Hollywood Golden Age

Movies and TV · 10 questions

The studio system, silver-screen legends and films that set the standard.

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1. Which 1941 film is often ranked the greatest ever made, directed by and starring Orson Welles?

   1. Casablanca
   2. Citizen Kane
   3. The Maltese Falcon
   4. Gone with the Wind
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   B) Citizen Kane

2. Which 1939 epic set in the American Civil War won the Oscar for Best Picture?

   1. The Grapes of Wrath
   2. Stagecoach
   3. Gone with the Wind
   4. Ninotchka
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   C) Gone with the Wind

3. Which director made 'Psycho' (1960)?

   1. Billy Wilder
   2. Orson Welles
   3. John Ford
   4. Alfred Hitchcock
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   D) Alfred Hitchcock

4. Which actress starred in 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' (1961)?

   1. Audrey Hepburn
   2. Grace Kelly
   3. Marilyn Monroe
   4. Elizabeth Taylor
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   A) Audrey Hepburn

5. Which film introduced the first widely successful feature with synchronised dialogue in 1927?

   1. Sunrise
   2. The Jazz Singer
   3. Metropolis
   4. Wings
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   B) The Jazz Singer

6. Which studio's lion mascot roars at the start of its films?

   1. MGM
   2. Paramount
   3. Warner Bros.
   4. Universal
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   A) MGM

7. Which director is known for the 'Dollars Trilogy' with Clint Eastwood?

   1. Sam Peckinpah
   2. Howard Hawks
   3. Akira Kurosawa
   4. Sergio Leone
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   D) Sergio Leone

8. Which 1954 film by Alfred Hitchcock features a photographer spying on neighbours?

   1. Vertigo
   2. North by Northwest
   3. Rear Window
   4. Rope
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   C) Rear Window

9. 'Casablanca' won the Oscar for Best Picture.

   1. True
   2. False
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   A) True

10. The first Academy Awards ceremony was held in the 1950s.

    1. True
    2. False
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    B) False