Fred Niblo Quiz Questions and Answers
1. What was Fred Niblo’s birth name?
A) Frederick Liedtke
B) Frederick Nobile
C) Fredrick Niblo
D) Frederico Bennett
Answer: A) Frederick Liedtke
2. In which city was Fred Niblo born?
A) New York City, NY
B) York, Nebraska
C) New Orleans, LA
D) Los Angeles, CA
Answer: B) York, Nebraska
3. What was the profession of Fred Niblo’s father?
A) Film director
B) Theater owner
C) Vaudeville performer
D) Civil War captain
Answer: D) Civil War captain
4. What was Fred Niblo’s primary stage name during his vaudeville career?
A) Frederick Liedtke
B) Fred Niblo
C) George Cohan
D) Enid Bennett
Answer: B) Fred Niblo
5. In which country did Fred Niblo make his first two films?
A) United States
B) England
C) Australia
D) France
Answer: C) Australia
6. Who was Fred Niblo’s first wife?
A) Enid Bennett
B) Josephine Cohan
C) Greta Garbo
D) Norma Talmadge
Answer: B) Josephine Cohan
7. What was the relationship of Josephine Cohan to George M. Cohan?
A) Mother
B) Sister
C) Wife
D) Daughter
Answer: B) Sister
8. In which year did Fred Niblo marry Josephine Cohan?
A) 1901
B) 1912
C) 1916
D) 1918
Answer: A) 1901
9. What was the name of the theater group Fred Niblo managed?
A) The Four Cohans
B) The Three Musketeers
C) The Vaudeville Stars
D) The Silent Actors
Answer: A) The Four Cohans
10. In which year did Josephine Cohan pass away?
A) 1901
B) 1916
C) 1920
D) 1948
Answer: B) 1916
11. Who was Fred Niblo’s second wife?
A) Lillian Gish
B) Renée Adorée
C) Joan Crawford
D) Enid Bennett
Answer: D) Enid Bennett
12. In which year did Fred Niblo marry Enid Bennett?
A) 1916
B) 1918
C) 1920
D) 1925
Answer: B) 1918
13. Which film marked Fred Niblo’s directorial debut in Hollywood?
A) The Mark of Zorro
B) Ben-Hur
C) Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford
D) Blood and Sand
Answer: A) The Mark of Zorro
14. Which actor starred in Fred Niblo’s 1920 film “The Mark of Zorro”?
A) Rudolph Valentino
B) Ramon Novarro
C) Douglas Fairbanks
D) John Gilbert
Answer: C) Douglas Fairbanks
15. Which film did Fred Niblo direct starring Rudolph Valentino?
A) The Three Musketeers
B) Camille
C) The Temptress
D) Blood and Sand
Answer: D) Blood and Sand
16. In which year was Fred Niblo’s epic film “Ben-Hur” released?
A) 1920
B) 1925
C) 1930
D) 1933
Answer: B) 1925
17. Who was replaced by Fred Niblo as the director of “Ben-Hur”?
A) Charles Brabin
B) Mauritz Stiller
C) Irving Thalberg
D) Louis B. Mayer
Answer: A) Charles Brabin
18. Which actress starred in Fred Niblo’s 1926 film “The Temptress”?
A) Norma Talmadge
B) Greta Garbo
C) Lillian Gish
D) Joan Crawford
Answer: B) Greta Garbo
19. What was the approximate budget of “Ben-Hur” directed by Fred Niblo?
A) $1 million
B) $2 million
C) $4 million
D) $6 million
Answer: C) $4 million
20. Which film directed by Fred Niblo was the third highest-grossing silent film?
A) The Mark of Zorro
B) Ben-Hur
C) The Three Musketeers
D) Blood and Sand
Answer: B) Ben-Hur
21. In which year did Fred Niblo direct his first sound film, “Redemption”?
A) 1925
B) 1928
C) 1930
D) 1933
Answer: C) 1930
22. Which actors starred in Fred Niblo’s “Redemption”?
A) John Gilbert and Renee Adoree
B) Douglas Fairbanks and Greta Garbo
C) Rudolph Valentino and Norma Talmadge
D) Ramon Novarro and Lillian Gish
Answer: A) John Gilbert and Renée Adorée
23. Why did Fred Niblo’s career decline after the 1920s?
A) Lack of funding
B) Transition to sound films
C) Retirement from directing
D) Conflict with actors
Answer: B) Transition to sound films
24. In which city did Fred Niblo pass away?
A) Los Angeles
B) New York City
C) New Orleans
D) Sydney, Australia
Answer: C) New Orleans
25. Where is Fred Niblo buried?
A) Hollywood Forever Cemetery
B) Forest Lawn Memorial Park
C) Greenwood Cemetery
D) Oak Grove Cemetery
Answer: B) Forest Lawn Memorial Park