Leo McCarey Quiz Questions and Answers
1. What was Leo McCarey’s full name?
A) Leonard Thomas McCarey
B) Thomas Leo McCarey
C) Leo Michael McCarey
D) William Leo McCarey
Answer: B) Thomas Leo McCarey
2. In which city was Leo McCarey born?
A) New York City, NY
B) Los Angeles, CA
C) Chicago, IL
D) Boston, MA
Answer: B) Los Angeles, CA
3. What was Leo McCarey’s birth date?
A) October 3, 1898
B) July 5, 1896
C) March 12, 1900
D) December 15, 1897
Answer: A) October 3, 1898
4. Which university did Leo McCarey attend for law school?
A) Harvard University
B) University of Southern California
C) Stanford University
D) Yale University
Answer: B) University of Southern California
5. What was Leo McCarey’s father’s profession?
A) Film director
B) Lawyer
C) Fight promoter
D) Actor
Answer: C) Fight promoter
6. Which studio did Leo McCarey join in 1923 to hone his comedic skills?
A) Warner Bros.
B) Hal Roach Studios
C) Paramount Pictures
D) MGM Studios
Answer: B) Hal Roach Studios
7. Which comedy duo did Leo McCarey help create at Hal Roach Studios?
A) Abbott and Costello
B) Laurel and Hardy
C) The Marx Brothers
D) The Three Stooges
Answer: B) Laurel and Hardy
8. Which Laurel and Hardy short did Leo McCarey officially direct?
A) Liberty
B) Big Business
C) The Music Box
D) Towed in a Hole
Answer: A) Liberty
9. By what year had Leo McCarey become vice-president of production at Hal Roach Studios?
A) 1925
B) 1927
C) 1929
D) 1931
Answer: C) 1929
10. Which was Leo McCarey’s first feature film as a director?
A) The Sophomore
B) Duck Soup
C) Indiscreet
D) Part Time Wife
Answer: A) The Sophomore
11. Which film did Leo McCarey direct featuring the Marx Brothers?
A) A Night at the Opera
B) Duck Soup
C) Animal Crackers
D) Horse Feathers
Answer: B) Duck Soup
12. For which film did Leo McCarey win his first Academy Award for Best Director?
A) Going My Way
B) The Awful Truth
C) Make Way for Tomorrow
D) Love Affair
Answer: B) The Awful Truth
13. Which actor’s screen persona was largely shaped by Leo McCarey in The Awful Truth?
A) Clark Gable
B) James Stewart
C) Cary Grant
D) Humphrey Bogart
Answer: C) Cary Grant
14. What genre was Leo McCarey primarily known for in the 1930s?
A) Westerns
B) Screwball comedies
C) Film noir
D) Musicals
Answer: B) Screwball comedies
15. Which 1937 film by Leo McCarey is a poignant drama about the elderly?
A) Make Way for Tomorrow
B) Love Affair
C) The Awful Truth
D) Ruggles of Red Gap
Answer: A) Make Way for Tomorrow
16. Which studio did Leo McCarey join to direct The Awful Truth?
A) Paramount Pictures
B) Columbia Pictures
C) RKO Pictures
D) 20th Century Fox
Answer: B) Columbia Pictures
17. Which film marked Leo McCarey’s shift to more socially conscious themes in the 1940s?
A) Going My Way
B) Duck Soup
C) The Milky Way
D) Indiscreet
Answer: A) Going My Way
18. How many Academy Awards did Going My Way win?
A) Four
B) Five
C) Seven
D) Nine
Answer: C) Seven
19. Who starred as Father Chuck O’Malley in Going My Way?
A) Frank Sinatra
B) Bing Crosby
C) Gary Cooper
D) Spencer Tracy
Answer: B) Bing Crosby
20. Which film was a sequel to Going My Way?
A) The Bells of St. Mary’s
B) My Son John
C) An Affair to Remember
D) Good Sam
Answer: A) The Bells of St. Mary’s
21. Which actress starred alongside Bing Crosby in The Bells of St. Mary’s?
A) Grace Kelly
B) Ingrid Bergman
C) Deborah Kerr
D) Audrey Hepburn
Answer: B) Ingrid Bergman
22. Which film did Leo McCarey consider his finest work?
A) Going My Way
B) The Awful Truth
C) Make Way for Tomorrow
D) An Affair to Remember
Answer: C) Make Way for Tomorrow
23. What was the name of Leo McCarey’s independent production company?
A) Starlight Studios
B) Liberty Films
C) Rainbow Productions
D) Horizon Pictures
Answer: C) Rainbow Productions
24. Which 1957 film by Leo McCarey is a remake of his earlier Love Affair?
A) An Affair to Remember
B) Rally ‘Round the Flag, Boys!
C) My Son John
D) Satan Never Sleeps
Answer: A) An Affair to Remember
25. Which film by Leo McCarey was criticized for its lighthearted treatment of Nazism?
A) Once Upon a Honeymoon
B) The Kid from Spain
C) Six of a Kind
D) Belle of the Nineties
Answer: A) Once Upon a Honeymoon