1. What was Buster Keaton’s full birth name?
A) Joseph Frank Keaton
B) William Buster Keaton
C) Charles Edward Keaton
D) Thomas James Keaton
Answer: A) Joseph Frank Keaton
2. In which year was Buster Keaton born?
A) 1885
B) 1890
C) 1895
D) 1900
Answer: C) 1895
3. What nickname was Buster Keaton famously known by?
A) The Great Stone Face
B) The Smiling Clown
C) The Jolly Jester
D) The Laughing Legend
Answer: A) The Great Stone Face
4. At what age did Buster Keaton first perform on stage?
A) 3
B) 5
C) 7
D) 9
Answer: A) 3
5. What was the name of the vaudeville act in which Buster performed as a child?
A) The Keaton Family
B) The Three Keatons
C) Buster’s Bonanza
D) The Comedy Keatons
Answer: B) The Three Keatons
6. Which film is considered Buster Keaton’s masterpiece?
A) The General
B) Steamboat Bill, Jr.
C) Sherlock Jr.
D) Our Hospitality
Answer: A) The General
7. In which year was “The General” released?
A) 1920
B) 1923
C) 1926
D) 1929
Answer: C) 1926
8. What was Buster Keaton’s role in “The General”?
A) Johnnie Gray
B) William Canfield
C) Sherlock Holmes
D) Jack Cameron
Answer: A) Johnnie Gray
9. Which studio produced most of Buster Keaton’s silent films in the 1920s?
A) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
B) Buster Keaton Productions
C) Paramount Pictures
D) Universal Pictures
Answer: B) Buster Keaton Productions
10. What was a signature feature of Buster Keaton’s on-screen persona?
A) Exaggerated facial expressions
B) Deadpan expression
C) Loud comedic outbursts
D) Dramatic monologues
Answer: B) Deadpan expression
11. In “Sherlock Jr.,” what does Keaton’s character dream of becoming?
A) A detective
B) A cowboy
C) A sailor
D) A pilot
Answer: A) A detective
12. Which film features the iconic scene of a house facade falling on Keaton?
A) The General
B) Steamboat Bill, Jr.
C) College
D) Seven Chances
Answer: B) Steamboat Bill, Jr.
13. What was the primary genre of Buster Keaton’s films?
A) Romantic Drama
B) Silent Comedy
C) Horror
D) Western
Answer: B) Silent Comedy
14. What caused Buster Keaton’s career to decline in the 1930s?
A) Retirement
B) Loss of creative control at MGM
C) Health issues
D) Lack of audience interest
Answer: B) Loss of creative control at MGM
15. Which comedian was a major influence on Buster Keaton’s early career?
A) Charlie Chaplin
B) Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle
C) Harold Lloyd
D) Stan Laurel
Answer: B) Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle
16. In which film does Keaton play a projectionist who enters a movie screen?
A) The Playhouse
B) Sherlock Jr.
C) The Navigator
D) Battling Butler
Answer: B) Sherlock Jr.
17. What was the name of Buster Keaton’s first feature-length film as a director?
A) Our Hospitality
B) The Saphead
C) Three Ages
D) Go West
Answer: C) Three Ages
18. Which film features Keaton trying to avoid a stampede of brides?
A) Seven Chances
B) The Navigator
C) College
D) Spite Marriage
Answer: A) Seven Chances
19. What was Buster Keaton’s primary stunt philosophy?
A) Use special effects for safety
B) Perform all stunts himself
C) Hire professional stuntmen
D) Avoid stunts entirely
Answer: B) Perform all stunts himself
20. Which film is set during the American Civil War?
A) Our Hospitality
B) The General
C) Steamboat Bill, Jr.
D) The Navigator
Answer: B) The General
21. What was the name of Buster Keaton’s wife from 1921 to 1932?
A) Natalie Talmadge
B) Mae Scriven
C) Eleanor Norris
D) Dorothy Sebastian
Answer: A) Natalie Talmadge
22. In which film does Keaton play a boxer?
A) Battling Butler
B) Go West
C) College
D) The Navigator
Answer: A) Battling Butler
23. What was a common theme in Keaton’s films?
A) Political satire
B) Man vs. machine or nature
C) Romantic tragedy
D) Supernatural events
Answer: B) Man vs. machine or nature
24. Which Keaton film features a steamboat as a central element?
A) The Navigator
B) Steamboat Bill, Jr.
C) The General
D) Our Hospitality
Answer: B) Steamboat Bill, Jr.
25. Which Keaton film involves a character inheriting a fortune with a condition?
A) Seven Chances
B) The Saphead
C) College
D) Go West
Answer: A) Seven Chances
