Classic Adventure Movies

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Instructions: Epic adventure films from the golden era

1.
Which 1939 adventure film, starring Errol Flynn, is considered one of the greatest swashbuckler films ever made?
A
The Adventures of Robin Hood
B
The Sea Hawk
C
Captain Blood
D
The Mark of Zorro
2.
In the 1962 epic 'Lawrence of Arabia,' who played the title role of T.E. Lawrence?
A
Charlton Heston
B
Richard Burton
C
Peter O'Toole
D
Gregory Peck
3.
Which 1959 epic adventure film won 11 Academy Awards, a record that stood for decades?
A
Spartacus
B
Ben-Hur
C
The Ten Commandments
D
Cleopatra
4.
What actor starred as Indiana Jones in 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' (1981)?
A
Tom Selleck
B
Kurt Russell
C
Mel Gibson
D
Harrison Ford
5.
Which 1954 adventure film, based on Jules Verne's novel, featured Kirk Douglas singing and battling a giant squid?
A
Around the World in 80 Days
B
The Time Machine
C
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
D
Journey to the Center of the Earth
6.
What 1956 Cecil B. DeMille epic starred Charlton Heston as Moses?
A
Ben-Hur
B
El Cid
C
The Ten Commandments
D
The Robe
7.
Which 1963 adventure comedy featured a huge ensemble cast racing to find buried treasure?
A
The Great Race
B
Around the World in 80 Days
C
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
D
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
8.
What classic adventure film, based on a Robert Louis Stevenson novel, features a one-legged pirate named Long John Silver?
A
Mutiny on the Bounty
B
Treasure Island
C
Captain Blood
D
The Black Swan
9.
Which 1975 Steven Spielberg film about a great white shark terrorizing a beach town became the first summer blockbuster?
A
Jaws
B
The Deep
C
Orca
D
The Poseidon Adventure
10.
What 1960 adventure film starred Steve McQueen, Yul Brynner, and five other gunslingers defending a Mexican village?
A
The Magnificent Seven
B
True Grit
C
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
D
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
11.
Which 1935 adventure film starred Clark Gable and Charles Laughton in a story about a naval rebellion?
A
Captain Blood
B
Treasure Island
C
Mutiny on the Bounty
D
The Sea Hawk
12.
What 1977 science fiction adventure film, directed by George Lucas, featured Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Princess Leia?
A
Superman
B
Star Wars
C
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
D
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
13.
Which actor played Tarzan in a series of popular adventure films starting in 1932?
A
Lex Barker
B
Johnny Weissmuller
C
Buster Crabbe
D
Gordon Scott
14.
What 1956 film adaptation of a Jules Verne novel followed Phileas Fogg's journey 'Around the World in 80 Days' and won Best Picture?
A
Master of the World
B
Journey to the Center of the Earth
C
Five Weeks in a Balloon
D
Around the World in 80 Days
15.
Which 1965 David Lean epic, starring Omar Sharif and Julie Christie, is set against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution?
A
A Passage to India
B
Doctor Zhivago
C
The Bridge on the River Kwai
D
Lawrence of Arabia

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