boss when he asks for her help. Who plays this spirited secretary?

  • A
    Jane Fonda
  • B
    Sally Field
  • C
    Vivien Leigh
  • D
    Lucille Ball

Question 13

What prolific actress and quintessential girl-next-door is best known for her role in Pillow Talk opposite the dashing Rock Hudson?

  • A
    Julie Andrews
  • B
    Doris Day
  • C
    Grace Kelly
  • D
    Marilyn Monroe

Question 14

The "Road" pictures became quite a hit and were filled with inside jokes and miscommunication. Which of these two actors usually found romance on the road in these campy, tongue-in-cheek romantic hijinks films?

  • A
    Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn
  • B
    Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo
  • C
    Richard Taylor and Vanessa Redgrave
  • D
    Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour

Question 15

Together off-screen as well as on, who was this couple that brought us classic film noirs the likes of To Have and Have Not and Key Largo?

  • A
    Melvyn Douglas and Margaret Dumont
  • B
    Robert Mitchum and Susan Hayward
  • C
    Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler
  • D
    Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall

Question 16

Released in 1953, the noir film The Big Heat chronicles the fictional tale of an everyman police officer targeted by the mob because he wants to shut down illegal activities. Who plays this sympathetic policeman?

  • A
    Glenn Ford
  • B
    William Hurt
  • C
    Clark Gable
  • D
    Danny Glover

Question 17

This controversial couple made many films together, including Woman of the Year and Guess Who's Coming To Dinner. They had an ongoing affair for 26 years in real life. Who is this couple?

  • A
    Montgomery Clift and Syd Cherise
  • B
    Van Johnson and June Allyson
  • C
    Clark Gable and Loretta Young
  • D
    Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy

Question 18

The 1946 film Notorious is a romance and a thriller as well as a classic film noir. A US agent asks a woman of dubious reputation to spy on a group of Nazis in South America. Who plays this agent?

  • A
    James Stewart
  • B
    Sidney Poitier
  • C
    Cary Grant
  • D
    Willem Dafoe

Question 19

What actress co-starred with Maureen O'Hara in Miracle on 34th Street when she was just eight years old?

  • A
    Shirley Temple
  • B
    Judy Garland
  • C
    Eva Marie Saint
  • D
    Natalie Wood

Question 20

The 1949 noir crime drama Port of New York is a study in police procedural dramas and features law enforcement efforts to stop an opium shipment from being distributed. Who plays the leader of the ring of drug dealers?

  • A
    Charles Bronson
  • B
    Fred Astaire
  • C
    Yul Brynner
  • D
    Jeff Bridges

Question 21

The atmospheric, shadowy 1958 noir Touch of Evil features a well-known Hollywood personality in his final direction of a studio film. In the film, he portrays a drunken sheriff in a dusty town bordering Mexico. Who is this actor and director?

  • A
    Billy Crystal
  • B
    Orson Welles
  • C
    Charlie Chaplin
  • D
    Tom Cruise

Question 22

Known as the "King and Queen of Hollywood," these co-stars shared the screen in eight films.

  • A
    Greta Garbo and Robert Tayor
  • B
    Grace Kelly and Cary Grant
  • C
    Clark Gable and Joan Crawford
  • D
    Rita Hayworth and Orson Welles

Question 23

What famous actress started her career in vaudeville before becoming on part of a famous dancing duo with Fred Astaire?

  • A
    Grace Kelly
  • B
    Ginger Rogers
  • C
    Debbie Reynolds
  • D
    Julie Andrews

Question 24

What actress, nicknamed "sex kitten" starred opposite Elvis Presley in Viva Las Vegas in 1964?

  • A
    Lena Horne
  • B
    Jane Russell
  • C
    Claudette Colbert
  • D
    Ann-Margret

Question 25

What famous actress left Hollywood after starring in 11 successful films in order to become the Princess of Monaco in 1956?

  • A
    Grace Kelly
  • B
    Brigitte Bardot
  • C
    Bette Davis
  • D
    Vivien Leigh

Question 26

This real-life husband and wife were also partners in 28 Hollywood films together, all westerns. Can you name this dynamic duo?

  • A
    Robert Redford and Jane Fonda
  • B
    Tyrone Power and Betty Grable
  • C
    Roy Rogers and Dale Evans
  • D
    George Burns and Gracie Allen

Question 27

Who are these actors that played in three movies based on real-life people, the most famous of whom was major league baseball player Monty Stratton in The Stratton Story?

  • A
    Gene Kelly and Ida Lupino
  • B
    Jimmy Stewart and June Allyson
  • C
    Red Skelton and Lucille Ball
  • D
    Zsa Zsu Pitts and Milton Berle

Question 28

What actress was born in England but is best known for playing two beloved Southern belles?

  • A
    Mae West
  • B
    Bette Davis
  • C
    Judy Garland
  • D
    Vivien Leigh

Question 29

What actress starred opposite Rex Harrison in the stage production of My Fair Lady, for which she won a Tony Award?

  • A
    Ava Gardner
  • B
    Julie Andrews
  • C
    Audrey Hepburn
  • D
    Judy Garland

Question 30

This dynamic duo had too much fun filming together and were great friends off-screen. On screen, they made audiences roar with their film Bringing Up Baby. Who are they?

  • A
    Jack Oakey and Loretta Young
  • B
    WC Fields and Mae West
  • C
    June Lockhart and Tyrone Power
  • D
    Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn

Question 31

The 1945 film noir Mildred Pierce features a famous actress who plays a hard-working mother in the clutches of her spoiled, manipulative daughter. Who plays the eponymous role of this woman who cannot see through her daughter's deceit?

  • A
    Eva Gabor
  • B
    Joan Crawford
  • C
    Dyan Cannon
  • D
    Angie Dickinson

Question 32

This couple was more the outdoorsy type - at least in their films. He gave us a rugged and athletic Tarzan, and she gave us a beautiful and tender Jane. Who was this couple that shared the screen in the Tarzan films Tarzan the Ape Man and Tarzan and His Mate?

  • A
    Harold Lloyd and Bebe Daniels
  • B
    Don Ameche and June Lockhart
  • C
    Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan
  • D
    Maureen O'Hara and Roddy McDowell

Question 33

What classic Hollywood actress was the first to win a Best Actress Oscar for a performance in a foreign language film?

  • A
    Greta Garbo
  • B
    Marlene Dietrich
  • C
    Brigitte Bardot
  • D
    Sophia Loren

Question 34

The 1950 gothic noir Sunset Boulevard tells the story of a fading silent film star clinging to the past and to a youngish male writer who is content to be kept by her. Who portrays this intelligent and sometimes cruel writer in his breakthrough role?

  • A
    Michael Caine
  • B
    John Carradine
  • C
    James Brolin
  • D
    William Holden

Question 35

Skilled character actors are vital in the genre of film noir. John Huston's 1948 action-packed movie Key Largo features one of Hollywood's greatest character actors, this time in a wheelchair. Who is he?

  • A
    Lionel Barrymore
  • B
    Gene Kelly
  • C
    James Coburn
  • D
    Lee Marvin

Question 36

What singer and actress starred in many films in the 1940s, including Stormy Weather, and was one of the most famous African-American performers of her time while refusing to only play stereotypes?

  • A
    Nina Mae McKinney
  • B
    Ethel Moses
  • C
    Lena Horne
  • D
    Ethel Waters

Question 37

What sex symbol, actress, and early Playboy playmate's career was cut short when she tragically died in a car accident at just 34 years old in 1967?

  • A
    Hedy Lamarr
  • B
    Jayne Mansfield
  • C
    Rita Hayworth
  • D
    Marilyn Monroe

Question 38

These two fresh-faced and wholesome actors made a great couple in films and were paired in three movies together including most notably Two Girls and a Sailor.

  • A
    Van Johnson and June Allyson
  • B
    Alland Lad and Claire Bloom
  • C
    Miriam Hopkin and Robert Walker
  • D
    Cary Grant and Joan Bennett

Question 39

Who plays the title role of a sexy femme fatale who uses her beauty to manipulate in the 1946 noir Gilda?

  • A
    Judy Garland
  • B
    Ginger Rogers
  • C
    Mia Farrow
  • D
    Rita Hayworth

Question 40

Which beautiful actress starred with handsome leading men such as Clark Gable in, Mogambo, Gregory Peck in The Snows of Kilimanjaro, and Tyrone Power in The Sun Also Rises, but was married to boyish actor Mickey Rooney?

  • A
    Ava Gardner
  • B
    Rhonda Fleming
  • C
    Joan Fontaine
  • D
    Mabel Normand

Question 41

In the shattering 1945 noir The Lost Weekend, a writer struggles with alcoholism. What actress portrays his girlfriend, who tries to save him from his plunge into addiction?

  • A
    Jane Wyman
  • B
    Helen Hayes
  • C
    Mitzi Gaynor
  • D
    Shirley Temple

Question 42

Which stars brought us the tender story of Penny Serenade and the lively romantic comedy My Favorite Wife?

  • A
    Gary Cooper and Teresa Wright
  • B
    Dana Andrews and Dana Wynter
  • C
    Cary Grant and Irene Dunne
  • D
    James Garner and Doris Day

Question 43

In the 1954 neo-noir Dial M for Murder, a jealous husband wants to kill his wife by hiring someone else to do the dirty work. However, he fails to consider that his wife might fight back. Who plays this plucky woman?

  • A
    Anne Bancroft
  • B
    Greta Garbo
  • C
    Mae West
  • D
    Grace Kelly

Question 44

Who were the actors, also great real-life friends, that appeared on the silver screen together a whopping 14 times over their careers including the comedy I Love you, Again?

  • A
    Gig Young and Doris Day
  • B
    William Powell and Myrna Loy
  • C
    Jack Benny and Sambelia Jones
  • D
    Janet Leigh and Robert Taylor

Question 45

These two actors were a hit in their film Meet John Doe about a down and out-of-work baseball player that gets conned into pretending he's going to kill himself so the female lead - a journalist - can get a newspaper article out of the deal. Romance and mayhem ensue. Who are these popular actors that were paired in a total of three films?

  • A
    Walter Pidgeon and Joan Fontaine
  • B
    Dirk Bogarde and Janet Russell
  • C
    Robert Mitchum and Lee Remick
  • D
    Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck

Question 46

Beginning their eight-film career as Ma and Pa Kettle in the movie The Egg and I, this screen couple's films always featured comedic misunderstandings and a passel of noisy kids.

  • A
    Joel McCrea and Jane Wyman
  • B
    Fred MacMurray and Claudette Colbert
  • C
    Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride
  • D
    Shirley Jones and Dan Durea

Question 47

Which actress portrays the strong yet inexperienced femme fatale in the 1946 film The Postman Always Rings Twice?

  • A
    Judith Dench
  • B
    Diane Keaton
  • C
    Lana Turner
  • D
    Audrey Hepburn

Question 48

What actress made her film debut in A Bill of Divorcement opposite John Barrymore in 1932?

  • A
    Natalie Wood
  • B
    Ginger Rogers
  • C
    Katharine Hepburn
  • D
    Audrey Hepburn

Question 49

What actress famously starred with John Wayne in five films, the most famous of which was The Quiet Man?

  • A
    Jane Russell
  • B
    Shirley McLaine
  • C
    Hayley Mills
  • D
    Maureen O'Hara

Question 50

Who was this film couple that made a total of eight films together, highlighted by the fan favorite, "The Adventures of Robin Hood"?

  • A
    Tyrone Power and Eleanor Parker
  • B
    Jimmy Stewart and Joan Fontaine
  • C
    Ray Milland and Ginger Rogers
  • D
    Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland

Question 51

With her long mysterious bangs (a product of fine, thin hair that wouldn't stay put) and his blond-haired dark-eyed good looks, this couple made detective work look glamorous. Their most famous film was "This Gun For Hire."

  • A
    Lana Turner and John Garfield
  • B
    Lawrence Olivier and Joan Fontaine
  • C
    Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake
  • D
    Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford

Question 52

Which on-screen couple starred in a few films with difficult emotional and romantic situations? She played a teenager with a crush on him in Since You Went Away and a woman his equal in Duel in the Sun.

  • A
    Joseph Cotten and Jennifer Jones
  • B
    Spring Byington and S.Z. "Cuddles" Sakall
  • C
    Lionel Barrymore and Janet Gaynor
  • D
    Marie Dressler and Walter Beery

Question 53

What actress grew tired of playing the foil for male stars in movies and reinvented herself as a sexy vixen in 'From Here to Eternity'?

  • A
    Deborah Kerr
  • B
    Maureen O'Hara
  • C
    Mae West
  • D
    Joan Crawford

Question 54

An unlikely pair, this duo made two films together. The first, Min and Billwon her an Academy Award as Best Actress. The second, Tugboat Annie enjoyed great popularity as well. No love was lost behind the scenes for these two though. Their relationship was all business.

  • A
    George Brent and Ida Lupino
  • B
    Wallace Beery and Marie Dressler
  • C
    George Burns and Gracie Allen
  • D
    Robert Young and Dorothy McGuire

Question 55

This actress was well-known for her dramatic roles in such films as "Citizen Kane," "Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte" and "The Magnificent Ambersons" long before taking on perhaps her most memorable role as Endora in the television series "Bewitched."

  • A
    Marilyn Monroe
  • B
    Loretta Young
  • C
    Eva Marie Saint
  • D
    Agnes Moorehead

Question 56

Which actor and actress were paired together in four movies, but not always as love interests? They most famously gave us "Now Voyager."

  • A
    Edna Purviance and Charles Chaplin
  • B
    Charles Boyer and Angela Lansbury
  • C
    Claude Rains and Bette Davis
  • D
    Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and Mabel Normand

Question 57

In the 1949 film noir 'The Third Man', a pulp fiction writer investigates his friend's death in the war-torn city of Vienna. In doing so, he also must struggle with complex questions of morality. Which actor plays this writer?

  • A
    Gregory Hines
  • B
    Anthony Hopkins
  • C
    David Jason
  • D
    Joseph Cotten

Question 58

The bleak 1950 noir 'D.O.A.' is a classic nihilistic drama as well as a police thriller. Who plays the man who has been murdered with a slow-acting poison and is desperately seeking his killer?

  • A
    Dennis Hopper
  • B
    Michael Douglas
  • C
    Edmond O'Brien
  • D
    Brian Dennehy

Question 59

This couple was a solid draw at the box office, so they were paired repeatedly in films the most well known of which is "Mrs. Miniver." Who are these actors?

  • A
    Robert Donat and Celeste Holm
  • B
    Cary Grant and Besty Drake
  • C
    Bobe Hope and Virginia Mayo
  • D
    Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon

Question 60

In the 1949 noir 'Criss Cross', a scheming woman gets her honest ex-husband involved with her criminal husband and a disastrous robbery. Who portrays this devious femme fatale?

  • A
    Donna Reed
  • B
    Ethel Merman
  • C
    Yvonne De Carlo
  • D
    Lena Horne

Question 61

The scheming yet vulnerable character of Phyllis Dietrichson in the noir 'Double Indemnity' wants to get her husband out of the way. What actress plays her?

  • A
    Ann Blyth
  • B
    Cloris Leachman
  • C
    Barbara Stanwyck
  • D
    Irene Dunne

Question 62

Who directed and starred in the 1947 film noir 'Lady in the Lake'?

  • A
    Charlton Heston
  • B
    James Dean
  • C
    Robert Montgomery
  • D
    Alan Ladd

Question 63

This popular song and dance couple graced the screen with seven films which involved a great deal of singing and dancing. True entertainers, who is this couple that gave us "42nd Street" and "Gold Diggers of 1933"?

  • A
    James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan
  • B
    Johnny Weissmuller and Margaret Sullavan
  • C
    Tyrone Power and Gene Tierney
  • D
    Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler

Question 64

This actress had a child with actor Clark Gable, whom she worked with in the films "Key to the City" and "Call of the Wild." She was adept at comedic roles as well and "The Farmer's Daughter" is a fan favorite. Who is this high-fashion beauty?

  • A
    Deborah Karr
  • B
    Greer Garson
  • C
    Loretta Young
  • D
    Elizabeth Taylor

Question 65

Often paired with actor Jimmy Stewart, she portrayed his mother as well as the mother or grandmother of many other actors. This actress had a sweet demeanor and quiet wisdom in most of her roles. Because of the character in her face, she would play aging mothers, though she was only in her forties.

  • A
    Beulah Bondi
  • B
    Vanessa Redgrave
  • C
    Maureen O'Hara
  • D
    Jean Simmons

Question 66

Who plays the mentally unstable but somehow sympathetic character of Bruno Anthony in Alfred Hitchcock's 1951 film 'Strangers on a Train'?

  • A
    Frank Sinatra
  • B
    Glen Campbell
  • C
    Jack Lemmon
  • D
    Robert Walker

Question 67

The 1944 noir 'The Suspect' is unusual in that it is set in Edwardian England where a man decides to kill his vindictive wife. Which trans-Atlantic actor plays him?

  • A
    Cary Grant
  • B
    Anthony Andrews
  • C
    John Houseman
  • D
    Charles Laughton

Question 68

In the hands of director John Huston, the 1950 noir crime thriller 'The Asphalt Jungle' puts a sympathetic face on criminals. Which male actor stars as a man trying to pull off a heist?

  • A
    John Hurt
  • B
    Tommy Lee Jones
  • C
    Sterling Hayden
  • D
    Jeremy Irons

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