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Culture
Film






Westerns

"What makes a man to wander? What makes a man to roam? What makes a man to leave bed and board, and turn his back on home?" The lines from this ballad play over the opening credits of which classic Western?

Correct answer: The Searchers
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What is the name of Johnny Depp's character in Dead Man?

Correct answer: William Blake
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What was unusual about John Wayne's appearance on the 1979 TV show Laugh In?

Correct answer: He cavorted on stage in a fluffy pink bunny costume
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"I knew Wyatt Earp. He told me all about the Gunfight at the OK Corral. We did it exactly the way it happened." Director John Ford describing the making of which movie?

Correct answer: My Darling Clementine
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Before directing Westerns, how did Sam Peckinpah earn his crust?

Correct answer: Sweeping floors on Liberace's TV show
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What is the name of Kevin Costner's wolf companion in Dances With Wolves?

Correct answer: Two Socks
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How did Sergio Leone come to cast Clint Eastwood in A Fistful of Dollars?

Correct answer: He wanted Charles Bronson but couldn't afford his fee
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"The most scandalous cinematic waste I have ever seen, and remember, I've seen Paint Your Wagon." Critic Roger Ebert reviewing which big-budget Western?

Correct answer: Heaven's Gate
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In Lonely Are the Brave, how does Kirk Douglas's runaway cowboy meet his end?

Correct answer: He is run over by a long-distance lorry driver while crossing a freeway
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Only three Westerns have won the Oscar for Best Picture. Which one of these films did NOT pick up the Academy's biggest prize?

Correct answer: High Noon
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