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  Fictional American Presidents in the Movies    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Look forward to the world of American Presidents, who actually have never been a real American President, except for being one in the movies. I hope you enjoy my quiz of politics and intrigue!
New Game, 10 Qns, BullsGold, Aug 26 26
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  Infamy and Tyranny   best quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
This quiz features films about, or set during the time of, some of the world's worst despots. I'll give you the film title and country and you need to match the tyrannical leader who cast his shadow over the events depicted. The dictator may not appear.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, rossian, Sep 01 22
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Sep 01 22
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  Presidential Performances   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Can you name these movies which all include actors trying to play the role of American Presidents?
Easier, 10 Qns, skunkee, Aug 17 20
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Aug 17 20
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  From Hollywood to the White House    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
All these actors have played US Presidents in Movies. All you need to do is match the actor with the movie. Good luck.
Average, 10 Qns, wenray, Jan 03 19
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  20 Fictional American Presidents    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
This quiz is about movies that feature American Presidents. All the Presidents are fictional. Have fun.
Average, 20 Qns, mgeigert, Apr 10 04
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  American Presidents in Classic Movies    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a look at American Presidents as they've been shown in the movies. The first five questions deal with actual presidents; the next five deal with fictional ones.
Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Apr 10 04
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World Leaders in Movies Trivia Questions
1. The finest movie about an actual president may be "Abe Lincoln in Illinois". Raymond Massey was superb in the role of Honest Abe; who played his adversary, Stephen Douglas?

From Quiz American Presidents in Classic Movies

Answer: Gene Lockhart

There's fine acting by Lockhart (and by Ruth Gordon as Mary Todd) ... but the top honors have to go to Massey for his brilliant portrayal of Lincoln in this film version of a Robert E. Sherwood play.

2. In the movie 'Deep Impact', there is a comet that is going to destroy the Earth. Who plays the President of the United States in this movie?

From Quiz 20 Fictional American Presidents

Answer: Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman plays President Tom Beck. 'Cities fall but they are rebuilt. Heroes die but they are remembered,' says President Beck in his address to the nation.

3. Even before "JFK" and "Thirteen Days", there was a movie about "The Missiles of October". Who played President Kennedy?

From Quiz American Presidents in Classic Movies

Answer: William Devane

Devane was fine in the role of JFK in this fine real-life thriller; a very young Sheen played RFK. (The Costner film, "Thirteen Days", was also good.)

4. This movie is about a President, who believes that he can do anything he wants, including commiting a murder. Unfotunately for him, Clint Eastwood is a witness. Who plays the President in question?

From Quiz 20 Fictional American Presidents

Answer: Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman plays President Allen Richmond opposite Clint Eastwood's 'good thief' Luther Whitney in the movie 'Absolute Power'. This is an adaptation of David Baldacci's novel of the same name.

5. Oliver Stone (who directed "JFK") also directed "Nixon". Who played the title role?

From Quiz American Presidents in Classic Movies

Answer: Anthony Hopkins

Hopkins is versatile, but this movie didn't work for me. (On the other hand, does Nixon deserve a "good" movie?)

6. 'Why can't the most powerful man in the world have the one thing he wants most?' enquires the tagline for this movie. Who is that 'thing' that President Andrew Shepherd, played by Michael Douglas, wants most?

From Quiz 20 Fictional American Presidents

Answer: Annette Bening

In the movie 'The American President', Annette Bening plays the lobbyist, Sydney Ellen Wade. The original script of the movie was reportedly 307 pages long. Material that was not used in the film was later used in 'The West Wing'.

7. "Sunrise at Campobello" was about FDR. Who played him?

From Quiz American Presidents in Classic Movies

Answer: Ralph Bellamy

This is, I believe, one of the roles for which Bellamy is best known.

8. In this movie the President, an ex-soldier, defeats the hijackers of his plane. I will not even ask who played the main hero, but what was the name of the President in this movie?

From Quiz 20 Fictional American Presidents

Answer: President James Marshall

This is 'Air Force One' with Harrison Ford as President James Marshall. 'Get off my plane,' says the President to Ivan Korshunov (Gary Oldman). The plane in question is a rented and repainted Boeing 747-146. The real Air Force One is usually one of two modified Boeing 747-200s.

9. Charlton Heston has portrayed this president on more than one occasion.

From Quiz American Presidents in Classic Movies

Answer: Andrew Jackson

Heston has played Andrew Jackson in a variety of westerns, including "The President's Lady". (I'm not sure why ... perhaps it just worked out that way.)

10. "Seven Days in May" pitted Kirk Douglas against Burt Lancaster in a plot to overthrow the government. Who played the president?

From Quiz American Presidents in Classic Movies

Answer: Fredric March

This was a fine adaptation (by Rod Serling) of the excellent Knebel & Bailey novel.

11. President Jackson Evans wants to leave a legacy of being the President to have a woman as a Vice President. Senator Laine Hanson gets his nomination, but secrets from her past come to light. Who plays the President?

From Quiz 20 Fictional American Presidents

Answer: Jeff Bridges

The movie is 'The Contender'. Jeff Bridges (President Jackson Evans) and Joan Allen (Sen. Laine Hanson) both received Academy Awards nominations as the Best Actor in a Supporting Role and the Best Actress in a Leading Role respectively.

12. "The American President" featured Michael Douglas in the title role. Who played the challenging candidate from the other party?

From Quiz American Presidents in Classic Movies

Answer: Richard Dreyfuss

This thoroughly entertaining movie came to the screen via Aaron Sorkin. Annette Bening co-starred (with Martin Sheen and Michael J. Fox).

13. In the movie 'Clear and Present Danger', there is an illegal war being fought by the US government, headed by President Bennett, against a Colombian drug cartel. Donald Moffat plays the President, but who plays drug baron Ernesto Escobeda?

From Quiz 20 Fictional American Presidents

Answer: Miguel Sandoval

Harrison Ford stars in this movie as Jack Ryan. Joaquim de Almeida plays Col. Felix Cortez a.k.a. Roberto Alonzo Landa, Raymond Cruz is Domingo 'Ding' Chavez, and Henry Czerny is CIA Deputy Director Robert Ritter.

14. "Fail Safe" was a taut cold war thriller. Who starred in the key role of President?

From Quiz American Presidents in Classic Movies

Answer: Henry Fonda

Fonda is always excellent as the strong, silent man of integrity and character (as in "Twelve Angry Men"). Here, he's very believable as a President who is confronting the ultimate national nightmare.

15. In 'The Sum of All Fears', another movie featuring Jack Ryan, Ben Affleck takes over the main character. The movie again features a President of the U.S. What is his name this time?

From Quiz 20 Fictional American Presidents

Answer: President Fowler

James Cromwell stars as President Fowler, Morgan Freeman plays DCI William Cabot, a ranking member of his Presidential administration. In 'Deep Impact', the roles were reversed.

16. Henry Fonda starred as a decent presidential candidate in "The Best Man". Who starred as his scoundrel opponent for the nomination?

From Quiz American Presidents in Classic Movies

Answer: Cliff Robertson

Do the ends justify the means? That's a question for Fonda to deal with in this very well-done movie.

17. In the movie 'Dave', Kevin Kline plays President William Mitchell and his impersonator Dave Kovic. What is the President's second name?

From Quiz 20 Fictional American Presidents

Answer: Harrison

The President's full name in the movie is William Harrison Mitchell. William Henry Harrison was a real President elected in 1840. The Vice President in the movie (Ben Kingsley) is called Nance. John Nance Garner was Franklin D. Roosevelt's Vice President for two terms.

18. "Suddenly" involves a plot to kill the president. Who plays the would-be assassin?

From Quiz American Presidents in Classic Movies

Answer: Frank Sinatra

Picture young Sinatra as a hit man and you're on the right track. This was a different kind of role for him.

19. In the movie 'Assassination', Jay Killion is the bodyguard of the recently elected US President Calvin Craig, played by Charles Howerton, and of the First Lady. Who plays Jay Killion?

From Quiz 20 Fictional American Presidents

Answer: Charles Bronson

The First Lady in this movie is played by Jill Ireland. In the real life she was actually married to Charles Bronson.

20. Among the many other characters of 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me', there is The President. Who plays him?

From Quiz 20 Fictional American Presidents

Answer: Tim Robbins

Tim Robbins is The President. The President wants to nuke Dr. Evil, and when Commander (Fred Willard) asks if The President is really going to blow up the moon, The President says: 'Would you really miss it that much?'

21. The movie 'Fail Safe' was the first feature-length fictional show broadcast live on CBS in almost 40 years. Which actor is credited as playing The President?

From Quiz 20 Fictional American Presidents

Answer: Richard Dreyfuss

'Fail Safe' was broadcast live on 9 April 2000. The movie was performed on live television in black and white and required two sound stages on the Warner Brothers studio lot.

22. 'July 2nd, they arrive. July 3rd, they attack. July 4th is Independence Day.' 'Independence Day' features Bill Pullman playing the President of the U.S. What was his name?

From Quiz 20 Fictional American Presidents

Answer: President Thomas Whitmore

'We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day!' says President Whitmore in his address to the nation. The White House interiors used in this movie were originally built for 'The American President', and were later used for 'Mars Attacks!'.

23. An assassin is on the loose, a President is in danger, and only one man stands between them in the movie 'In the line of Fire', and it is Clint Eastwood. Jim Curley plays the President, but who plays the assassin?

From Quiz 20 Fictional American Presidents

Answer: John Malkovich

John Malkovich plays Mitch Leary a.k.a John Booth a.k.a. James Carney. Several of the scenes with the President campaigning were taken from the real-life 1992 campaign of President Bill Clinton.

24. In the movie 'Kisses for My President', the women joined together and elected Leslie McCloud as the first female US President. Who played the President?

From Quiz 20 Fictional American Presidents

Answer: Polly Bergen

Polly Bergen was also in such movies as 'Cape Fear' and 'The Caretakers'. For the latter, she was nominated for a Golden Globe as the Best Motion Picture Actress.

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