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Quiz about Woody Allen Genius of the Cinema

Woody Allen, Genius of the Cinema Quiz

A fun and easy quiz if you have seen a fair number of Woody Allen films. If all you know about Woody is what you have read in the tabloids, maybe you should consider taking the Titanic or Ferris Bueller quizzes. Good luck and have fun! (Mixture: Person)

A multiple-choice quiz by Akhnaten. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Akhnaten

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
13,975

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
17 / 25

Plays
4498

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 68 (17/25), Guest 108 (25/25), Guest 173 (24/25).

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 25

1. Which Woody Allen film won an Academy Award for Best Picture? Hint

Shadows and Fog

Annie Hall

Hannah and Her Sisters

Deconstructing Harry

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Question 2 of 25

2. What city is the primary setting for most of Woody Allen's films? Hint

Los Angeles

Boston

Chicago

New York

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Question 3 of 25

3. What actress portrays the high school senior who is dating middle aged writer, Isaac Davis, in 'Manhattan'? Hint

Mariel Hemingway

Brooke Shields

Drew Barrymore

Jodi Foster

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Question 4 of 25

4. Which actress was once legally married to Woody Allen? Hint

Carol Kane

Diane Keaton

Louise Lasser

Mia Farrow

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Question 5 of 25

5. Which sportscaster had a cameo role in 'Bananas' giving play by play commentary for a revolution in the republic of San Marcos? Hint

Bob Costas

Howard Cosell

Harry Caray

Joe Namath

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Question 6 of 25

6. What condition prompted the parents of 9 year old Alvy Singer to take him to a psychiatrist in 'Annie Hall'? Hint

Bedwetting

Fear of the expanding universe

Lack of interest in sports

Too much interest in girls

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Question 7 of 25

7. What punishment is given to Virgil Starkwell while working on a chain gang in 'Take The Money and Run'? Hint

He is put in the 'box' with Gilbert Gottfried.

He is forced to watch 'Ishtar'.

He is put in the 'box' with an insurance salesman.

He is put in the 'box' with Jimmy Swaggart.

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Question 8 of 25

8. Which famous actor gives advice to a meek film critic in 'Play It Again, Sam'? Hint

Humphrey Bogart

Rock Hudson

Cary Grant

Rudolph Valentino

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Question 9 of 25

9. What actor portrayed Dr. Doug Ross, a therapist obsessed with sheep, in 'Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex'? Hint

Wallace Shawn

George Clooney

Gene Wilder

Woody Allen

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Question 10 of 25

10. What kind of musician is Sean Penn's character in the 1999 film 'Sweet and Lowdown'? Hint

Jazz guitarist

Blues guitarist

Jazz clarinetist

Jazz drummer

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Question 11 of 25

11. Woody Allen played Howard Prince in which film about blacklisted writers in Hollywood during the McCarthy era? Hint

Crimes and Misdemeanors

Shadows and Fog

Love and Death

The Front

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Question 12 of 25

12. What country is the setting for 'Love and Death'? Hint

England

United States

Russia

France

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Question 13 of 25

13. Which composer's music is featured in 'Love and Death'? Hint

Benjamin Britten

Scott Joplin

Sergei Prokofiev

Claude Debussy

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Question 14 of 25

14. 'Wild Man Blues' is a documentary about Woody Allen's tour of Europe with a Dixieland jazz band. What instrument does Woody play? Hint

drums

tuba

saxophone

clarinet

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Question 15 of 25

15. For which televison show did Woody Allen once work as a writer? Hint

Saturday Night Live

Rowan and Martin's Laugh In

Candid Camera

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

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Question 16 of 25

16. What director's style is imitated in Woody Allen's brooding film 'Interiors'? Hint

Alfred Hitchcock

Ingmar Bergman

Federico Fellini

Wim Wenders

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Question 17 of 25

17. What director's style is imitated in 'Stardust Memories', a film in which a director is constantly told by his fans that they prefer his early funny movies? Hint

Charlie Chaplin

Federico Fellini

Ingmar Bergman

Mel Brooks

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Question 18 of 25

18. What is the best description of 'What's Up, Tiger Lily?', the first film Woody Allen directed? Hint

A bio-documentary about Woody's life as a night club comic

A Japanese spy film with new English dialogue dubbed and different plot

A cartoon featuring his voice as an ant

A mystery in which Woody plays a hard-boiled detective

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Question 19 of 25

19. Who portrayed the dim-witted prostitute and porn actress, Linda Ash, who was also the birth mother of a couple's adopted son in 'The Mighty Aphrodite'? Hint

Courtney Love

Courtney Cox

Mira Sorvino

Lisa Kudrow

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Question 20 of 25

20. What Woody Allen film includes a scene in which a writer rides an elevator into Hell? Hint

Deconstructing Harry

Shadows and Fog

Crimes and Misdemeanors

The Mighty Aphrodite

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Question 21 of 25

21. What Woody Allen film features a scene in which an actor leaps out of the screen to talk to an adoring fan in the theatre? Hint

Broadway Danny Rose

The Purple Rose of Cairo

Play It Again, Sam

Manhattan

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Question 22 of 25

22. What is the best summary of the Woody Allen film 'Zelig'? Hint

The tale of a neurotic writer who fails at love

The adventures of a revolutionary

The tragic life of a bank robber

The story of a human chameleon

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Question 23 of 25

23. What Woody Allen film included a performance by teen heart throb Leonardo DiCaprio? Hint

Celebrity

Wild Man Blues

Sweet and Lowdown

Love and Death

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Question 24 of 25

24. What is the name on Woody Allen's birth certificate? Hint

Allan Konigsberg

Harlan Ellison

Woodrow Allenski

Woody Allen

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Question 25 of 25

25. Who provided the voice the neurotic ant known as Z-4195 in the animated film 'Antz'? Hint

William Shatner

Sir Laurence Olivier

Woody Allen

Patrick Stewart

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which Woody Allen film won an Academy Award for Best Picture?

Answer: Annie Hall

2. What city is the primary setting for most of Woody Allen's films?

Answer: New York

3. What actress portrays the high school senior who is dating middle aged writer, Isaac Davis, in 'Manhattan'?

Answer: Mariel Hemingway

4. Which actress was once legally married to Woody Allen?

Answer: Louise Lasser

Woody was married to Louis Lasser from 1966 through 1969. Although he was romantically involved with both Diane Keaton and Mia Farrow, Woody was never legally married to either one of them.

5. Which sportscaster had a cameo role in 'Bananas' giving play by play commentary for a revolution in the republic of San Marcos?

Answer: Howard Cosell

6. What condition prompted the parents of 9 year old Alvy Singer to take him to a psychiatrist in 'Annie Hall'?

Answer: Fear of the expanding universe

7. What punishment is given to Virgil Starkwell while working on a chain gang in 'Take The Money and Run'?

Answer: He is put in the 'box' with an insurance salesman.

8. Which famous actor gives advice to a meek film critic in 'Play It Again, Sam'?

Answer: Humphrey Bogart

9. What actor portrayed Dr. Doug Ross, a therapist obsessed with sheep, in 'Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex'?

Answer: Gene Wilder

George Clooney plays Dr. Doug Ross on ER. Gene Wilder portrayed Dr. Doug Ross in 'Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex' in 1973. Coincidence? I think not!

10. What kind of musician is Sean Penn's character in the 1999 film 'Sweet and Lowdown'?

Answer: Jazz guitarist

11. Woody Allen played Howard Prince in which film about blacklisted writers in Hollywood during the McCarthy era?

Answer: The Front

12. What country is the setting for 'Love and Death'?

Answer: Russia

13. Which composer's music is featured in 'Love and Death'?

Answer: Sergei Prokofiev

14. 'Wild Man Blues' is a documentary about Woody Allen's tour of Europe with a Dixieland jazz band. What instrument does Woody play?

Answer: clarinet

15. For which televison show did Woody Allen once work as a writer?

Answer: Candid Camera

16. What director's style is imitated in Woody Allen's brooding film 'Interiors'?

Answer: Ingmar Bergman

17. What director's style is imitated in 'Stardust Memories', a film in which a director is constantly told by his fans that they prefer his early funny movies?

Answer: Federico Fellini

18. What is the best description of 'What's Up, Tiger Lily?', the first film Woody Allen directed?

Answer: A Japanese spy film with new English dialogue dubbed and different plot

19. Who portrayed the dim-witted prostitute and porn actress, Linda Ash, who was also the birth mother of a couple's adopted son in 'The Mighty Aphrodite'?

Answer: Mira Sorvino

20. What Woody Allen film includes a scene in which a writer rides an elevator into Hell?

Answer: Deconstructing Harry

21. What Woody Allen film features a scene in which an actor leaps out of the screen to talk to an adoring fan in the theatre?

Answer: The Purple Rose of Cairo

22. What is the best summary of the Woody Allen film 'Zelig'?

Answer: The story of a human chameleon

23. What Woody Allen film included a performance by teen heart throb Leonardo DiCaprio?

Answer: Celebrity

24. What is the name on Woody Allen's birth certificate?

Answer: Allan Konigsberg

25. Who provided the voice the neurotic ant known as Z-4195 in the animated film 'Antz'?

Answer: Woody Allen

Source: Author Akhnaten

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