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