Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Quizzes

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?
Billy Wilder

Frank Capra

Orson Welles

Howard Hughes
2 In what year was the film released?
1928

1939

1935

1938
3 Which of the following is not a Frank Capra film?
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

It Happened One Night

It's a Wonderful Life

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
4 For which of the following films did Frank Capra not win an Academy Award?
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

It Happened One Night

You Can't Take it With You

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
5 Where was Frank Capra born?
Italy

Montreal

New York

Los Angeles
6 Who produced the film?
Orson Welles

Sidney Buchman

Robert Wise

Frank Capra
7 For how many Academy Awards was the film nominated?
7

11

9

10
8 How many Academy Awards did the film win?
1

11

8

4
9 What Academy Award did the film win?
Best Original Story

Best Actor

Best Director

Best Costumes
10 What is the story based on?
A play

An unpublished story

A real event

A novel
11 Who wrote the screenplay?
Philip Dunne

Frank Capra

Sidney Buchman

W.R. Burnett
12 Where is Smith from?
Arizona

Colorado

An unnamed Western state

Connecticut
13 Who has died at the beginning of the film?
Jim Taylor

Happy Hopper

Sam Foley

Joseph Paine
14 Who must find the senator's replacement?
Jefferson Smith

Clarissa Saunders

Happy Hopper

Jim Taylor
15 Who calls Hopper to deliver the news?
Taylor

The President of the Senate

Smith

Paine
16 Who is Jim Taylor's right-hand man?
Happy Hopper

Jefferson Smith

Clarissa Saunders

Chick McGann
17 What is the project that Taylor is trying to get underway?
A dam

A power plant

A factory

A boys' camp
18 Who plays Jim Taylor?
Claude Rains

H.B. Warner

Thomas Mitchell

Edward Arnold
19 Who plays Paine?
Guy Kibbee

Eugene Pallette

Edward Arnold

Claude Rains
20 Who plays Hopper?
Eugene Pallette

James Stewart

Guy Kibbee

Edward Arnold
21 Who does Jim Taylor want Hopper to appoint?
Jefferson Smith

Himself

Chick McGann

Horace Miller
22 Why don't the people like Horace Miller?
He's known to be corrupt

He's not experienced

He's a party man

He's black
23 Who do the people want to take the seat?
Jefferson Smith

Henry Hill

Happy Hopper

Horace Miller
24 Who tells Hopper about Smith?
His wife

Paine

Taylor

His children
25 What organization does Smith work for?
The Garden Club

Hunters' Club

The Boy Rangers

The Boy Scouts

Name what Jefferson uses to occupy his discussion in the Senate.

Smith uses the fillbuster.

Asked by Jessi M #1326330

Answered by jill d #170087 on 11/6/2023 11:04 AM

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Who was elected to keep Jeff smith busy so he couldn’t vote

What chapter are you referring to?

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Answered by Aslan on 10/31/2023 11:20 PM

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What is the nature of the struggle between Jeff Smith and Jim Taylor

Smith has a simple and straightforward love for country seems like a handicap at first, it eventually becomes the artillery that he wields against the corrupt ways of his superiors, Paine and Taylor. Smith's disappointment in the cynicism of...

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