Vintage movie quiz:
Test your film knowledge.
With the TCM channel coming an to an end in New Zealand, Sky has made a new home for movies from the golden age of Hollywood. Sky Movies Vintage, launching on December 1, will house some of the most memorable films from the 1940s to the mid-1970s. But just how big a fan of classic movies are you? Try your hand at our vintage movie quiz.
1.
Michael Caine was a working-class playboy in what 1966 film?
2.
Who wasn’t in Casablanca? a) Humphrey Bogart, b) Katharine Hepburn, c) Ingrid Bergman?
3.
Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds sang in what sort of weather back in 1952?
4.
Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable starred in which 1939 epic?
5.
Which two actors impersonated women musicians in 1959’s Some Like It Hot?
6.
Name any two of 1960’s Magnificent Seven.
7.
Gonville Bromhead was an officer in which epic 1964 British drama?
8.
The Jets and The Sharks were the gangs in which 1961 film based on Shakespeare’s Romeo And Juliet?
9.
What was the name of the Captain’s family in The Sound Of Music?
10.
Which 34-letter word featured in Mary Poppins?
11.
Who played Rooster Cogburn in 1969’s True Grit?
12.
In The Wizard Of Oz, what was the name of Dorothy’s dog?
13.
James Dean was at which point of the compass in this 1955 retelling of The Bible’s Cain and Abel?
14.
Which 1960 comedy was a flat-out success for Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine?
15.
Anthony Perkins and Vince Vaughn have both played this character, who first appeared in a 1960 horror film.
16.
Many consider 1941’s Citizen Kane to be the best film ever. Which newspaper magnate was Orson Welles’ character supposedly based on?
17.
Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson and Claudia Cardinale starred in which 1968 western?
18.
How many hard-boiled eggs did Paul Newman’s character eat in Cool Hand Luke. a) 24, b) 40, c) 50?
19.
Katharine Hepburn brought up what sort of baby in this 1938 comedy?
20.
Archie Leach changed his name to become which famous leading man?
21.
1933’s Duck Soup starred the four Marx Brothers – Groucho, Harpo, Chico and…?
22.
Kirk Douglas was a rebellious slave in which 1960 swords-and-sandals epic movie?
23.
Who were the two female stars of 1953’s Gentlemen Prefer Blondes?
24.
In 1962, Frank Sinatra and Laurence Harvey starred in a film about a candidate from where?
25.
There was a miracle on which street in this 1947 film starring Maureen O’Hara and Edmund Gwenn?
26.
The real-life breakout by Allied prisoners from Stalag Luft lll in Poland during World War ll was dramatised in which 1963 film?
27.
Marlon Brando bemoans that he coulda been a contender in which gritty 1954 drama?
28.
An insurance investigator becomes involved with a millionaire thief in 1968’s The Thomas Crown Affair. Who played these roles?
29.
Which actress did Gary Cooper implore not to forsake him on his wedding day in 1952’s High Noon?
30.
What was the first of the three spaghetti Westerns starring Clint Eastwood as The Man With No Name?