Bonnie and Clyde Quizzes

Bonnie and Clyde Quiz 1

1 In what year was the film released?

1967

1964

1970

1965
2 What is the film based on?

A novel

An epic poem

A play

Real events
3 In what state does the film take place?

Washington

Texas

California

West Virginia
4 Who directed the film?

Francois Truffaut

Arthur Penn

Francis Ford Coppola

Jean-Luc Godard
5 Who composed the score?

Burt Bacharach

Charles Strouse

Elmer Bernstein

John Williams
6 What movement is the film a part of?

New Hollywood

Cinema Verite

French New Wave

Neo-Noir Revival
7 Who produced the film?

Warren Beatty

Arthur Penn

George Lucas

Alfred Hitchcock
8 Who wrote the screenplay?

Arthur Penn

Truman Capote

David Newman & Robert Benton

Warren Beatty
9 Which aspect of the production received an Academy Award?

Score

Cinematography

Sound editing

Special effects
10 Which actor won an Academy Award?

Warren Beatty

Gene Hackman

Estelle Parsons

Faye Dunaway
11 Who plays Clyde Barrow?

Warren Beatty

Robert Redford

Harrison Ford

Gene Wilder
12 Who plays Bonnie Parker?

Ellen Burstyn

Faye Dunaway

Natalie Wood

Jane Fonda
13 When does the film take place?

In the 1910s

In the 1960s

During the Great Depression

In an undetermined time
14 What is Clyde doing when Bonnie first meets him?

Setting her house on fire

Stealing her mother's car

Bathing in a river outside her house

Stealing food from her refrigerator
15 Where was Bonnie born?

Rowena, Texas

Atlanta, Georgia

Raleigh, North Carolina

Rowayton, Connecticut
16 What is Bonnie's job at the beginning of the film?

Waitress

Secretary

Actress

Model
17 What did Clyde's family do for work?

Criminals

Sharecroppers

Bankers

Oil barons
18 What does Clyde NOT guess as Bonnie's possible profession?

Composer

Maid

Lady mechanic

Movie star
19 Why was Clyde recently in state prison?

Fraud

Rape

Murder

Armed robbery
20 What does Clyde tell Bonnie he did in prison to get out of a work detail?

Cut off all of his hair

Chop off one of his fingers

Sleep with a warden

Chop off two of his toes
21 Where does Bonnie live with her mother?

Houston

St. Louis

Austin

Dallas
22 What does Clyde do when Bonnie kisses him in the car for the first time?

Kick her out of the car

Try and take advantage of her sexually

Rebuff her

Tell her he's a homosexual
23 Which French recording artist made a song about "Bonnie and Clyde"?

Jacques Brel

Francoise Hardy

Serge Gainsbourg (and Brigitte Bardot)

Maurice Chevalier
24 Who finds them at the abandoned house that they sleep at, the next day?

The farmer who used to own the house

A man who says he's Clyde's father

Frank Hammer

C.W. Moss
25 Who did the cinematography?

Burnett Guffey

Nicolas Roeg

John L. Russell

Gianni Di Venanzo

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