Professorjon's Classic Movies Trivia Quiz

Answer: George

George helps set events in motion by stealing a rare dinosaur bone and burying it. Further complications arise when 'Baby' (a leopard) arrives and chases off with George preventing the scientist (Cary Grant)from retrieving the rare bone. The movie also starred Katharine Hepburn and Charles Ruggles.

Answer: The name of the town

Suddenly is the name of a small town that Sinatra invades in an attempt to kill the President.

Answer: Six foot three and a half inches tall

Now that's a big rabbit. Stewart plays Elwood P. Dowd, a whimsical inebriate who one day chances to meet Harvey, an invisible 6'3" rabbit, who happens to be a Pooka. They become great friends and spend all of their time at the local bar, which concerns Elwoods harried sister Veta.

Answer: Berlin

Cagney, who works for Coca Cola, is assigned to watch the boss' daughter. However, she falls for and marries a communist right before the boss is set to return in the fast paced movie. Cagney has to find a way to make the future son-in-law acceptable or he will lose his job.

Answer: Racetrack

The film brought young director Stanley Kubrick to the attention of the movie industry.

Answer: Kind Hearts and Coronets

Dennis Price portrays a young man in line for a dukedom. However, he is treated as an outcast by the family, so he decides to remove all the obstacles in his way; the D'Ascoyne family, of which all the members (The general, the Parson, Henry, Agatha, etc) were played by Guinness.

Answer: Bing Crosby

Bob does all the work and then in the last scene Bing comes in and steals the girl (played by Virginia Mayo).

Answer: The Big Sleep

The director, Howard Hawks, the screen writer, William Faulkner, and the novelist, Raymond Chandler, fail to explain the murder of the chauffeur.

Answer: Tina

Played by Piper Laurie, a leading lady known for costume movies. My brother and I both saw this movie when we were teenagers and we both fell in love with Piper. The Prince part is played by Tont Curtis. He plays a young thief who is the true heir to the throne.

Answer: A Penguin

Bob and his trained penguin Percy become involved in a plot to deliver plans of a shipment of war planes.

Answer: John Barrymore

Rathbone (as Tybalt) kills Barrymore (as Mercutio) in the 1936 version of "Romeo and Juliet". Rathbone did win other bouts against villains when he took on the role of Sherlock Holmes.

Answer: Serial killer

In this chilling film, a mass murderer invades the warmth and peacefulness of small town America. Teresa Wright plays Charlie who slowly realizes that her beloved uncle Charlie (whom she was named after) could be the mass murderer that the police are seeking. Writer Thornton Wilder helped work on the screenplay.

Answer: The Thin Man

She really meant for the waiter to serve nuts, not to serve the nuts. The 1934 movie, "The Thin Man" featured William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles a well to do couple who just want to spend time doing some serious drinking. Nora realizes that Nick, a retired detective, is restless, so she steer him toward a case involving the disappearance of inventor, 'the Thin Man'.

The movie features hilarious dialogue, colorful characters, and great chemistry between the two leads. Powell and Loy went on to do twelve more films together (actually eleven- they had already made "Manhatten Melodrama") including five more 'Thin Man' movies.

Answer: Othello

Coleman plays an actor playing Othello who has trouble keeping his real life and his stage life apart.

Answer: Myrna Loy

Dillinger was so enamored with Myrna Loy that he was seeing the movie, 'Manhattan Melodrama' for the third time. He was betrayed by the 'lady in red' who notified authorities of his whereabouts. The 1934 film "Manhatten Melodrama" featured Loy with her first appearance with her future frequen co-star William Powell and early appearnce with Clark Gable, who she co-starred with seven times.