Q 01/05

What nickname was Clark Gable widely known by?

A) The Duke

B) The King of Hollywood

C) The Great Profile

D) The Man of a Thousand Faces

Answer · why

B) The King of Hollywood

He appeared in more than 60 films across 37 years, and the AFI ranked him the seventh-greatest male screen legend in 1999.

Q 02/05

For which film did Gable win his only Academy Award for Best Actor?

A) Gone with the Wind

B) Mutiny on the Bounty

C) It Happened One Night

D) The Misfits

Answer · why

C) It Happened One Night

MGM had loaned him to lowly Columbia as a punishment; he came back a bigger star than ever with an Oscar in hand.

Q 03/05

In which Ohio town was Clark Gable born in 1901?

A) Dayton

B) Cadiz

C) Canton

D) Marietta

Answer · why

B) Cadiz

His father Will was an oil-well driller, and his mother died when he was ten months old.

Q 04/05

What was Gable's real first name?

A) Charles

B) Walter

C) William

D) Frank

Answer · why

C) William

He was named for his father but always called Clark, and his father simply called him "the kid".

Q 05/05

Which company did the teenage Gable leave the family farm to work for in Akron?

A) Firestone Tire and Rubber

B) Goodrich Rubber Company

C) Standard Oil of Ohio

D) Ford Motor Company

Answer · why

A) Firestone Tire and Rubber

He later toured with tent shows, worked in lumber mills and sold neckties at a Portland department store before acting took hold.

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