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  • 1. Who is the main actor in the movie High Noon?
A) Gary Cooper
B) Kevin Costner
C) Clint Eastwood
D) John Wayne
  • 2. In what year was the movie High Noon released?
A) 1956
B) 1960
C) 1949
D) 1952
  • 3. Who directed the movie High Noon?
A) Fred Zinnemann
B) John Ford
C) Sergio Leone
D) Howard Hawks
  • 4. Who portrays the character Frank Miller in the film?
A) Ian MacDonald
B) Robert J. Wilke
C) Thomas Mitchell
D) Lloyd Bridges
  • 5. Who composed the score for the movie High Noon?
A) Max Steiner
B) Ennio Morricone
C) Dimitri Tiomkin
D) Elmer Bernstein
  • 6. Where is the town located in the movie High Noon?
A) Dodge City
B) Tombstone
C) Laramie
D) Hadleyville
  • 7. Who played the role of Helen Ramírez in the movie High Noon?
A) Eve McVeagh
B) Katy Jurado
C) Grace Kelly
D) Olga Fabian
  • 8. What time does the train arrive in the movie High Noon?
A) 2:00
B) 11:00
C) 1:00
D) 12:00
  • 9. What is the name of Marshal Will Kane's new wife in 'High Noon'?
A) Helen Ramírez
B) Mildred Fuller
C) Amy Fowler
D) Grace Kelly
  • 10. Who is the main antagonist that Marshal Will Kane must face in 'High Noon'?
A) Ben Miller
B) Frank Miller
C) Jack Colby
D) Jim Pierce
  • 11. What position does Judge Percy Mettrick hold in the film 'High Noon'?
A) Judge
B) Marshal
C) Deputy Marshal
D) Mayor
  • 12. Which character is a young deputy who turns against Kane?
A) Martin Howe
B) Harvey Pell
C) Jimmy
D) Herb Baker
  • 13. What is the name of Marshal Will Kane's predecessor in 'High Noon'?
A) Martin Howe
B) Sam Fuller
C) Jimmy
D) Harvey Pell
  • 14. Which character offers to help Kane despite being blind in one eye?
A) Jimmy
B) Herb Baker
C) Harvey Pell
D) Martin Howe
  • 15. Who is the local pastor that refuses to assist Marshal Will Kane?
A) Judge Percy Mettrick
B) Martin Howe
C) The unnamed pastor
D) Sam Fuller
  • 16. Which character tries to help but backs out due to being the only volunteer?
A) Martin Howe
B) Harvey Pell
C) Jimmy
D) Herb Baker
  • 17. Who is the young boy that offers to help Kane but is refused?
A) Martin Howe
B) Herb Baker
C) Johnny
D) Jimmy
  • 18. In 'High Noon', who does Amy Fowler confront at the hotel regarding her husband's decision to stay in town?
A) Harvey Pell
B) Judge Percy Mettrick
C) Mildred Fuller
D) Helen Ramírez
  • 19. What does Amy Fowler reveal as the reason for her conversion to Quakerism?
A) A personal spiritual experience
B) The gunning down of her brother and father by criminals
C) Advice from Judge Percy Mettrick
D) Influence from Helen Ramírez
  • 20. What does Marshal Will Kane do after knocking Harvey Pell senseless?
A) Leaves town with Amy Fowler
B) Returns to his office to write out his will
C) Goes to the church for help
D) Attempts to form a posse
  • 21. Which character kills Frank Miller's brother, Ben, in the opening salvo?
A) Jim Pierce
B) Marshal Will Kane
C) Jack Colby
D) Harvey Pell
  • 22. What does Marshal Will Kane do with his marshal's star at the end of 'High Noon'?
A) Wears it proudly
B) Drops it to the street
C) Gives it to Johnny
D) Hands it to Amy Fowler
  • 23. How does Marshal Will Kane's story end in 'High Noon'?
A) He departs with Amy Fowler after killing Frank Miller
B) He retires peacefully
C) He is killed by Frank Miller
D) He leaves town alone
  • 24. Who originally wrote the four-page plot outline that became similar to 'The Tin Star'?
A) Stanley Kramer
B) Richard Fleischer
C) Carl Foreman
D) John W. Cunningham
  • 25. What is the title of the 1947 short story that influenced High Noon?
A) Darkness at High Noon
B) The Clay Pigeon
C) The Virginian
D) The Tin Star
  • 26. Who directed and wrote 'Outland', a film inspired by High Noon?
A) Peter Hyams
B) Elmore Leonard
C) Karen Sharpe Kramer
D) Stanley Kramer
  • 27. Where was most of the street scenes for 'High Noon' filmed?
A) Warnerville
B) Columbia Movie Ranch in Burbank
C) Iverson Movie Ranch near Los Angeles
D) Railtown 1897 State Historic Park
  • 28. What is the alternate title for the movie's theme song 'High Noon'?
A) "Midday Melody"
B) "Till Noon We Ride"
C) "Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling"
D) "The Ballad of High Noon"
  • 29. What position did High Noon hold on the Writers Guild of America West's list of 101 Greatest Screenplays?
A) 25th
B) 100th
C) 50th
D) 75th
  • 30. Where was the railroad used for filming 'High Noon'?
A) Iverson Movie Ranch near Los Angeles
B) Columbia State Historic Park
C) Warnerville
D) The old Sierra Railroad in Jamestown, now known as Railtown 1897 State Historic Park
  • 31. Which U.S. president cited 'High Noon' as his favorite film?
A) Lyndon B. Johnson
B) Jimmy Carter
C) George H.W. Bush
D) Ronald Reagan
  • 32. Who played the role of Will Kane's bride in High Noon?
A) Elizabeth Taylor
B) Shirley MacLaine
C) Audrey Hepburn
D) Grace Kelly
  • 33. Where was the modernized version of High Noon set in the agreement with Relativity Studios?
A) London
B) Outer space
C) New York City
D) US-Mexico border
  • 34. Which magazine listed High Noon among 'The Best Movies That Lost Best Picture at the Oscars' in February 2020?
A) Time Magazine
B) Variety
C) Entertainment Weekly
D) New York Magazine
  • 35. In which AFI list did High Noon appear at number 20?
A) AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Songs
B) AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)
C) AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Thrills
D) AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores
  • 36. What is the name of the documentary that discusses Carl Foreman's role in High Noon?
A) The Tin Star Documentary
B) High Noon Revisited
C) Darkness at High Noon: The Carl Foreman Documents
D) Stanley Kramer and His Films
  • 37. Who played Frank Miller in the 2000 TV movie remake of High Noon?
A) Tom Skerritt
B) Lee Majors
C) Peter Boyle
D) Michael Madsen
  • 38. In what year was the television sequel 'High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane' aired?
A) 1982
B) 1981
C) 1980
D) 1979
  • 39. Which film is 'High Noon' compared to in terms of its story about a man's conflict of conscience?
A) "12 Angry Men"
B) "To Kill a Mockingbird"
C) "The Godfather"
D) "A Man for All Seasons"
  • 40. In which AFI list was 'High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')' ranked number 25?
A) AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Songs
B) AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Thrills
C) AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores
D) AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies
  • 41. Which director criticized Gary Cooper's performance as 'rather mousy' in 'High Noon'?
A) Howard Hawks
B) John Ford
C) Alfred Hitchcock
D) Frank Capra
  • 42. Where were the opening scenes of 'High Noon' filmed?
A) Warnerville
B) Railtown 1897 State Historic Park
C) Iverson Movie Ranch near Los Angeles
D) Columbia State Historic Park
  • 43. What film is compared to 'High Noon' due to thematic similarities?
A) 'Outland'
B) 'Blade Runner'
C) 'Star Wars'
D) '2001: A Space Odyssey'
  • 44. Who wrote the original screenplay for 'High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane'?
A) Stanley Kramer
B) Peter Hyams
C) Stephen Jaffe
D) Elmore Leonard
  • 45. Which actor starred in the 1981 science fiction thriller 'Outland'?
A) Peter Boyle
B) Sean Connery
C) Tom Skerritt
D) Lee Majors
  • 46. Which location was used for exterior shots of the Hadleyville church?
A) Columbia Movie Ranch in Burbank
B) Railtown 1897 State Historic Park
C) St. Joseph's Church in Tuolumne City
D) Iverson Movie Ranch near Los Angeles
  • 47. Which film did John Wayne and Howard Hawks make in response to 'High Noon'?
A) True Grit
B) Stagecoach
C) Rio Bravo
D) The Searchers
  • 48. Who produced a remake of High Noon as a TV movie for TBS in 2000?
A) Elmore Leonard
B) Stephen Jaffe
C) Peter Hyams
D) Karen Sharpe Kramer
  • 49. Who described High Noon as a 'straight remake' of another film?
A) An unspecified source
B) Richard Fleischer
C) Stanley Kramer
D) Carl Foreman
  • 50. What genre does 'High Noon' belong to?
A) Romantic Comedy
B) Revisionist Western
C) Drama
D) Science Fiction
  • 51. Which list ranked Will Kane as one of the coolest heroes in pop culture?
A) Entertainment Weekly
B) AFI
C) Writers Guild of America West
D) New York Magazine
  • 52. How many times is the theme song heard throughout 'High Noon'?
A) 50 times
B) 36 times
C) 24 times
D) 12 times
  • 53. What was High Noon's ranking in AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Cheers?
A) No. 33
B) No. 20
C) No. 27
D) No. 10
  • 54. Who claimed to have helped Carl Foreman develop the story of High Noon?
A) John W. Cunningham
B) Bosley Crowther
C) Victor Navasky
D) Richard Fleischer
  • 55. What was Will Kane's ranking on AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Heroes and Villains?
A) Villain No. 10
B) Hero No. 5
C) Villain No. 20
D) Hero No. 15
  • 56. What position did High Noon achieve in AFI's 10 Top 10 for Western films?
A) No. 3
B) No. 2
C) No. 1
D) No. 5
  • 57. What was the theatrical rental earnings of 'High Noon' in North America in 1952?
A) $2 million
B) $3.75 million
C) $5 million
D) $4.5 million
  • 58. Which artist first made 'High Noon' a major hit on the country-and-western charts?
A) Gene Autry
B) Johnny Cash
C) Frankie Laine
D) Tex Ritter
  • 59. Who authored 'Naming Names', an account related to the Hollywood blacklist?
A) Victor Navasky
B) Stanley Kramer
C) Carl Foreman
D) Richard Fleischer
  • 60. In which year was High Noon ranked number 33 in AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies?
A) 2001
B) 2004
C) 1998
D) 2003
  • 61. What percentage of critics on Rotten Tomatoes gave positive reviews for 'High Noon'?
A) 75%
B) 95%
C) 65%
D) 85%
  • 62. Who starred as Will Kane in the 2000 TV movie remake of High Noon?
A) Tom Skerritt
B) Lee Majors
C) Michael Madsen
D) Sean Connery
  • 63. In what year did Karen Kramer sign an agreement with Relativity Studios for a feature film remake of High Noon?
A) 2016
B) 1981
C) 2024
D) 2000
  • 64. Which U.S. president hosted 17 White House screenings of 'High Noon'?
A) Ronald Reagan
B) Barack Obama
C) Bill Clinton
D) George W. Bush
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