Q 01/05

Which star played Sugar Kane, the ukulele-playing singer of an all-female band, in 1959's Some Like It Hot?

A) Jayne Mansfield

B) Kim Novak

C) Marilyn Monroe

D) Mitzi Gaynor

Answer · why

C) Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe won a Golden Globe for the part, which she nearly refused as one more 'dumb blonde'. Director Billy Wilder had first pictured Mitzi Gay...

Q 02/05

Which 1990s blockbuster first equaled the record eleven Oscars that 1959's Ben-Hur had held alone for decades?

A) Forrest Gump

B) Titanic

C) Unforgiven

D) Braveheart

Answer · why

B) Titanic

Titanic matched the eleven-Oscar haul at the 1998 ceremony, almost four decades after Ben-Hur set the mark. The Return of the King equaled it again si...

Q 03/05

Which American landmark do Roger Thornhill and Eve Kendall scramble across at the climax of North by Northwest?

A) Mount Rushmore

B) Statue of Liberty

C) Hoover Dam

D) Golden Gate Bridge

Answer · why

A) Mount Rushmore

Mount Rushmore hosts the final chase, yet the only spot in the real park where the crew was permitted to film was its visitor building.

Q 04/05

Which horned villain becomes a fire-breathing dragon to fight Prince Phillip in Disney's 1959 film Sleeping Beauty?

A) The Evil Queen

B) Cruella de Vil

C) Lady Tremaine

D) Maleficent

Answer · why

D) Maleficent

Maleficent curses the infant princess after being left off the guest list for her christening. The character got her own live-action film in 2014.

Q 05/05

Which future James Bond had his first leading role in Disney's 1959 fantasy Darby O'Gill and the Little People?

A) Roger Moore

B) Sean Connery

C) George Lazenby

D) Pierce Brosnan

Answer · why

B) Sean Connery

Sean Connery was borrowed from 20th Century Fox for the part and even sings a duet in the film, three years before Dr. No made him 007.