The following questions are all about movies from the 20th Century. They tend to favour the 80's and 90's and certain genres are disproportionately represented, not to mention a predominance of Hollywood films; however, hopefully you will forgive any faults and have fun doing the quiz. Remember that some movies have been remade multiple times and more than one actor may have played the same character.
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| 1) | Who said: "I remember every detail. The Germans wore gray, you wore blue." |
| | Rick
Ilsa
Victor
Sam
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| 2) | Ingrid Bergman starred with Spencer Tracey in: |
| | Father of the Bride (1950)
Notorious (1946)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
Adam's Rib (1949)
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| 3) | Ruth Gordon, who wrote Adam's Rib, co-starred with Bud Cort in which movie: |
| | Why Shoot the Teacher?
Harold and Maude
Electric Dreams
Rosemary's Baby
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| 4) | Bud Cort played a small part in the movie MASH, directed by Robert Altman. Which of the following actors were also in that movie?
(tick all that apply) |
| | Robert Duvall
Angela Lansbury
Donald Sutherland
Elliott Gould
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| 5) | Angela Lansbury played Edwina Brown in the movie National Velvet (1944). In that story, Velvet was the name of: |
| | a feisty horse
a young girl
a horse race
a village in Yorkshire
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| 6) | Which actor appeared in Dark City, The Hot Spot, Labyrinth and Requiem for a Dream? |
| | Jennifer Connelly
Naomi Watts
Elizabeth Hurley
Virginia Madsen
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| 7) | In Blake Edwards' movie, The Pink Panther (1963), what was the Pink Panther? |
| | a weapon
a cartoon character
Inspector Clouseau's adversary
a diamond
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| 8) | Which of the following movies starred Peter Sellers as a French police detective? |
| | The Great Race
A Shot in the Dark
Inspector Clouseau
Curse of the Pink Panther
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| 9) | To save the world from the Doomsday Machine, Peter Sellers had to recall a fleet of B-52's. The recall code was: |
| | RDY
AXT
OPE
AGC
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| 10) | Which of the following wasn't said by Richard E. Grant in Withnail & I? |
| | Free to those that can afford it, very expensive to those that can't.
Nonsense. This is a far superior drink to meths.
Who says it's a Camberwell Carrot?
I have just narrowly avoided having a buggering, and have come in here with the express intention of wishing one upon you.
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| 11) | Which of the following is not true? |
| | Star Wars was set "a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away"
Soylent Green was based on a novel by Philip K. Dick
Blade Runner was based on the story "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"
In Clockwork Orange there is a copy of the 2001: A Space Odyssey soundtrack album sitting clearly visible in the music shop
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| 12) | Which of the following movies was not shot entirely in Black & White? |
| | Victor Fleming's, The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Stanley Kubrick's, Paths of Glory (1957)
John Ford's, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Kevin Smith's, Clerks (1994)
Woody Allen's, Celebrity (1998)
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| 13) | Which of the following movies was not set against the background of the First World War? |
| | Paths of Glory (1957)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
Gallipoli (1981)
The English Patient (1996)
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| 14) | The Manchurian Candidate, starring Frank Sinatra, was set during and immediately after which war? |
| | The Crimean War
World War II
The Korean War
The Vietnam War
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| 15) | Which actor had a leading role in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Eagle Has Landed, The Italian Job and Hannah and Her Sisters |
| | Ian Holm
John Hurt
Michael Caine
Emilio Estevez
Harry Dean Stanton
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| 16) | Which actor appeared in Alien, Repo Man, Pretty in Pink and The Last Temptation of Christ? |
| | Ian Holm
John Hurt
Michael Caine
Emilio Estevez
Harry Dean Stanton
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| 17) | Which movie's cast included: Harvey Keitel, Barbara Hershey, Willem Dafoe and David Bowie? |
| | Repo Man
Holy Smoke
The English Patient
The Last Temptation of Christ
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| 18) | The following quotes are all from the same movie, except which one? |
| | Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
Is this a kissing book?
Inconceivable!
I ask for so little. Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave.
I do not mean to pry, but you don't by any chance happen to have six fingers on your right hand?
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| 19) | Which of the following films did not involve a bank robbery? |
| | Killing Zoe
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Sexy Beast
Heat
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| 20) | Which of the following movies did not have Andie MacDowell in a leading role? |
| | Sex, Lies, and Videotape
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Little Shop of Horrors
Green Card
Bad Girls
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| 21) | Before Four Weddings and a Funeral, Richard Curtis wrote another romance about an American and a Brit. Jeff Goldblum plays the American, and his character is staring in the title role of a stage musical of which famous story? |
| | Oliver Twist
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Phantom of the Opera
The Elephant Man
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| 22) | Who played agent 007 in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)? |
| | David Niven
George Lazenby
Roger Moore
Sean Connery
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| 23) | Which of the following actors was playing a human? |
| | Ian Holm in Alien
Woody Allen in Sleeper
Sean Young in Blade Runner
Daryl Hannah in Blade Runner
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| 24) | Who played more roles in the same movie? |
| | Alec Guinness in Kind Hearts and Coronets
Graham Chapman in Life of Brian
Eddie Murphy in Coming to America
Mike Myers in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
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| 25) | Alec Guinness played a leading role in all but which of the following movies? |
| | Where Eagles Dare
Lawrence of Arabia
The Lavender Hill Mob
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope
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| 26) | Which of the following lines is from Platoon? |
| | I was going to the worst place in the world and I didn't even know it yet.
If I say its safe to surf this beach Captain, then its safe to surf this beach.
We train young men to drop fire on people. But their commanders won't allow them to write "fuck" on their airplanes because it's obscene!
We've been kicking other peoples asses for so long, I figured it's time we got ours kicked.
I love the smell of napalm in the morning.
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| 27) | Which of the following wasn't a "Carry On" movie? |
| | Carry On Dick
Carry On China
Carry On Teacher
Carry On Constable
Carry On Up the Jungle
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| 28) | Which of the following movies from the 80's did not have a famous female singer in a leading role? |
| | Beaches
Flashdance
The Delinquents
The Witches of Eastwick
Desperately Seeking Susan
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| 29) | The lead character was an Assassin in all but which of the following movies? |
| | Leon (also called The Professional)
Nikita (also called La Femme Nikita)
Midnight Run
The Long Kiss Goodnight
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
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| 30) | Which of the following were Marx Brothers movies?
(tick all that apply) |
| | Duck Soup
Monkey Business
Chickens Come Home
Horse Feathers
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| 31) | Who appeared in the movies The Italian Job (1969), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) and Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965)? |
| | Benny Hill
Sid James
Bob Hope
Dame Edna Everidge
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| 32) | In which movie did Sidney Poitier say "They call me Mister Tibbs!"? |
| | To Sir, with Love (1967)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
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| 33) | Which of the following movies was not directed by Martin Scorsese? |
| | Kundun (1997)
Cape Fear (1991)
Goodfellas (1990)
The Color Purple (1985)
Raging Bull (1980)
Taxi Driver (1976)
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| 34) | Which of the following movies were directed by Alfred Hitchcock? |
| | The Birds (1963)
Psycho (1960)
North by Northwest (1959)
Rear Window (1954)
Rebecca (1940)
The 39 Steps (1935)
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| 35) | Which of the following movies was not directed by Peter Jackson? |
| | The Frighteners (1996)
Heavenly Creatures (1994)
Braindead (1992)
Bad Taste (1987)
Re-Animator (1985)
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| 36) | The Odd Couple (1968) were? |
| | Felix Madison
Felix Ungar
Madison Ungar
Madison Oscar
Oscar Madison
Oscar Ungar
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| 37) | The movie Working Girl (1988) starred: |
| | Sigourney Weaver
Diane Keaton
Melanie Griffith
Kirstie Alley
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| 38) | Which of the following movies was not set in New Zealand? |
| | Once Were Warriors (1994)
The Piano (1993)
My Brilliant Career (1979)
An Angel at My Table (1990)
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| 39) | A submarine run through the Strait of Gibraltar results in the craft bottoming out on the seabed of the Mediterranean Sea in: |
| | Run Silent Run Deep (1958)
Das Boot (1981)
The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Crimson Tide (1995)
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| 40) | Which of the following actors appeared in the movie Kelly's Heroes? |
| | Clint Eastwood
Don Rickles
Donald Sutherland
George Peppard
Telly Savalas
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| 41) | Which movie was directed by Dennis Hopper? |
| | Red Rock West (1992)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Rumble Fish (1983)
Easy Rider (1969)
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| 42) | Which actor has not played Raymond Chandler's private-eye Philip Marlowe? |
| | Cary Grant
Elliott Gould
Robert Mitchum
Humphrey Bogart
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| 43) | Which of the following is not true? |
| | Béatrice Dalle starred as Betty in 37°2 le Matin (also called Betty Blue)
Juliette Binoche starred as Tereza in The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Kate Winslet starred as Lucy Honeychurch in A Room with a View
Jennifer Jason Leigh starred as Dorothy in Mrs. Parker & the Vicious Circle
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| 44) | Which of the following are true? |
| | Apocolypse Now (1979) was based on the book Heart of Darkness
Unforgiven (1992) was based on the musical Sheriff Little Bill
The Magnificent Seven (1960) was based on the movie Seven Samurai
Roxanne (1987), starring Steve Martin, was based on the play Cyrano de Bergerac
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| 45) | The following quotes are all from the same movie, except which one? |
| | It's just a flesh wound
Half a shekel for an old ex-leper?
Let me have just a little bit of peril
No, now go away before I taunt you a second time
If she weighs the same as a duck, she's made of wood
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