1. In which city was George Roy Hill born?
A) New York City, NY
B) Minneapolis, MN
C) Los Angeles, CA
D) Chicago, IL
Answer: B) Minneapolis, MN
2. What was George Roy Hill’s birth date?
A) December 20, 1921
B) January 15, 1920
C) November 10, 1922
D) March 5, 1923
Answer: A) December 20, 1921
3. Which university did George Roy Hill attend to study music?
A) Harvard University
B) Yale University
C) Stanford University
D) Princeton University
Answer: B) Yale University
4. What was George Roy Hill’s profession during World War II?
A) Transport Pilot
B) Infantry Soldier
C) Navy Officer
D) Medic
Answer: A) Transport Pilot
5. Which war did George Roy Hill serve in as a pilot, in addition to World War II?
A) Vietnam War
B) Gulf War
C) Korean War
D) Cold War
Answer: C) Korean War
6. What degree did George Roy Hill earn from Trinity College in Dublin?
A) Bachelor’s in Music
B) Bachelor’s in Literature
C) Master’s in Theater
D) PhD in English
Answer: B) Bachelor’s in Literature
7. In which country did George Roy Hill begin his acting career?
A) United States
B) Ireland
C) United Kingdom
D) Canada
Answer: B) Ireland
8. Which play marked George Roy Hill’s stage acting debut in 1947?
A) Hamlet
B) Romeo and Juliet
C) The Devil’s Disciple
D) A Streetcar Named Desire
Answer: C) The Devil’s Disciple
9. What was the name of the theater company George Roy Hill worked with in Ireland?
A) Abbey Theatre
B) Cyril Cusack’s Company
C) Gate Theatre
D) Dublin Theatre Company
Answer: B) Cyril Cusack’s Company
10. Which Broadway play did George Roy Hill appear in with Bea Arthur?
A) The Taming of the Shrew
B) Richard II
C) Creditors
D) Macbeth
Answer: C) Creditors
11. What was George Roy Hill’s first feature film as a director?
A) The World of Henry Orient
B) Period of Adjustment
C) Toys in the Attic
D) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Answer: B) Period of Adjustment
12. Which film earned George Roy Hill an Academy Award for Best Director?
A) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
B) Slap Shot
C) The Sting
D) The World According to Garp
Answer: C) The Sting
13. Which two actors starred in both Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Sting?
A) Robert De Niro and Al Pacino
B) Jack Lemmon and Warren Beatty
C) Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight
D) Paul Newman and Robert Redford
Answer: D) Paul Newman and Robert Redford
14. What was the name of George Roy Hill’s final film?
A) Funny Farm
B) The Little Drummer Girl
C) The World According to Garp
D) A Little Romance
Answer: A) Funny Farm
15. Which George Roy Hill film was based on a novel by Kurt Vonnegut?
A) Slaughterhouse-Five
B) The Great Waldo Pepper
C) The World of Henry Orient
D) Hawaii
Answer: A) Slaughterhouse-Five
16. Which film directed by George Roy Hill featured Julie Andrews and was over three hours long?
A) Thoroughly Modern Millie
B) Hawaii
C) A Little Romance
D) The Sting
Answer: B) Hawaii
17. What was George Roy Hill’s profession before he became a film director?
A) Lawyer
B) Journalist
C) Actor and Theater Director
D) Musician
Answer: C) Actor and Theater Director
18. Which television show did George Roy Hill direct an episode about the Titanic for?
A) Playhouse 90
B) Studio One
C) Kraft Television Theatre
D) The Kaiser Aluminum Hour
Answer: C) Kraft Television Theatre
19. What was the title of the teleplay George Roy Hill wrote and acted in, based on his military experience?
A) A Night to Remember
B) My Brother’s Keeper
C) The Helen Morgan Story
D) Judgment at Nuremberg
Answer: B) My Brother’s Keeper
20. Which George Roy Hill film featured Peter Sellers as a pianist?
A) The World of Henry Orient
B) Thoroughly Modern Millie
C) A Little Romance
D) Slap Shot
Answer: A) The World of Henry Orient
21. What was the name of George Roy Hill’s wife, whom he married in 1951?
A) Julie Andrews
B) Louisa Horton
C) Geraldine Page
D) Wendy Hiller
Answer: B) Louisa Horton
22. What was George Roy Hill’s hobby that influenced his films?
A) Flying
B) Sailing
C) Painting
D) Writing Poetry
Answer: A) Flying
23. Which George Roy Hill film was a sports comedy starring Paul Newman?
A) The Great Waldo Pepper
B) Slap Shot
C) The Sting
D) Funny Farm
Answer: B) Slap Shot
24. Which film directed by George Roy Hill was adapted from a novel by John LeCarré?
A) The Little Drummer Girl
B) A Little Romance
C) The World According to Garp
D) Slaughterhouse-Five
Answer: A) The Little Drummer Girl
25. What was the primary setting of George Roy Hill’s film The Sting?
A) New York during the 1920s
B) Chicago during the Great Depression
C) Los Angeles in the 1940s
D) Miami in the 1950s
Answer: B) Chicago during the Great Depression
