1. What is Orson Welles’ full name?
A) George Orson Welles
B) Orson James Welles
C) Orson Bean Welles
D) Henry Orson Welles
Answer: A) George Orson Welles
2. In which year was Orson Welles born?
A) 1910
B) 1915
C) 1920
D) 1925
Answer: B) 1915
3. Which film directed by Orson Welles is often cited as one of the greatest films ever made?
A) The Magnificent Ambersons
B) The Lady from Shanghai
C) Touch of Evil
D) Citizen Kane
Answer: D) Citizen Kane
4. In which city was Orson Welles born?
A) Chicago, Illinois
B) Kenosha, Wisconsin
C) New York City, New York
D) Los Angeles, California
Answer: B) Kenosha, Wisconsin
5. What was the name of Orson Welles’ famous 1938 radio broadcast that caused widespread panic?
A) War of the Worlds
B) The Shadow
C) Mercury Theatre
D) The Martian Chronicles
Answer: A) War of the Worlds
6. Which theatre company did Orson Welles co-found in 1937?
A) Federal Theatre Project
B) Mercury Theatre
C) Group Theatre
D) Actors Studio
Answer: B) Mercury Theatre
7. What was the name of Orson Welles’ first feature film as a director?
A) The Stranger
B) Citizen Kane
C) The Magnificent Ambersons
D) Macbeth
Answer: B) Citizen Kane
8. Which studio gave Orson Welles unprecedented creative control for Citizen Kane?
A) RKO Pictures
B) Warner Bros.
C) MGM
D) Paramount Pictures
Answer: A) RKO Pictures
9. In Citizen Kane, what is the name of the fictional newspaper tycoon?
A) William Randolph Hearst
B) Jedediah Leland
C) Charles Foster Kane
D) Walter Parks Thatcher
Answer: C) Charles Foster Kane
10. Which cinematographer worked with Orson Welles on Citizen Kane?
A) Gregg Toland
B) James Wong Howe
C) Arthur Edeson
D) Hal Mohr
Answer: A) Gregg Toland
11. What is the famous “Rosebud” in Citizen Kane revealed to be?
A) A diamond
B) A sled
C) A painting
D) A letter
Answer: B) A sled
12. Which Shakespeare play did Orson Welles adapt into a film in 1948?
A) Hamlet
B) Othello
C) Macbeth
D) King Lear
Answer: C) Macbeth
13. In which year did Orson Welles die?
A) 1980
B) 1985
C) 1990
D) 1975
Answer: B) 1985
14. What role did Orson Welles play in the 1949 film The Third Man?
A) Holly Martins
B) Harry Lime
C) Major Calloway
D) Joseph Cotton
Answer: B) Harry Lime
15. Which film directed by Welles is a noir thriller starring Charlton Heston?
A) The Lady from Shanghai
B) Touch of Evil
C) The Stranger
D) Mr. Arkadin
Answer: B) Touch of Evil
16. What was the name of Orson Welles’ unfinished film about a director struggling to complete a project?
A) The Other Side of the Wind
B) Don Quixote
C) The Dreamers
D) The Deep
Answer: A) The Other Side of the Wind
17. Which actress was married to Orson Welles from 1943 to 1947?
A) Rita Hayworth
B) Dolores del Río
C) Paola Mori
D) Oja Kodar
Answer: A) Rita Hayworth
18. In which country did Orson Welles spend much of his later career?
A) France
B) Italy
C) USA
D) United Kingdom
Answer: C) USA
19. What was the title of Orson Welles’ 1952 film adaptation of a Shakespeare play?
A) Macbeth
B) Othello
C) Chimes at Midnight
D) Julius Caesar
Answer: B) Othello
20. Which Orson Welles film features a famous hall-of-mirrors climax?
A) The Lady from Shanghai
B) Touch of Evil
C) Citizen Kane
D) The Stranger
Answer: A) The Lady from Shanghai
21. What was Orson Welles’ primary role in the 1942 film The Magnificent Ambersons?
A) Actor
B) Director
C) Writer
D) Screenwriter
Answer: B) Director
22. Which novel by Booth Tarkington was adapted by Welles for The Magnificent Ambersons?
A) The Magnificent Ambersons
B) Alice Adams
C) The Turmoil
D) Penrod
Answer: A) The Magnificent Ambersons
23. In which film did Orson Welles play a corrupt police captain named Hank Quinlan?
A) The Stranger
B) Touch of Evil
C) Mr. Arkadin
D) The Trial
Answer: B) Touch of Evil
24. What was the name of Orson Welles’ 1962 film adaptation of a Franz Kafka novel?
A) The Castle
B) The Trial
C) Amerika
D) Metamorphosis
Answer: B) The Trial
25. Which actor played the lead role of Joseph K. in Welles’ The Trial?
A) Anthony Perkins
B) Joseph Cotten
C) Orson Welles
D) Charlton Heston
Answer: A) Anthony Perkins
