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
4. What was Raoul Walsh’s role in the silent film The Birth of a Nation (1915)?
A) Director
B) Cinematographer
C) Actor (John Wilkes Booth)
D) Producer
Answer: C) Actor (John Wilkes Booth)
5. Raoul Walsh was a founding member of which organization?
A) Directors Guild of America
B) Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)
C) Screen Actors Guild
D) Motion Picture Association
Answer: B) Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)
6. Which film marked Raoul Walsh’s directorial debut?
A) The Pseudo Prodigal
B) The Thief of Bagdad
C) Regeneration
D) The Big Trail
Answer: A) The Pseudo Prodigal
7. In which year did Raoul Walsh direct his first feature-length film, Regeneration?
A) 1913
B) 1915
C) 1917
D) 1920
Answer: B) 1915
8. What role did Raoul Walsh play in The Life of General Villa (1914)?
A) Pancho Villa as a young man
B) Director only
C) Cinematographer
D) General Villa’s aide
Answer: A) Pancho Villa as a young man
9. Why did Raoul Walsh stop acting after 1928?
A) He lost his right eye in a car accident
B) He lost interest in acting
C) He was blacklisted by studios
D) He focused on producing
Answer: A) He lost his right eye in a car accident
10. Which animal caused the accident that cost Raoul Walsh his right eye?
A) Jackrabbit
B) Deer
C) Coyote
D) Bear
Answer: A) Jackrabbit
11. Which film was Raoul Walsh supposed to star in before his 1928 accident?
A) The Big Trail
B) In Old Arizona
C) Sadie Thompson
D) White Heat
Answer: B) In Old Arizona
12. Who replaced Raoul Walsh in the lead role of In Old Arizona (1928)?
A) John Wayne
B) Humphrey Bogart
C) Warner Baxter
D) Errol Flynn
Answer: C) Warner Baxter
13. Which actor won an Oscar for the role Raoul Walsh was meant to play in In Old Arizona?
A) Douglas Fairbanks
B) Warner Baxter
C) James Cagney
D) Clark Gable
Answer: B) Warner Baxter
14. Which film did Raoul Walsh direct that is considered the first widescreen spectacle?
A) The Roaring Twenties
B) High Sierra
C) The Big Trail
D) White Heat
Answer: C) The Big Trail
15. Whom did Raoul Walsh discover and rename as John Wayne for The Big Trail (1930)?
A) Marion Morrison
B) Michael Morrison
C) Robert Wayne
D) Anthony Morrison
Answer: A) Marion Morrison
16. Which studio did Raoul Walsh join in 1939 that marked a peak in his career?
A) Paramount Pictures
B) MGM
C) 20th Century-Fox
D) Warner Brothers
Answer: D) Warner Brothers
17. Which film directed by Raoul Walsh starred James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart in 1939?
A) High Sierra
B) The Roaring Twenties
C) White Heat
D) They Drive By Night
Answer: B) The Roaring Twenties
18. Which Raoul Walsh film is considered the earliest feature gangster film?
A) Regeneration
B) The Roaring Twenties
C) White Heat
D) High Sierra
Answer: A) Regeneration
19. In which film did Raoul Walsh direct Gloria Swanson as a prostitute seeking a new life?
A) The Thief of Bagdad
B) Sadie Thompson
C) The Strawberry Blonde
D) What Price Glory?
Answer: B) Sadie Thompson
20. Which film did Raoul Walsh direct that featured Douglas Fairbanks in a fantasy epic?
A) The Thief of Bagdad
B) The Big Trail
C) What Price Glory?
D) The Honor System
Answer: A) The Thief of Bagdad
21. What was the profession of Raoul Walsh’s brother, George Walsh?
A) Film director
B) Silent cinema actor
C) Screenwriter
D) Cinematographer
Answer: B) Silent cinema actor
22. Which war did Raoul Walsh serve in as an officer?
A) World War I
B) World War II
C) Spanish-American War
D) Korean War
Answer: A) World War I
23. Which Raoul Walsh film featured Errol Flynn as General Custer?
A) Desperate Journey
B) They Died with Their Boots On
C) Northern Pursuit
D) Silver River
Answer: B) They Died with Their Boots On
24. In which year did Raoul Walsh retire from directing?
A) 1953
B) 1964
C) 1970
D) 1980
Answer: B) 1964
25. How did Raoul Walsh die?
A) Heart attack
B) Car accident
C) Stroke
D) Cancer
Answer: A) Heart attack
