- 1. Classic American films often reflect the cultural values and historical context of their time. These films showcase iconic moments in American history, reveal societal norms and challenges, and provide a window into the country's collective imagination. From the Golden Age of Hollywood to modern blockbusters, American cinema has produced timeless masterpieces that continue to captivate audiences worldwide. The enduring appeal of these films lies in their ability to evoke nostalgia, inspire reflection, and spark conversations about the complexities of the American experience.
Who directed the movie 'Gone with the Wind' (1939)?
A) Stanley Kubrick
B) John Ford
C) Victor Fleming
D) Alfred Hitchcock
- 2. Which classic film features the character Norman Bates?
A) Psycho
B) The Godfather
C) Citizen Kane
D) It's a Wonderful Life
- 3. Which 1955 film features James Dean as a troubled teenager?
A) 12 Angry Men
B) Rebel Without a Cause
C) Singin' in the Rain
D) North by Northwest
- 4. Which film won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1972?
A) Taxi Driver
B) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
C) Rocky
D) The Godfather
- 5. Who directed 'The Shawshank Redemption' (1994)?
A) Christopher Nolan
B) Steven Spielberg
C) Frank Darabont
D) Quentin Tarantino
- 6. Which classic film features a character named Scarlett O'Hara?
A) Singin' in the Rain
B) Gone with the Wind
C) It Happened One Night
D) The Wizard of Oz
- 7. Who played the role of Dorothy in 'The Wizard of Oz' (1939)?
A) Grace Kelly
B) Marilyn Monroe
C) Audrey Hepburn
D) Judy Garland
- 8. Who played the character Vito Corleone in 'The Godfather' (1972)?
A) Jack Nicholson
B) Marlon Brando
C) Al Pacino
D) Robert De Niro
- 9. Which classic film featured the song 'Moon River'?
A) Breakfast at Tiffany's
B) West Side Story
C) The Sound of Music
D) My Fair Lady
- 10. In 'Singin' in the Rain' (1952), who played the role of Don Lockwood?
A) Frank Sinatra
B) Bing Crosby
C) Gene Kelly
D) Fred Astaire
- 11. Which classic film starred Paul Newman as Luke Jackson?
A) Cool Hand Luke
B) The Sting
C) Bonnie and Clyde
D) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
- 12. Who directed the film 'It's a Wonderful Life' (1946)?
A) Alfred Hitchcock
B) Frank Capra
C) Orson Welles
D) Billy Wilder
- 13. What classic film features the line, 'You can't handle the truth!'?
A) Chinatown
B) The Shining
C) A Few Good Men
D) Stand by Me
- 14. Who played the character Blanche DuBois in 'A Streetcar Named Desire' (1951)?
A) Vivien Leigh
B) Ingrid Bergman
C) Katharine Hepburn
D) Bette Davis
- 15. Which classic film is known for the line, 'You had me at hello'?
A) Jerry Maguire
B) When Harry Met Sally
C) Love Actually
D) Notting Hill
- 16. Who played the role of Rhett Butler in 'Gone with the Wind' (1939)?
A) Jimmy Stewart
B) Cary Grant
C) Clark Gable
D) Humphrey Bogart
- 17. What classic film features the line, 'Here's Johnny!'?
A) The Silence of the Lambs
B) The Shining
C) Misery
D) Psycho
- 18. Who directed 'Lawrence of Arabia' (1962)?
A) David Lean
B) Alfred Hitchcock
C) Stanley Kubrick
D) Francis Ford Coppola
- 19. In 'The Graduate' (1967), who played the character Mrs. Robinson?
A) Anne Bancroft
B) Katharine Hepburn
C) Grace Kelly
D) Audrey Hepburn
- 20. 'The Godfather Part II' (1974) features a young Vito Corleone played by?
A) Al Pacino
B) Robert De Niro
C) Joe Pesci
D) Dustin Hoffman
- 21. Who played the lead role in 'Vertigo' (1958)?
A) Marlon Brando
B) James Stewart
C) Humphrey Bogart
D) Cary Grant
- 22. Which classic film begins with the line, 'As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster'?
A) Goodfellas
B) The Departed
C) Godfather II
D) Scarface
- 23. Who played the iconic role of Charlie Chaplin in 'Chaplin' (1992)?
A) Robert Downey Jr.
B) Tom Hanks
C) Johnny Depp
D) Leonardo DiCaprio
- 24. In 'Casablanca', who played the character Rick Blaine?
A) Humphrey Bogart
B) Clark Gable
C) Cary Grant
D) Jimmy Stewart
- 25. Who directed the movie 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'?
A) Howard Hawks
B) George Cukor
C) Blake Edwards
D) Billy Wilder
- 26. What classic film is based on the novel 'Red Alert' by Peter George?
A) Ben-Hur
B) Dr. Strangelove
C) The Great Escape
D) Lawrence of Arabia
- 27. In 'Psycho', who played the infamous role of Norman Bates?
A) James Stewart
B) Robert De Niro
C) Jack Nicholson
D) Anthony Perkins
- 28. In which year was the movie 'Gone with the Wind' released?
A) 1955
B) 1945
C) 1939
D) 1965
- 29. Who directed the movie 'Vertigo'?
A) Woody Allen
B) Alfred Hitchcock
C) Steven Spielberg
D) Francis Ford Coppola
- 30. Which film won the first Academy Award for Best Picture in 1929?
A) Grand Hotel
B) The Broadway Melody
C) Wings
D) All Quiet on the Western Front
- 31. Which classic American film features the character Tony Montana?
A) Scarface
B) The Godfather
C) Pulp Fiction
D) Goodfellas
- 32. Which actress won an Oscar for her role in 'Roman Holiday'?
A) Grace Kelly
B) Katharine Hepburn
C) Audrey Hepburn
D) Ingrid Bergman
- 33. In 'Gone with the Wind', what is the name of the main character played by Vivien Leigh?
A) Holly Golightly
B) Roxie Hart
C) Scarlett O'Hara
D) Daisy Buchanan
- 34. In 'Sunset Boulevard', what is the name of the faded silent movie star played by Gloria Swanson?
A) Margo Channing
B) Norma Desmond
C) Blanche DuBois
D) Eve Harrington
- 35. In the film 'Singing in the Rain', which actor starred with Debbie Reynolds and Gene Kelly?
A) Bing Crosby
B) Donald O'Connor
C) Gene Autry
D) Fred Astaire
- 36. Who directed the movie 'Some Like It Hot'?
A) Billy Wilder
B) Stanley Kubrick
C) Martin Scorsese
D) Francis Ford Coppola
- 37. In 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid', who played Butch Cassidy?
A) Marlon Brando
B) Clint Eastwood
C) Paul Newman
D) Robert Redford
- 38. What is the nickname of the title character in the film 'Rocky'?
A) The Brooklyn Brawler
B) The Philly Fighter
C) The Jersey Giant
D) The Italian Stallion
- 39. Which 1941 film featured the character Sam Spade, a private detective, played by Humphrey Bogart?
A) Double Indemnity
B) The Maltese Falcon
C) Key Largo
D) The Big Sleep
- 40. Who directed the 1954 classic film 'On the Waterfront'?
A) Elia Kazan
B) Billy Wilder
C) John Ford
D) Howard Hawks
- 41. Which classic American film features the line, 'You talking to me'?
A) Taxi Driver
B) Rocky
C) Good Will Hunting
D) Raging Bull
- 42. In 'The Best Years of Our Lives', who played the returning veteran Homer Parrish?
A) Dana Andrews
B) John Garfield
C) Alan Ladd
D) Harold Russell
- 43. Who played the lead role in 'The Grapes of Wrath' (1940)?
A) James Stewart
B) Gary Cooper
C) Clark Gable
D) Henry Fonda
- 44. Which classic Western was directed by John Ford and starred John Wayne?
A) The Searchers
B) High Noon
C) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
D) Shane
- 45. Which classic American film features the line, 'There's no place like home'?
A) Mary Poppins
B) The Sound of Music
C) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
D) The Wizard of Oz
- 46. Which classic American film features the line, 'Here's looking at you, kid'?
A) It's a Wonderful Life
B) The Wizard of Oz
C) Gone with the Wind
D) Casablanca
- 47. Which film had the iconic dance sequence on the stairs performed by Judy Garland?
A) West Side Story
B) An American in Paris
C) My Fair Lady
D) Meet Me in St. Louis
- 48. In 'Casablanca', who played the character Ilsa Lund?
A) Lauren Bacall
B) Ingrid Bergman
C) Katharine Hepburn
D) Greta Garbo
- 49. Which classic film famously features a scene with Marilyn Monroe standing over a subway grate?
A) Some Like It Hot
B) How to Marry a Millionaire
C) Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
D) The Seven Year Itch
- 50. Which classic American film features the line, 'I feel the need - the need for speed'?
A) Mission: Impossible
B) Independence Day
C) Top Gun
D) The Terminator
- 51. Who played the role of Atticus Finch in 'To Kill a Mockingbird'?
A) Henry Fonda
B) Spencer Tracy
C) James Stewart
D) Gregory Peck
- 52. In 'The Godfather', who is played by Al Pacino?
A) Frederico Corleone
B) Santino Corleone
C) Michael Corleone
D) Don Vito Corleone
- 53. Who directed the movie 'Citizen Kane'?
A) Orson Welles
B) Alfred Hitchcock
C) Steven Spielberg
D) Martin Scorsese
- 54. Who played the lead role in 'Good Will Hunting'?
A) Brad Pitt
B) Leonardo DiCaprio
C) Matt Damon
D) Johnny Depp
- 55. Which classic American film features the line, 'May the force be with you'?
A) Alien
B) The Matrix
C) Blade Runner
D) Star Wars
- 56. Which classic American film features the character Jake Gittes?
A) Chinatown
B) Cool Hand Luke
C) Bonnie and Clyde
D) The French Connection
- 57. Who played the character of Tony Manero in 'Saturday Night Fever'?
A) Sylvester Stallone
B) John Travolta
C) Robert De Niro
D) Al Pacino
- 58. Which classic American film revolves around the life of Charles Foster Kane?
A) Sunset Boulevard
B) The Maltese Falcon
C) Citizen Kane
D) Some Like It Hot
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