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The Ultimate Film & TV Quiz

A mix of film and TV trivia from across the decades and both sides of the Atlantic.

A multiple-choice quiz by EnglishJedi. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
EnglishJedi

Time
4 mins

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Multiple Choice

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395,161

Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. John Wayne earned his first Oscar nomination as the tough-as-nails Marine Sergeant John Stryker in which 1949 war film? Hint

The Alamo

True Grit

The Sands of Iwo Jima

The Shootist

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Question 2 of 10

2. At just seven years old, who became the youngest host of U.S. TV show "Saturday Night Live" in 1982, a record that still stood more than 35 years later? Hint

Hayley Mills

Drew Barrymore

Michael Jackson

Stevie Wonder

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which actress starred as ukulele-player and singer Sugar 'Kane' Kowalczyk in the 1959 Billy Wilder comedy film "Some Like it Hot"? Hint

Marilyn Monroe

Barbra Streisand

Bette Davis

Doris Day

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Question 4 of 10

4. In which 1970s U.K. TV sitcom set in south London did a real life husband-and-wife pair portray the main characters as boyfriend and girlfriend? Hint

Bless This House

Citizen Smith

Love Thy Neighbour

The Rag Trade

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which Australian actor, who died in 2015, starred as H. George Wells in "The Time Machine" in 1960 and in Hitchcock's "The Birds" with Jessica Tandy and Tippi Hedren in 1963? Hint

Hugo Weaving

Christopher Egan

Rod Taylor

George Lazenby

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of these stars did NOT celebrate their 60th birthday in 2017? Hint

Daniel Day-Lewis

Vanna White

George Clooney

Spike Lee

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Question 7 of 10

7. What was the first name of the title character played by Tom Selleck in the 1980s U.S. TV crime drama series "Magnum P.I."? Hint

Thomas

Gordon

Robert

Leo

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which epic 1959 William Wyler film was the top-grossing film of the 1960s? Hint

Ben-Hur

My Fair Lady

West Side Story

Lawrence of Arabia

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Question 9 of 10

9. William Simmonite was the proper name of which regular character from the U.K. TV sitcom "Last of the Summer Wine"? Hint

Compo

Foggy

Clegg

Truly

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Question 10 of 10

10. When "Chicago" won the 2003 Best Picture Oscar, it was the first musical to win the major award since which film did so more than 30 years earlier? Hint

Fiddler on the Roof

Funny Girl

All That Jazz

Oliver!

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. John Wayne earned his first Oscar nomination as the tough-as-nails Marine Sergeant John Stryker in which 1949 war film?

Answer: The Sands of Iwo Jima

Wayne lost that year to Broderick Crawford ("All the King's Men"). He received his only other Best Actor nomination twenty years later, winning for "True Grit". He also received a Best Picture nomination as the producer of the 1960 classic (in which he also starred), "The Alamo".

2. At just seven years old, who became the youngest host of U.S. TV show "Saturday Night Live" in 1982, a record that still stood more than 35 years later?

Answer: Drew Barrymore

She was born in Culver City, California in 1975. In the same year that she hosted "Saturday Night Live", she co-starred as Gertie in the blockbuster "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial", for which she earned the Best Young Supporting Actress award at the 4th Youth in Film Awards.

3. Which actress starred as ukulele-player and singer Sugar 'Kane' Kowalczyk in the 1959 Billy Wilder comedy film "Some Like it Hot"?

Answer: Marilyn Monroe

Set in Depression-era 1929, the black and white romantic comedy also starred Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and George Raft. The film was nominated for six Oscars (including Lemmon as Best Actor and Wilder as Best Director) but won only in the Best Costume category. Monroe and Lemmon both won Golden Globe awards for their performances.

4. In which 1970s U.K. TV sitcom set in south London did a real life husband-and-wife pair portray the main characters as boyfriend and girlfriend?

Answer: Citizen Smith

Set in Tooting, a district in the borough of Wandsworth in south London, Robert Lindsay played Marxist idealist Walter 'Wolfie' Smith, the self-proclaimed leader of the Tooting Popular Front. His girlfriend, Shirley Johnson, was played by Lindsay's real-life wife at the time, Cheryl Hall.

5. Which Australian actor, who died in 2015, starred as H. George Wells in "The Time Machine" in 1960 and in Hitchcock's "The Birds" with Jessica Tandy and Tippi Hedren in 1963?

Answer: Rod Taylor

Born in New South Wales in 1930, Taylor provided the voice of Pongo in the classic 1965 Walt Disney film adaptation of Dodie Smith's "One Hundred and One Dalmatians". In 1960, he was approached to play the role of James Bond in "Dr No", but turned it down because he felt that the role was beneath him.

6. Which of these stars did NOT celebrate their 60th birthday in 2017?

Answer: George Clooney

The star of "ER", "Batman and Robin" and "Ocean's Eleven" was still four years short of his 60th birthday in 2017. Others who reached the 'Big 6-0' in 2017 included Fran Drescher, Ade Edmondson and Melanie Griffith.

7. What was the first name of the title character played by Tom Selleck in the 1980s U.S. TV crime drama series "Magnum P.I."?

Answer: Thomas

Set on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, "Magnum, P.I." debuted on CBS in 1980 and ran for eight seasons (163 episodes) until 1988.

8. Which epic 1959 William Wyler film was the top-grossing film of the 1960s?

Answer: Ben-Hur

Based on the 1880 novel "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ", the film won a record 11 Oscars including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Heston) and Best Supporting Actor (Hugh Griffith) in 1960. Only "Titanic" in 1998 and "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" in 2004 have equalled the Oscar tally of "Ben-Hur".

At the time, it became the second-highest grossing film of all time (after "Gone With the Wind".

9. William Simmonite was the proper name of which regular character from the U.K. TV sitcom "Last of the Summer Wine"?

Answer: Compo

Played from 1973 until 2000 by Bill Owen MBE (real name William Rowbotham), Compo was born in Yorkshire and is always broke. He remembers that his wife "ran off with a Pole in 1947", and although never divorced he has an unrequited love for his neighbour, Nora Batty.

10. When "Chicago" won the 2003 Best Picture Oscar, it was the first musical to win the major award since which film did so more than 30 years earlier?

Answer: Oliver!

Directed by Rob Marshall and starring Catherine Zeta-Jones, Ren�e Zellweger and Richard Gere, "Chicago" won six Oscars in 2003.
So, too, did "Oliver!" in 1969. Directed by Carol Reed, it starred Ron Moody, Oliver Reed and Harry Secombe, with 10-year old Mark Lester in the title role.
"Fiddler on the Roof" was nominated for Best Picture in 1971 but lost to "The French Connection". "All That Jazz" was nominated in 1979 but lost to "Kramer vs Kramer". "Funny Girl" was also nominated in 1969, but lost to "Oliver!".

Source: Author EnglishJedi

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