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1.

The 1968 movie musical "Oliver!" is based on a novel by which author?

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Answer: Charles Dickens
2.

What monument does Taylor see at the end of the 1968 movie "Planet of the Apes"?

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Answer: The Statue Of Liberty
3.

What occupation is Maria training for at the start of the 1965 movie "The Sound of Music"?

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Answer: Nun
4.

What character does Dick Van Dyke play in the 1964 film "Mary Poppins"?

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Answer: Chimney Sweep
5.

What is the name of Goldfinger's female assistant in "Goldfinger"?

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Answer: Pussy Galore
6.

The title characters in the 1967 film "Bonnie and Clyde" were members of which notorious gang?

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Answer: Barrow Gang
7.

"Fast Eddie" Felson specializes in which game in the 1961 film "The Hustler"?

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Answer: Pool
8.

"The Magnificent Seven" is based on what classic Japanese film?

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Answer: Seven Samurai
9.

Leo Bloom and Max Bialystock put on a musical about which tyrannical ruler in "The Producers"?

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Answer: Hitler
10.

The 1969 movie "Medium Cool" depicts protests against which war?

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Answer: Vietnam War
11.

The 1968 film "Funny Girl" is the story of which legendary Broadway performer?

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Answer: Fanny Brice
12.

According to Virgil in 1967's "In the Heat of the Night", what do they call him in Philadelphia?

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Answer: Mister Tibbs
13.

1964's "A Shot in the Dark" is the second film to feature which legendary detective?

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Answer: Inspector Clouseau
14.

The main characters in "Born Free" raise which type of wild animal?

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Answer: Lion
15.

Annie Sullivan is dubbed "The Miracle Worker" for her efforts with which child?

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Answer: Helen Keller
16.

"What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" deals with the later life of whom?

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Answer: A Child Actress
17.

In the 1962 film "Cape Fear", a psycho stalks what sort of person who helped send him to jail?

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Answer: Lawyer
18.

The 1964 movie "My Fair Lady" is based on which George Bernard Shaw play?

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Answer: Pygmalion
19.

"Doctor Zhivago" takes place during a revolutionary period in which country?

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Answer: Russia
20.

"Viva Las Vegas" stars which rock icon?

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Answer: Elvis Presley
21.

1969's "A Boy Named Charlie Brown" was the first film based on which comic strip?

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Answer: Peanuts
22.

The Boys maintain order by passing what natural object in "Lord of the Flies"?

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Answer: A Conch Shell
23.

How is the title character paralyzed in "Pollyanna"?

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Answer: Falls From A Tree
24.

In the 1966 movie "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", both Nick and George hold what profession?

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Answer: Professor
25.

What is the occupation of the three girls in the 1965 movie "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!"?

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Answer: Go-Go Dancers
26.

"House of Usher" is based on a story by which author?

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Answer: Edgar Allan Poe
27.

Who had her first prominent film role in "Cactus Flower"?

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Answer: Goldie Hawn
28.

The release of "The Devil Rides Out" was delayed for years due to censorship worries over what?

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Answer: Satanism
29.

What does Jack Lemmon use as a colander in "The Apartment"?

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Answer: Tennis Racket
30.

From where are the men recruited in "The Dirty Dozen"?

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Answer: Prison
31.

"Yellow Submarine" features cartoon versions of which rock band?

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Answer: The Beatles
32.

The 1962 movie "Lawrence of Arabia" is set during which war?

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Answer: World War I
33.

Much of the violence in "The Wild Bunch" was edited out to avoid which rating?

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Answer: X
34.

How does Hilts attempt to break through the German-Swiss border in the 1963 film "The Great Escape"?

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Answer: Jumping His Motorcycle
35.

What do the crew in "The Guns of Navarone" disguise themselves as when crossing the sea?

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Answer: Fishermen
36.

Which basic activity is Sundance unable to perform in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"?

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Answer: Swimming
37.

"Army of Shadows" deals with the French people's resistance to whom?

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Answer: Hitler
38.

Which horror legend did the voiceover for "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas"?

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Answer: Boris Karloff
39.

1963's "Charade" was filmed on location in which European city?

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Answer: Paris
40.

Steve McQueen drives which sports car in "Bullitt"?

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Answer: Ford Mustang
41.

1965's "Repulsion" is the first English-language movie by which legendary director?

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Answer: Roman Polanski
42.

The 1963 film "Jason and the Argonauts" primarily employs what type of animation?

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Answer: Stop-Motion
43.

What does the main character do with his victims in the 1960 movie "Peeping Tom"?

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Answer: Films Them
44.

The finale of the 1967 film "Wait Until Dark" features the shattering of what objects?

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Answer: Light Bulbs
45.

The 1969 movie "The Italian Job" features which legendary playwright as a criminal overlord?

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Answer: Noel Coward
46.

"Breakfast at Tiffany's" features the original performance of which song?

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Answer: Moon River
47.

"The Music Man" is set in which Midwestern town?

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Answer: River City, Iowa
48.

The title character in "Becket" holds which title?

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Answer: Archbishop of Canterbury
49.

The title character of "The World of Henry Orient" is loosely named after which actor?

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Answer: Oscar Levant
50.

"Khartoum" tells of the Battle between Britain and which country for the titular territory?

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Answer: Sudan
51.

"The Longest Day" tells the story of which World War II battle?

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Answer: D-Day
52.

What is the name of the evil creatures in the 1960 movie "The Time Machine"?

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Answer: Morlocks
53.

Of what ethnicity is Peter Sellers' character in "The Party"?

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Answer: Indian
54.

"The Thomas Crown Affair" won an Oscar for which song?

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Answer: The Windmills of Your Mind
55.

The 1961 movie "The Innocents" is based on which Henry James novel?

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Answer: The Turn Of The Screw
56.

What is the name of the business that offers people a second chance at life in "Seconds"?

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Answer: The Company
57.

The 1960 movie "The Virgin Spring" is set in which Scandinavian country?

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Answer: Sweden
58.

"Will Penny" is based on an episode of which TV series?

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Answer: The Westerner
59.

Who directed the 1966 film "Blowup"?

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Answer: Michelangelo Antonioni
60.

Who directed the movie "Hatari" starring John Wayne?

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Answer: Howard Hawks
61.

What plan authorizes the nuclear attack in the 1964 Stanley Kubrick film "Dr. Strangelove"?

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Answer: Plan R
62.

For his role in "Spartacus", who was the only actor to win an Oscar in a Stanley Kubrick film?

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Answer: Peter Ustinov
63.

Which playing card is used to brainwash Raymond Shaw in 1962's "The Manchurian Candidate"?

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Answer: Queen Of Diamonds
64.

How does James Bond finally subdue Red Grant in "From Russia With Love"?

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Answer: Strangulation
65.

The 1968 movie "Night of the Living Dead" was filmed outside which American city?

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Answer: Pittsburgh
66.

What song do the British soldiers sing after being defeated in the 1964 movie "Zulu"?

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Answer: Men Of Harlech
67.

Where do Joey and Dr. Prentice meet in "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"?

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Answer: Hawaii
68.

What is the name of the corporate crime operation in the 1967 movie "Point Blank"?

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Answer: The Organization
69.

Charles Bronson's character has what musical name in the 1969 film "Once Upon a Time in the West"?

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Answer: Harmonica
70.

The title character in "Dr. No" resides on a small island off which nation?

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Answer: Jamaica
71.

In the 1968 film "The Swimmer", what does Ned Merrill swim in?

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Answer: Swimming Pools
72.

The murdered family of "In Cold Blood" lives in which town?

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Answer: Holcomb
73.

In the 1964 film "Seven Days in May", the signing of a treaty with whom precipitates a coup attempt?

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Answer: The Soviet Union
74.

The 1964 movie "A Fistful of Dollars" was primarily filmed in which country?

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Answer: Spain
75.

"The Lion in Winter" tells the story of which English king?

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Answer: Henry II
76.

The Robinson family is headed for which colony in "Swiss Family Robinson"?

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Answer: New Guinea
77.

Sir Thomas More defies which King in "A Man For All Seasons"?

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Answer: Henry VIII
78.

Mary Henry in the 1962 film "Carnival of Souls" is the only survivor of what calamity?

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Answer: Car Crash
79.

How is the main character first discovered by his father in "Tom Jones"?

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Answer: He's Left In His Bed
80.

What color is the main character's Cadillac in "Hud"?

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Answer: Pink
81.

Ransom Stoddard in the 1962 film "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" rises to what position?

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Answer: Senator
82.

"Targets" features the final film role of which horror legend?

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Answer: Boris Karloff
83.

How does an escaping fugitive trick the title character in "Madigan"?

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Answer: His Girlfriend Distracts Him
84.

The main character in "Hawaii" is a student at which Ivy League university?

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Answer: Yale
85.

"Faces" deals with what subject?

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Answer: Divorce
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