Do You Know These Spaghetti Western Films? Ultimate 20-Question Trivia Quiz!

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Test your knowledge of the gritty, iconic Spaghetti Westerns with this challenging quiz! From Sergio Leone’s masterpieces to Corbucci’s brutal tales, these 20 questions range from easy warm-ups to devilishly tough trivia. Grab your six-shooter and see if you can score 20/20!

20 Trivia Questions on Spaghetti Western Films

Question 1: Which director helmed the Dollars Trilogy, including A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly?

A. Sergio Corbucci
B. Enzo G. Castellari
C. Sergio Leone
D. Tonino Valerii

Question 2: Who composed the legendary score for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly?

A. Ennio Morricone
B. John Barry
C. Elmer Bernstein
D. Jerry Goldsmith

Question 3: In A Fistful of Dollars (1964), what is the name of the town controlled by rival smuggling families?

A. El Paso
B. San Miguel
C. Laredo
D. Tucson

Question 4: Which actor portrayed the gunslinger known as ‘The Man with No Name’ in Sergio Leone’s Dollars Trilogy?

A. Lee Van Cleef
B. Franco Nero
C. Clint Eastwood
D. Giuliano Gemma

Question 5: In For a Few Dollars More (1965), Lee Van Cleef plays Colonel Douglas Mortimer, who is seeking revenge for what?

A. His brother’s death
B. His wife’s suicide
C. His stolen gold
D. His murdered partner

Question 6: Who plays the bandit leader Tuco in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)?

A. Eli Wallach
B. Klaus Kinski
C. Tomas Milian
D. Gian Maria Volonté

Question 7: In Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), Henry Fonda plays the villainous Frank, who murders the McBain family on whose orders?

A. His own
B. Morton
C. Cheyenne
D. Harmonica

Question 8: What unusual item does Franco Nero’s character drag behind him in Django (1966)?

A. A wagon
B. A coffin
C. A horse
D. A treasure chest

Question 9: Who directed the Spaghetti Western Django (1966), starring Franco Nero?

A. Sergio Leone
B. Sergio Corbucci
C. Sergio Sollima
D. Gianfranco Parolini

Question 10: In They Call Me Trinity (1970), Terence Hill plays Trinity, who first appears riding what animal while eating beans?

A. Horse
B. Mule
C. Donkey
D. Camel

Question 11: Which actor plays Trinity’s tough-as-nails brother Bambino in They Call Me Trinity?

A. Bud Spencer
B. Lee Van Cleef
C. Franco Nero
D. Klaus Kinski

Question 12: The Great Silence (1968) is notable for being set primarily in what unusual environment for a Western?

A. Desert
B. Snowy mountains
C. Swamp
D. Prairie

Question 13: In The Big Gundown (1966), Lee Van Cleef hunts Mexican bandit Cuchillo, played by whom?

A. Franco Nero
B. Eli Wallach
C. Tomas Milian
D. Terence Hill

Question 14: Who directed Face to Face (1967), starring Gian Maria Volonté and Tomas Milian?

A. Sergio Corbucci
B. Sergio Sollima
C. Enzo Barboni
D. Tonino Valerii

Question 15: In Sabata (1969), which actor plays the titular inventive gunslinger?

A. Clint Eastwood
B. Franco Nero
C. Lee Van Cleef
D. Charles Bronson

Question 16: What is the name of Charles Bronson’s mute gunslinger in Once Upon a Time in the West?

A. Cheyenne
B. Frank
C. Harmonica
D. Morton

Question 17: Klaus Kinski plays the sadistic bounty hunter Loco in which Sergio Corbucci film?

A. Django
B. The Mercenary
C. The Great Silence
D. Navajo Joe

Question 18: Death Rides a Horse (1967) stars Lee Van Cleef alongside which young actor seeking revenge?

A. Giuliano Gemma
B. Franco Nero
C. Terence Hill
D. Jean-Louis Trintignant

Question 19: In Keoma (1976), Franco Nero plays a half-Native American gunslinger; who directed it?

A. Sergio Leone
B. Enzo G. Castellari
C. Sergio Corbucci
D. Gianfranco Parolini

Question 20: Under what pseudonym did Ennio Morricone compose music for some early Spaghetti Westerns like A Fistful of Dollars?

A. Dan Savio
B. Leo Nichols
C. Mark Hamilton
D. Robert Johnson

Answers

  1. C. Sergio Leone – Leone directed all three films in the Dollars Trilogy (1964-1966), revolutionising the genre; Corbucci directed Django, Castellari Keoma, Valerii Day of Anger.
  2. A. Ennio Morricone – Morricone’s score, with its coyote howl and whistles, became iconic; the others scored American Westerns like Dances with Wolves (Barry) or The Magnificent Seven (Bernstein).
  3. B. San Miguel – The Stranger exploits the Baxters-Rojos feud in dusty San Miguel; others are typical Western towns but not in this film.
  4. C. Clint Eastwood – Eastwood’s nameless anti-hero defined the archetype; Van Cleef was in later Dollars films, Nero in Django, Gemma in The Big Gundown.
  5. B. His wife’s suicide – Triggered by Indio’s rape during a bank robbery; others are plot points from different films.
  6. A. Eli Wallach – Wallach’s comic yet treacherous Tuco steals scenes; Kinski was in Great Silence, Milian in Big Gundown, Volonté in Face to Face.
  7. B. Morton – Railroad baron Morton hires Frank to eliminate McBains for land; Cheyenne is an ally, Harmonica the avenger.
  8. B. A coffin – It hides his coffin-top machine gun; others are standard Western props not central here.
  9. B. Sergio Corbucci – Corbucci’s ultra-violent Django spawned 30+ unofficial sequels; others directed different classics.
  10. C. Donkey – Trinity lazes in on a donkey, beans in hand; mule is for later, horse for his brother.
  11. A. Bud Spencer – Spencer’s hulking Bambino contrasts Hill’s laid-back Trinity; others are Spaghetti Western stars but not in this comedy.
  12. B. Snowy mountains – Set in Utah’s frozen peaks with mute hero Silence (Trintignant); deserts are standard.
  13. C. Tomas Milian – Milian’s cunning Cuchillo evades Van Cleef in Sollima’s film; Nero/Gemma in other Van Cleef pics.
  14. B. Sergio Sollima – Sollima’s political Face to Face features Volonté as a pacifist-turned-outlaw; others’ styles differ.
  15. C. Lee Van Cleef – Van Cleef’s gadget-using Sabata battles corruption; Eastwood too iconic elsewhere, Nero in Django.
  16. C. Harmonica – Bronson’s Harmonica seeks vengeance on Frank for childhood torture; Cheyenne is ally played by Fonda? No, Bronson.
  17. C. The Great Silence – Kinski’s feral Loco hunts bounties mercilessly; Navajo Joe also Corbucci but Burt Reynolds.
  18. A. Giuliano Gemma – Gemma’s Bill Mece learns from Van Cleef’s Ryan in revenge tale; others star in different films.
  19. B. Enzo G. Castellari – Castellari’s poetic Keoma was Nero’s return; Leone died before, Corbucci earlier.
  20. A. Dan Savio – Morricone used ‘Dan Savio’ for Fistful; other pseudonyms for different scores.

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