Q 01/05

In which state was D. W. Griffith born in 1875?

A) Kentucky

B) Tennessee

C) Virginia

D) Georgia

Answer · why

A) Kentucky

Kentucky. He was born on a farm near Louisville; when his father died the family sank into debt, and he left school early for jobs in a dry-goods stor...

Q 02/05

What do the initials in D. W. Griffith's name stand for?

A) Daniel Warren

B) Douglas Wayne

C) David Wark

D) David William

Answer · why

C) David Wark

David Wark. He kept the name off playbills in his years as a touring actor, and was still billed as Lawrence Griffith when he first appeared in Edison...

Q 03/05

Which war does The Birth of a Nation depict?

A) Revolutionary War

B) Mexican War

C) Civil War

D) Spanish-American War

Answer · why

C) Civil War

The American Civil War. The Stonemans of the North and the Camerons of the South land on opposite sides, and the first half ends with a staged re-crea...

Q 04/05

Which Great Train Robbery director gave Griffith an acting part when he came to Edison to sell a script?

A) J. Stuart Blackton

B) Edwin Porter

C) Sigmund Lubin

D) Thomas Edison

Answer · why

B) Edwin Porter

Edwin Porter. He cast the would-be playwright as the hero of Rescued from an Eagle's Nest, and within months Griffith was directing films himself at t...

Q 05/05

Roughly how many films did D. W. Griffith direct in his career?

A) About 50

B) About 150

C) About 500

D) About 1,500

Answer · why

C) About 500

About 500. Most were one-reel shorts of around twelve minutes: in five years at Biograph he turned them out at up to two a week, more than 400 in all.