Robert Mulligan Quiz Questions and Answers

1. In which year was Robert Mulligan born?
A) 1920
B) 1925
C) 1930
D) 1935
Answer: B) 1925

2. What was Robert Mulligan’s profession?
A) Actor and Screenwriter
B) Cinematographer
C) Director and Producer
D) Film Editor
Answer: C) Director and Producer

3. Which film is Robert Mulligan best known for directing?
A) Summer of ’42
B) To Kill a Mockingbird
C) The Other
D) The Man in the Moon
Answer: B) To Kill a Mockingbird

4. During which war did Robert Mulligan serve as a radio operator?
A) Korean War
B) World War I
C) World War II
D) Vietnam War
Answer: C) World War II

5. Which university did Robert Mulligan graduate from?
A) Harvard University
B) Fordham University
C) Columbia University
D) New York University
Answer: B) Fordham University

6. What was Mulligan’s first job in the media industry?
A) Messenger at CBS
B) Film Director
C) Reporter at The New York Times
D) Radio Host
Answer: A) Messenger at CBS

7. Which television series did Mulligan direct episodes for in the 1950s?
A) The Twilight Zone
B) Suspense
C) I Love Lucy
D) The Honeymooners
Answer: B) Suspense

8. What was Robert Mulligan’s first feature film?
A) To Kill a Mockingbird
B) The Rat Race
C) Fear Strikes Out
D) Come September
Answer: C) Fear Strikes Out

9. Who was Mulligan’s frequent collaborator in the 1960s?
A) Horton Foote
B) Gregory Peck
C) Alan J. Pakula
D) Natalie Wood
Answer: C) Alan J. Pakula

10. Which film earned Mulligan an Academy Award nomination for Best Director?
A) Summer of ’42
B) To Kill a Mockingbird
C) The Other
D) Same Time, Next Year
Answer: B) To Kill a Mockingbird

11. Which actor starred as Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird?
A) Gregory Peck
B) Robert Mitchum
C) Rock Hudson
D) Tony Curtis
Answer: A) Gregory Peck

12. What was the profession of Robert Mulligan’s father?
A) Lawyer
B) Policeman
C) Teacher
D) Doctor
Answer: B) Policeman

13. Which film did Mulligan direct that was a comedic remake of a Brazilian film?
A) Kiss Me Goodbye
B) Clara’s Heart
C) Same Time, Next Year
D) The Man in the Moon
Answer: A) Kiss Me Goodbye

14. Which television movie directed by Mulligan won him an Emmy Award?
A) Ah, Wilderness!
B) The Moon and Sixpence
C) Playhouse 90
D) Rendezvous
Answer: B) The Moon and Sixpence

15. Which actor did Mulligan direct in Fear Strikes Out?
A) Tony Curtis
B) Steve McQueen
C) Anthony Perkins
D) Robert Redford
Answer: C) Anthony Perkins

16. What was the setting of Come September (1961)?
A) France
B) Italy
C) Spain
D) Greece
Answer: B) Italy

17. Which film did Mulligan direct that featured Natalie Wood and Steve McQueen?
A) Love with the Proper Stranger
B) Inside Daisy Clover
C) The Rat Race
D) The Spiral Road
Answer: A) Love with the Proper Stranger

18. What theme did Mulligan often explore in his films?
A) Science Fiction
B) Childhood and Adolescence
C) Political Intrigue
D) War Epics
Answer: B) Childhood and Adolescence

19. Which film marked Reese Witherspoon’s film debut under Mulligan’s direction?
A) Clara’s Heart
B) The Man in the Moon
C) Summer of ’42
D) The Other
Answer: B) The Man in the Moon

20. What was the name of Mulligan’s younger brother, also in the entertainment industry?
A) Richard Mulligan
B) James Mulligan
C) Edward Mulligan
D) Patrick Mulligan
Answer: A) Richard Mulligan

21. Which film did Mulligan direct that was a thriller about personality splitting?
A) The Stalking Moon
B) The Other
C) Up the Down Staircase
D) Bloodbrothers
Answer: B) The Other

22. What was Mulligan’s only Broadway directing credit?
A) All the Way Home
B) The Moon and Sixpence
C) Comes a Day
D) The Rat Race
Answer: C) Comes a Day

23. Which film did Mulligan direct that starred Whoopi Goldberg?
A) Kiss Me Goodbye
B) Clara’s Heart
C) Same Time, Next Year
D) The Pursuit of Happiness
Answer: B) Clara’s Heart

24. What was the name of the producer who proposed To Kill a Mockingbird to Mulligan?
A) Horton Foote
B) Alan J. Pakula
C) Bernard Slade
D) Garson Kanin
Answer: B) Alan J. Pakula

25. Which film did Mulligan direct that was based on a Bernard Slade play?
A) Same Time, Next Year
B) Kiss Me Goodbye
C) The Man in the Moon
D) Inside Daisy Clover
Answer: A) Same Time, Next Year