How the Western Movie was Won

  1. Developed by: Chris Kent

Just how much do you know about the Western film?

Question 1: What Western film did actor John Wayne win his Academy Award for?
The Searchers
Rio Bravo
True Grit
The Cowboys
The Shootist

Question 2: What Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah did the actor William Holden play the lead role in?
The Horse Soldiers
Major Dundee
Ride the High Country
Wild Rovers
The Wild Bunch

Question 3: John Ford directed what film version of the Gunfight at the OK Corral?
Two Rode Together
Tombstone
Hour of the Gun
Doc
My Darling Clementine

Question 4: Who played the villainous gunfighter Jack Wilson in the 1953 Western film “Shane?”
Van Heflin
Jason Robards
Ben Johnson
Jack Palance
Lee Van Cleef

Question 5: What actor played Clint Eastwood’s Native American sidekick in the Western film “The Outlaw Josey Wales?”
Chief Dan George
Jeff Chandler
Iron Eyes Cody
Russell Means
Graham Greene

Question 6: What actress played Ethan Edwards’ niece Lucy in the 1956 Western film “The Searchers?”
Geraldine Page
Elizabeth Taylor
Kim Darby
Vera Miles
Natalie Wood

Question 7: What actor played the young hotshot Deputy Harvey Pell in the 1952 Western film “High Noon?”
Anthony Perkins
Lloyd Bridges
Lon Chaney, Jr.
Christopher George
Sheb Wooley

Question 8: Clint Eastwood’s character Bill Munny has reformed from what vice in the 1992 Western film “Unforgiven?”
Gambling
Opium
Tobacco chewing
Smoking
Alcoholism

Question 9: What actor played the villain in Sergio Leone’s 1968 Western film “Once Upon a Time in the West?”
Charles Bronson
Bruce Dern
Henry Fonda
Eli Wallach
Jason Robards

Question 10: He played Billy the Kid in the 1958 Western film “The Left Handed Gun.”
Montgomery Clift
James Dean
Robert Taylor
Alan Ladd
Paul Newman

Question 11: What actor played the title role in the 1966 Western film “Nevada Smith?”
Alan Ladd
Steve McQueen
Brian Keith
Charles Bronson
Warren Oates

Question 12: What actor played the knife-throwing expert Britt in the 1960 Western film “The Magnificent Seven?”
Yul Brynner
Horst Buchholz
James Coburn
Joe Don Baker
Robert Vaughn

Question 13: This popular television star played the title role in the 1962 Western film “Geronimo.”
Michael Landon
Chuck Connors
Hugh O’Brian
Richard Boone
Adam West

Question 14: Stuntman-turned-actor was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance as an old-time cowhand in the 1978 Western film “Comes a Horseman.”
Jim Davis
Ben Johnson
Ernest Borgnine
Richard Farnsworth
Burt Lancaster

Question 15: She played the love interest to both Paul Newman and Robert Redford in the 1969 Western film “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.”
Ann-Margret
Suzanne Pleshette
Jane Fonda
Katharine Ross
Joan Hackett

Question 16: These two larger-than-life actors duke it out in a scene from the 1958 Western film “The Big Country.”
Anthony Quinn and Richard Widmark
Gregory Peck and Charlton Heston
John Wayne and Montgomery Clift
Henry Fonda and Charles Bronson
John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart

Question 17: This colorful British actor played the unlikely title role in the 1967 Western film “Custer of the West.”
Richard Burton
Richard Harris
Robert Shaw
Peter O’Toole
John Mills

Question 18: Which of these actors was NOT one of “The Professionals” (1966)?
Burt Lancaster
Lee Marvin
Woody Strode
Jack Palance
Robert Ryan

Question 19: This actress played Kevin Costner’s love interest Stands With a Fist in the 1990 Western film “Dances with Wolves.”
Elizabeth Perkins
Annette Bening
Frances Fisher
Mary McDonnell
Diane Lane

Question 20: What actor played the reserved and emotionally distant Lt. Col. Owen Thursday in the 1948 John Ford Western film “Fort Apache?”
Richard Widmark
Henry Fonda
Ward Bond
John Wayne
James Stewart

Question 21: Sam Peckinpah’s first film as a director was this moody 1961 Western starring Brian Keith.
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Major Dundee
The Law and Jake Wade
Ride the High Country
The Deadly Companions

Question 22: This actor played the villain Curly Bill in the 1993 Western film “Tombstone.”
Val Kilmer
Powers Boothe
Robert Duvall
Frederic Forrest
Sam Elliott

Question 23: This actor played the original Ben Wade in the 1957 Western film “3:10 to Yuma.”
Robert Taylor
Robert Mitchum
Henry Fonda
Glenn Ford
Gregory Peck

Question 24: This veteran character actor played the undertaker in the 1976 Western film “The Shootist.”
Walter Brennan
John Carradine
Strother Martin
Richard Boone
Jack Elam

Question 25: This actor has a cameo as Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman in the 1962 Western film epic “How the West Was Won.”
Gregory Peck
James Stewart
George Peppard
John Wayne
Robert Preston

Question 26: This actor plays outlaw Cole Younger in the 1980 Western film “The Long Riders.”
Jack Warden
James Keach
David Carradine
Dennis Quaid
Scott Glenn

Question 27: This actress played Warren Beatty’s love interest in Robert Altman’s 1971 Western film “McCabe & Mrs. Miller.”
Glenda Jackson
Maggie Smith
Julie Christie
Faye Dunaway
Mia Farrow

Question 28: This popular television actor played Charlton Heston’s youthful sidekick in the 1968 Western film “Will Penny.”
David Soul
Buck Taylor
Lee Majors
Tom Selleck
Robert Blake

Question 29: Kirk Douglas played a modern-day cowboy on the run from the law in the 1962 Western film “Lonely Are the Brave.” What actor played the sheriff chasing him?
Ernest Borgnine
Walter Matthau
Glenn Ford
Burt Reynolds
Strother Martin

Question 30: This actor played the youthful sidekick to John Wayne in the 1966 Western film “El Dorado.”
Rod Taylor
Warren Oates
Charles Bronson
James Caan
Dennis Hopper

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