Q 01/05

In which US state was Howard Hawks born in 1896?

A) Wisconsin

B) Ohio

C) Indiana

D) California

Answer · why

C) Indiana

His family's Goshen Milling Company made them one of the wealthiest families in the Midwest.

Q 02/05

Which critic called Hawks "the greatest American director who is not a household name"?

A) Leonard Maltin

B) Roger Ebert

C) Andrew Sarris

D) Pauline Kael

Answer · why

A) Leonard Maltin

Jean-Luc Godard went further and called him "the greatest of all American artists".

Q 03/05

What did Hawks study at Cornell University?

A) Landscape architecture

B) Constitutional law

C) English literature

D) Mechanical engineering

Answer · why

D) Mechanical engineering

A friend recalled he spent more time on craps and drink than study, and he took his degree in absentia in 1918.

Q 04/05

At 18, Hawks won a national junior championship in which sport?

A) Swimming

B) Tennis

C) Boxing

D) Golf

Answer · why

B) Tennis

He was an average student who did not excel at sports as a boy, but took up coaster racing, an early form of soapbox racing.

Q 05/05

During World War I Hawks served in the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps doing what?

A) Photographing enemy lines

B) Teaching aviators to fly

C) Designing engines

D) Flying bombing raids over France

Answer · why

B) Teaching aviators to fly

He never saw active duty and was discharged as a second lieutenant.

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