Can You Score 20/20? The Ultimate Darkest Western Movies Trivia Challenge

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Step into the shadowy frontiers of cinema with this thrilling trivia quiz on the darkest Western movies! From brutal revenge tales to morally ambiguous outlaws, these questions range from easy warm-ups to fiendish challenges that only true fans can conquer. Grab your revolver and see if you can ride through unscathed.

20 Trivia Questions on the Darkest Western Movies

Question 1: Who directed the iconic dark Western The Searchers (1956)?

A. Sergio Leone
B. Howard Hawks
C. John Ford
D. Sam Peckinpah

Question 2: In Unforgiven (1992), which actor plays the ageing gunslinger William Munny?

A. Gene Hackman
B. Clint Eastwood
C. Morgan Freeman
D. Richard Harris

Question 3: Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), Sergio Leone’s brutal epic, features Henry Fonda playing which sadistic character?

A. Cheyenne
B. Harmonica
C. Frank
D. Jill McBain

Question 4: Sam Peckinpah’s ultra-violent The Wild Bunch was released in which year?

A. 1967
B. 1969
C. 1971
D. 1965

Question 5: In No Country for Old Men (2007), who portrays the chilling hitman Anton Chigurh?

A. Tommy Lee Jones
B. Josh Brolin
C. Javier Bardem
D. Woody Harrelson

Question 6: Paul Thomas Anderson’s grim tale of oil and obsession, There Will Be Blood (2007), stars Daniel Day-Lewis as?

A. Eli Sunday
B. Paul Sunday
C. Daniel Plainview
D. H.W. Plainview

Question 7: In the horror-Western Bone Tomahawk (2015), Kurt Russell plays Sheriff?

A. John Brooder
B. Franklin Hunt
C. Arthur O’Dwyer
D. Samuel Sturgess

Question 8: Leonardo DiCaprio won his first Best Actor Oscar for portraying frontiersman Hugh Glass in which 2015 survival epic?

A. Hostiles
B. The Revenant
C. The Hateful Eight
D. Wind River

Question 9: Quentin Tarantino’s blood-soaked revenge Western Django Unchained (2012) features Christoph Waltz winning an Oscar for playing?

A. Dr. King Schultz
B. Calvin Candie
C. Stephen
D. Django

Question 10: Jim Jarmusch’s surreal, psychedelic Western Dead Man (1995) stars Johnny Depp as?

A. Nobody
B. William Blake
C. Trading Post Jack
D. Conway Twitty

Question 11: Who directed the brooding The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)?

A. Scott Cooper
B. David Milch
C. Andrew Dominik
D. Casey Affleck

Question 12: The 1999 cannibal-themed dark Western Ravenous stars Guy Pearce alongside which director’s son in a key role?

A. Robert Carlyle as Col. Ives/F.W. Colqhoun
B. Neal McDonough as Capt. John Boyd
C. Jeffrey Jones as S. Col. Hart
D. John Spencer as Gen. Slauson

Question 13: John Hillcoat’s savage Australian Western The Proposition (2005) stars Guy Pearce as which outlaw?

A. Captain Stanley
B. Charlie Burns
C. Arthur Burns
D. Mikey Burns

Question 14: In Scott Cooper’s brutal frontier tale Hostiles (2017), Christian Bale plays which character?

A. Sgt. Charles Wills
B. Capt. Joseph Blocker
C. Rosalie Quaid
D. Chief Yellow Hawk

Question 15: Robert Altman’s gritty, anti-Western McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) stars Warren Beatty and?

A. Julie Christie
B. Shelley Duvall
C. Keith Carradine
D. René Auberjonois

Question 16: In Sam Peckinpah’s melancholic Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973), Bob Dylan portrays which alias-using character?

A. Pat Garrett
B. Billy the Kid
C. Alias
D. Sheriff Kip McKinney

Question 17: The tense, morally dark High Noon (1952) stars Gary Cooper as Marshal?

A. Will Kane
B. Harvey Pell
C. Frank Miller
D. Amy Kane

Question 18: David Mackenzie’s modern neo-Western Hell or High Water (2016) features Jeff Bridges as which ageing Texas Ranger?

A. Toby Howard
B. Tanner Howard
C. Marcus Hamilton
D. Alberto Parker

Question 19: Taylor Sheridan’s icy neo-Western thriller Wind River (2017) stars Jeremy Renner as?

A. Matt Rayburn
B. Cory Lambert
C. Martin Hanson
D. Ben

Question 20: In the dark superhero Western Logan (2017), which character does Hugh Jackman reprise in his final outing?

A. Professor X
B. Laura/X-23
C. Wolverine/Logan
D. Caliban

Answers

  1. C. John Ford – Ford directed this landmark film starring John Wayne as the obsessive Ethan Edwards; Hawks collaborated on films like Red River, Leone on spaghetti Westerns, and Peckinpah on The Wild Bunch.
  2. B. Clint Eastwood – Eastwood stars as the reluctant Munny seeking redemption through vengeance; Hackman plays sheriff Little Bill, Freeman Ned Logan, and Harris English Bob.
  3. C. Frank – Fonda’s chilling portrayal of the villain Frank marked a departure from his heroic roles; Cheyenne is Jason Robards, Harmonica Charles Bronson, and Jill Claudia Cardinale.
  4. B. 1969 – The film redefined violence in Westerns with its slow-motion shootouts; other years align with nearby Peckinpah works like Major Dundee (1965) or The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1971).
  5. C. Javier Bardem – Bardem’s terrifying performance earned a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination; Jones is Sheriff Bell, Brolin Llewelyn Moss, Harrelson Carson Wells.
  6. C. Daniel Plainview – Day-Lewis won Best Actor for the ruthless tycoon; Eli is Paul Dano, Paul is Dillon Freasier as young H.W., who is grown by Kevin J. O’Connor.
  7. B. Franklin Hunt – Russell leads the rescue party in this gory tale; Brooder is Matthew Fox, O’Dwyer is Patrick Wilson, Sturgess Richard Jenkins.
  8. B. The Revenant – DiCaprio’s grizzly-mauled survivalist beat out nominees like Casey Affleck; others are Westerns with dark tones but different leads.
  9. A. Dr. King Schultz – Waltz won Best Supporting Actor for the bounty hunter; Candie is Leonardo DiCaprio, Stephen Samuel L. Jackson, Django Jamie Foxx.
  10. B. William Blake – Depp’s everyman poet flees after a killing; Nobody is Gary Farmer, others are minor killer characters.
  11. C. Andrew Dominik – Dominik helmed this slow-burn character study; Cooper directed Hostiles, Milch created Deadwood, Affleck plays Robert Ford.
  12. A. Robert Carlyle as Col. Ives/F.W. Colqhoun – Carlyle plays the cannibal leader; Pearce is Boyd, McDonough secondary, others officers.
  13. B. Charlie Burns – Pearce’s Charlie faces a grim ultimatum; Stanley is Ray Winstone, Arthur Danny Huston, Mikey Sullivan Stapleton.
  14. B. Capt. Joseph Blocker – Bale’s racist captain escorts a dying chief; Wills Timothée Chalamet, Quaid Rosamund Pike, Hawk Wes Studi.
  15. A. Julie Christie – Christie plays the opium-addicted madam opposite Beatty’s gambler; others are supporting Altman regulars.
  16. C. Alias – Dylan’s mysterious drifter aids Billy; Garrett is James Coburn, Kid Kris Kristofferson.
  17. A. Will Kane – Cooper’s lone marshal faces doom alone; others are deputy, villain, or wife roles.
  18. C. Marcus Hamilton – Bridges’ wisecracking ranger hunts bank robbers; Toby is Chris Pine, Tanner Ben Foster, Parker Gil Birmingham.
  19. B. Cory Lambert – Renner tracks a killer on the reservation; others are FBI agent, father, or tribal officer.
  20. C. Wolverine/Logan – Jackman’s dying mutant protects Laura in this violent road story; X is Patrick Stewart, Laura Dafne Keen, Caliban Stephen Merchant.

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