Q 01/05

Who directed, co-wrote and starred in Citizen Kane (1941) at the age of 25?

A) John Huston

B) Orson Welles

C) Howard Hawks

D) Preston Sturges

Answer · why

B) Orson Welles

Orson Welles had never made a feature film, yet RKO gave him the right of final cut, a freedom almost unheard of for a newcomer, on the strength of hi...

Q 02/05

In Casablanca (1942), what is the name of the nightclub 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

Rick's Café Américain existed only as a studio set until 2004, when a former American diplomat opened a real Rick's Café in the Moroccan city, designe...

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 kept costs down by shooting Psycho with the crew of his television series, then insisted on an unusual rule for cinemas: no one was t...

Q 04/05

What is the dying word of newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane in Citizen Kane (1941)?

A) Mother

B) Remember

C) Rosebud

D) Forever

Answer · why

C) Rosebud

Rosebud sends a reporter hunting for its meaning, and he never finds it: only the audience sees the name on Kane's childhood sled as it is thrown into...

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 won Best Actor for the role and refused it: he stayed away from the ceremony and sent Sacheen Littlefeather to decline the Oscar in prot...