We’re diving back into our decade-of-film episodes, with films of the 1960’s. If you’ve been with us awhile, you might remember our 1950’s episode. If not, check it out after you’re done with today’s nostalgia trip. Let’s go with out 1960s Movie Trivia Quiz.
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The Dorky Round
1. What artificial intelligence could do many things but still refused to open pod bay doors?
HAL
2. Eddie Murphy starred in the remake of what 1963 Jerry Lewis film?
The Nutty Professor
3. 80's band Duran Duran got their name from a character in what 1968 film?
Barbarella
4. Peter Sellers took on three different roles in what 1964 Black Comedy?
Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
5. How many trombones did Prof Harold Hill say would lead the parade?
Seventy-Six
6. What movie concludes with the line, 'Eliza? Where the devil are my slippers'?
My Fair Lady
7. What was Audrey Hepburn's character's name in Breakfast at Tiffany's?
Holly Golightly
8. For what movie did Julie Andrews win her first Academy Award?
Mary Poppins
9. Who played Cornelius in The Planet of the Apes
Roddy McDowall. He would later appear in many of the sequels.
10. In the 1960's, who played Henry Higgins, Julius Caesar, and Dr. Doolittle?
Rex Harrison
The Geeky Round
1. In what year did George Romero's classic Night of the Living Dead premiere?
1968
2. Stanley Kubrick adapted what Vladimir Nabokov novel in 1962?
Lolita
3. In The Dirty Dozen, what crime had all 12 of the men been convicted of?
Murder
4. Who were the stars of the 1967 Bonnie & Clyde?
Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway
5. In what movie did Suzanne Plechette ask, 'Don't they ever stop migrating?'
The Birds
6. Bullitt, and it's iconic car chase, takes place in what city?
San Francisco
7. In the 1963 film, The Pink Panther, what does the title refer to?
The Pink Panther is a jewel.
8. George Pal would direct what HG Wells adaptation in 1960?
The Time Machine
9. Who did John Wayne play in True Grit?
Rooster Cogburn
10. What 1963 film featured characters with nicknames like The Cooler King, The Scrounger, and Big X?
The Great Escape
The Nerdy Round
1. What British movie was released in the US as Five Million Years to Earth?
Quartermass and the Pit
2. Remade in 2016, what 1960 western was itself, a remake of a Japanese film?
The Magnificent Seven. It was based Seven Samurai
3. What actress was the singing voice for Eliza in My Fair Lady and Maria in West Side Story?
Marni Nixon
4. Who directed Lawrence of Arabia?
David Lean
5. What 1962 film told the story of D-Day from both the Allied and German perspectives?
The Longest Day
6. Who played Gracchus in Spartacus?
Charles Laughton
7. How old was Olivia Hussey when she played Juliet in 1968?
She was only fifteen
8. In the original Ocean's 11, where does most of the stolen money end up?
Burned up in a crematorium.
9. Dick Van Dyke did a lot of movie musicals in the 1960s. In which one did he play Albert F Peterson?
Bye Bye Birdie
10. What movie had Mickey Rooney as Ding Bell and Sid Caesar as Melville Crump?
It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
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