Can You Score 20/20? Ultimate Western Movie Trivia Quiz for True Fans Only

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Calling all cowboy enthusiasts and fans of the silver screen! Test your knowledge of iconic Westerns with this ultimate trivia quiz, featuring questions from easy warm-ups to fiendishly tough challenges on classic films, directors, stars, and more. Grab your six-shooter and see if you can ride to a perfect score.

20 Trivia Questions on Ultimate Western Movies

Question 1: Who directed the 1956 epic The Searchers?

A. Sergio Leone
B. Sam Peckinpah
C. Clint Eastwood
D. John Ford

Question 2: In which year was High Noon released?

A. 1950
B. 1955
C. 1952
D. 1948

Question 3: Which actor played the Ringo Kid in John Ford’s Stagecoach (1939)?

A. Gary Cooper
B. James Stewart
C. Henry Fonda
D. John Wayne

Question 4: What was the first film in Sergio Leone’s Dollars Trilogy featuring Clint Eastwood as the Man with No Name?

A. For a Few Dollars More
B. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
C. A Fistful of Dollars
D. Once Upon a Time in the West

Question 5: Who composed the iconic scores for Sergio Leone’s Dollars Trilogy?

A. John Williams
B. Elmer Bernstein
C. Dimitri Tiomkin
D. Ennio Morricone

Question 6: Which actor portrayed the ruthless villain Frank in Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)?

A. Charles Bronson
B. Lee Van Cleef
C. Eli Wallach
D. Henry Fonda

Question 7: The Magnificent Seven (1960) was a remake of which Akira Kurosawa film?

A. Rashomon
B. Yojimbo
C. Throne of Blood
D. Seven Samurai

Question 8: Who directed the 1953 classic Shane starring Alan Ladd?

A. John Ford
B. Howard Hawks
C. George Stevens
D. Fred Zinnemann

Question 9: Which actor played Butch Cassidy opposite Robert Redford’s Sundance Kid in the 1969 film?

A. Steve McQueen
B. Paul Newman
C. Warren Beatty
D. Burt Lancaster

Question 10: Who directed and starred in Unforgiven (1992)?

A. Kevin Costner
B. Gene Hackman
C. Clint Eastwood
D. Richard Harris

Question 11: Dances with Wolves (1990) won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Who directed it?

A. Clint Eastwood
B. Kevin Costner
C. Robert Redford
D. John Milius

Question 12: Which Howard Hawks Western from 1959 stars John Wayne and Dean Martin?

A. Red River
B. El Dorado
C. Hatari!
D. Rio Bravo

Question 13: Who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Rooster Cogburn in True Grit (1969)?

A. Glenn Ford
B. James Stewart
C. John Wayne
D. Charlton Heston

Question 14: Which Sam Peckinpah film is known for its graphic violence and stars William Holden?

A. The Wild Bunch
B. Straw Dogs
C. Ride the High Country
D. Major Dundee

Question 15: In John Ford’s My Darling Clementine (1946), who plays Wyatt Earp?

A. John Wayne
B. James Stewart
C. Henry Fonda
D. Gregory Peck

Question 16: What is the runtime of Sergio Leone’s Once Upon a Time in the West (approximately)?

A. 120 minutes
B. 165 minutes
C. 145 minutes
D. 180 minutes

Question 17: Which 1931 Western was the first to win the Academy Award for Best Picture?

A. Cimarron
B. Hell’s Heroes
C. The Big Trail
D. Billy the Kid

Question 18: Who played the one-eyed Marshal Rooster Cogburn in the original True Grit?

A. Ward Bond
B. John Wayne
C. Ben Johnson
D. Dennis Hopper

Question 19: In The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), which character is played by Clint Eastwood?

A. Tuco
B. Angel Eyes
C. Blondie
D. The Man with No Name

Question 20: Which film features the famous line, “Fill your hands, you son of a bitch!” spoken by John Wayne?

A. The Searchers
B. Rio Bravo
C. True Grit
D. McLintock!

Answers

  1. D. John Ford – John Ford directed The Searchers, his 13th Western collaboration with John Wayne; Leone, Peckinpah, and Eastwood directed later revisionist Westerns.
  2. C. 1952 – High Noon premiered in 1952 and won four Oscars, including Best Actor for Gary Cooper; the other years feature different classics like Winchester ’73 (1950).
  3. D. John Wayne – Wayne’s breakout role as the Ringo Kid in Stagecoach launched his stardom; the others starred in High Noon, Winchester ’73, and Gun Glory.
  4. C. A Fistful of Dollars – Released in 1964, it introduced Eastwood’s iconic character; the sequels followed in 1965 and 1966.
  5. D. Ennio Morricone – Morricone’s revolutionary scores defined the Spaghetti Western sound for Leone’s films; the others scored American Westerns like The Magnificent Seven.
  6. D. Henry Fonda – Fonda’s chilling portrayal of Frank was his first villain role, shocking audiences; the others played antagonists in Leone’s Dollars Trilogy.
  7. D. Seven Samurai – The 1960 Western remake adapts Kurosawa’s 1954 film about ronin defending villagers; the others are different samurai tales.
  8. C. George Stevens – Stevens helmed the poetic Shane; Ford, Hawks, and Zinnemann directed other classics like The Searchers and High Noon.
  9. B. Paul Newman – Newman starred as Butch Cassidy with Redford in George Roy Hill’s hit; McQueen was in The Magnificent Seven.
  10. C. Clint Eastwood – Eastwood directed and played William Munny in the Oscar-winning revisionist Western; Costner directed Dances with Wolves.
  11. B. Kevin Costner – Costner directed and starred as John Dunbar, winning Best Picture and Director Oscars; Eastwood’s Unforgiven won later.
  12. D. Rio Bravo – Hawks’ 1959 film pairs Wayne and Martin against outlaws; Red River is earlier Hawks/Wayne.
  13. C. John Wayne – Wayne’s only competitive Oscar was for Rooster Cogburn; Stewart won for non-Western The Philadelphia Story.
  14. A. The Wild Bunch – Peckinpah’s 1969 film redefined violence in Westerns with Holden leading the gang; Straw Dogs is thriller.
  15. C. Henry Fonda – Fonda’s Wyatt Earp in Ford’s O.K. Corral tale is definitive; Wayne played him in Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
  16. B. 165 minutes – The 1968 epic runs about 165-175 minutes depending on cuts; others are shorter Leone films.
  17. A. Cimarron – RKO’s 1931 adaptation of Edna Ferber’s novel won Best Picture; it was the first Western to do so until 1990.
  18. B. John Wayne – Wayne’s Oscar-winning Rooster is famously one-eyed; Hopper played the villain in True Grit.
  19. C. Blondie – Eastwood’s drifter is called Blondie in the film; “Man with No Name” is a fan nickname, Angel Eyes by Van Cleef, Tuco by Wallach.
  20. D. McLintock! – Wayne yells the line during a brawl in the 1963 comedy Western; not in True Grit or others listed.

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