My Movie Trivia Quiz

1.    Which film wasn't directed by Alfred Hitchcock?

     

       a. The Birds

       b. Rear Window

       c. Dressed to Kill

       d. Notorious
       e. Psycho

2.    What was the first feature-length "talkie."

       a. It Happened One Night
       b. The Phantom of the Opera
       c. Top Hat
       d. The Jazz Singer
       e. The Wizard of Oz

3.    Which film wasn't directed by Quentin Tarantino

       a. Pulp Fiction
       b. Reservoir Dogs
       c. Jackie Brown
       d. Kill Bill 2
       e. The Matrix

4.    In Citizen Kane, the title character was in what business?

       a. railroad
       b.newspaper
       c. steel
       d. oil
       e. wine

5.    In what state was the hotel in The Shining located?

       a. New York
       b. Colorado
       c. Idaho
       d. Maine
       e. Oregon

6.    Which pair of co-stars were in Singin' in the Rain?

       a. Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire
       b. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
       c. Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor
       d. Malcom McDowell and Cyd Charisse
       e. Judy Garland and Ray Bolger

7.    In Frank Capra's Lost Horizon, where did the hijacked plane land?

       a. Alaska
       b. Brazil
       c. Turkey
       d. Shangri La
       e. The Lost City

8.    In Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull, Robert De Niro was a

       a. taxi driver
       b. hit man
       c. bullfighter
       d. boxer
       e. writer

9.    What novel was the inspiration for Apocalypse Now?

       a. For Whom the Bell Tolls
       b. Heart of Darkness
       c. The Magic Mountain
       d. Moby Dick
       e. The Quiet American

10.  What well-known director played a scientist in Close Encounters of the Third Kind?

        a. Francois Truffaut
        b. Wes Craven
        c. Brian De Palma
        d. Orson Welles
        e. Ridley Scott

Answers:

1.   c
2.   d
3.   e
4.   b
5.   b
6.   c
7.   d
8.   d
9.   b
10. a