Robert Stevenson Quiz Questions and Answers
1. In which year was Robert Stevenson born?
A) 1895
B) 1900
C) 1905
D) 1910
Answer: C) 1905
2. Where was Robert Stevenson born?
A) London, England
B) Buxton, Derbyshire, England
C) Manchester, England
D) Birmingham, England
Answer: B) Buxton, Derbyshire, England
3. What was Robert Stevenson’s primary profession?
A) Actor
B) Screenwriter and Director
C) Producer
D) Cinematographer
Answer: B) Screenwriter and Director
4. Which university did Robert Stevenson attend?
A) Oxford University
B) Harvard University
C) University of Cambridge
D) University of London
Answer: C) University of Cambridge
5. What was the first film Robert Stevenson directed solo?
A) Nine Days a Queen
B) Happy Ever After
C) King Solomon’s Mines
D) Jane Eyre
Answer: A) Nine Days a Queen
6. Which film earned Robert Stevenson a Best Director Oscar nomination?
A) The Love Bug
B) Mary Poppins
C) Bedknobs and Broomsticks
D) Old Yeller
Answer: B) Mary Poppins
7. How many films did Robert Stevenson direct for The Walt Disney Company?
A) 12
B) 15
C) 19
D) 22
Answer: C) 19
8. Which Disney film directed by Stevenson featured Julie Andrews in her film debut?
A) The Absent-Minded Professor
B) Mary Poppins
C) That Darn Cat!
D) The Love Bug
Answer: B) Mary Poppins
9. Which actor appeared in three of Stevenson’s Disney films?
A) David Tomlinson
B) Dean Jones
C) Dick Van Dyke
D) Fred MacMurray
Answer: A) David Tomlinson
10. What was the title of Stevenson’s first Disney film?
A) Old Yeller
B) Kidnapped
C) Johnny Tremain
D) The Absent-Minded Professor
Answer: C) Johnny Tremain
11. In which year did Robert Stevenson die?
A) 1980
B) 1986
C) 1990
D) 1995
Answer: B) 1986
12. Where did Robert Stevenson die?
A) Los Angeles, California
B) New York, New York
C) Santa Barbara, California
D) London, England
Answer: C) Santa Barbara, California
13. Which producer brought Stevenson to Hollywood in the 1930s?
A) Walt Disney
B) David O. Selznick
C) Howard Hughes
D) Darryl F. Zanuck
Answer: B) David O. Selznick
14. Which 1937 film directed by Stevenson starred Paul Robeson?
A) Tudor Rose
B) King Solomon’s Mines
C) The Man Who Changed His Mind
D) Non-Stop New York
Answer: B) King Solomon’s Mines
15. What was the original title of Stevenson’s film The Woman on Pier 13?
A) I Married a Communist
B) Walk Softly, Stranger
C) My Forbidden Past
D) The Las Vegas Story
Answer: A) I Married a Communist
16. Which Disney film directed by Stevenson was based on a novel by P.L. Travers?
A) Bedknobs and Broomsticks
B) Mary Poppins
C) The Gnome-Mobile
D) That Darn Cat!
Answer: B) Mary Poppins
17. Which 1943 film directed by Stevenson starred Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine?
A) Jane Eyre
B) Dishonored Lady
C) To the Ends of the Earth
D) Forever and a Day
Answer: A) Jane Eyre
18. How many Academy Award nominations did Mary Poppins receive?
A) 7
B) 10
C) 13
D) 15
Answer: C) 13
19. Which Disney film directed by Stevenson featured Hayley Mills as the lead?
A) The Love Bug
B) That Darn Cat!
C) Herbie Rides Again
D) The Island at the Top of the World
Answer: B) That Darn Cat
20. What was the last feature film directed by Robert Stevenson?
A) The Shaggy D.A.
B) Herbie Rides Again
C) One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
D) The Island at the Top of the World
Answer: A) The Shaggy D.A.
21. Which studio did Stevenson work for under Howard Hughes?
A) RKO
B) MGM
C) Warner Bros.
D) Universal
Answer: A) RKO
22. Which television series did Stevenson direct episodes for in the 1950s?
A) The Twilight Zone
B) Gunsmoke
C) I Love Lucy
D) The Andy Griffith Show
Answer: B) Gunsmoke
23. How many episodes of television did Stevenson direct in five years during the 1950s?
A) Over 50
B) Over 75
C) Over 100
D) Over 150
Answer: C) Over 100
24. Which actress was Stevenson married to from 1934 to 1944?
A) Ursula Henderson
B) Frances Holyoke Howard
C) Anna Lee
D) Cecilie L Leslie
Answer: C) Anna Lee
25. What was the name of Stevenson’s first wife?
A) Anna Lee
B) Cecilie L Leslie
C) Ursula Henderson
D) Frances Holyoke Howard
Answer: B) Cecilie L Leslie