1. What was Nicholas Ray’s birth name?
A) Raymond Nicholas Kienzle
B) Nicholas Raymond Kienzle
C) Raymond Nicholas Evans
D) Nicholas Raymond Wright
Answer: A) Raymond Nicholas Kienzle
2. In which year was Nicholas Ray born?
A) 1905
B) 1911
C) 1915
D) 1920
Answer: B) 1911
3. Which university did Nicholas Ray briefly attend before dropping out?
A) Harvard University
B) University of Chicago
C) Yale University
D) Stanford University
Answer: B) University of Chicago
1. In which year was Elia Kazan born?
A) 1900
B) 1909
C) 1915
D) 1923
Answer: B) 1909
2. What was Elia Kazan’s birth name?
A) Elias Kazanjoglou
B) Elia Kazanos
C) Elijah Kazan
D) Elia Kazanian
Answer: A) Elias Kazanjoglou
3. In which country was Elia Kazan born?
A) United States
B) Greece
C) Turkey
D) Russia
Answer: C) Turkey
1. In which year was Richard Fleischer born?
A) 1910
B) 1916
C) 1920
D) 1925
Answer: B) 1916
2. Where was Richard Fleischer born?
A) Brooklyn, New York
B) Los Angeles, California
C) Chicago, Illinois
D) Miami, Florida
Answer: A) Brooklyn, New York
3. Who was Richard Fleischer’s father?
A) Walt Disney
B) Max Fleischer
C) Stanley Kramer
D) Darryl F. Zanuck
Answer: B) Max Fleischer
1. In which year was Wilfred Jackson born?
A) 1900
B) 1906
C) 1910
D) 1915
Answer: B) 1906
2. Where was Wilfred Jackson born?
A) Chicago, Illinois
B) New York, New York
C) Los Angeles, California
D) Miami, Florida
Answer: A) Chicago, Illinois
3. What was Wilfred Jackson’s primary profession?
A) Voice actor
B) Animator, musical arranger, and director
C) Screenwriter
D) Film editor
Answer: B) Animator, musical arranger, and director
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