Q 01/05

Which 1960 Hitchcock film cost under $1 million, was shot by his TV crew, and earned $50 million?

A) Psycho

B) Vertigo

C) Rear Window

D) North by Northwest

Answer · why

A) Psycho

Psycho was sold to US theatres on a strict rule that no one could be admitted after the film had started.

Q 02/05

Jack Lemmon's clerk abets his bosses' affairs in which Billy Wilder film, Best Picture for 1960?

A) The Fortune Cookie

B) Irma la Douce

C) Some Like It Hot

D) The Apartment

Answer · why

D) The Apartment

The Apartment later became the Broadway musical Promises, Promises, with songs by Burt Bacharach and Hal David and a book by Neil Simon.

Q 03/05

Which 1960 epic did Stanley Kubrick take over after director Anthony Mann left the production?

A) El Cid

B) The Vikings

C) Ben-Hur

D) Spartacus

Answer · why

D) Spartacus

When Spartacus was restored in 1991, Anthony Hopkins re-voiced his late mentor Laurence Olivier in a scene whose soundtrack had been lost.

Q 04/05

Which Oscar-winning song from Breakfast at Tiffany's was written by Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer?

A) Dear Heart

B) Charade

C) The Sweetheart Tree

D) Moon River

Answer · why

D) Moon River

Moon River's songwriters won the Oscar again the very next year, for Days of Wine and Roses.

Q 05/05

Which 1961 musical won 10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture?

A) West Side Story

B) My Fair Lady

C) Gigi

D) An American in Paris

Answer · why

A) West Side Story

West Side Story's co-director Jerome Robbins was fired partway through filming, yet he still shared the Best Director Oscar with Robert Wise.