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Quiz about Actors Appearing in Films Made in the 1960s
Quiz about Actors Appearing in Films Made in the 1960s

Actors Appearing in Films Made in the 1960s Quiz


Match the actors with three of the movies that they have appeared in.

A matching quiz by gme24. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
gme24
Time
3 mins
Type
Match Quiz
Quiz #
403,798
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Very Easy
Avg Score
9 / 10
Plays
1419
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 167 (10/10), Guest 71 (10/10), Guest 82 (10/10).
(a) Drag-and-drop from the right to the left, or (b) click on a right side answer box and then on a left side box to move it.
QuestionsChoices
1. "West Side Story"; "Gypsy"; "The Great Race"   
  Dustin Hoffman
2. "The Great Race"; "Spartacus"; "Taras Bulba"  
  Natalie Wood
3. "Taras Bulba"; " The Magnificent Seven"; "Villa Rides"  
  Tony Curtis
4. "Cat Ballou"; "Barefoot in the Park"; "Barbarella"  
  Jerry Lewis
5. "Barefoot in the Park"; "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"; "The Chase"  
  Jane Fonda
6. "Games"; "The Graduate"; "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"  
  Robert Redford
7. "The Graduate"; "Midnight Cowboy"; "John and Mary"   
  Yul Brynner
8. "John and Mary"; Rosemary's Baby"; "Secret Ceremony"  
  Janet Leigh
9. "Psycho"; "The Manchurian Candidate"; "Three on a Couch"  
  Katharine Ross
10. "Three on a Couch"; "The Nutty Professor"; "The Errand Boy"  
  Mia Farrow





Select each answer

1. "West Side Story"; "Gypsy"; "The Great Race"
2. "The Great Race"; "Spartacus"; "Taras Bulba"
3. "Taras Bulba"; " The Magnificent Seven"; "Villa Rides"
4. "Cat Ballou"; "Barefoot in the Park"; "Barbarella"
5. "Barefoot in the Park"; "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"; "The Chase"
6. "Games"; "The Graduate"; "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"
7. "The Graduate"; "Midnight Cowboy"; "John and Mary"
8. "John and Mary"; Rosemary's Baby"; "Secret Ceremony"
9. "Psycho"; "The Manchurian Candidate"; "Three on a Couch"
10. "Three on a Couch"; "The Nutty Professor"; "The Errand Boy"

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. "West Side Story"; "Gypsy"; "The Great Race"

Answer: Natalie Wood

Natalie Wood, Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko, was born in San Francisco in 1938 and drowned in 1981 off the California coast.
She was Maria in the 1961 "West Side Story" a musical based on Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet". The film, directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins and scripted by Lehman, was based on a 1957 musical by the same name.
She portrayed Gypsy Rose Lee in the 1962 musical "Gypsy" based on the life of the well-known entertainer and stripper. The film was directed by Mervyn LeRoy on a screenplay by Leonard Spigelgass that was based on the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee.
She played Maggie Dubois in the 1965 film "The Great Race" an action adventure comedy about a car race from New York to Paris. The film was directed by Blake Edwards scripted by Arthur Ross on an original idea by Blake Edwards and Arthur Ross.
2. "The Great Race"; "Spartacus"; "Taras Bulba"

Answer: Tony Curtis

Tony Curtis, Bernard Schwartz, was born in Manhattan in 1925 and died in Nevada in 2010.
He was the Great Leslie, who was racing against Professor Fate played by Jack Lemmon, in Blake Edward's "The Great Race".
In the 1960 film "Spartacus" he played Antoninus servant to Marcus Licinius Crassus (Laurence Olivier), Stanley Kubrick directed the film from a script by Dalton Trumbo that was based on a book by Howard Fast.
In the 1965 film "Taras Bulba" he portrayed Andriy Bulba son of Taras. The film was set in Eastern Europe in the 16th century against a backdrop of war between the Cossacks and the Poles for the control of Ukraine. It was directed by J. Lee Thomson on a script by Waldo Salt and Karl Tunberg that was loosely based on a novel by Nikolai Gogol.
3. "Taras Bulba"; " The Magnificent Seven"; "Villa Rides"

Answer: Yul Brynner

Yul Brynner, Yuliy Borisovich Briner, was born in Vladivostok, Russia in 1920 and died in 1985 in Manhattan, New York.
He was the eponymous character of the 1965 J. Lee Thomson film.
In the 1960 film "The Magnificent Seven" he was Chris Adams, the leader of the group. The film was directed by John Sturges and it was a remake of Kurosawa's 1954 film "Seven Samurai" in a Wild-West setting.
In the 1968 film "Villa Rides" he played the part of the Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa. The film was directed by Buzz Kulik and the screenplay was written by Robert Downe and Sam Peckinpah on an adaption of the novel by William Lansforth Douglas.
4. "Cat Ballou"; "Barefoot in the Park"; "Barbarella"

Answer: Jane Fonda

Jane Seymour Fonda was born in New York in 1937 daughter of Henry Fonda and Frances Ford Seymour.
In the 1965 Comedy/Western film "Cat Ballou" Jane Fonda was Catherine 'Cat' Ballou who hires a gunfighter (Lee Marvin) to protect her father and later to avenge his death. The film was directed by Elliot Silverstein, the screenplay by Walter Newman and Frank Pierson based on a novel by Roy Chanslor.
In the 1967 film "Barefoot in the Park" she portrayed newlywed Corrie Bratter and life together with her lawyer husband in their first apartment. The film was directed by Gene Saks and was written by Neil Simon.
In the 1968 Adventure Fantasy film "Barbarella" she portrayed the eponymous character, a 41st century astronaut, who was trying to stop an evil scientist. The film was directed by Roger Vadim and the script was based on best seller, with the same name, written by Jean-Claude Forest.
5. "Barefoot in the Park"; "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"; "The Chase"

Answer: Robert Redford

Robert Redford was born in Santa Monica, California in 1938.
In "Barefoot in the Park" Robert Redford plays the newlywed lawyer Paul Bratter.
In the 1969 Adventure film "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" he portrayed the Sundance Kid. The film, about a group of outlaws, was directed by George Roy Hill and the script was written by William Goldman.
In the 1966 Arthur Penn film "The Chase", about an escaped prisoner, he played Bubber Reeves, who after his escape ends up in a small town. The script was based on a book with the same name and was written by Horton Foote and Lillian Hellman.
6. "Games"; "The Graduate"; "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"

Answer: Katharine Ross

Katharine Juliet Ross was born in Hollywood in 1940.
In the 1966 film" Games" she portrayed Jennifer Montgomery who, together with her husband liked to play mind games. The film was directed by Curtis Harrington and written by Gene Kearney and Curtis Harrington.
In the 1967 Mike Nichols film "The Graduate" she was Elaine Robinson whose mother tried to seduce her boyfriend. The script was written by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry based on a book by Charles Webb.
In the 1969 film "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" she played Etta Place, teacher, outlaw, friend of the Sundance Kid.
7. "The Graduate"; "Midnight Cowboy"; "John and Mary"

Answer: Dustin Hoffman

In the film "The Graduate" he was Ben Braddock who had to choose between mother and daughter!
In the 1969 film "Midnight Cowboy" he was "Ratso" Rizzo, a small-time thief who examined the friendship between him and a young man from Texas. The film was directed by John Schlesinger and written by Waldo Salt.
In the 1969 film "John and Mary" he portrayed John who met Mary in a singles bar. It was directed by Peter Yates and the script was by John Mortimer based on a Mervyn Jones novel.
8. "John and Mary"; Rosemary's Baby"; "Secret Ceremony"

Answer: Mia Farrow

Maria de Lourdes Villiers "Mia" Farrow was born in Los Angeles in 1945.
She was Mary in the film "John and Mary".
In the 1968 film "Rosemary's Baby", about a young couple trying to have a baby, she played Rosemary Woodhouse. The film was directed by Roman Polanski who also adapted the script from an Ira Levin novel.
In the 1969 film "Secret Ceremony" she had the role of Cenci Engelhard, who met an older woman and believed herto be her lost mother. The film was directed by Josef Losey and the script was by George Tabori based on a story by Marco Denevi.
9. "Psycho"; "The Manchurian Candidate"; "Three on a Couch"

Answer: Janet Leigh

She was born Jeanette Helen Morrison in 1927 and died in 2004
In the 1960 film "Psycho" she was Marion Crane, who embezzled money from a client and was running away. The film was directed by Alfred Hitchcock and written by Joseph Stefano based on a novel by Robert Bloch.
In the 1962 film "The Manchurian Candidate", about a brainwashed ex prisoner of war, she played Eugenie Rose Chaney. The film was directed by John Frankenheimer and written by George Axelrod based on a novel by Richard Condon.
In the 1966 comedy "Three on a Couch", about an artist wanting to take his girlfriend on holiday, she played Dr. Elizabeth Acord. The film was directed by Jerry Lewis and written by Bob Ross and Samuel A. Taylor.
10. "Three on a Couch"; "The Nutty Professor"; "The Errand Boy"

Answer: Jerry Lewis

He was born Joseph Levitch in Newark in 1926 and died in Las Vegas in 2017.
In "Three on a Couch" he was the artist Christopher Pride, who disguised himself as different men, trying to free his girlfriend for a holiday in Paris.
In the 1966 film "The Nutty Professor" he played Professor Julius Kelp, who made a potion that turned him into a handsome young man. He also directed the film and wrote the script together with Bill Richmond.
In the 1961 film "The Errand Boy" he was Morty S. Tasman, who was hired by a film studio to discover how the money was misused. Jerry Lewis directed the film and wrote the script together with Bill Richmond.
Source: Author gme24

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