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  • 1. 
    Which film director-actor is regarded as the pioneer of American cinema verité?

  • John Cassavetes
  • Clint Eastwood
  • George Stevens
  • Roger Corman

  • 2. 
    Who was the first African American to be nominated for the Academy Award for best actress?

  • Lena Horne
  • Ethel Waters
  • Eartha Kitt
  • Dorothy Dandridge

  • 3. 
    Who was the first English actor to be knighted?

  • Sir Richard Burton
  • Sir William Poel
  • Sir Frank Benson
  • Sir Henry Irving

  • 4. 
    The autobiography of which English actor and director is called Early Stages?

  • Peter O’Toole
  • Richard Burton
  • Sir John Gielgud
  • Kenneth Branagh

  • 5. 
    Which English stage actress is known for her famous “paper courtship” with George Bernard Shaw?

  • Dame Wendy Hiller
  • Sarah Siddons
  • Ellen Terry
  • Sarah Bernhardt

  • 6. 
    Which English actor and director founded and edited the theatre journal The Mask?

  • Peter Ustinov
  • Peter Greenaway
  • Sir John Gielgud
  • Edward Gordon Craig

  • 7. 
    Who was a theatrical manager and the founder of the Old Vic as a centre of Shakespearean productions?

  • Laurence Olivier
  • Tyrone Guthrie
  • Lilian Baylis
  • Emma Cons

  • 8. 
    Who was the first actor to be elevated to a life peerage, which allowed him to sit in the House of Lords?

  • Ben Kingsley
  • Anthony Hopkins
  • Laurence Olivier
  • Ian McKellen

  • 9. 
    Which American actress established herself as a major star in the Broadway musical Funny Girl (1964)?

  • Sophie Tucker
  • Lena Horne
  • Mary Martin
  • Barbra Streisand

  • 10. 
    Which actress played two of American film’s Southern belles, Scarlett O’Hara and Blanche DuBois?

  • Maureen O’Sullivan
  • Sarah Siddons
  • Julie Andrews
  • Vivien Leigh

  • 11. 
    For which film did the English actress Julie Andrews win an Academy Award?

  • Mary Poppins
  • Victor/Victoria
  • Star!
  • Darling Lili

  • 12. 
    For which film did Sean Connery win the Oscar for best supporting actor?

  • Never Say Never Again
  • From Russia with Love
  • The Name of the Rose
  • The Untouchables

  • 13. 
    Who won an Academy Award in 1957 and played the role of Prince Feisal in the film Lawrence of Arabia (1962)?

  • Sean Connery
  • Anthony Quinn
  • Omar Sharif
  • Alec Guinness

  • 14. 
    Who starred in the television series Monty Python’s Flying Circus and Fawlty Towers?

  • Michael Palin
  • Terry Gilliam
  • Brian Murphy
  • John Cleese

  • 15. 
    Which was the first permanent theatre in Paris?

  • Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier
  • Théâtre National Populaire
  • Théâtre de l’Hôtel de Bourgogne
  • Théâtre du Marais

  • 16. 
    Which is the oldest theatre still in use in England?

  • Drury Lane Theatre
  • Globe Theatre
  • Royal National Theatre
  • Blackfriars Theatre

  • 17. 
    Who sculpted the Academy Awards statuette?

  • George Stanley
  • Frederic Remington
  • Cedric Gibbons
  • Perez Augusto
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