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More Classic Trivia '30s-'50s Trivia Quiz

Here are some more of my favorite classic films. This might be a bit tough unless you're a real film buff! I'll describe the plot, name the stars and the year of the film. You just have to name it. Good Luck!

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

Author
MWG

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
31,299

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
2830

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 204 (8/10), Guest 173 (6/10), Guest 24 (6/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. James Stewart plays a fledgling senator up against political corruption in the person of Edward Arnold. Jean Arthur plays a cynical political insider. Name this popular 1939 film. Hint

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Talk of the Town

It's A Big Country

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Question 2 of 10

2. This 1940 film opens with Republican pilot Ray Milland facing a firing squad in post-civil war Spain. He is saved by reporter Claudette Colbert pretending to be his wife. Name this film. Hint

'The Gilded Lily'

'Arise My Love'

'Forever And A Day'

'It Happened One Night'

3. In this 1941 romantic comedy, Gary Cooper plays language professor Bertram Potts. He's assisted in his efforts to update his article on slang by Barbara Stanwyck as Sugarpuss O'Shea. Name the film. Hint

'Lady of Burlesque'

'Variety Girl'

'Ball of Fire'

'Cassanova Brown'

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Question 4 of 10

4. Small stockholder Laura Partridge (Judy Holliday) disrupts a stockholders' meeting of International Projects and meets company president Edward L. Mckeever (Paul Douglas). Name this 1956 film. Hint

'The Solid Gold Cadillac'

'It Should Happen to You'

'Phffft!'

'Born Yesterday'

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Question 5 of 10

5. Cary Grant as gambler Joe Adams, needing to raise money for his gambling operation, cons the head of a war relief charity played by Larraine Day. Name this 1943 comedy-drama. Hint

'In Name Only'

'Mr. Lucky'

'Toast of New York'

'Every Girl Should Be Married'

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Question 6 of 10

6. War widow Jamie Rowan rents her Washington,D.C. house to scientist Pat Jamison while he develops his high-altitude oxygen mask. When she becomes his assistant they agree to a marriage of convenience which eventually blossoms into love. Name this 1945 Tracy-Hepburn vehicle. Hint

'Break of Hearts'

'Without Love'

'Keeper of the Flame'

'State of the Union'

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Question 7 of 10

7. In this 1943 comedy, elegant and sophisticated photographer Claudette Colbert falls for rough sandhog Fred MacMurray despite her better judgement. Name the film. Hint

'A Night to Remember'

'No Time For Love'

'The Gilded Lily'

'I Cover the Waterfront'

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Question 8 of 10

8. Reporter Cary Grant follows newlywed Ginger Rogers around Europe while her husband, Walter Slezak, sets up countries for Nazi takeover. Name this 1942 comedy-drama. Hint

'Once Upon a Time'

'Once Upon a Honeymoon'

'Second Honeymoon'

'My Favorite Wife'

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Question 9 of 10

9. James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan share a growing love amid the rise of Nazism in their small German alpine village. Robert Young plays Sullavan's jilted fascist-sympathizing fiance. Name this 1940 film. Hint

'So Ends Our Night'

'Of Human Hearts'

'The Mortal Storm'

'Next Time We Love'

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Question 10 of 10

10. Here's a question about, in my opinion, the best John Wayne film ever made. In this 1952 film ex-prizefighter Wayne retires to Ireland where he meets fiery Maureen O'Hara. Name this film--As if you couldn't! Hint

McClintock

Shepherd of the Hills

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

The Quiet Man

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