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

The film was shot cheaply in black and white by the crew of Hitchcock's TV show and grossed about $50 million on a budget under $1 million.

Q 02/05

Which 1960 Billy Wilder comedy about a clerk lending his flat to bosses won Best Picture?

A) Some Like It Hot

B) The Apartment

C) Irma la Douce

D) The Fortune Cookie

Answer · why

B) The Apartment

Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine starred; the 1968 Broadway musical Promises, Promises was based on it.

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 of its 11 Oscar nominations, a record for a musical?

A) West Side Story

B) Gypsy, the musical

C) The Music Man

D) Bye Bye Birdie

Answer · why

A) West Side Story

Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins co-directed; Robbins also got a special award for the choreography.

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

Marilyn Monroe was among those considered for Holly Golightly before Audrey Hepburn got the role.