Can You Score 20/20? Identify These Movie Classics Advanced Trivia Quiz

Answers Below – No Peeking!

Test your cinematic expertise with this advanced quiz on Hollywood’s timeless movie classics! From Golden Age icons to New Hollywood masterpieces, these 20 identification questions range from challenging to expert-level. Grab a pen and see if you can name them all without peeking.

20 Trivia Questions on Movie Classics

Question 1: Which classic film features the iconic line "Here’s looking at you, kid"?

A. The Maltese Falcon
B. Casablanca
C. To Have and Have Not
D. The Big Sleep

Question 2: In which movie classic does the word "Rosebud" refer to a mysterious sled?

A. Citizen Kane
B. The Wizard of Oz
C. Gone with the Wind
D. It’s a Wonderful Life

Question 3: Which film contains the famous line "Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn"?

A. The Wizard of Oz
B. Casablanca
C. Gone with the Wind
D. Rebecca

Question 4: Which classic features Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto travelling to the land of Oz?

A. The Wizard of Oz
B. Meet Me in St. Louis
C. Babes in Toyland
D. Alice in Wonderland

Question 5: In which holiday classic does George Bailey contemplate suicide before an angel intervenes?

A. Miracle on 34th Street
B. It’s a Wonderful Life
C. White Christmas
D. Elf

Question 6: Which musical classic has Gene Kelly singing in the rain and the line "Dignity. Always, dignity"?

A. An American in Paris
B. Singin’ in the Rain
C. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
D. Top Hat

Question 7: Which Alfred Hitchcock film features the infamous shower murder scene with Janet Leigh?

A. Rear Window
B. Vertigo
C. Psycho
D. The Birds

Question 8: In which classic does Cary Grant flee a crop-dusting plane in a famous action sequence?

A. North by Northwest
B. Notorious
C. To Catch a Thief
D. Suspicion

Question 9: Which Hitchcock thriller involves Jimmy Stewart’s obsession with a woman and a bell tower vertigo plot?

A. Rear Window
B. Vertigo
C. Dial M for Murder
D. Shadow of a Doubt

Question 10: In which film does James Stewart spy on neighbours from a wheelchair?

A. Rope
B. The Man Who Knew Too Much
C. Rear Window
D. Family Plot

Question 11: Which noir classic ends with Norma Desmond saying, "All right, Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close-up"?

A. Sunset Boulevard
B. Double Indemnity
C. The Asphalt Jungle
D. In a Lonely Place

Question 12: Which post-war film features Orson Welles as Harry Lime and the "cuckoo clock" speech?

A. The Third Man
B. The Lady from Shanghai
C. Touch of Evil
D. Mr. Arkadin

Question 13: In which Marlon Brando film does he lament, "I coulda been a contender"?

A. A Streetcar Named Desire
B. On the Waterfront
C. The Wild One
D. Viva Zapata!

Question 14: Which comedy ends with the line "Well, nobody’s perfect"?

A. The Seven Year Itch
B. Some Like It Hot
C. Billy Wilder’s Sabrina
D. One, Two, Three

Question 15: Which film features Jack Lemmon as a bachelor lending his apartment for executives’ affairs?

A. Irma la Douce
B. The Apartment
C. Days of Wine and Roses
D. Luv

Question 16: In which Stanley Kubrick satire does Peter Sellers say, "Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here! This is the War Room!"?

A. Paths of Glory
B. Spartacus
C. Dr. Strangelove
D. Lolita

Question 17: Which sci-fi classic features the AI computer HAL 9000?

A. 2001: A Space Odyssey
B. Planet of the Apes
C. Barbarella
D. Solaris

Question 18: Which mafia epic includes the line "Leave the gun. Take the cannoli"?

A. The Godfather
B. Goodfellas
C. The Untouchables
D. Scarface

Question 19: In which blockbuster does Chief Brody say, "You’re gonna need a bigger boat"?

A. The Poseidon Adventure
B. Jaws
C. Deep Blue Sea
D. Orca

Question 20: Which underdog boxing film ends with "Yo, Adrian! I did it!"?

A. Raging Bull
B. Rocky
C. Million Dollar Baby
D. Cinderella Man

Answers

  1. B. Casablanca – The line is spoken by Humphrey Bogart’s Rick Blaine to Ingrid Bergman’s Ilsa; the others are Bogart films but lack this quote.
  2. A. Citizen Kane – "Rosebud" is the last word of Charles Foster Kane (Orson Welles), revealed as his childhood sled; not featured in the others.
  3. C. Gone with the Wind – Rhett Butler (Clark Gable) says it to Scarlett O’Hara (Vivien Leigh) in 1939; the quote was censored in some releases.
  4. A. The Wizard of Oz – Judy Garland stars as Dorothy with Toto in the 1939 MGM musical; the others have fantasy elements but no Toto.
  5. B. It’s a Wonderful Life – James Stewart plays George Bailey, saved by angel Clarence (Henry Travers) in Frank Capra’s 1946 film.
  6. B. Singin’ in the Rain – Gene Kelly stars in the 1952 musical; Donald O’Connor’s Cosmo says the dignity line during the plot about talkies.
  7. C. Psycho – The 1960 Hitchcock film shocked audiences with the shower scene killing Marion Crane (Janet Leigh).
  8. A. North by Northwest – The 1959 Hitchcock thriller has Cary Grant’s Thornhill chased by the crop duster in Indiana.
  9. B. Vertigo – James Stewart’s Scottie has vertigo from a bell tower in Hitchcock’s 1958 psychological thriller.
  10. C. Rear Window – Stewart’s photographer is wheelchair-bound spying in Hitchcock’s 1954 film.
  11. A. Sunset Boulevard – Gloria Swanson’s faded star Norma Desmond delivers the line in Billy Wilder’s 1950 noir.
  12. A. The Third Man – Orson Welles’ Harry Lime gives the speech in the 1949 film noir set in Vienna.
  13. B. On the Waterfront – Brando’s Terry Malloy says it to his brother in Elia Kazan’s 1954 drama.
  14. B. Some Like It Hot – The 1959 Billy Wilder comedy ends with Jack Lemmon’s revelation; Osgood (Joe E. Brown) replies.
  15. B. The Apartment – Jack Lemmon’s C.C. Baxter lends his flat in Billy Wilder’s 1960 Oscar-winner.
  16. C. Dr. Strangelove – Peter Sellers’ President Muffley says it in Kubrick’s 1964 nuclear satire.
  17. A. 2001: A Space Odyssey – Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film has HAL malfunctioning on the Discovery One.
  18. A. The Godfather – Clemenza (Richard S. Castellano) says it in Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 epic.
  19. B. Jaws – Roy Scheider’s Police Chief Martin Brody utters it in Spielberg’s 1975 thriller.
  20. B. Rocky – Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky Balboa yells it after his fight in John G. Avildsen’s 1976 Best Picture winner.

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