50 Classic Movies Trivia Questions and Answers

Welcome to this fun classic movies trivia quiz on classic movies! From Gone with the Wind to Casablanca, classic films have given us some of the most iconic scenes, characters, and lines in cinema history.

Test your knowledge of classic Hollywood with these trivia questions ranging from easy to hard. How many can you get right?

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Classic Movies Trivia - Easy

1. What was the first color film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture?
2. Which Alfred Hitchcock thriller featured Cary Grant evading a crop duster plane?
3. What 1968 science fiction film featured intelligent apes ruling over humans?
4. Which movie featured the frequently misquoted line, "Play it again, Sam"?
5. Who played the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz?
6. Which musical featured Gene Kelly singing in the rain?
7. Who directed the epic historical drama Gone with the Wind?
8. What was the name of the skyscraper where King Kong climbed in 1933?
9. Which actor played Rick in the 1942 classic Casablanca?
10. Who played Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind?
11. What was the name of the dog in The Wizard of Oz?
12. Which 1964 musical featured Julie Andrews as a magical nanny?
13. What object does Indiana Jones use as a weapon?
14. What was the name of Rick's cafe in Casablanca?
15. Who voiced Dumbo in the 1941 Disney movie?

Classic Movies Trivia - Medium

16. What object does the Greek hero use to defeat the Cyclops in 1957's The 7th Voyage of Sinbad?
17. Which Alfred Hitchcock film takes place at the Bates Motel?
18. Jimmy Stewart's character suffers from vertigo in which Hitchcock film?
19. How many actors have won Oscars for playing the role of the Joker?
20. Which Gene Kelly musical featured the song "Good Morning"?
21. Who directed the epic Western The Searchers starring John Wayne?
22. What was the first feature-length animated film ever released?
23. Which 1941 Orson Welles film featured the line "Rosebud"?
24. Who played Anna opposite Yul Brynner's King of Siam in The King and I?
25. Who directed the 1959 historical epic Ben-Hur?
26. What poster does Holly Golightly look at in Breakfast at Tiffany's?
27. Which Alfred Hitchcock film takes place at Mount Rushmore?
28. What 1959 epic drama starred Charlton Heston as Moses?
29. Which Tim Burton film featured Michael Keaton as Batman?
30. In It's a Wonderful Life, what was Clarence's job before becoming an angel?

Classic Movies Trivia - Hard

31. In Casablanca, where are the "letters of transit" said to allow passage?
32. What was the nickname of Scarlett O'Hara's home Tara?
33. Who played Norman Bates in Psycho?
34. Which Alfred Hitchcock cameo featured him missing a bus?
35. What object does Rick hide the letters of transit in at the end of Casablanca?
36. Who directed and starred in the 1952 classic Singin' in the Rain?
37. What was the name of the farm where Dorothy lived in Kansas in The Wizard of Oz?
38. Who played the male lead role of Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind?
39. What were the dying words spoken by Citizen Kane?
40. What happened to the actress who played the Wicked Witch when exiting a smoking hatch in the floor?
41. In what US state is the plantation Tara located in Gone with the Wind?
42. What were the dying words spoken by Charles Foster Kane in Citizen Kane?
43. Who directed the 1972 crime drama The Godfather?
44. What song does Gene Kelly sing while swinging on a lamppost in Singin' in the Rain?
45. What is the name of the planet where A Space Odyssey takes place?

Classic Movies Trivia Answers

1. Gone with the Wind
2. North by Northwest
3. Planet of the Apes
4. Casablanca
5. Margaret Hamilton
6. Singin' in the Rain
7. Victor Fleming
8. Empire State Building
9. Humphrey Bogart
10. Vivien Leigh
11. Toto
12. Mary Poppins
13. Whip
14. Rick's Cafe Americain
15. Sterling Holloway
16. A sword
17. Psycho
18. Vertigo
19. 2 (Heath Ledger and Joaquin Phoenix)
20. Singin' in the Rain
21. John Ford
22. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
23. Citizen Kane
24. Deborah Kerr
25. William Wyler
26. Audrey Hepburn looks at a window display of jewelry from Tiffany's
27. North by Northwest
28. The Ten Commandments
29. Batman (1989)
30. He was a guardian angel
31. To the city of Casablanca
32. Tara
33. Anthony Perkins
34. North by Northwest
35. Sam's piano
36. Gene Kelly
37. Gale Farm
38. Clark Gable
39. "Rosebud"
40. She caught on fire
41. Georgia
42. "Rosebud"
43. Francis Ford Coppola
44. "Singin' in the Rain"
45. Jupiter

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These timeless films have left an enduring legacy, entertaining generations of audiences and shaping the art of cinema. Whether you're a devoted cinephile or simply appreciate the magic of classic movies, exploring the stories, actors, quotes, and genres of the golden age of cinema is a delightful journey into the world of film history.