30s & 40s
What animated character debuted in Steamboat Willie (1928) but rose to fame in the ’30s?
Mickey Mouse
What 1954 Hitchcock thriller is set in a single apartment?
Rear Window
What 1994 Disney film features Simba and “Hakuna Matata”?
the Lion King
What was the name of the ship in The African Queen, the 1951 adventure film starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn?
The African Queen
What were the dying words of Charles Foster Kane in Citizen Kane?
Rosebud
Who played Rick Blaine in Casablanca (1942)?
Humphrey Bogart
What 1951 film introduced Marlon Brando’s “Stella!” scream?
A Streetcar Named Desire
What 1992 courtroom drama features “You can’t handle the truth!”?
A Few Good Men
In the TV series The Office, what awards does Michael Scott hand out to his employees?
The Dundies - for excellence in things like "Cool Guy" and "Hottest in the Office".
What major American TV network did Golden Girls originally air on (from 1985 to 1992)?
NBC
What animated film features the song “When You Wish Upon a Star”?
Pinocchio
What 1977 film introduced Darth Vader?
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
What 2001 fantasy film introduced the wizarding world of Hogwarts?
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
What was the iconic phrase Ricky Ricardo (Desi Arnaz) on I Love Lucy famously never actually said to Lucy when she was in trouble?
"Lucy, you've got some 'splaining to do!"
Who turned down the role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind before Vivien Leigh was cast?
Bette Davis
What 1940 Disney film features dancing hippos and classical music?
Fantasia
What 1975 comedy features a killer rabbit?
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
What 2009 sci-fi film was directed by James Cameron and set on Pandora?
Avatar
What 2013 animated film features Elsa and the song “Let It Go”?
Frozen
What was the working title for the 1939 film Gone With the Wind?
Ba, Ba, Blacksheep
Who played the title role in King Kong (1933)?
Fay Wray
What 1980 horror film features “Here’s Johnny!”?
The Shining
What 2020 Netflix series features a chess prodigy named Beth Harmon?
The Queen’s Gambit
What 2010s drama stars Bryan Cranston as a chemistry teacher turned drug kingpin?
Breaking Bad
Before adopting the stage name Joan Crawford, what was the birth name of the actress?
Lucille Fay LeSueur