1. In which year was Richard Fleischer born?
A) 1910
B) 1916
C) 1920
D) 1925
Answer: B) 1916
2. Where was Richard Fleischer born?
A) Brooklyn, New York
B) Los Angeles, California
C) Chicago, Illinois
D) Miami, Florida
Answer: A) Brooklyn, New York
3. Who was Richard Fleischer’s father?
A) Walt Disney
B) Max Fleischer
C) Stanley Kramer
D) Darryl F. Zanuck
Answer: B) Max Fleischer
4. What was Max Fleischer’s profession?
A) Film director
B) Screenwriter
C) Animator/producer
D) Actor
Answer: C) Animator/producer
5. Which university did Richard Fleischer attend before enrolling at Yale School of Drama?
A) Harvard University
B) Brown University
C) Columbia University
D) New York University
Answer: B) Brown University
6. What was the name of the theatrical group Richard Fleischer founded at Yale?
A) Yale Players
B) Drama Guild
C) Arena Players
D) Stage Stars
Answer: C) Arena Players
7.In which year did Richard Fleischer begin his film career at RKO studio?
A) 1937
B) 1942
C) 1947
D) 1950
Answer: B) 1942
8. What was the name of the series of short compilations of silent films directed by Richard Fleischer?
A) Flicker Flashbacks
B) Silent Rewind
C) Retro Reels
D) Classic Clips
Answer: A) Flicker Flashbacks
9. Which documentary earned Richard Fleischer an Academy Award in 1947?
A) Design for Death
B) Child of Divorce
C) So This Is New York
D) The Narrow Margin
Answer: A) Design for Death
10. Who co-wrote the documentary Design for Death with Richard Fleischer?
A) Stanley Kramer
B) Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss)
C) Carl Foreman
D) Orson Welles
Answer: B) Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss)
11. What was Richard Fleischer’s first feature film?
A) Child of Divorce
B) Bodyguard
C) Banjo
D) The Clay Pigeon
Answer: A) Child of Divorce
12. Which studio hired Richard Fleischer to direct 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea in 1954?
A) Walt Disney Pictures
B) 20th Century Fox
C) RKO
D) United Artists
Answer: A) Walt Disney Pictures
13. Which actor starred in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea directed by Richard Fleischer?
A) Charlton Heston
B) Kirk Douglas
C) Rex Harrison
D) Anthony Quinn
Answer: B) Kirk Douglas
14. What format did Richard Fleischer use for 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea to enhance the dynamic effect of the Nautilus scenes?
A) IMAX
B) 3D
C) CinemaScope
D) Technicolor
Answer: C) CinemaScope
15. Which film did Richard Fleischer direct that was produced by Kirk Douglas’s company, Brynaprod?
A) The Vikings
B) Barabbas
C) Compulsion
D) Fantastic Voyage
Answer: A) The Vikings
16. Which actor did Richard Fleischer work with in the film Compulsion (1959)?
A) Tony Curtis
B) Orson Welles
C) James Mason
D) Rex Harrison
Answer: B) Orson Welles
17. Which film did Richard Fleischer direct for producer Dino De Laurentiis in 1961?
A) Barabbas
B) Fantastic Voyage
C) Doctor Dolittle
D) The Big Gamble
Answer: A) Barabbas
18. Which science-fiction film directed by Richard Fleischer in 1966 was a major success and revived his Hollywood career?
A) Soylent Green
B) Fantastic Voyage
C) Tora! Tora! Tora!
D) Che!
Answer: B) Fantastic Voyage
19. Which 1967 musical directed by Richard Fleischer failed to break even at the box office?
A) The Jazz Singer
B) The Happy Time
C) Doctor Dolittle
D) The Prince and the Pauper
Answer: C) Doctor Dolittle
20. Which true-crime drama directed by Richard Fleischer in 1968 featured Tony Curtis?
A) 10 Rillington Place
B) The Boston Strangler
C) Compulsion
D) The Last Run
Answer: B) The Boston Strangler
21. Which 1969 biopic directed by Richard Fleischer was an expensive flop?
A) Che!
B) Tora! Tora! Tora!
C) Mandingo
D) The New Centurions
Answer: A) Che!
22. Which film did Richard Fleischer direct as part of a U.S.-Japanese co-production about the attack on Pearl Harbor?
A) The Don Is Dead
B) Tora! Tora! Tora!
C) Mr. Majestyk
D) The Last Run
Answer: B) Tora! Tora! Tora!
23. Which British thriller directed by Richard Fleischer in 1971 starred Richard Attenborough?
A) 10 Rillington Place
B) See No Evil
C) The Last Run
D) The New Centurions
Answer: A) 10 Rillington Place
24. Which dystopian science-fiction film directed by Richard Fleischer in 1973 is considered a classic?
A) Fantastic Voyage
B) Soylent Green
C) Amityville 3-D
D) The New Centurions
Answer: B) Soylent Green
25. Which controversial period drama did Richard Fleischer direct in 1975?
A) Mandingo
B) Ashanti
C) The Jazz Singer
D) The Prince and the Pauper
Answer: A) Mandingo
