Film History Classics

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Instructions: Lights, camera, action! Test your knowledge of cinema history and its greatest achievements!

1.
Which 1941 film, directed by Orson Welles, is often called the greatest movie ever made?
A
Gone with the Wind
B
Casablanca
C
Citizen Kane
D
The Maltese Falcon
2.
The Lumière brothers are credited with creating the first public what in 1895?
A
Television broadcast
B
Motion picture screening
C
Photograph
D
Sound recording
3.
Which 1927 film was the first major 'talkie' — a feature film with synchronized dialogue?
A
The Jazz Singer
B
The General
C
Metropolis
D
Sunrise
4.
Alfred Hitchcock is known as the 'Master of' which genre?
A
Comedy
B
Musical
C
Suspense
D
Western
5.
Charlie Chaplin's beloved character 'The Tramp' was known for wearing what?
A
A beret and scarf
B
A cowboy hat and boots
C
A bowler hat, baggy pants, and a cane
D
A top hat and monocle
6.
Which Italian film movement of the 1940s-50s featured realistic stories of everyday life using non-professional actors?
A
Italian Neorealism
B
French New Wave
C
German Expressionism
D
Soviet Montage
7.
What film won the first Academy Award for Best Picture in 1929?
A
Sunrise
B
The Broadway Melody
C
Wings
D
All Quiet on the Western Front
8.
Which Japanese director made 'Seven Samurai' and 'Rashomon'?
A
Yasujirō Ozu
B
Kenji Mizoguchi
C
Akira Kurosawa
D
Hayao Miyazaki
9.
The classic line 'Here's looking at you, kid' is from which 1942 film?
A
To Have and Have Not
B
Casablanca
C
Key Largo
D
The Maltese Falcon
10.
Which 1939 film, shot in Technicolor, features the famous line 'There's no place like home'?
A
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
B
The Wizard of Oz
C
Gone with the Wind
D
Stagecoach
11.
German Expressionist cinema of the 1920s is best represented by which horror film?
A
The Phantom of the Opera
B
Nosferatu
C
Dracula
D
Frankenstein
12.
Which director created the French New Wave classic 'Breathless' in 1960?
A
Jean-Luc Godard
B
Alain Resnais
C
Claude Chabrol
D
François Truffaut
13.
Which silent film comedian was known for performing dangerous stunts, including hanging from a clock in 'Safety Last!'?
A
Harold Lloyd
B
Charlie Chaplin
C
Laurel and Hardy
D
Buster Keaton
14.
Walt Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' (1937) holds what distinction?
A
First color film
B
First film with a soundtrack
C
First feature-length animated film in English
D
First animated short
15.
Which Billy Wilder film features Marilyn Monroe standing over a subway grate as her dress blows up?
A
The Seven Year Itch
B
Some Like It Hot
C
Bus Stop
D
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

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