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Question 1

This handsome actor made movies like, Bedtime for Bonzo, Cattle Queen of Montana, and King's Row, which elevated his acting career. He served as president of the Screen Actors Guild for seven years and was active on the House Un-American Activities Committee. It should be no surprise he later chose a life in politics.

  • A
    Ronald Reagan
  • B
    Tab Hunter
  • C
    Roy Rogers
  • D
    Henry Fonda

Question 2

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 3

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 4

This actor was quiet on the surface, but you always felt there was a depth of feeling beneath his calm exterior. Most of his roles were good, moral men with a do-good attitude, and he commanded respect whether in western films such as "Once Upon a Time in the West" or military films such as "Mister Roberts." He held his own in comedy roles such as in "The Lady Eve" and powerhouse films such as "12 Angry Men" and "Fail-Safe."

  • A
    George Brent
  • B
    Henry Fonda
  • C
    George Raft
  • D
    Clifton Webb

Question 5

Whether in a suspense-filled film like North by Northwest or a somber drama like A Star is Born, this actor took his craft seriously. His roles were often solemn if not petulant, and he often exhibited a bit of a hard-hearted temper.

  • A
    Clifton Webb
  • B
    David Niven
  • C
    Fred Astaire
  • D
    James Mason

Question 6

What pictured actor portrayed the title role in the popular television series 'Leave It To Beaver'?

  • A
    Jerry Mathers
  • B
    Alan Ladd
  • C
    Michael Douglas
  • D
    Bob Hope

Question 7

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 8

What pictured actor's charming personality and charisma made him an instant sensation in 'Diff'rent Strokes'?

  • A
    Gary Coleman
  • B
    Emmanuel Lewis
  • C
    Jonathan Brandis
  • D
    Bobb'e J. Thompson

Question 9

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 10

What pictured actor often had the popular catch phrase "What'chu talkin' about, Willis?" thrown at him by a co-star in the series 'Diff'rent Strokes'?

  • A
    Blair Underwood
  • B
    Don Cheadle
  • C
    Todd Bridges
  • D
    Martin Lawrence

Question 11

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 12

What actor played the not-so-intelligent Mike Seaver on the critically-trounced but popular 1980s sitcom 'Growing Pains'?

  • A
    Kirk Cameron
  • B
    Bill Murray
  • C
    Nicolas Cage
  • D
    Warren Beatty

Question 13

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 14

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 15

What pictured actor's psychic powers and clairvoyance in 'The Sixth Sense' frightened audiences while his handsome face and acting abilities charmed them?

  • A
    Haley Joel Osment
  • B
    CJ Adams
  • C
    Freddie Highmore
  • D
    Rod Serling

Question 16

What actor starred as an uber-intelligent child doctor in the popular television series 'Doogie Howser, M.D.'?

  • A
    Adam Sandler
  • B
    Domhnall Gleeson
  • C
    Chris Hemsworth
  • D
    Neil Patrick Harris

Question 17

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 18

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 19

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 20

Which Best Actor winner is one of only five performers who have won Oscars in back-to-back years (as of 2018)?

  • A
    Daniel Day-Lewis
  • B
    Tom Hanks
  • C
    Eddie Redmayne
  • D
    Gary Oldman

Question 21

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 22

Which of these Best Actor Oscar winners is Angelina Jolie's dad?

  • A
    Jon Voight
  • B
    Jeremy Irons
  • C
    Marlon Brando
  • D
    Cliff Robertson

Question 23

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 24

This actor was born in the Bronx, but his hard work and talents took him all the way to Hollywood for a major role in the hit 1970s sitcom 'Good Times' as the likeable artist, J.J. Who is this pictured "dyn-o-mite" performer?

  • A
    Sidney Poitier
  • B
    John Ritter
  • C
    Jimmie Walker
  • D
    Beau Bridges

Question 25

Once playing a role where he described his character's downfall and death in Sunset Boulevard, who is this actor that played everything from war movies such as Stalag 17 and The Bridge on the River Kwai to romantic comedies such as Sabrina with Audrey Hepburn and Born Yesterday with Billie Holliday?

  • A
    Leslie Howard
  • B
    Tyrone Power
  • C
    William Holden
  • D
    Dirk Bogarde

Question 26

Which actor won the first of his two Best Actor awards for playing one half of the feuding parents in 1979's "Kramer vs. Kramer"?

  • A
    Bruce Dern
  • B
    Dustin Hoffman
  • C
    Harvey Keitel
  • D
    Al Pacino

Question 27

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 28

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 29

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 30

This writer/director/actor was known for his work in film noir and was most famous for his role as Charles Foster Kane in the film Citizen Kane. He also starred in a dark adaptation of Jane Eyre. His 1938 radio program, War of the Worlds terrified the public at large.

  • A
    Orson Bean
  • B
    H.G. Wells
  • C
    Frank Wells
  • D
    Orson Welles

Question 31

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 32

Which Oscar-winning actor is a near-constant courtside presence at Los Angeles Lakers home games, and has been a season ticket holder since 1970?

  • A
    Jack Nicholson
  • B
    Dustin Hoffman
  • C
    James Caan
  • D
    Robert Redford

Question 33

Who won his only Oscar for playing Rooster Cogburn in "True Grit"?

  • A
    Jeff Bridges
  • B
    Clint Eastwood
  • C
    John Wayne
  • D
    James Coburn

Question 34

Which young actor starred in the sitcom 'Silver Spoons' from 1982 to 1986?

  • A
    Corey Haim
  • B
    Emilio Estevez
  • C
    Ricky Schroder
  • D
    Martin Sheen

Question 35

Which actor starred as the young lead character in the 1993 series 'Boy Meets World'?

  • A
    Ben Savage
  • B
    Chris Evans
  • C
    Seth Rogen
  • D
    Eddie Redmayne

Question 36

Two of this Oscar-winning actor's most successful and high-profile films both hit theaters in November 1977: "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and "The Goodbye Girl." Who had a really, really good November?

  • A
    Richard Dreyfuss
  • B
    Harrison Ford
  • C
    Jack Nicholson
  • D
    Dennis Hopper

Question 37

Which Oscar-winning actor wisely ignored his agent's advice to change his name to the more American-sounding "Lenny Williams" when he was 10?

  • A
    Benicio del Toro
  • B
    Leonardo DiCaprio
  • C
    Javier Bardem
  • D
    Jean Dujardin

Question 38

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

Question 39

Which young actor played Bud Bundy on the raucous sitcom 'Marriedโ€ฆ with Children'?

  • A
    Robert Pattinson
  • B
    Tom Cruise
  • C
    Matt Dillon
  • D
    David Faustino

Question 40

What Hollywood director is responsible for the top two highest grossing movies?

  • A
    James Gunn
  • B
    James Stewart
  • C
    James Cameron
  • D
    James Dean

Question 41

This American actor was in demand for film roles as a child, but his career really took off when he was cast as Frodo Baggins in Peter Jackson's epic film adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic fantasies set in Middle Earth. Who is this pictured actor?

  • A
    Elijah Wood
  • B
    Jake Gyllenhaal
  • C
    Ryan Gosling
  • D
    Chris Pine

Question 42

This actor was equally at home on a horse in The Westerner as he was pitching a baseball in The Pride of the Yankees, as well as being a muddle-headed romantic in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town with Jean Arthur, or Meet John Doe with Barbara Stanwyck.

  • A
    Robert Mitchum
  • B
    Gary Cooper
  • C
    Clark Gable
  • D
    William Holden

Question 43

Who is this actor, famous for multiple roles as an invisible man, a creepy mummy, the Frankenstein monster and more scary creatures of the dark? He was perhaps best known for "The Mask of Fu Manchu."

  • A
    Peter Lorre
  • B
    Bela Lugosi
  • C
    Boris Karloff
  • D
    Raymond Massey

Question 44

For which film did Yul Brynner win the Best Actor Oscar?

  • A
    The Magnificent Seven
  • B
    The Ten Commandments
  • C
    The King and I
  • D
    Westworld

Question 45

Which Best Actor winner was first nominated for the award in 1941, and then won the award with his second nomination 41 years later?

  • A
    Henry Fonda
  • B
    Ernest Borgnine
  • C
    Maximilian Schell
  • D
    Art Carney

Question 46

Which handsome actor took part in two films by Alfred Hitchcock - "The Rope," opposite Jimmy Stewart and "Strangers on a Train," opposite Robert Walker?

  • A
    Marlon Brando
  • B
    George Hamilton
  • C
    Frank Sinatra
  • D
    Farley Granger

Question 47

Who made Oscar an offer he couldn't refuse in his leading role as Vito Corleone in "The Godfather"?

  • A
    Al Pacino
  • B
    Robert De Niro
  • C
    James Caan
  • D
    Marlon Brando

Question 48

Who is this actor that was as well known for his suspenseful roles such as in the Nazi Thriller "Journey into Fear" and Hitchcock's "Shadow of a Doubt," as for his tender romances such as "Portrait of Jennie" and "Love Letters" both co-starring with Jennifer Jones?

  • A
    Dick Powell
  • B
    Joseph Cotten
  • C
    Victor Fleming
  • D
    Glenn Ford

Question 49

This entertaining actor was nominated for Academy Awards as best actor three times for his roles in "My Man Godfrey" playing opposite Carol Lombard, "The Thin Man" series playing opposite Myrna Loy and "Life with Father" playing opposite Irene Dunn.

  • A
    Glenn Ford
  • B
    William Powell
  • C
    Vincent Price
  • D
    Dick Powell

Question 50

After first being turned down because he was 5 pounds under the weight minimum, this Oscar-winning actor enlisted in the Air Force and became the first movie star to join the armed forces during World War II. Who is he?

  • A
    Cary Grant
  • B
    Robert Mitchum
  • C
    Frederic March
  • D
    James Stewart

Question 51

Which actor sent a Native American actress in his place to accept his Best Actor Oscar and explain that he was refusing the award due to the mistreatment of Native Americans in the film industry?

  • A
    James Caan
  • B
    John Wayne
  • C
    Marlon Brando
  • D
    George C. Scott

Question 52

Which individual has won the most Oscars?

  • A
    Walt Disney
  • B
    John Williams
  • C
    Gene Kelly
  • D
    Betty White

Question 53

This movie won seven Oscars and marked the first Best Director win for Steven Spielberg.

  • A
    Schindler's List
  • B
    Jurassic Park
  • C
    Munich
  • D
    Saving Private Ryan

Question 54

Starring alongside some of Hollywoods best actresses such as Grace Kelly, Marlene Dietrich, Gene Tierney and Ginger Rogers, who is this actor, most famous for his roles as a recovering alcoholic in "The Lost Weekend" and a murderous husband in Hitchcock's "Dial M for Murder?"

  • A
    Ray Milland
  • B
    Gene Autry
  • C
    Cecil B. DeMill
  • D
    Montgomery Clift

Question 55

Which actor is famous for his smooth speaking voice as well as his gentlemanly demeanor and good looks in such films as "Random Harvest" with Greer Garson and "A Double Life" with Signe Hasso, for which he won an Academy Award and Golden Globe?

  • A
    Dennis Day
  • B
    Ronald Coleman
  • C
    Tony Curtis
  • D
    Steve McQueen

Question 56

The Academy Awards weren't always a reason to party hard on a Sunday night. In what year were the Oscars first televised?

  • A
    1933
  • B
    1939
  • C
    1953
  • D
    1943

Question 57

He won the Best Actor Oscar in 1944 for "Going My Way," but he's probably best known as a singer. Who is he?

  • A
    Bobby Darin
  • B
    Frank Sinatra
  • C
    Bing Crosby
  • D
    Joe Williams

Question 58

Popular for his serious, yet sensitive roles in romances such as "Listen, Darling" and "The Secret Heart" as well as his military roles in "Command Decision" and "Flight Command," this actor's stature and dark-haired good looks made him a box office hit. The two films he is best known for are "Mrs. Miniver" and "The Best Years of Our Lives."

  • A
    Errol Flynn
  • B
    Victor Moore
  • C
    Walter Pidgeon
  • D
    Robert Mitchum

Question 59

Which multiple-Oscar-winner who famously never attends the ceremony made an exception after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and gave a brief tribute to New York City at the 2002 Oscars?

  • A
    Diane Keaton
  • B
    Robert De Niro
  • C
    Ellen Barkin
  • D
    Woody Allen

Question 60

You may not know what film this actor won his Best Actor Oscar for, but you probably do remember him climbing all over the seats at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on his way to the podium to collect his award. Who is he?

  • A
    Eddie Redmayne
  • B
    Dustin Hoffman
  • C
    Roberto Benigni
  • D
    Robert De Niro

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