1. What was Edward F. Cline’s birth name?
a) Edward Francis Cline
b) Edward Frederick Cline
c) Edgar Francis Cline
d) Eddie Charles Cline
Answer: a) Edward Francis Cline
2. In which year was Edward F. Cline born?
a) 1889
b) 1891
c) 1893
d) 1895
Answer: b) 1891
3. Where was Edward F. Cline born?
a) Chicago, Illinois
b) Kenosha, Wisconsin
c) Los Angeles, California
d) New York, New York
Answer: b) Kenosha, Wisconsin
4. In which year did Edward F. Cline pass away?
a) 1959
b) 1961
c) 1963
d) 1965
Answer: b) 1961
5. What was the cause of Edward F. Cline’s death?
a) Heart attack
b) Cirrhosis
c) Cancer
d) Stroke
Answer: b) Cirrhosis
6. Which studio did Edward F. Cline begin working for in 1914?
a) Universal Pictures
b) Paramount Pictures
c) Mack Sennett’s Keystone Studios
d) Warner Bros.
Answer: c) Mack Sennett’s Keystone Studios
7. What role did Edward F. Cline initially play in films?
a) Director
b) Screenwriter
c) Keystone Cop
d) Producer
Answer: c) Keystone Cop
8. Which comedian did Edward F. Cline support in shorts at Keystone Studios?
a) Buster Keaton
b) Charlie Chaplin
c) W.C. Fields
d) Ben Turpin
Answer: b) Charlie Chaplin
9. What is Edward F. Cline credited with creating at Keystone Studios?
a) The Keystone Cops
b) The Sennett Bathing Beauties
c) The Mack Sennett Comedy Shorts
d) The Silent Film Era
Answer: b) The Sennett Bathing Beauties
10. Who hired Edward F. Cline as a co-director for his short films?
a) Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle
b) Buster Keaton
c) Mack Sennett
d) W.C. Fields
Answer: b) Buster Keaton
11. In which Buster Keaton short film is Edward F. Cline credited with creating Keaton’s favorite gag?
a) One Week
b) Cops
c) Hard Luck
d) The Boat
Answer: c) Hard Luck
12. What was the gag in Keaton’s “Hard Luck” that Cline created?
a) Keaton falls through a roof
b) Keaton dives into an empty pool and emerges years later with a family
c) Keaton is chased by a bear
d) Keaton rides a runaway car
Answer: b) Keaton dives into an empty pool and emerges years later with a family
13. Which was Buster Keaton’s first feature film co-directed by Edward F. Cline?
a) The General
b) Three Ages
c) Sherlock Jr.
d) The Navigator
Answer: b) Three Ages
14. In which year did Edward F. Cline begin his association with W.C. Fields?
a) 1928
b) 1930
c) 1932
d) 1935
Answer: c) 1932
15. Which film marked the beginning of Cline’s collaboration with W.C. Fields?
a) My Little Chickadee
b) Million Dollar Legs
c) The Bank Dick
d) You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man
Answer: b) Million Dollar Legs
16. Which W.C. Fields film directed by Cline is known for its climactic car chase?
a) Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
b) The Bank Dick
c) My Little Chickadee
d) You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man
Answer: b) The Bank Dick
17. In which film did Cline replace another director due to conflicts with W.C. Fields?
a) You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man
b) The Bank Dick
c) Million Dollar Legs
d) My Little Chickadee
Answer: a) You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man
18. Which studio retained Cline after releasing W.C. Fields in 1941?
a) Paramount Pictures
b) Universal Pictures
c) MGM
d) Warner Bros.
Answer: b) Universal Pictures
19.What type of films did Cline direct at Universal besides comedies?
a) Westerns
b) Musical comedies
c) Horror films
d) Science fiction
Answer: b) Musical comedies
21. In which year was Cline dismissed from Universal Pictures?
a) 1943
b) 1945
c) 1947
d) 1949
Answer: b) 1945
22. Which studio did Cline join after leaving Universal Pictures?
a) Monogram Pictures
b) Columbia Pictures
c) RKO Pictures
d) 20th Century Fox
Answer: a) Monogram Pictures
23. Which comedy series did Cline direct at Monogram Pictures?
a) The Bowery Boys
b) Jiggs and Maggie
c) The East Side Kids
d) The Little Rascals
Answer: b) Jiggs and Maggie
24. In which year did Edward F. Cline retire from directing?
a) 1948
b) 1951
c) 1955
d) 1958
Answer: b) 1951
25. Who employed Cline as an assistant for visual gags in the 1950s?
a) Buster Keaton
b) Spike Jones
c) Charlie Chaplin
d) W.C. Fields
Answer: b) Spike Jones
