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  • 1. Which television series did John Kerr work on as an apprentice director?
A) Law & Order
B) Run for Your Life
C) Peyton Place
D) American Legends
  • 2. Who was the director John Kerr apprenticed under?
A) Mia Farrow
B) Leo Penn
C) Barbara Parkins
D) Ryan O'Neal
  • 3. Which law school did John Kerr attend?
A) UCLA Law School
B) Harvard Law School
C) Stanford Law School
D) Yale Law School
  • 4. In what year did John Kerr pass the California bar exam?
A) 1980
B) 1960
C) 1952
D) 1970
  • 5. On which show did John Kerr play a lawyer before attending law school?
A) American Legends
B) Peyton Place
C) Run for Your Life
D) General Hospital
  • 6. In what year did John Kerr retire from his legal practice?
A) 1972
B) 1990
C) 2013
D) 2000
  • 7. Who was John Kerr's first wife?
A) Mia Farrow
B) Priscilla Smith
C) Barbara Parkins
D) Barbara Chu
  • 8. In what year did John Kerr marry Barbara Chu?
A) 2000
B) 1952
C) 1979
D) 1972
  • 9. What was the cause of John Kerr's death?
A) Pneumonia
B) Heart failure
C) Stroke
D) Cancer
  • 10. Where did John Kerr die?
A) Huntington Hospital
B) His home
C) UCLA Medical Center
D) Pasadena City Hall
  • 11. What date did John Kerr pass away?
A) February 2, 2013
B) January 1, 2000
C) December 31, 1972
D) March 15, 1970
  • 12. How many biological children did John Kerr have with Priscilla Smith?
A) Two
B) Three
C) None
D) Four
  • 13. What happened to John Kerr's remains after his death?
A) He was buried in his hometown
B) He was cremated
C) He was buried in Pasadena
D) He was donated to science
  • 14. Which studio produced the film The Cobweb starring John Kerr?
A) Warner Bros
B) Universal
C) Paramount
D) MGM
  • 15. Who co-starred with John Kerr in the 1956 film Gaby?
A) Dana Andrews
B) Deborah Kerr
C) Grace Kelly
D) Leslie Caron
  • 16. Who was John Kerr's grandfather who appeared in the original 1931 version of Waterloo Bridge?
A) Roger Corman
B) Jimmy Stewart
C) Leland Hayward
D) Frederick Kerr
  • 17. What film did John Kerr star in alongside Deborah Kerr in 1956?
A) Tea and Sympathy
B) Gaby
C) South Pacific
D) The Cobweb
  • 18. Who ended up playing Charles Lindbergh in The Spirit of St. Louis after Kerr turned it down?
A) Dana Andrews
B) Frederick Kerr
C) Jimmy Stewart
D) Roger Corman
  • 19. Which role did John Kerr reportedly turn down?
A) Lt. Joseph Cable in South Pacific
B) Ensign Pulver in Mister Roberts
C) John Fowler in Peyton Place
D) Barry Pine in Arrest and Trial
  • 20. What character did John Kerr play in the 1958 film South Pacific?
A) John Fowler
B) Lt. Joseph Cable
C) Gerald O'Brien
D) Barry Pine
  • 21. In the film The Crowded Sky, who did John Kerr help steer a crippled airliner?
A) Leslie Caron
B) Roger Corman
C) Jimmy Stewart
D) Dana Andrews
  • 22. Which film was directed by Roger Corman and featured John Kerr?
A) The Pit and the Pendulum
B) The Crowded Sky
C) The Cobweb
D) South Pacific
  • 23. What was John Kerr's role in the television series Arrest and Trial?
A) Assistant District Attorney Barry Pine
B) District Attorney John Fowler
C) Marine Lt. Joseph Cable
D) Prosecutor Gerald O'Brien
  • 24. What role did John Kerr play on the series Peyton Place during the 1965–1966 season?
A) Assistant District Attorney Barry Pine
B) District Attorney John Fowler
C) Pilot of a crippled airliner
D) Prosecutor Gerald O'Brien
  • 25. What character did John Kerr play in the 1970s series The Streets of San Francisco?
A) Barry Pine
B) John Fowler
C) Gerald O'Brien
D) Lt. Joseph Cable
  • 26. Which of these TV series did John Kerr guest star on during the 1960s?
A) The Streets of San Francisco
B) Peyton Place
C) Arrest and Trial
D) The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
  • 27. According to Filmink magazine, what was the general consensus on John Kerr's career later in his life?
A) He retired from acting completely in 1960
B) He became the biggest star in Hollywood
C) Hollywood no longer viewed him as a leading man
D) He focused exclusively on theater work
  • 28. In what city was John Kerr born?
A) New York City
B) London
C) Beverly Hills
D) Boston
  • 29. What university did John Kerr attend?
A) Columbia University
B) Stanford University
C) Harvard University
D) Yale University
  • 30. What play marked John Kerr's Broadway debut in 1953?
A) All Summer Long
B) Bus Stop
C) Bernardine
D) Tea and Sympathy
  • 31. John Kerr served as an artist-in-residence at which university?
A) UCLA
B) Columbia University
C) Harvard University
D) Stanford University
  • 32. Where did John Kerr operate his legal practice?
A) New York City
B) Cambridge
C) Beverly Hills
D) Milwaukee
  • 33. John Kerr won which award for his 1954 stage performance in Tea and Sympathy?
A) Emmy Award
B) Oscar
C) Golden Globe
D) Tony Award
  • 34. What was the nationality of John Kerr's father, Geoffrey Kerr?
A) American
B) Canadian
C) British
D) French
  • 35. What was the subject of John Kerr's graduate studies at Columbia University?
A) Law
B) Theater
C) History
D) Russian
  • 36. Which film is mentioned as a Canadian-produced movie John Kerr appeared in?
A) Tea and Sympathy
B) Bernardine
C) Plague
D) South Pacific
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