Q 01/05

Which 1941 film, directed by Orson Welles, is often cited as the greatest movie ever made?

A) The Maltese Falcon

B) How Green Was My Valley

C) Citizen Kane

D) Suspicion

Answer · why

C) Citizen Kane

Welles directed, produced, co-wrote and starred in the 1941 film; its deep-focus photography and fractured structure keep it at the top of critics' po...

Q 02/05

In the 1942 film set in French Morocco, what nightclub is owned by Humphrey Bogart's character?

A) The Blue Parrot

B) The Cotton Club

C) Le Grand Illusion

D) Rick's Café Américain

Answer · why

D) Rick's Café Américain

The club is a nightclub and gambling den whose clientele mixes Vichy and German officials with refugees desperate to reach America. Sam's piano from t...

Q 03/05

Who directed Psycho (1960)?

A) Alfred Hitchcock

B) John Huston

C) Billy Wilder

D) Stanley Kubrick

Answer · why

A) Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock directed Psycho (1960), which became one of the most influential horror-thriller films in cinema history. The shower scene remains on...

Q 04/05

What is the dying word of newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane in Orson Welles's 1941 classic?

A) Mother

B) Remember

C) Rosebud

D) Forever

Answer · why

C) Rosebud

"Rosebud" is the dying word of Charles Foster Kane. The entire film follows a reporter's quest to discover its meaning, which is revealed to be the na...

Q 05/05

Which actor played Don Vito Corleone in The Godfather (1972)?

A) Robert De Niro

B) Al Pacino

C) Marlon Brando

D) James Caan

Answer · why

C) Marlon Brando

Marlon Brando played Don Vito Corleone in The Godfather, winning the Academy Award for Best Actor. He famously refused the Oscar in protest of Hollywo...