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3 Rock Hudson quizzes and 30 Rock Hudson trivia questions.
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  The Life and Films of Rock Hudson   popular trivia quiz  
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Rock Hudson was one of the most popular and well known film stars of the 1950s and 1960s. He acted in several films and TV productions. This quiz is about some of his best films. Hope you enjoy it.
Average, 10 Qns, newyork27, Feb 10 17
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  Rock Hudson: Tall, Dark & Handsome    
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This quiz has a small group of questions on the life and career of actor, Rock Hudson. Enjoy!
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  Rock Hudson Movies    
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Before AIDS, Hudson had a fine movie career.
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Rock Hudson Trivia Questions

1. When was Rock Hudson born?

From Quiz
The Life and Films of Rock Hudson

Answer: November 17, 1925

Rock Hudson was born as Roy Harold Scherer Jr. on November 17, 1925 in Winnetka, which is a village in Illinois. His parents were Katherine Wood and Roy Harold Scherer Sr. His father abandoned the family during the Great Depression, when he was small, and his mother married Wallace Fitzgerald shortly after that. Rock Hudson took his stepfather's surname after his mother married Wallace and became Roy Fitzgerald. He shares his birthday with Danny DeVito, who was also born on the same day in 1944.

2. One of Hudson's best known movies is "Giant". Who wrote the novel?

From Quiz Rock Hudson Movies

Answer: Edna Ferber

Liz Taylor played his wife. The movie is meant to be a "sprawling epic", but it doesn't quite make it.

3. What job did Rock Hudson do before he entered films?

From Quiz The Life and Films of Rock Hudson

Answer: He worked as a truck driver.

Before he got into movies, Rock Hudson worked as a truck driver. After graduating from the New Trier High School in 1944, during the Second World War, he also became a navy aircraft mechanic. After the war was over, he became a truck driver for a moving company called Budget Pack, when he moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. In addition, he also worked as a mailman.

4. In what state was Rock born?

From Quiz Rock Hudson: Tall, Dark & Handsome

Answer: Illinois

Rock Hudson was born on November 17, 1925 in Winnetka, Illinois.

5. Which WWII movie stars Hudson?

From Quiz Rock Hudson Movies

Answer: Tobruk

Hudson stars in this action movie. "Anzio" starred Robert Mitchum. "Midway" featured an ensemble cast. "Wake" was an oldie with Brian Donlevy.

6. How did Rock Hudson get into movies?

From Quiz The Life and Films of Rock Hudson

Answer: He used the help and services of a talent agent.

Rock Hudson sent a photo of himself to Henry Willson, a talent agent who liked the photo and took him as a client. Henry Willson changed the name of his client from Roy Fitzgerald to Rock Hudson, who made his debut with a small role in 1948 in the film "Fighter Squadron" which was produced by Warner Brothers.

7. How many times had Rock been legally married?

From Quiz Rock Hudson: Tall, Dark & Handsome

Answer: Once

The only wife Rock ever had was actress Phyllis Gates. They married in 1955 only to divorce in 1958.

8. Who did NOT co-star with Hudson in "Written on the Wind?

From Quiz Rock Hudson Movies

Answer: Richard Widmark

Good soap. Hudson is the strong silent type while Stack is a friend with problems. Malone and Bacall are the women in their lives: one is a woman of character - and one is not.

9. Hudson starred as Taza, son of a famous Indian chief. Which one?

From Quiz Rock Hudson Movies

Answer: Cochise

The full movie title is "Taza, Son of Cochise".

10. In this film, Rock Hudson played the role of Bick Benedict, the head of a rich ranching family living in Texas which was struggling with various issues related to social justice and equality. Which film is it?

From Quiz The Life and Films of Rock Hudson

Answer: Giant

"Giant" was released in 1956. In this film Rock Hudson played the role of Jordan Bick Benedict, the head of a rich ranching family living in Texas. The film also starred Elizabeth Taylor and James Dean, who played the roles of Rock's wife, Leslie and Jett Rink respectively. Jett worked in Bick's household but wanted to become rich. He became rich after he discovered oil and afterwards began to misbehave with the Benedict family. Later on, when the Benedict family went to a restaurant, Bick had a fight with the owner, who was a racist. As a result, the Benedict family was thrown out from the restaurant by the racist owner. But Leslie felt satisfied that Bick stood for what he felt was fair and right. The film was very successful and Rock Hudson also received an Oscar nomination for his performance in the movie. It proved to be a major landmark in his film career.

11. What is the title of Rock's autobiography?

From Quiz Rock Hudson: Tall, Dark & Handsome

Answer: Rock Hudson: His Story

"Rock Hudson: His Story" was published by Avon and released in April 1987. It was re-released in May 1989 by the publishers, William Morrow.

12. Hudson stars in "The Lawless Breed". The movie is about what legendary western figure?

From Quiz Rock Hudson Movies

Answer: John Wesley Hardin

They cleaned up Hardin's character a bit (of course), but it's supposed to be his "true" story.

13. Hudson starred in "Ice Station Zebra". Who wrote the novel?

From Quiz Rock Hudson Movies

Answer: Alastair Maclean

Maclean also wrote "Guns of Navarone". Here, Hudson and the Soviets clash at the top of the world. Jim Brown and Ernest Borgnine round out the cast.

14. In this film, Rock Hudson played the role of a rich businessman who was the owner of a huge villa in Italy which was being used as a hotel and rented to tourists and guests by his major domo, in his absence. Which film was this?

From Quiz The Life and Films of Rock Hudson

Answer: Come September

"Come September" was released in 1961. In the film, Hudson acted with Gina Lollobrigida. He played the role of Robert L. Talbot, a rich and successful businessman in America who owned a huge villa in Italy, which he used to visit every year in the month of September for his annual vacation. Since he was able to visit the villa only once in a year, his major domo took advantage of his absence and turned his villa into a hotel. He was earning extra money on the side by renting the rooms in the villa to guests and tourists who needed a place to stay during their visit to Italy. Robert didn't come to know about this until he suddenly came early that year. Gina Lollobrigida played the role of Lisa Helena Fellini, Robert's Italian girlfriend, who was about to marry someone else, since she was tired of waiting for Robert to ask her to marry him.

15. How much was Rock's former lover, Marc Christian, originally awarded in a battle over his estate after his death?

From Quiz Rock Hudson: Tall, Dark & Handsome

Answer: $21 million

Marc accused Rock and his assistant of conspiring to hide Rock's terrible secret. He was awarded $21 million by a jury, but the judge reduced the amount to $5 million. Rock's estate appealed, but in 1991, a settlement was reached out of court. Marc was later tested for the HIV virus and the results were negative.

16. Hudson also starred in a John Wayne western. Which one?

From Quiz Rock Hudson Movies

Answer: The Undefeated

Not memorable.

17. In what year did Rock announce that he was dying from AIDS?

From Quiz Rock Hudson: Tall, Dark & Handsome

Answer: 1985

Rock began to have health problems in the early 1980s, and had quintuple bypass heart surgery. As time passed, his health continued to get worse. In 1985 Rock announced that he had AIDS. He was the first celebrity to make his suffering from the disease public. Rock's honesty about his illness brought much needed awareness to the disease.

18. Hudson starred in "Magnificent Obsession". Who was his co-star?

From Quiz Rock Hudson Movies

Answer: Jane Wyman

From the Lloyd C. Douglas novel. Playboy Hudson reforms and becomes a solid citizen. Not bad.

19. In what year did Rock's life end?

From Quiz Rock Hudson: Tall, Dark & Handsome

Answer: 1985

Rock Hudson was born on November 17, 1925 and died on October 2, 1985, 46 days before his 60th birthday.

20. Hudson often teamed with Doris Day; "Pillow Talk" may be the best of their movies together. In that movie, how did playboy Hudson try to charm women?

From Quiz Rock Hudson Movies

Answer: He composed a song for them

Actually it was one tune - only the name of the woman changed.

21. What was the last film Rock made?

From Quiz Rock Hudson: Tall, Dark & Handsome

Answer: The Ambassador

Rock Hudson played the role of Frank Stevenson and co-starred along side Ellen Burstyn and Robert Mitchum in 1984's "The Ambassador".

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