Classic Movie Villains

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Instructions: The bad guys we love to hate! Test your knowledge of cinema's most memorable villains from the golden age to the 1980s.

1.
Who played the sinister Wicked Witch of the West in 'The Wizard of Oz' (1939)?
A
Agnes Moorehead
B
Billie Burke
C
Margaret Hamilton
D
Gale Sondergaard
2.
In the original 'Psycho' (1960), who played the disturbed Norman Bates?
A
John Gavin
B
Anthony Perkins
C
Robert Walker
D
Rod Taylor
3.
Which actor voiced the menacing Darth Vader in 'Star Wars' (1977)?
A
James Earl Jones
B
Frank Oz
C
David Prowse
D
Orson Welles
4.
Who played the shark-obsessed Captain Ahab in the 1956 film 'Moby Dick'?
A
Kirk Douglas
B
Gregory Peck
C
Burt Lancaster
D
Spencer Tracy
5.
In 'The Wizard of Oz,' what does the Wicked Witch threaten to do to Dorothy's dog Toto?
A
Make him disappear
B
Keep him prisoner forever
C
Turn him into a frog
D
Destroy him
6.
Boris Karloff became a horror legend playing which classic movie monster in 1931?
A
Frankenstein's Monster
B
The Wolf Man
C
Dracula
D
The Mummy
7.
Which suave actor played the Bond villain Goldfinger in the 1964 James Bond film?
A
Donald Pleasence
B
Telly Savalas
C
Gert Frobe
D
Christopher Lee
8.
In 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' (1975), who played the tyrannical Nurse Ratched?
A
Diane Keaton
B
Louise Fletcher
C
Ellen Burstyn
D
Faye Dunaway
9.
Bela Lugosi became famous for playing which classic horror villain in 1931?
A
Count Dracula
B
Frankenstein's Monster
C
The Wolf Man
D
The Phantom of the Opera
10.
In 'The Silence of the Lambs' (1991), who played the brilliant but terrifying Hannibal Lecter?
A
Anthony Hopkins
B
Michael Douglas
C
Robert De Niro
D
Jack Nicholson
11.
Which actor played the child-hunting villain in 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' (1968), called the Child Catcher?
A
Gert Frobe
B
Robert Helpmann
C
Lionel Jeffries
D
Dick Van Dyke
12.
In 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' (1937), what does the Evil Queen disguise herself as?
A
A fairy godmother
B
An old peddler woman
C
A forest witch
D
A kindly nurse
13.
Jack Nicholson's iconic line 'Here's Johnny!' comes from which 1980 horror film?
A
Amityville Horror
B
Carrie
C
The Shining
D
The Exorcist
14.
In 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' (1981), who played Indiana Jones's rival archaeologist Belloq?
A
Julian Glover
B
Ronald Lacey
C
John Rhys-Davies
D
Paul Freeman
15.
Which actor played the ruthless Hans Gruber in 'Die Hard' (1988)?
A
Jeremy Irons
B
Alan Rickman
C
Gary Oldman
D
Tim Roth

Answer Key

Question 1

C. Margaret Hamilton

Question 2

B. Anthony Perkins

Question 3

A. James Earl Jones

Question 4

B. Gregory Peck

Question 5

D. Destroy him

Question 6

A. Frankenstein's Monster

Question 7

C. Gert Frobe

Question 8

B. Louise Fletcher

Question 9

A. Count Dracula

Question 10

A. Anthony Hopkins

Question 11

B. Robert Helpmann

Question 12

B. An old peddler woman

Question 13

C. The Shining

Question 14

D. Paul Freeman

Question 15

B. Alan Rickman

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