These classic Western trivia questions will test your knowledge to the limit.
If you’re a fan of classic Western movies, then here’s the chance to prove you know your Stetsons from your stirrups! Try these trivia questions covering Hollywood’s golden Western era and see how many you can get right.
Question 1
Who directed and starred in the 1976 Western “The Outlaw Josey Wales”?
Question 2
Who played the title roles in the 1969 Western “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”?
Question 3
Which 1961 Western starred and was directed by Marlon Brando?
Question 4
Which 1939 John Ford Western turned John Wayne into a mainstream star?
Question 5
Who played the title role in the 1953 movie “Shane”?
Question 6
Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas played which two characters in the 1957 Western “Gunfight at the OK Corral”?
Question 7
Which 1962 epic, whose all-star cast included James Stewart, Gregory Peck, Henry Fonda, John Wayne, Debbie Reynolds and Spencer Tracy, followed the fortunes of four generations of the same family?
Question 8
Who directed the 1962 epic spaghetti Western “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”?
Question 9
Who starred as Calamity Jane in the musical of the same name, in 1953?
Question 10
In which 1947 movie did Montgomery Clift play John Wayne’s adopted son?
Question 11
Which 1966 movie was a Western-style remake of the 1954 Japanese film “Seven Samurai”?
Question 12
Who played Marshall Will Kane in the 1952 movie “High Noon”?
Question 13
Which Sam Peckinpah-directed 1969 Western stars William Holden as Pike Bishop, the leader of an ageing gang of outlaws?
Question 14
Dean Martin played the deputy to John Wayne’s “Sheriff John T. Chance” in which Howard Hawks movie from 1959?
Question 15
Natalie Wood starred as John Wayne’s abducted niece in which 1956 John Ford Western?
Question 16
Released in 1964, what was the second film in Sergio Leone’s “Dollars Trilogy”?
Question 17
Clint Eastwood won the Best Director Oscar for which 1992 Western?
Question 18
Henry Fonda played the villainous “Frank” in which 1973 spaghetti Western?
Question 19
Who composed the musical score for “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”?
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