Can You Score 20/20? The Ultimate Modern Western Movies Trivia Quiz

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Think you’re a true fan of modern Westerns? From the gritty neo-Westerns of the 1990s to today’s award-winning epics, this quiz tests your knowledge with questions ranging from easy to devilishly hard. Grab a pen, no Googling, and see if you can ace all 20!

20 Trivia Questions on Modern Western Movies

Question 1: Who directed the 2007 neo-Western No Country for Old Men?

A. Paul Thomas Anderson
B. Quentin Tarantino
C. Joel and Ethan Coen
D. Ang Lee

Question 2: Which actor won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor as Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men (2007)?

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

Question 3: In There Will Be Blood (2007), who plays the oil prospector Daniel Plainview?

A. Daniel Day-Lewis
B. Paul Dano
C. Kevin J. O’Connor
D. Ciarán Hinds

Question 4: Who directed The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)?

A. James Mangold
B. Ed Harris
C. Andrew Dominik
D. Scott Cooper

Question 5: In the 2010 remake of True Grit, who plays young Mattie Ross?

A. Hailee Steinfeld
B. Elizabeth Marvel
C. Ruth Ruthford
D. Candice Bergen

Question 6: Which film features Jamie Foxx as Django Freeman and won Christoph Waltz an Oscar?

A. The Hateful Eight
B. Django Unchained
C. The Revenant
D. Bone Tomahawk

Question 7: Who directed The Revenant (2015), earning Leonardo DiCaprio his first Best Actor Oscar?

A. David Mackenzie
B. Alejandro G. Iñárritu
C. Taylor Sheridan
D. Denis Villeneuve

Question 8: In Hell or High Water (2016), which actor plays Texas Ranger Marcus Hamilton?

A. Chris Pine
B. Ben Foster
C. Jeff Bridges
D. Gil Birmingham

Question 9: The Power of the Dog (2021) was directed by whom?

A. Jane Campion
B. Chloé Zhao
C. Emerald Fennell
D. Greta Gerwig

Question 10: Clint Eastwood won Oscars for directing and producing which 1992 modern Western?

A. Open Range
B. Unforgiven
C. Pale Rider
D. High Plains Drifter

Question 11: Who stars as William Munny in Unforgiven (1992)?

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

Question 12: In 3:10 to Yuma (2007), who plays outlaw Ben Wade?

A. Christian Bale
B. Russell Crowe
C. Ben Foster
D. Logan Lerman

Question 13: Which 2005 Australian Western stars Guy Pearce as Charlie Burns?

A. The Proposition
B. Dead Man
C. Lone Star
D. Appaloosa

Question 14: Ed Harris co-wrote and directed which 2008 Western featuring Viggo Mortensen?

A. Hostiles
B. Appaloosa
C. The Missing
D. Wyatt Earp

Question 15: In Bone Tomahawk (2015), who plays Sheriff Franklin Hunt?

A. Kurt Russell
B. Patrick Wilson
C. Matthew Fox
D. Richard Jenkins

Question 16: Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight (2015) is set in which era?

A. 1870s Wyoming
B. 1890s Colorado
C. 1860s Texas
D. 1880s Arizona

Question 17: Who plays Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd in News of the World (2020)?

A. Tom Hanks
B. Helena Zengel
C. Neil Sandilands
D. Michael Apted

Question 18: Hostiles (2017) stars Christian Bale as which character?

A. Army Captain Joseph Blocker
B. Sergeant Charles Wills
C. Rosalie Quaid
D. Chief Yellow Hawk

Question 19: Which director helmed Wind River (2017), a modern neo-Western thriller?

A. Taylor Sheridan
B. Craig Johnson
C. David Mackenzie
D. Jeremy Saulnier

Question 20: In Open Range (2003), Kevin Costner plays which character opposite Robert Duvall?

A. Charley Waite
B. Boss Spearman
C. Mose Harrison
D. Percy

Answers

  1. C. Joel and Ethan Coen – They co-directed the film, which won Best Picture; Anderson directed There Will Be Blood, Tarantino Django Unchained, and Lee Brokeback Mountain.
  2. A. Javier Bardem – He won for his chilling portrayal; Jones, Harrelson, and Brolin played other key roles but weren’t nominated for Supporting Actor.
  3. A. Daniel Day-Lewis – He earned a Best Actor nomination; Dano plays Eli Sunday, the others supporting parts.
  4. C. Andrew Dominik – He directed this slow-burn Western; Mangold did 3:10 to Yuma, Harris Appaloosa, Cooper Hostiles.
  5. A. Hailee Steinfeld – She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress; the others are from the 1969 original.
  6. B. Django Unchained – Waltz won Best Supporting Actor; the others are different Tarantino or horror-Western films.
  7. B. Alejandro G. Iñárritu – He won Best Director; the others directed other neo-Westerns like Hell or High Water.
  8. C. Jeff Bridges – He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor; Pine and Foster are the brothers, Birmingham the partner.
  9. A. Jane Campion – She won Best Director; the others are acclaimed female directors of non-Westerns.
  10. B. Unforgiven – Eastwood won both Oscars; Open Range was later, others earlier.
  11. C. Clint Eastwood – He stars as the ageing gunslinger; Hackman plays Little Bill, the villain.
  12. B. Russell Crowe – He plays the charismatic bandit; Bale is the rancher Dan Evans.
  13. A. The Proposition – Pearce stars in this brutal Outback tale; others are American Westerns.
  14. B. Appaloosa – Harris directs and stars with Mortensen; others feature different leads.
  15. A. Kurt Russell – He leads as the sheriff; others play supporting roles in the cannibal-Western.
  16. A. 1870s Wyoming – The bounty hunters’ stagecoach tale unfolds post-Civil War; others wrong locations/eras.
  17. A. Tom Hanks – He stars as the Civil War veteran; Zengel plays the girl he escorts.
  18. A. Army Captain Joseph Blocker – Bale escorts Native prisoners; others are victims or foes.
  19. A. Taylor Sheridan – He wrote and directed this reservation mystery; others directed different thrillers.
  20. A. Charley Waite – Costner is the reluctant gunman; Duvall is the boss, others ranch hands.

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