Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2013 23:30:26 GMT
Films Revisited XXVI Quiz
Here is another themed quiz, this time with three differing themes...
1pt for each answer unless stated otherwise.
(a) Films of the 1950s.......
1 Who played the title role in the 1953 western Shane ?
2 Who shared a famous beach scene with Burt Lancaster in the film From Here To Eternity ?
3 Who played the star in the 1954 version of A Star Is Born ?
4 Which James Dean film was a screen version of the biblical story of Cain and Abel ?
5 What was the title of the 1950 film starring Bette Davis that was nominated for 14 Academy Awards ?
6 In which 1954 film did Humphrey Bogart play a WWII naval captain called Philip Francis Queeg ?
7 How many arms did Spencer Tracy possess in the film Bad Day At Black Rock ?
8 Which musical starring Gene Kelly featured the song Embraceable You ?
9 What was the title of the 1958 film in which Tony Curtis was handcuffed to Sydney Poitier ?
10 Which multi-Oscar winning film of 1959 was based on a novel by Lew Wallace ?
(b) War Films....
11 Which Michael Caine film was based on a novel by Jack Higgins and told the story of a plot to kidnap Winston Churchill ?
12 Who directed Apocalypse Now ?
13 During which war was the film M.A.S.H. set ?
14 Which 1978 film starred Robert De Niro as Michael, Christopher Walken as Nick and Meryl Streep as Linda ?
15 In which year were the battle scenes of the film Saving Private Ryan set ?
16 Which film starring Tom Cruise was based on the memoirs of Ron Kovik ?
17 Which actor and American war hero's autobiography was entitled To Hell And Back ?
18 Which Disney film told the story of a witch played by Angela Lansbury who assisted British soldiers during WWII ?
19 What was the title of the 1988 film in which Gene Hackman played a colonel trapped behind enemy lines during the Vietnam War ?
20 Which musical directed by Richard Attenborough starred Kenneth More as Kaiser Wilhelm II ?
(c) Leading Ladies.....Who played the leading lady in the following films?
21 One Million Years BC (1966)
22 Breakfast At Tiffany's (1961)
23 Misery (1990)
24 Children Of A Lesser God (1986)
25 The Client (1994)
26 Annie Hall (1977)
27 The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
28 Casablanca (1942)
29 One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
30 Little Voice (1998)
No more than 6 answers per person in any one 4-hour period, please. Good luck !
Here is another themed quiz, this time with three differing themes...
1pt for each answer unless stated otherwise.
(a) Films of the 1950s.......
1 Who played the title role in the 1953 western Shane ?
2 Who shared a famous beach scene with Burt Lancaster in the film From Here To Eternity ?
3 Who played the star in the 1954 version of A Star Is Born ?
4 Which James Dean film was a screen version of the biblical story of Cain and Abel ?
5 What was the title of the 1950 film starring Bette Davis that was nominated for 14 Academy Awards ?
6 In which 1954 film did Humphrey Bogart play a WWII naval captain called Philip Francis Queeg ?
7 How many arms did Spencer Tracy possess in the film Bad Day At Black Rock ?
8 Which musical starring Gene Kelly featured the song Embraceable You ?
9 What was the title of the 1958 film in which Tony Curtis was handcuffed to Sydney Poitier ?
10 Which multi-Oscar winning film of 1959 was based on a novel by Lew Wallace ?
(b) War Films....
11 Which Michael Caine film was based on a novel by Jack Higgins and told the story of a plot to kidnap Winston Churchill ?
12 Who directed Apocalypse Now ?
13 During which war was the film M.A.S.H. set ?
14 Which 1978 film starred Robert De Niro as Michael, Christopher Walken as Nick and Meryl Streep as Linda ?
15 In which year were the battle scenes of the film Saving Private Ryan set ?
16 Which film starring Tom Cruise was based on the memoirs of Ron Kovik ?
17 Which actor and American war hero's autobiography was entitled To Hell And Back ?
18 Which Disney film told the story of a witch played by Angela Lansbury who assisted British soldiers during WWII ?
19 What was the title of the 1988 film in which Gene Hackman played a colonel trapped behind enemy lines during the Vietnam War ?
20 Which musical directed by Richard Attenborough starred Kenneth More as Kaiser Wilhelm II ?
(c) Leading Ladies.....Who played the leading lady in the following films?
21 One Million Years BC (1966)
22 Breakfast At Tiffany's (1961)
23 Misery (1990)
24 Children Of A Lesser God (1986)
25 The Client (1994)
26 Annie Hall (1977)
27 The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
28 Casablanca (1942)
29 One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
30 Little Voice (1998)
No more than 6 answers per person in any one 4-hour period, please. Good luck !
