1. In which year was Stanley Kramer born?
A) 1900
B) 1913
C) 1920
D) 1930
Answer: B) 1913
2. Where was Stanley Kramer born?
A) Los Angeles, California
B) New York City, New York
C) Chicago, Illinois
D) Seattle, Washington
Answer: B) New York City, New York
3. What was Stanley Kramer’s primary profession in Hollywood?
A) Actor
B) Screenwriter
C) Film Director and Producer
D) Cinematographer
Answer: C) Film Director and Producer
4. Which university did Stanley Kramer attend?
A) Harvard University
B) New York University
C) University of California, Los Angeles
D) Columbia University
Answer: B) New York University
5. At what age did Stanley Kramer graduate from high school?
A) 15
B) 17
C) 18
D) 20
Answer: A) 15
6. What degree did Stanley Kramer earn from New York University?
A) Film Studies
B) English Literature
C) Business Administration
D) Theater Arts
Answer: C) Business Administration
7. Which studio offered Stanley Kramer his first paid internship in Hollywood?
A) Paramount Pictures
B) 20th Century Fox
C) MGM
D) Universal Pictures
Answer: B) 20th Century Fox
8. During World War II, Stanley Kramer served in which branch of the military?
A) Navy
B) Air Force
C) Army Signal Corps
D) Marines
Answer: C) Army Signal Corps
9. What was the name of Stanley Kramer’s independent production company formed in 1948?
A) Screen Plays Inc.
B) Kramer Films
C) Hollywood Conscience Productions
D) Stanley Kramer Company
Answer: A) Screen Plays Inc.
10. Which film marked Stanley Kramer’s first production credit in 1949?
A) High Noon
B) Champion
C) The Defiant Ones
D) Inherit the Wind
Answer: B) Champion
11. Which film, produced by Kramer, was the first sound film to address anti-black racism?
A) The Defiant Ones
B) Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
C) Home of the Brave
D) The Men
Answer: C) Home of the Brave
12. Which actor made his screen debut in Stanley Kramer’s film The Men (1950)?
A) Marlon Brando
B) Kirk Douglas
C) Spencer Tracy
D) Sidney Poitier
Answer: A) Marlon Brando
13. Which Stanley Kramer film addressed the issue of racism through the story of two escaped convicts?
A) Inherit the Wind
B) The Defiant Ones
C) Judgment at Nuremberg
D) On the Beach
Answer: B) The Defiant Ones
14. Which film did Stanley Kramer produce that was set during the Napoleonic Wars?
A) The Pride and the Passion
B) The Caine Mutiny
C) Ship of Fools
D) Not as a Stranger
Answer: A) The Pride and the Passion
15. Which Stanley Kramer film explores the aftermath of a nuclear war?
A) On the Beach
B) The Wild One
C) It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
D) Bless the Beasts and Children
Answer: A) On the Beach
16. Which film directed by Stanley Kramer is based on the Scopes Monkey Trial?
A) Judgment at Nuremberg
B) Inherit the Wind
C) The Defiant Ones
D) Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
Answer: B) Inherit the Wind
17. Which Stanley Kramer film addresses the Nazi war crimes trials?
A) Ship of Fools
B) The Secret of Santa Vittoria
C) Judgment at Nuremberg
D) The Runner Stumbles
Answer: B) Judgment at Nuremberg
18. Which comedic film directed by Stanley Kramer features a large ensemble cast chasing a fortune?
A) It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
B) The Secret of Santa Vittoria
C) R.P.M.
D) Bless the Beasts and Children
Answer: A) It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
19. Which Stanley Kramer film was Vivien Leigh’s final Oscar-nominated performance?
A) Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
B) Ship of Fools
C) On the Beach
D) The Defiant Ones
Answer: B) Ship of Fools
20. Which actor starred in Stanley Kramer’s Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner in his final role?
A) Spencer Tracy
B) Sidney Poitier
C) Burt Lancaster
D) Gregory Peck
Answer: A) Spencer Tracy
21. What award did Stanley Kramer receive from the Academy in 1961?
A) Best Director
B) Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
C) Best Picture
D) Lifetime Achievement Award
Answer: B) Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
22. How many Academy Award nominations did Stanley Kramer’s films receive collectively?
A) 50
B) 65
C) 80
D) 100
Answer: C) 80
23. How many times was Stanley Kramer nominated for an Academy Award as a producer or director?
A) 5
B) 7
C) 9
D) 11
Answer: C) 9
24. Which actress won an Oscar for her performance in a Stanley Kramer film?
A) Vivien Leigh
B) Katharine Hepburn
C) Ava Gardner
D) Simone Signoret
Answer: B) Katharine Hepburn
25. Which actor won an Oscar for his performance in a Stanley Kramer film?
A) Spencer Tracy
B) Sidney Poitier
C) Maximilian Schell
D) Tony Curtis
Answer: C) Maximilian Schell
