1. What was John Cromwell’s birth name?
A) Elwood Dager
B) James Cromwell
C) John Dager
D) Edward Cromwell
Answer: A) Elwood Dager
2. In which city was John Cromwell born?
A) Los Angeles, California
B) Toledo, Ohio
C) New York, New York
D) Santa Barbara, California
Answer: B) Toledo, Ohio
3. What was John Cromwell’s primary profession?
A) Screenwriter
B) Cinematographer
C) Film and stage director and actor
D) Film editor
Answer: C) Film and stage director and actor
4. In which year did John Cromwell make his Broadway debut?
A) 1905
B) 1912
C) 1920
D) 1930
Answer: B) 1912
5. Which play marked John Cromwell’s Broadway debut?
A) Little Women
B) Major Barbara
C) Pygmalion
D) Hamlet
Answer: A) Little Women
6. Which film did John Cromwell direct that starred Bette Davis?
A) The Prisoner of Zenda
B) Of Human Bondage
C) Anna and the King of Siam
D) The Racket
Answer: B) Of Human Bondage
7. What was the name of the film Cromwell directed in 1937 starring Ronald Colman?
A) Algiers
B) The Prisoner of Zenda
C) Abe Lincoln in Illinois
D) Since You Went Away
Answer: B) The Prisoner of Zenda
8. How many times was John Cromwell married?
A) Two
B) Three
C) Four
D) Five
Answer: C) Four
9. Which actress was John Cromwell married to who gave birth to his son James Cromwell?
A) Ruth Nelson
B) Kay Johnson
C) Alice Lindahl
D) Marie Goff
Answer: B) Kay Johnson
10. In which year did John Cromwell win a Tony Award?
A) 1945
B) 1952
C) 1960
D) 1970
Answer: B) 1952
11. For which play did John Cromwell win a Tony Award?
A) Point of No Return
B) Sabrina Fair
C) Saint Joan
D) Major Barbara
Answer: A) Point of No Return
12. Which film did Cromwell direct that was based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning play?
A) Anna and the King of Siam
B) Abe Lincoln in Illinois
C) The Goddess
D) Dead Reckoning
Answer: B) Abe Lincoln in Illinois
13. What role did John Cromwell play in the 1936 Broadway production of Hamlet?
A) Hamlet
B) Rosencrantz
C) Claudius
D) Polonius
Answer: B) Rosencrantz
14. Which film directed by Cromwell featured Humphrey Bogart?
A) The Racket
B) Caged
C) Dead Reckoning
D) Algiers
Answer: C) Dead Reckoning
15. Why was John Cromwell’s directing career impacted in the 1950s?
A) Lack of funding
B) Hollywood blacklist
C) Health issues
D) Retirement
Answer: B) Hollywood blacklist
16. Which organization was John Cromwell president of from 1944 to 1946?
A) Directors Guild of America
B) Screen Actors Guild
C) Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
D) Writers Guild of America
Answer: A) Directors Guild of America
17. In which Robert Altman film did John Cromwell appear as an actor?
A) Nashville
B) MASH
C) 3 Women
D) The Player
Answer: C) 3 Women
18. What was the title of John Cromwell’s first solo-directed film?
A) Tom Sawyer
B) The Mighty
C) Close Harmony
D) Ann Vickers
Answer: B) The Mighty
19. Which film did Cromwell direct that starred Irene Dunne and Rex Harrison?
A) Anna and the King of Siam
B) The Silver Cord
C) In Name Only
D) Made for Each Other
Answer: A) Anna and the King of Siam
20. In which year did John Cromwell pass away?
A) 1969
B) 1979
C) 1985
D) 1990
Answer: B) 1979
21. Where did John Cromwell die?
A) Los Angeles, California
B) New York, New York
C) Santa Barbara, California
D) Toledo, Ohio
Answer: C) Santa Barbara, California
22. Which film did Cromwell direct that was a women’s prison drama?
A) The Goddess
B) Caged
C) The Company She Keeps
D) Since You Went Away
Answer: B) Caged
23. What was the cause of John Cromwell’s death?
A) Heart attack
B) Stroke
C) Cancer
D) Pulmonary embolism
Answer: D) Pulmonary embolism
24. Which Broadway play did Cromwell co-direct with Frank Craven?
A) Too Many Cooks
B) Major Barbara
C) Little Women
D) Pygmalion
Answer: A) Too Many Cooks
25. In which film did Cromwell direct Hedy Lamarr in her American screen debut?
A) The Prisoner of Zenda
B) Algiers
C) Made for Each Other
D) In Name Only
Answer: B) Algiers
