Joseph L. Mankiewicz Quiz Questions and Answers
1. In which year was Joseph L. Mankiewicz born?
A) 1909
B) 1915
C) 1920
D) 1905
Answer: A) 1909
2. What was Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s primary profession?
A) Actor
B) Film Director, Screenwriter, and Producer
C) Cinematographer
D) Film Editor
Answer: B) Film Director, Screenwriter, and Producer
3. Which film directed by Mankiewicz won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1950?
A) The Barefoot Contessa
B) A Letter to Three Wives
C) All About Eve
D) Cleopatra
Answer: C) All About Eve
4. How many Academy Awards did Joseph L. Mankiewicz win for All About Eve?
A) One
B) Two
C) Three
D) Four
Answer: B) Two
5. Which of the following films did Mankiewicz both write and direct?
A) A Letter to Three Wives
B) Gone with the Wind
C) Citizen Kane
D) The Sound of Music
Answer: B) A Letter to Three Wives
6. What is the name of Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s older brother, who was also a notable screenwriter?
A) Herman J. Mankiewicz
B) Orson Welles
C) Ben Mankiewicz
D) Frank Mankiewicz
Answer: A) Herman J. Mankiewicz
7. Which film directed by Mankiewicz is a historical epic starring Elizabeth Taylor?
A) Julius Caesar
B) Cleopatra
C) The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
D) Suddenly, Last Summer
Answer: B) Cleopatra
8. In which year was Cleopatra, directed by Mankiewicz, released?
A) 1960
B) 1963
C) 1965
D) 1959
Answer: B) 1963
9. Which Mankiewicz film is known for its innovative narrative structure involving three women receiving a letter?
A) The Barefoot Contessa
B) All About Eve
C) A Letter to Three Wives
D) No Way Out
Answer: C) A Letter to Three Wives
10. For which film did Mankiewicz win his first Academy Award for Best Director?
A) All About Eve
B) The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
C) A Letter to Three Wives
D) Dragonwyck
Answer: C) A Letter to Three Wives
11. What genre is Mankiewicz’s film The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)?
A) Romantic Fantasy
B) Thriller
C) Western
D) Science Fiction
Answer: A) Romantic Fantasy
12. Which actor played the lead role of Mark Antony in Mankiewicz’s Cleopatra?
A) Marlon Brando
B) Richard Burton
C) Rex Harrison
D) Laurence Olivier
Answer: B) Richard Burton
13. Which Mankiewicz film features a young Sidney Poitier in a starring role?
A) No Way Out
B) The Barefoot Contessa
C) Suddenly, Last Summer
D) Guys and Dolls
Answer: A) No Way Out
14. What is the setting for the film Guys and Dolls (1955), directed by Mankiewicz?
A) Chicago
B) Los Angeles
C) Las Vegas
D) New York City
Answer: D) New York City
15. Which of the following films did Mankiewicz NOT direct?
A) All About Eve
B) The Philadelphia Story
C) The Barefoot Contessa
D) Julius Caesar
Answer: B) The Philadelphia Story
16. What was the name of the character played by Bette Davis in All About Eve?
A) Margo Channing
B) Eve Harrington
C) Karen Richards
D) Addison DeWitt
Answer: A) Margo Channing
17. Which Mankiewicz film is a Shakespearean adaptation released in 1953?
A) Othello
B) Julius Caesar
C) Macbeth
D) Hamlet
Answer: B) Julius Caesar
18. Who played the lead role of Brutus in Mankiewicz’s Julius Caesar?
A) James Mason
B) Marlon Brando
C) John Gielgud
D) Louis Calhern
Answer: A) James Mason
19. In which film did Mankiewicz explore themes of racial prejudice?
A) No Way Out
B) The Quiet American
C) The Barefoot Contessa
D) Sleuth
Answer: A) No Way Out
20. Which Mankiewicz film is a musical starring Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra?
A) On the Town
B) Guys and Dolls
C) The King and I
D) South Pacific
Answer: B) Guys and Dolls
21. What was the profession of the character Maria Vargas in The Barefoot Contessa?
A) Actress
B) Dancer
C) Singer
D) Writer
Answer: B) Dancer
22. Which actress played the lead role in The Barefoot Contessa?
A) Ava Gardner
B) Bette Davis
C) Elizabeth Taylor
D) Katharine Hepburn
Answer: A) Ava Gardner
23. In which year did Joseph L. Mankiewicz win his second consecutive Best Director Oscar?
A) 1949
B) 1950
C) 1951
D) 1952
Answer: B) 1950
24. Which Mankiewicz film is based on a novel by Graham Greene?
A) The Quiet American
B) Suddenly, Last Summer
C) The Honey Pot
D) There Was a Crooked Man…
Answer: A) The Quiet American
25. Which film marked Mankiewicz’s final directorial effort?
A) Sleuth
B) The Honey Pot
C) There Was a Crooked Man…
D) Cleopatra
Answer: A) Sleuth