1. In which city was John Landis born?
A) Los Angeles, California
B) Chicago, Illinois
C) New York, New York
D) Miami, Florida
Answer: B) Chicago, Illinois
2. What was John Landis’s first job in the film industry?
A) Scriptwriter
B) Stuntman
C) Mailboy at 20th Century Fox
D) Assistant Director
Answer: C) Mailboy at 20th Century Fox
3. At what age did John Landis make his directorial debut with the film Schlock?
A) 18
B) 21
C) 25
D) 30
Answer: B) 21
4. Which film marked John Landis’s breakthrough as a director?
A) The Kentucky Fried Movie
B) The Blues Brothers
C) National Lampoon’s Animal House
D) An American Werewolf in London
Answer: C) National Lampoon’s Animal House
5. Which horror film directed by John Landis is considered his personal masterpiece?
A) Innocent Blood
B) An American Werewolf in London
C) Twilight Zone: The Movie
D) Schlock
Answer: B) An American Werewolf in London
6. What was the name of the fictional film referenced in many of John Landis’s movies?
A) See You Next Wednesday
B) The Last Goodbye
C) Moonlit Shadows
D) Final Frontier
Answer: A) See You Next Wednesday
7. Which music video directed by John Landis popularized digital morphing?
A) Thriller
B) Black or White
C) Billie Jean
D) Beat It
Answer: B) Black or White
8. Which film did John Landis direct that featured musical performances by James Brown and Aretha Franklin?
A) Trading Places
B) The Blues Brothers
C) Coming to America
D) Spies Like Us
Answer: B) The Blues Brothers
9. What was the name of John Landis’s first feature film as a director?
A) Schlock
B) The Kentucky Fried Movie
C) Animal House
D) Three Amigos
Answer: A) Schlock
10. Which actor starred in multiple John Landis films, including The Blues Brothers and Trading Places?
A) John Belushi
B) Eddie Murphy
C) Dan Aykroyd
D) Chevy Chase
Answer: C) Dan Aykroyd
11. In which year was John Landis born?
A) 1945
B) 1950
C) 1955
D) 1960
Answer: B) 1950
12. Which film did John Landis direct that starred Eddie Murphy and was set in a fictional African country?
A) Beverly Hills Cop III
B) Coming to America
C) Trading Places
D) The Golden Child
Answer: B) Coming to America
13. What role did John Landis play in his film Schlock?
A) Director only
B) Director and writer
C) Director, writer, and actor
D) Producer and actor
Answer: C) Director, writer, and actor
14. Which television series did John Landis executive produce for HBO?
A) Sliders
B) Dream On
C) Weird Science
D) The Lost World
Answer: B) Dream On
15. What award did John Landis receive from the French government in 1985?
A) Chevalier dans l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres
B) Legion of Honour
C) Palme d’Or
D) César Award
Answer: A) Chevalier dans l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres
16. Which John Landis film is a tribute to monster movies?
A) An American Werewolf in London
B) Schlock
C) Innocent Blood
D) Twilight Zone: The Movie
Answer: B) Schlock
17. Which film festival awarded John Landis the Time Machine Career Achievement Award in 2004?
A) Cannes Film Festival
B) Sitges Film Festival
C) Venice Film Festival
D) Sundance Film Festival
Answer: B) Sitges Film Festival
18. Which film did John Landis direct that starred Sylvester Stallone?
A) Oscar
B) Spies Like Us
C) Three Amigos
D) The Stupids
Answer: A) Oscar
19. What was the profession of John Landis’s father?
A) Film director
B) Interior decorator
C) Actor
D) Producer
Answer: B) Interior decorator
20. Which film did John Landis direct that was a sequel to one of his earlier hits?
A) Blues Brothers 2000
B) Beverly Hills Cop III
C) Trading Places
D) Coming to America
Answer: A) Blues Brothers 2000
21. In which country did John Landis work as a production assistant on Kelly’s Heroes?
A) Italy
B) Spain
C) Yugoslavia
D) France
Answer: C) Yugoslavia
22. Which of the following films did John Landis NOT direct?
A) The Stupids
B) Ghostbusters
C) Three Amigos
D) Innocent Blood
Answer: B) Ghostbusters
23. What was the name of the production company founded by John Landis?
A) St. Clare Entertainment
B) Universal Studios
C) Blue Moon Productions
D) Monster Mash Media
Answer: A) St. Clare Entertainment
24. Which John Landis film featured a cameo by Steven Spielberg?
A) The Blues Brothers
B) Trading Places
C) An American Werewolf in London
D) Spies Like Us
Answer: A) The Blues Brothers
25. Which film did John Landis direct that was based on a Claude Magnier stage play?
A) Trading Places
B) Oscar
C) Coming to America
D) The Stupids
Answer: B) Oscar
