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Gene Hackman Quiz
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We celebrate New Year's Eve with
great American actor Gene Hackman
, who counts the NYE action adventure film
The Poseidon Adventure
among his many classic movies.
1. Which entertainer does Hackman count among his childhood friends?
Dick Van Dyke
Johnny Carson
Ed Sullivan
Regis Philbin
2. Hackman's first film role was in Lilith, a movie about a therapist at a mental institution falling in love with a patient. Who was the male lead?
Dustin Hoffman
Jack Nicholson
Robert Duvall
Warren Beatty
3. Hackman turned down the role of patriarch in which popular TV sitcom?
Married With Children
Happy Days
Eight is Enough
The Brady Bunch
4. Which Hackman classic was the first R-rated film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture after the rating system was implemented?
The French Connection
Bonnie & Clyde
Reds
Mississippi Burning
5. What calamity befell Hackman's cruise ship in The Poseidon Adventure?
it was attacked by pirates
it hit an iceberg
it was hit by a tidal wave
it ran out of shrimp cocktail
6. In which sports movie, considered one of the all-time best in the genre, did Hackman star?
Bull Durham
Hoosiers
The Natural
Any Given Sunday
7. Hackman showed his comedic chops in The Birdcage, opposite Robin Williams and Nathan Lane. What role did he play?
a drag queen
the owner of a drag club
a housekeeper
a conservative senator
8. For which Clint Eastwood film did Hackman win a Best Supporting Actor Oscar?
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Dirty Harry
The Unforgiven
Gran Torino
9. Who was Hackman's co-star in the spy thriller Enemy of the State?
Tom Cruise
Will Smith
Robert Duvall
Denzel Washington
10. Having said he intends to retire from acting, what is Hackman's last film to date?
Welcome to Mooseport
The Royal Tenenbaums
The French Connection II
Runaway Jury
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