Q 01/05

Who plays the shy motel proprietor Norman Bates in Hitchcock's Psycho (1960)?

A) John Gavin

B) Martin Balsam

C) Rod Taylor

D) Anthony Perkins

Answer · why

D) Anthony Perkins

Anthony Perkins played Norman Bates, a role he returned to in Psycho II (1983); Hitchcock shot Psycho in black and white with the crew of his televisi...

Q 02/05

Which Billy Wilder comedy, starring Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine, won Best Picture for 1960?

A) Some Like It Hot

B) The Apartment

C) Irma la Douce

D) The Fortune Cookie

Answer · why

B) The Apartment

The Apartment won Best Picture for 1960; Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine starred, and it inspired the 1968 Broadway musical Promises, Promises.

Q 03/05

Who replaced the original director of Spartacus (1960) after Kirk Douglas removed him?

A) Anthony Mann

B) Stanley Kubrick

C) David Lean

D) William Wyler

Answer · why

B) Stanley Kubrick

It was the only Kubrick film where he lacked complete artistic control; Douglas also broke the blacklist by crediting screenwriter Dalton Trumbo.

Q 04/05

Which 1961 musical won 10 Oscars, including Best Picture, from 11 nominations?

A) West Side Story

B) Gypsy, the musical

C) The Music Man

D) Bye Bye Birdie

Answer · why

A) West Side Story

West Side Story won 10 Oscars from 11 nominations for 1961, including Best Picture and Best Director for co-directors Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins; ...

Q 05/05

Who wrote 'Moon River' with Henry Mancini for Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)?

A) Johnny Mercer

B) Sammy Cahn

C) Hal David

D) Alan Jay Lerner

Answer · why

A) Johnny Mercer

Johnny Mercer wrote the lyrics to Henry Mancini's melody for 'Moon River', which won the Best Original Song Oscar for 1961; the pair won again the nex...