1. In which year was Stanley Donen born?
A) 1919
B) 1924
C) 1928
D) 1932
Answer: B) 1924

2. Where was Stanley Donen born?
A) New York City, NY
B) Los Angeles, CA
C) Columbia, SC
D) Chicago, IL
Answer: C) Columbia, SC

3. What inspired Stanley Donen to pursue dance as a child?
A) Watching Fred Astaire in Flying Down to Rio
B) Attending ballet performances
C) His parents’ involvement in theater
D) A local dance competition
Answer: A) Watching Fred Astaire in Flying Down to Rio

1. In which year was Otto Preminger born?
a) 1905
b) 1910
c) 1895
d) 1920
Answer: a) 1905

2. What was Otto Preminger’s birth country?
a) Germany
b) Austria
c) United States
d) France
Answer: b) Austria

3. Which film marked Otto Preminger’s breakthrough as a director in Hollywood?
a) Laura
b) Anatomy of a Murder
c) The Man with the Golden Arm
d) Exodus
Answer: a) Laura

1. In which city was Fred Zinnemann born?
a) Vienna, Austria
b) Rzeszów, Poland
c) Berlin, Germany
d) Paris, France
Answer: b) Rzeszów, Poland

2. What was Fred Zinnemann’s original career aspiration as a young boy?
a) Lawyer
b) Musician
c) Doctor
d) Actor
Answer: b) Musician

3. Which university did Zinnemann attend to study law?
a) University of Paris
b) University of Berlin
c) University of Vienna
d) University of Warsaw
Answer: c) University of Vienna

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

1. What was Raoul Walsh’s birth name?
A) Robert Edward Walsh
B) Albert Edward Walsh
C) Richard Alan Walsh
D) George Raoul Walsh
Answer: B) Albert Edward Walsh

2. In which year was Raoul Walsh born?
A) 1877
B) 1887
C) 1897
D) 1907
Answer: B) 1887

3. In which city was Raoul Walsh born?
A) New York City, New York
B) Los Angeles, California
C) Chicago, Illinois
D) Boston, Massachusetts
Answer: A) New York City, New York

1. In which year was Robert Rossen born?
A) 1900
B) 1908
C) 1912
D) 1920
Answer: B) 1908

2. What was Robert Rossen’s original surname?
A) Rosen
B) Ross
C) Rossini
D) Rosenthal
Answer: A) Rosen

3. Where was Robert Rossen born?
A) New York City, New York
B) Los Angeles, California
C) Chicago, Illinois
D) Boston, Massachusetts
Answer: A) New York City, New York

1. What was George Seaton’s birth name?
A) George Edward Stenius
B) George William Seaton
C) George Michael Stenius
D) George Robert Seaton
Answer: A) George Edward Stenius

2. In which city was George Seaton born?
A) Detroit, Michigan
B) South Bend, Indiana
C) Chicago, Illinois
D) Los Angeles, California
Answer: B) South Bend, Indiana

3. What was the profession of George Seaton’s father?
A) Actor
B) Chef and restaurant manager
C) Film director
D) Radio broadcaster
Answer: B) Chef and restaurant manager

1. In which year was Jacques Tourneur born?
a) 1899
b) 1904
c) 1910
d) 1920
Answer: b) 1904

2. Where was Jacques Tourneur born?
a) New York, USA
b) Paris, France
c) London, England
d) Berlin, Germany
Answer: b) Paris, France

3. Who was Jacques Tourneur’s father?
a) Maurice Tourneur
b) Jean Renoir
c) Fritz Lang
d) Alfred Hitchcock
Answer: a) Maurice Tourneur

1. In which year was Frank Capra born?
A) 1897
B) 1901
C) 1885
D) 1910
Answer: A) 1897

2. What was Frank Capra’s birth name?
A) Francesco Rosario Capra
B) Franco Giovanni Capra
C) Federico Antonio Capra
D) Filippo Marco Capra
Answer: A) Francesco Rosario Capra

3. From which country did Frank Capra immigrate to the United States?
A) France
B) Italy
C) Spain
D) Germany
Answer: B) Italy

1. In which year was William Wyler born?
A) 1898
B) 1902
C) 1906
D) 1910
Answer: B) 1902

2. What was William Wyler’s birth name?
A) Wilhelm Weiller
B) William Wyler
C) Willi Wyler
D) Guillaume Wyler
Answer: C) Willi Wyler

3. Which studio did Wyler work for most prominently during the 1930s and 1940s?
A) Warner Bros.
B) Paramount Pictures
C) Universal Pictures
D) Goldwyn Pictures
Answer: D) Goldwyn Pictures