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

Author
RoscoMilosco

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
12,768

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
8 / 15

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Question 1 of 15

1. Which two male actors hold the record Best Actor Oscar Nominations (7) without ever actually winning? Hint

Peter O'Toole and Albert Finney

Peter O'Toole and Richard Burton

Richard Burton and Richard Harris

Albert Finney and Richard Harris

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Question 2 of 15

2. Which actor hasn't won Oscars in consecutive years? Hint

Luise Rainer

Tom Hanks

Jason Robards

Jodie Foster

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Question 3 of 15

3. In which Alien film does Lieutenant Ripley die? Hint

Alien

Alien 3

Aliens

Alien Resurrection

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Question 4 of 15

4. In what film did Orson Welles play Hank Quinlan? Hint

The Third Man

Touch Of Evil

Chimes At Midnight

Jane Eyre

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Question 5 of 15

5. What film featured a mob chasing a treacherous circus performer, chanting 'One Of Us, One Of Us'. The film was also name checked in Robert Altman's 'The Player'? Hint

Dracula

Freaks

The Wolf Man

Frankenstein

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Question 6 of 15

6. Which actor appeared in 'Map Of The Human Heart'? Hint

Jason Scott Lee

Jamie Lee Curtis

Jennifer Jason Lee

Janet Leigh

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Question 7 of 15

7. Of the following actresses, which was the oldest when she died? Hint

Jean Harlow

Thelma Todd

Carole Lombard

Susan Hayward

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Question 8 of 15

8. Which actor played the eventually murdered cook Mr Halloran in Stanley Kubrick's 'The Shining'? Hint

Milos Forman

Bobcat Goldthwaite

Scatman Crothers

Skeet Ulrich

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Question 9 of 15

9. Which film did Goldie Hawn win an Oscar for? Hint

The First Wives Club

Private Benjamin

Cactus Flower

Bird On A Wire

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Question 10 of 15

10. Which actor was not in Terence Malick's 'The Thin Red Line'? Hint

John Cusack

Ben Chaplin

Woody Harrelson

Ted Danson

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Question 11 of 15

11. In Tim Burton's 'Sleepy Hollow' which actor, after the coachman, is beheaded by the headless horseman? Hint

Martin Landau

Richard Griffiths

Michael Gambon

Michael Gough

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Question 12 of 15

12. In 'Nosferatu' the title character is played by Max Schreck. Which Batman movies had a villain named after him in homage? Hint

Batman Returns

Batman And Robin

Batman

Batman Forever

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Question 13 of 15

13. What film's lead character was called Frank White? Hint

Driller Killer

King Of New York

Bad Lieutenant

Dawn Of The Dead

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Question 14 of 15

14. Who played the murderous nanny in 'The Omen'? Hint

Kathy Bates

Linda Blair

Bette Davis

Billie Whitelaw

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Question 15 of 15

15. Which one is not a member of the Phoenix family? Hint

River

Rain

Leaf

Sun

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which two male actors hold the record Best Actor Oscar Nominations (7) without ever actually winning?

Answer: Peter O'Toole and Richard Burton

Al Pacino was another contender for this unwanted crown until he finally won in 1992 for 'The Scent of A Woman'.

2. Which actor hasn't won Oscars in consecutive years?

Answer: Jodie Foster

Jason Robards won two Best Supporting Oscars in a row in the 70s.

3. In which Alien film does Lieutenant Ripley die?

Answer: Alien 3

4. In what film did Orson Welles play Hank Quinlan?

Answer: Touch Of Evil

This B-Movie film also featured Janet Leigh, Marlene Dietrich, Charlton Heston and Mercedes McCambridge (later the voice of Satan in the Exorcist)

5. What film featured a mob chasing a treacherous circus performer, chanting 'One Of Us, One Of Us'. The film was also name checked in Robert Altman's 'The Player'?

Answer: Freaks

The mob was comprised of circus freaks and the disabled.

6. Which actor appeared in 'Map Of The Human Heart'?

Answer: Jason Scott Lee

This film features the best sex on top of a hot air balloon scene.

7. Of the following actresses, which was the oldest when she died?

Answer: Susan Hayward

Hayward died in her 50s, the others didn't make 40.

8. Which actor played the eventually murdered cook Mr Halloran in Stanley Kubrick's 'The Shining'?

Answer: Scatman Crothers

Crothers was also in another Jack Nicholson film, Milos Forman's 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest'.

9. Which film did Goldie Hawn win an Oscar for?

Answer: Cactus Flower

Made in 1969 with Walter Matthau and Ingrid Bergman.

10. Which actor was not in Terence Malick's 'The Thin Red Line'?

Answer: Ted Danson

Danson cameoed in 'Saving Private Ryan'.

11. In Tim Burton's 'Sleepy Hollow' which actor, after the coachman, is beheaded by the headless horseman?

Answer: Martin Landau

Martin Landau obviously repaying his Best Supporting Oscar nod for Ed Wood with this cameo.

12. In 'Nosferatu' the title character is played by Max Schreck. Which Batman movies had a villain named after him in homage?

Answer: Batman Returns

In Romanian Nosferatu mean Undead.

13. What film's lead character was called Frank White?

Answer: King Of New York

Frank White played by the supremely dead faced Christopher Walken.

14. Who played the murderous nanny in 'The Omen'?

Answer: Billie Whitelaw

With the legendary music taken from Carl Orff.

15. Which one is not a member of the Phoenix family?

Answer: Sun

Leaf or as he is now known, Joaquin and the late great River and their sister Rain.

Source: Author RoscoMilosco

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