TRIVIA PLAYGROUND
PRESENTS
FILM QUIZ
1960s
1960
QUESTION 01
Which famous actor WAS NOT in the classic western The Magnificent Seven?
Steve McQueen
Yul Brynner
Clint Eastwood
1960
ANSWER 01
Clint Eastwood is the correct answer. He WAS NOT in The Magnificent Seven! The movie was a western-style adaptation of a 1954 Japanese film called Seven Samurai.
1961
QUESTION 02
What was the name of the villain and fashion maven in One Hundred and One Dalmatians?
Gaston LeGume
Cate Bauer
Cruella De Vil
1961
ANSWER 02
Cruella de Vil is the correct answer!Cruella's voice may have been familiar to loyal Disney fans. Voiced by Betty Lou Gerson, she was also the narrator in "Cinderella", 11 years earlier.
1962
QUESTION 03
Who played Bette Davis' sister in the film Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
Elizabeth Taylor
Joan Crawford
Anne Bancroft
1962
ANSWER 03
Joan Crawford is the correct answer!During production of the film, Bette Davis had a Coca-Cola machine placed on the set to antagonize her rival Crawford, whose late husband was CEO of Pepsi-Cola.
1963
QUESTION 04
Tippy Hedren starred in what Alfred Hitchcock thriller in 1963?
Psycho
The Birds
Vertigo
1963
ANSWER 04
The Birds is the correct answer! In one scene, live birds were loosely tied to Hedren’s costume while she laid on the floor and when Hitchcock called “Action!”, more birds were thrown at her.
1964
QUESTION 05
What actor played 007 in the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger?
Sean Connery
Roger Moore
George Lazenby
1964
ANSWER 05
Sean Connery is the correct answer! When it was released, Goldfinger was the fastest grossing movie in movie history and was entered into the Guiness Book of World Records.
1965
QUESTION 06
In 1965, a well-known British rock band starred in what madcap adventure?
Hard Days Night
Beatlemania
Help!
1965
ANSWER 06
Help! is the correct answer! The Beatles said the film was inspired by the classic Marx Brothers film Duck Soup, and it was intentionally satirical of the James Bond films.
1966
QUESTION 07
In 1966, what Ray Bradbury book was turned in dystopian look at the future?
Fahrenheit 451
Soylent Green
The Time Machine
1966
ANSWER 07
Fahrenheit 451 is the correct answer! Bradbury positioned the burning of books as a symptom of what’s happened to society: the erosion of critical thought caused by an overconsumption of media.
1967
QUESTION 08
"This is Benjamin. He's a little worried about his future.", was on the poster for what 1968 film?
The Graduate
The Hustler
The Candidate
1967
ANSWER 08
The Graduate is the correct answer! Dustin Hoffman played the iconic role of "Benjaman" but Robert Redford, Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholson, Steve McQueen, and George Hamilton, were all considered.
1968
QUESTION 09
Who wrote the film Odd Couple, that starred Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau?
Mel Brooks
Woody Allen
Neil Simon
1968
ANSWER 09
Neil Simon is the correct answer! Before Lemmon and Matthau were cast, Dick Van Dyke was considered for the role of "Felix" and Mickey Rooney was considered for the role of "Oscar" .
1968
QUESTION 10
What was the name of the talking computer in the sci-fi thriller, 2001: A Space Odyssey?
BEN
HAL
ALEX
1968
ANSWER 10
HAL is the correct answer! “HAL” is a sly reference to “IBM,” as each letter in the evil computer’s name is one letter away from the letters in the computer company’s name.
Well done!
FILM QUIZ 1960s
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TRIVIA PLAYGROUND
PRESENTS
FILM QUIZ
1960s
1960
QUESTION 01
Which famous actor WAS NOT in the classic western The Magnificent Seven?
Steve McQueen
Yul Brynner
Clint Eastwood
1960
ANSWER 01
Clint Eastwood is the correct answer. He WAS NOT in The Magnificent Seven! The movie was a western-style adaptation of a 1954 Japanese film called Seven Samurai.
1961
QUESTION 02
What was the name of the villain and fashion maven in One Hundred and One Dalmatians?
Gaston LeGume
Cate Bauer
Cruella De Vil
1961
ANSWER 02
Cruella de Vil is the correct answer!Cruella's voice may have been familiar to loyal Disney fans. Voiced by Betty Lou Gerson, she was also the narrator in "Cinderella", 11 years earlier.
1962
QUESTION 03
Who played Bette Davis' sister in the film Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
Elizabeth Taylor
Joan Crawford
Anne Bancroft
1962
ANSWER 03
Joan Crawford is the correct answer!During production of the film, Bette Davis had a Coca-Cola machine placed on the set to antagonize her rival Crawford, whose late husband was CEO of Pepsi-Cola.
1963
QUESTION 04
Tippy Hedren starred in what Alfred Hitchcock thriller in 1963?
Psycho
The Birds
Vertigo
1963
ANSWER 04
The Birds is the correct answer! In one scene, live birds were loosely tied to Hedren’s costume while she laid on the floor and when Hitchcock called “Action!”, more birds were thrown at her.
1964
QUESTION 05
What actor played 007 in the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger?
Sean Connery
Roger Moore
George Lazenby
1964
ANSWER 05
Sean Connery is the correct answer! When it was released, Goldfinger was the fastest grossing movie in movie history and was entered into the Guiness Book of World Records.
1965
QUESTION 06
In 1965, a well-known British rock band starred in what madcap adventure?
Hard Days Night
Beatlemania
Help!
1965
ANSWER 06
Help! is the correct answer! The Beatles said the film was inspired by the classic Marx Brothers film Duck Soup, and it was intentionally satirical of the James Bond films.
1966
QUESTION 07
In 1966, what Ray Bradbury book was turned in dystopian look at the future?
Fahrenheit 451
Soylent Green
The Time Machine
1966
ANSWER 07
Fahrenheit 451 is the correct answer! Bradbury positioned the burning of books as a symptom of what’s happened to society: the erosion of critical thought caused by an overconsumption of media.
1967
QUESTION 08
"This is Benjamin. He's a little worried about his future.", was on the poster for what 1968 film?
The Graduate
The Hustler
The Candidate
1967
ANSWER 08
The Graduate is the correct answer! Dustin Hoffman played the iconic role of "Benjaman" but Robert Redford, Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholson, Steve McQueen, and George Hamilton, were all considered.
1968
QUESTION 09
Who wrote the film Odd Couple, that starred Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau?
Mel Brooks
Woody Allen
Neil Simon
1968
ANSWER 09
Neil Simon is the correct answer! Before Lemmon and Matthau were cast, Dick Van Dyke was considered for the role of "Felix" and Mickey Rooney was considered for the role of "Oscar" .
1968
QUESTION 10
What was the name of the talking computer in the sci-fi thriller, 2001: A Space Odyssey?
BEN
HAL
ALEX
1968
ANSWER 10
HAL is the correct answer! “HAL” is a sly reference to “IBM,” as each letter in the evil computer’s name is one letter away from the letters in the computer company’s name.
Well done!
FILM QUIZ 1960s
THE END
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