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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

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 4

This young actor quickly made a name for himself before he tragically died in a car crash after making only three films; East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause, and Giant.

  • A
    Tyrone Power
  • B
    James Dean
  • C
    Ronald Colman
  • D
    Montgomery Clift

Question 5

This popular and highly marketable actor did his best work in comedies including Some Like it Hot in which he dressed like a woman to get a job, The Odd Couple with Walter Matthau, and The Great Race with its all-star cast. Besides romantic comedies such as It Should Happen to You with Judy Holliday, he played several intense dramatic roles such as in Missing, Cowboy with Glenn Ford, and The China Syndrome.

  • A
    Clifton Webb
  • B
    Jack Lemmon
  • C
    Lew Ayres
  • D
    Gig Young

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

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 8

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 9

Who is this intense and sometimes cruel actor known for such films as Young Man with a Horn, Spartacus and Lonely Are the Brave? He also left the legacy of a son who follows in his acting footsteps.

  • A
    Gig Young
  • B
    Preston Sturgiss
  • C
    Kirk Douglas
  • D
    Stewart Granger

Question 10

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 11

Taking primarily feisty roles in films such as in, Susan Slept Here, The Unsinkable Molly Brown and Bundle of Joy with her future husband Eddie Fisher, who is this multi-talented singer, dancer and actress?

  • A
    Debbie Reynolds
  • B
    Ingrid Bergman
  • C
    Claire Trevor
  • D
    Jane Powell

Question 12

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 13

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 14

What child star had completed most of her greatest box office hits before age 12?

  • A
    Doris Day
  • B
    Judy Garland
  • C
    Kim Novak
  • D
    Shirley Temple

Question 15

Who said this famous movie quote: "What is it you want, Mary? What do you want? You want the moon? Just say the word, and I'll throw a lasso around it and pull it down."

  • A
    Humphrey Bogart
  • B
    Clark Gable
  • C
    James Stewart
  • D
    Bing Crosby

Question 16

What celebrated film star, who had a career that lasted more than 60 years, made her debut on film at age 10 in There's One Born Every Minute in 1942?

  • A
    Elizabeth Taylor
  • B
    Joan Crawford
  • C
    Claudette Colbert
  • D
    Elsa Lanchester

Question 17

Long before his stint as James Bond, this actor was crowned as Mr. Universe. He has been in many classic films such as Darby O'Gill and the Little People, Hitchcock's Marnie, with co-star Tippi Hedren, and Robin and Marian opposite Audrey Hepburn.

  • A
    Gene Kelly
  • B
    Sean Connery
  • C
    Gregory Peck
  • D
    Marlon Brando

Question 18

Born as Frances Ethel Gumm and getting her start as one of the singing Gumm Sisters, this actress went on to be one of the most loved teenage stars of all time. On the job, she was a professional in every sense, rarely needing to reshoot scenes, especially when singing was involved.

  • A
    Gloria Stewart
  • B
    Ann Sheridan
  • C
    Gene Tierney
  • D
    Judy Garland

Question 19

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 20

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 21

The Haunting of Hill House, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Wax Museum, and The Fly, were among cult favorites starring this unusual actor. He was adept at bringing horror tales to life, but his suspenseful romance Laura starring Gene Tierney was equally as successful.

  • A
    Vincent Price
  • B
    Boris Karloff
  • C
    Peter Lorre
  • D
    Paul Munie

Question 22

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 23

The 1936 film noir The Petrified Forest features an unlikely teaming of a wealthy Englishman, an American gangster, and a dreamy waitress who loves beauty. Which iconic Hollywood actress portrays the waitress?

  • A
    Angela Lansbury
  • B
    Bette Davis
  • C
    Hedy Lamarr
  • D
    Joan Blondell

Question 24

Who is this non-traditional classic film actor best known for his performances in White Christmas with Bing Crosby, The Court Jester with Glynis Johns, and both A Song is Born and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty with Virginia Mayo?

  • A
    Bob Hope
  • B
    Danny Kaye
  • C
    Frank Sinatra
  • D
    Mickey Rooney

Question 25

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 26

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 27

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 28

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 29

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 30

Who was this handsome lady charmer that really shined in romantic comedies such as Bringing up Baby with Katherine Hepburn and My Favorite Wife with Irene Dunn, but was equally talented at his more serious roles in None but the Lonely Heart with Ethel Barrymore, and Hitchcock films North by Northwest with Eva Marie Saint and Charade with Audrey Hepburn?

  • A
    Stewart Granger
  • B
    Cary Grant
  • C
    Dirk Bogard
  • D
    Marlon Brando

Question 31

What formidable actress's breakout role was opposite Gene Kelly in 1952's Singin' in the Rain?

  • A
    Debbie Reynolds
  • B
    Ginger Rogers
  • C
    Judy Garland
  • D
    Julie Andrews

Question 32

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 33

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 34

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 35

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 36

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 37

Nominated for Academy Awards four different times for her films, Stella Dallas, Ball of Fire, Sorry, Wrong Number, and Double Indemnity, who is this talented and beautiful actress with a hint of Brooklyn in her voice?

  • A
    Barbara Stanwyck
  • B
    Teresa Wright
  • C
    Celeste Holm
  • D
    Judy Holiday

Question 38

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 39

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 40

Born as Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko, this actress played a tormented teenager with suicidal and self-destructive tendencies because of a failed love interest in the 1961 film, Splendor in the Grassopposite actor Warren Beatty.

  • A
    Natalie Cole
  • B
    Anna Nicole Smith
  • C
    Nicole Kidman
  • D
    Natalie Wood

Question 41

Perhaps her most famous movie line of her career was, "Why don't you come up and see me sometime?" Who was this gutsy blonde?

  • A
    Doris Day
  • B
    Mae West
  • C
    Marilyn Monroe
  • D
    Marlene Dietrich

Question 42

While this actor was frequently seen in tough guy roles in films like Dark Passage, Key Largo, and Dead End, he also had a softer side as seen in Sabrina. His most famous work, Casablanca, earned him an Academy Award nomination.

  • A
    Boris Karloff
  • B
    James Cagney
  • C
    George Raft
  • D
    Humphrey Bogart

Question 43

This handsome and soft spoken actor was famous for his singing and dancing in many films such as Brigadoon with Cyd Charisse, Singing in the Rain with Debbie Reynolds, and For Me and My Galplaying opposite Judy Garland.

  • A
    Gene Kelly
  • B
    Bob Hope
  • C
    Fred Astaire
  • D
    Mickey Rooney

Question 44

Although he was well known for his serious roles in western movies such as The Fastest Gun Alive and Jubal, this actor also held his own in romantic comedies and dramas such as The Courtship of Eddie's Father and Dear Heart.

  • A
    Glenn Ford
  • B
    Stewart Granger
  • C
    Dick Powell
  • D
    Tyrone Power

Question 45

Which actor played in several romantic comedies including Pat and Mike, Woman of the Year, and Desk Set opposite an actress he was openly having an affair with?

  • A
    Spencer Tracy
  • B
    James Cagney
  • C
    Van Johnson
  • D
    Warren Beatty

Question 46

This iconic actor portrayed a dishonest insurance salesman in the thriller Double Indemnity opposite Barbara Stanwyck, yet went on to later play America's favorite bachelor-father in the television series, My Three Sons.

  • A
    Neville Brand
  • B
    Fred MacMurray
  • C
    Humphrey Bogart
  • D
    James Cagney

Question 47

This stunning, one-of-a-kind actress was a powerhouse of personality. Acting in such films as Hitchcock's Charade, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and My Fair Lady, she showed her versatility and was believable in every role, co-starring with powerhouse actors such as Cary Grant in Charade and Gregory Peck in Roman Holiday. Who is this actress, dancer, and humanitarian?

  • A
    Myrna Loy
  • B
    Audrey Hepburn
  • C
    Ginger Rogers
  • D
    Katharine Hepburn

Question 48

Although she is best known for her role in The Graduate opposite Dustin Hoffman, what classic Hollywood actress won a Tony and an Oscar for playing Anne Sullivan in The Miracle Worker?

  • A
    Elizabeth Taylor
  • B
    Maggie Smith
  • C
    Anne Bancroft
  • D
    Katharine Hepburn

Question 49

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 50

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 51

This British actor brought a touch of class to the movies with his articulate speech and his firm, yet at times vulnerable, gaze. Always the gentleman, he co-starred with Doris Day in Please Don't Eat the Daisies and in My Man Godfrey with June Allyson.

  • A
    Clifton Webb
  • B
    Gary Cooper
  • C
    David Niven
  • D
    Tony Curtis

Question 52

The 1944 film noir Gaslight is about a man protecting a secret at all costs, even if he has to drive his wife mad. This film was nominated for seven Oscars and won two, including a Best Actress win for what Hollywood legend?

  • A
    Claudette Colbert
  • B
    Ingrid Bergman
  • C
    Julie Andrews
  • D
    Elizabeth Taylor

Question 53

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 54

Who said this famous film quote: "If you just learn a single trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it."

  • A
    Richard Burton
  • B
    Gregory Peck
  • C
    Kirk Douglas
  • D
    Peter O'Toole

Question 55

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 56

Who is this versatile actor that was as believable as a bandleader in The Glenn Miller Story as he was as a sheriff in The Far Country or as a silly misfit with an invisible friend in Harvey? His most popular film by far was It's a Wonderful Life.

  • A
    Stewart Granger
  • B
    George Brent
  • C
    Jimmy Durante
  • D
    James Stewart

Question 57

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 58

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 59

Who said this famous film quote: "A boy's best friend is his mother."

  • A
    Richard Burton
  • B
    James Stewart
  • C
    Anthony Perkins
  • D
    Peter Sellers

Question 60

Who shouts the immortal line "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" in the 1949 film noir White Heat?

  • A
    James Cagney
  • B
    David Niven
  • C
    Burt Lancaster
  • D
    Peter Lorre

Question 61

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 62

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 63

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 64

Like his female counterpart, this actor often played the part of men much older than his actual age. His wrinkled face and whiskers, set off by an exaggeratedly old voice made him the perfect pick for the sidekick in such films as, The Far Country and How the West was Wonalongside Jimmy Stewart and The Cowboy and the Lady with Gary Cooper.

  • A
    Jack Benny
  • B
    Groucho Marx
  • C
    Walter Brennan
  • D
    Stan Laurel

Question 65

Which leading man opened eyes to prejudice and religious inequality in his role as an investigative reporter in Gentlemen's Agreement, freed an innocent man in To Kill a Mockingbird, and protected his family from a vengeful ex-con in Cape Fear?

  • A
    Burt Lancaster
  • B
    Robert Mitchum
  • C
    Gregory Peck
  • D
    John Gilbert

Question 66

Who says this famous film quote: "Eliza? Where the devil are my slippers?"

  • A
    Rex Harrison
  • B
    Omar Sharif
  • C
    Henry Fonda
  • D
    Cary Grant

Question 67

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 68

This classic film actor was frequently pegged in gangster roles - which he did well. In reality, some of his finest performances were on the good side of the law. Some were tender, like in Our Vines Have Tender Grapes opposite Agnes Moorehead or in his role as an underdog in Tales of Manhattan.

  • A
    George Brent
  • B
    Edward G. Robinson
  • C
    James Cagney
  • D
    George Raft

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