1. What was Clyde Geronimi’s birth name?
A) Clyde Henry Geronimi
B) Clito Enrico Geronimi
C) Gerry Walter Geronimi
D) Enrico Clyde Geronimi
Answer: B) Clito Enrico Geronimi
2. In which Italian town was Clyde Geronimi born?
A) Chiavenna
B) Milan
C) Rome
D) Florence
Answer: A) Chiavenna
3. At what age did Clyde Geronimi immigrate to the United States?
A) Seven
B) Twelve
C) Three
D) Fifteen
Answer: A) Seven
1. What was Hamilton Luske’s primary profession?
A) Actor
B) Animator and film director
C) Screenwriter
D) Film producer
Answer: B) Animator and film director
2. In which year was Hamilton Luske born?
A) 1895
B) 1903
C) 1910
D) 1920
Answer: B) 1903
3. Where was Hamilton Luske born?
A) Chicago, Illinois
B) New York, New York
C) Los Angeles, California
D) Miami, Florida
Answer: A) Chicago, Illinois
1. What was Anthony Mann’s birth name?
A) Anthony Mann
B) Emil Anton Bundsmann
C) David O. Selznick
D) John Alton
Answer: B) Emil Anton Bundsmann
2. In which year was Anthony Mann born?
A) 1900
B) 1906
C) 1910
D) 1915
Answer: B) 1906
3. Where was Anthony Mann born?
A) New York City, New York
B) Chicago, Illinois
C) San Diego, California
D) Los Angeles, California
Answer: C) San Diego, California
1. In which year was Stanley Donen born?
A) 1919
B) 1924
C) 1928
D) 1932
Answer: B) 1924
2. Where was Stanley Donen born?
A) New York City, NY
B) Los Angeles, CA
C) Columbia, SC
D) Chicago, IL
Answer: C) Columbia, SC
3. What inspired Stanley Donen to pursue dance as a child?
A) Watching Fred Astaire in Flying Down to Rio
B) Attending ballet performances
C) His parents’ involvement in theater
D) A local dance competition
Answer: A) Watching Fred Astaire in Flying Down to Rio
1. In which year was Otto Preminger born?
a) 1905
b) 1910
c) 1895
d) 1920
Answer: a) 1905
2. What was Otto Preminger’s birth country?
a) Germany
b) Austria
c) United States
d) France
Answer: b) Austria
3. Which film marked Otto Preminger’s breakthrough as a director in Hollywood?
a) Laura
b) Anatomy of a Murder
c) The Man with the Golden Arm
d) Exodus
Answer: a) Laura
1. In which city was Fred Zinnemann born?
a) Vienna, Austria
b) Rzeszów, Poland
c) Berlin, Germany
d) Paris, France
Answer: b) Rzeszów, Poland
2. What was Fred Zinnemann’s original career aspiration as a young boy?
a) Lawyer
b) Musician
c) Doctor
d) Actor
Answer: b) Musician
3. Which university did Zinnemann attend to study law?
a) University of Paris
b) University of Berlin
c) University of Vienna
d) University of Warsaw
Answer: c) University of Vienna
1. In which year was Joseph L. Mankiewicz born?
A) 1909
B) 1915
C) 1920
D) 1905
Answer: A) 1909
2. What was Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s primary profession?
A) Actor
B) Film Director, Screenwriter, and Producer
C) Cinematographer
D) Film Editor
Answer: B) Film Director, Screenwriter, and Producer
3. Which film directed by Mankiewicz won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1950?
A) The Barefoot Contessa
B) A Letter to Three Wives
C) All About Eve
D) Cleopatra
Answer: C) All About Eve
1. What was Raoul Walsh’s birth name?
A) Robert Edward Walsh
B) Albert Edward Walsh
C) Richard Alan Walsh
D) George Raoul Walsh
Answer: B) Albert Edward Walsh
2. In which year was Raoul Walsh born?
A) 1877
B) 1887
C) 1897
D) 1907
Answer: B) 1887
3. In which city was Raoul Walsh born?
A) New York City, New York
B) Los Angeles, California
C) Chicago, Illinois
D) Boston, Massachusetts
Answer: A) New York City, New York
1. In which year was Robert Rossen born?
A) 1900
B) 1908
C) 1912
D) 1920
Answer: B) 1908
2. What was Robert Rossen’s original surname?
A) Rosen
B) Ross
C) Rossini
D) Rosenthal
Answer: A) Rosen
3. Where was Robert Rossen born?
A) New York City, New York
B) Los Angeles, California
C) Chicago, Illinois
D) Boston, Massachusetts
Answer: A) New York City, New York
1. What was George Seaton’s birth name?
A) George Edward Stenius
B) George William Seaton
C) George Michael Stenius
D) George Robert Seaton
Answer: A) George Edward Stenius
2. In which city was George Seaton born?
A) Detroit, Michigan
B) South Bend, Indiana
C) Chicago, Illinois
D) Los Angeles, California
Answer: B) South Bend, Indiana
3. What was the profession of George Seaton’s father?
A) Actor
B) Chef and restaurant manager
C) Film director
D) Radio broadcaster
Answer: B) Chef and restaurant manager