Singin' In The Rain - Test
  • 1. Who played the lead role of Don Lockwood in the movie Singin' in the Rain?
A) Frank Sinatra
B) Donald O'Connor
C) Fred Astaire
D) Gene Kelly
  • 2. In what year was Singin' in the Rain released?
A) 1965
B) 1973
C) 1940
D) 1952
  • 3. Which actress portrayed Kathy Selden, the love interest of Don Lockwood?
A) Doris Day
B) Audrey Hepburn
C) Grace Kelly
D) Debbie Reynolds
  • 4. What studio does Don Lockwood work for in the movie?
A) Monumental Pictures
B) Universal Studios
C) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
D) Warner Bros.
  • 5. Who had the idea to turn the screenplay into a musical that eventually became Singin' in the Rain?
A) Irving Thalberg
B) MGM Studios
C) Sam Goldwyn
D) Arthur Freed
  • 6. Which character reluctantly becomes Lina Lamont's singing voice in the movie?
A) Kathy Selden
B) Dora Bailey
C) Maria Ouspenskaya
D) Lena Horne
  • 7. What famous song and dance number does Gene Kelly perform in the rain?
A) Dancing Through Life
B) Make 'Em Laugh
C) Good Morning
D) Singin' in the Rain
  • 8. Which character helps Don Lockwood perform the 'Good Morning' number?
A) R.F. Simpson
B) Cosmo Brown
C) Dora Bailey
D) Kathy Selden
  • 9. What studio did the real-life Debbie Reynolds sign with after her performance in Singin' in the Rain?
A) Columbia Pictures
B) MGM
C) Warner Bros.
D) Paramount Pictures
  • 10. What is the name of Don Lockwood's film that premieres at the beginning of 'Singin' in the Rain'?
A) The Jazz Singer
B) The Dueling Cavalier
C) The Royal Rascal
D) The Dancing Cavalier
  • 11. Who is the CEO of Monumental Pictures in 'Singin' in the Rain'?
A) R. F. Simpson
B) Cosmo Brown
C) Arthur Freed
D) Roscoe Dexter
  • 12. Which song is performed by a group of chorus girls at the afterparty in 'Singin' in the Rain'?
A) All I Do Is Dream of You
B) Fit as a Fiddle
C) You Were Meant for Me
D) Make 'Em Laugh
  • 13. What is the title of Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont's film that needs to be converted into a talkie?
A) The Royal Rascal
B) Broadway Melody
C) The Dueling Cavalier
D) Singin' in the Rain
  • 14. Which film's success prompts the transition to talkies?
A) The Dueling Cavalier
B) The Jazz Singer
C) Singin' in the Rain
D) Broadway Melody
  • 15. What is the final title of Don and Lina's film after it becomes a musical?
A) The Royal Rascal
B) The Dancing Cavalier
C) Broadway Melody
D) Singin' in the Rain
  • 16. Which magazine ranked 'Singin' in the Rain' as the eighth-best film of all time in 2008?
A) Empire
B) Sight & Sound
C) AFI
D) The British Film Institute
  • 17. In which year was 'Singin' in the Rain' selected for preservation by the United States Library of Congress?
A) 1998
B) 1989
C) 2022
D) 2007
  • 18. Which character is portrayed as having a grating, high-pitched voice in 'Singin' in the Rain'?
A) Kathy Selden
B) Roscoe Dexter
C) Lina Lamont
D) Cosmo Brown
  • 19. What is the name of Don Lockwood's childhood song-and-dance number?
A) Make 'Em Laugh
B) Fit as a Fiddle
C) You Were Meant for Me
D) Good Morning
  • 20. What role does Roscoe Dexter have in the production of The Dueling Cavalier?
A) Screenwriter
B) Director
C) Elocution teacher
D) Producer
  • 21. Who was cast as Lina Lamont in the film?
A) Julie Andrews
B) Jean Hagen
C) Dawn Addams
D) Mae Clarke
  • 22. Which actor played Cosmo Brown?
A) Douglas Fowley
B) Donald O'Connor
C) Millard Mitchell
D) Gene Kelly
  • 23. Which actor played R. F. Simpson?
A) Millard Mitchell
B) King Donovan
C) Tommy Farrell
D) Douglas Fowley
  • 24. Who was Zelda Zanders in the film?
A) Head of Monumental Pictures
B) A lady-in-waiting to Lina
C) The 'Zip Girl' and Lina's friend
D) Lina Lamont's diction coach
  • 25. Who portrayed Zelda Zanders?
A) Rita Moreno
B) Kathleen Freeman
C) Madge Blake
D) Dawn Addams
  • 26. Which character did Madge Blake play?
A) The 'Zip Girl'
B) A lady-in-waiting to Lina
C) Lina Lamont's diction coach
D) A Hollywood gossip columnist based on Louella Parsons
  • 27. Who was Phoebe Dinsmore in the film?
A) A Hollywood gossip columnist
B) The 'Zip Girl'
C) Lina's diction coach
D) Head of Monumental Pictures
  • 28. Who played J. Cumberland Spendrill III?
A) Jimmy Thompson
B) Stuart Holmes
C) King Donovan
D) John Dodsworth
  • 29. Which actor was uncredited as the singing voice of Debbie Reynolds on 'Would You' and 'You Are My Lucky Star'?
A) Dawn Addams
B) Madge Blake
C) Julie Andrews
D) Betty Noyes
  • 30. Who played the man demonstrating the technology of talking pictures?
A) Bobby Watson
B) Jimmy Thompson
C) Julius Tannen
D) Tommy Farrell
  • 31. Which song from 'Singin' in the Rain' is considered 100% plagiarism by Gene Kelly?
A) "Broadway Rhythm"
B) "Good Morning"
C) "Make 'Em Laugh"
D) "Moses Supposes"
  • 32. Who was initially considered for the lead role before Gene Kelly?
A) Howard Keel
B) Fred Astaire
C) Frank Sinatra
D) Gene Nelson
  • 33. Who provided the music for "Moses Supposes"?
A) Roger Edens
B) Cole Porter
C) Arthur Freed
D) Nacio Herb Brown
  • 34. What was the role of Betty Comden's husband in the development of the script?
A) He directed a scene in the film.
B) He wrote additional lyrics for the songs.
C) He suggested combining three possible openings into one.
D) He composed music for a new song.
  • 35. Which MGM head of production approved the re-written opening?
A) Louis B. Mayer
B) Arthur Freed
C) Irving Lazar
D) Dore Schary
  • 36. Which song was an instrumental only version in 'Going Hollywood'?
A) "Singin' in the Rain"
B) "Make 'Em Laugh"
C) "You Are My Lucky Star"
D) "Temptation"
  • 37. What was the era setting of the story in 'Singin' in the Rain'?
A) The transition from silent films to talkies.
B) The golden age of Broadway musicals.
C) The rise of television.
D) The early days of Hollywood.
  • 38. Which song was Gene Kelly originally supposed to sing in a medley?
A) 'Good Morning'
B) 'Make 'Em Laugh'
C) 'All I Do Is Dream of You'
D) 'You Were Meant For Me'
  • 39. What was the reason for using Jean Hagen's voice instead of Debbie Reynolds' in one scene?
A) Reynolds was not available for the recording.
B) Hagen's natural, cultured speaking voice was preferred over Reynolds' mid-western accent.
C) Reynolds had a sore throat on that day.
D) The director wanted to give Hagen more screen time.
  • 40. What was Debbie Reynolds' background before 'Singin' in the Rain'?
A) Actress
B) Dancer
C) Singer
D) Gymnast
  • 41. Who helped Debbie Reynolds understand the difficulty of dancing?
A) Stanley Donen
B) Gene Kelly
C) Fred Astaire
D) Donald O'Connor
  • 42. What was the net profit earned by MGM from 'Singin' in the Rain'?
A) $1 million
B) $3.263 million
C) $666,000
D) $5.63 million
  • 43. What position did 'Singin' in the Rain' hold as a grossing movie of the year in the US and Canada?
A) Twentieth-highest-grossing
B) Tenth-highest-grossing
C) Fifth-highest-grossing
D) First-highest-grossing
  • 44. Who wrote a review for The New York Times praising 'Singin' in the Rain'?
A) Leslie Halliwell
B) Bosley Crowther
C) Roger Ebert
D) Richard L. Coe
  • 45. On Rotten Tomatoes, what is the approval rating of 'Singin' in the Rain'?
A) 90%
B) 95%
C) 85%
D) 100%
  • 46. Which critic called 'Singin' in the Rain' a 'fresh and breezy, colorful and funny musical'?
A) Leslie Halliwell
B) Bosley Crowther
C) Richard L. Coe
D) Pauline Kael
  • 47. Who gave 'Singin' in the Rain' four out of four stars?
A) Bosley Crowther
B) Pauline Kael
C) Leslie Halliwell
D) Roger Ebert
  • 48. Which critic praised 'Singin' in the Rain' as a satire of Hollywood in the late 1920s?
A) Pauline Kael
B) Bosley Crowther
C) Richard L. Coe
D) Leslie Halliwell
  • 49. Which critic called 'Singin' in the Rain' top-notch entertainment?
A) Variety
B) The New York Times
C) Harrison's Reports
D) Metacritic
  • 50. What was the French title for 'Singin' in the Rain'?
A) La Pluie Chante
B) Danse dans la Pluie
C) Rire sous la Pluie
D) Chantons Sous la Pluie
  • 51. In which year was 'Singin' in the Rain' ranked #10 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies?
A) 1989
B) 1998
C) 2007
D) 2012
  • 52. In what year did 'Singin' in the Rain' tie for 19 on Sight & Sound's directors' list?
A) 1989
B) 2002
C) 2022
D) 1998
  • 53. What position did 'Singin' in the Rain' hold on Empire's 500 Greatest Movies of All Time List?
A) #10
B) #16
C) #8
D) #65
  • 54. Which film registry included 'Singin' in the Rain' for preservation in 1989?
A) Hollywood Walk of Fame
B) National Film Registry
C) AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals
D) Empire's 500 Greatest Movies
  • 55. When was the Ultra HD Blu-ray of 'Singin' in the Rain' released?
A) April 26, 2022
B) 2002
C) July 2012
D) 1992
  • 56. Where is the digital version of 'Singin' in the Rain' currently available to stream?
A) Amazon Prime Video
B) Disney+
C) Netflix
D) HBO Max
  • 57. In which film does Sigourney Weaver's character sing parts of 'You Are My Lucky Star'?
A) Blade Runner
B) Alien
C) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
D) The Terminator
  • 58. Which Monty Python musical parodies the dance to 'Singin' in the Rain's title song?
A) Fierce Creatures
B) The Meaning of Life
C) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
D) Spamalot
  • 59. Which television series featured two songs from 'Singin' in the Rain' in its episode titled 'The Substitute'?
A) Nashville
B) Glee
C) Smash
D) Grease: Live
  • 60. In which film is Jennifer Lawrence's character inspired by a clip of Donald O'Connor and Gene Kelly dancing to 'Moses Supposes'?
A) Silver Linings Playbook
B) Dunkirk
C) Joy
D) American Hustle
  • 61. What is the name of the anime short featuring a young female ghost dancing to 'Moses Supposes'?
A) Gisoku no Moses
B) Spirited Away
C) My Neighbor Totoro
D) Princess Mononoke
  • 62. In the film Brooklyn, which character emulates Gene Kelly's iconic swinging on a lamppost?
A) Father Flood
B) Tony Fiorello
C) Jim Farrell
D) Eilis Lacey
  • 63. Which Nancy Meyers film features the scene where Gene Kelly sings 'You Were Meant for Me'?
A) Something's Gotta Give
B) The Intern
C) It's Complicated
D) The Holiday
  • 64. Which brand used 'Singin' in the Rain' in their 2015 commercial?
A) Fanta
B) Pepsi
C) Tropicana Products
D) Coca-Cola
  • 65. In which 'Legends of Tomorrow' episode is the song 'Good Morning' featured?
A) Pilot
B) Timeless
C) Crossroads of Destiny
D) Phone Home
  • 66. Which film's plot lines closely resemble those of 'Singin' in the Rain' and was released in 2022?
A) The Crown
B) Downton Abbey: A New Era
C) Victoria & Abdul
D) Bridgerton
  • 67. Which comedy-drama film directed by Damien Chazelle references and depicts scenes from 'Singin' in the Rain'?
A) La La Land
B) Babylon
C) Whiplash
D) First Man
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