Q 01/05
A) The Duke
B) The King of Hollywood
C) The Great Profile
D) The Man of a Thousand Faces
Answer · why
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
A) Gone with the Wind
B) Mutiny on the Bounty
C) It Happened One Night
D) The Misfits
Answer · why
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
A) Dayton
B) Cadiz
C) Canton
D) Marietta
Answer · why
His father Will was an oil-well driller, and his mother died when he was ten months old.
Q 04/05
A) Charles
B) Walter
C) William
D) Frank
Answer · why
He was named for his father but always called Clark, and his father simply called him "the kid".
Q 05/05
A) Firestone Tire and Rubber
B) Goodrich Rubber Company
C) Standard Oil of Ohio
D) Ford Motor Company
Answer · why
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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