Wednesday 16 May 2012

Quiz

Just to keep the brain ticking over, here are a selection of 10 movie based questions (all really from a specific period) with a very loose connection. Answers in the comment box.

1.       Which film directors most celebrated work includes “On The Town”, “Bedazzled”  and “Singing in the Rain”?

2.       Where were Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers “Flying down to….” In 1933?

3.       In “Anchors Away” Gene Kelly partakes in a very famous dance sequence with a cartoon mouse. What is the name of that mouse?

4.       Arguably Fred Astaire’s most famous dance routine, entitled “You’re All The World to Me”, in which he defies gravity by dancing on the walls and ceiling features in what film?

5.       In which film does Gene Kelly play Don Lockwood?

6.       What movie, starring Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn and James Coburn amongst others,  was released in 1963 only 2 weeks after the Kennedy assassination (forcing the word assassination to be dubbed from the film twice) and has been called “the best Hitchcock film that Hitchcock never made”?

7.       Who was due to play the lead role in Easter Parade, until a broken ankle incurred during a game of Volleyball forced him to pull out, paving the way for Fred Astaire to take up the role?

8.       The song “Tammy” from Tammy and the Bachelor reached number one in the US music charts in 1957. Who sang the song?

9.       Who made her film debut in “Adams Rib” as Beryl?

10.   Who was Adolph Green’s famous writing partner,  together with whom they produced some of the most beloved Hollywood musicals?

1 comment:

  1. 1. Stanley Donen
    2. Rio
    3. Jerry
    4. Royal Wedding
    5. Singing in the Rain
    6. Charade
    7. Gene Kelly
    8. Debbie Reynolds
    9. Jean Hagen
    10. Betty Comden

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