Movie Legends Quiz — 10 Free Questions

Question 1

Clyde Barrow in a 1967 film that helped launch New Hollywood, and later the only person ever nominated for producing, directing, writing and acting in the same film, twice. He was also one of Hollywood's most famous bachelors before marrying Annette Bening. Who is this?

Question 2

Ties, vests and a fluttery 'la-di-da' delivery in the 1977 romantic comedy that won this performer Best Actress and became a fashion moment. She also played Michael Corleone's wife across the Godfather trilogy. Who is this?

Question 3

'You talkin' to me?' as a Manhattan cab driver, and a 60-pound weight gain to play the boxer Jake LaMotta in a 1980 film that won Best Actor. This performer has made ten features with Martin Scorsese and co-founded the Tribeca Film Festival. Who is this?

Question 4

Back-to-back Best Actor Oscars in 1994 and 1995, for a lawyer with AIDS and then a slow-witted innocent who drifts through American history. He is also the voice of a cowboy doll across four animated films. Who is this?

Question 5

The definitive suave leading man, equally at home in screwball comedy and Hitchcock suspense like North by Northwest. This British-born star never won a competitive Oscar and accepted an honorary one in 1970. Who is this?

Question 6

A trench coat, a cigarette and a world-weary drawl made this actor the face of 1940s film noir in The Maltese Falcon and Casablanca. A rare comic turn opposite Katharine Hepburn on an African riverboat finally won an Oscar in 1952. Who is this?

Question 7

A record 21 Academy Award nominations, and three wins, have gone to this performer since 1979, along with a reputation for mastering any accent, Polish, British, Danish, or a Bronx nun. Who is this?

Question 8

A child star in Spielberg's Empire of the Sun who became known for drastic weight swings, dropping to skeletal for The Machinist and bulking up to play Dick Cheney. He also wore the cowl in Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy. Who is this?

Question 9

Four competitive acting Oscars, still the record for a performer, came across nearly 50 years, from 1934 to 1982. Famous for playing headstrong, independent women, and for a private decades-long partnership with Spencer Tracy, this star almost never turned up to collect an award. Who is this?

Question 10

Nicknamed 'the Duke,' this actor made scores of Westerns and war pictures over 50 years, from Stagecoach to The Searchers, and finally won an Oscar in 1970 for playing a one-eyed, hard-drinking marshal. Who is this?

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About Movie Legends

Every era of the movies has its faces. Classic Hollywood gave us Charlie Chaplin's Tramp and Buster Keaton's deadpan, then the studio-system royalty of Clark Gable, Katharine Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, James Stewart, Cary Grant and Bette Davis. The 1950s and 1960s added Marlon Brando and the Method, Elizabeth Taylor's scandals, Sidney Poitier breaking the Best Actor barrier, and Audrey Hepburn in a little black dress.

New Hollywood in the 1970s belonged to Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Gene Hackman, Jane Fonda and Faye Dunaway, and to actor-directors like Clint Eastwood, Robert Redford and Warren Beatty. The blockbuster age brought Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone, and comedy stars Eddie Murphy and Robin Williams.

The modern record book is held by Daniel Day-Lewis, the only man with three Best Actor Oscars, and Frances McDormand, with three for Best Actress; by Meryl Streep and her 21 nominations; by Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Anthony Hopkins, Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett and Viola Davis.

Behind the camera stand the directors: Alfred Hitchcock, who never won; Stanley Kubrick, one uncompromising film per genre; Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, who built the blockbuster; Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, James Cameron, Quentin Tarantino, Christopher Nolan and Spike Lee. This quiz spans all of them. Read the two clues, name the legend, and get the full story after each answer.