Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Quizzes

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?

Frank Capra

Billy Wilder

Orson Welles

Howard Hughes
2 In what year was the film released?

1939

1938

1935

1928
3 Which of the following is not a Frank Capra film?

It Happened One Night

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

It's a Wonderful Life
4 For which of the following films did Frank Capra not win an Academy Award?

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

You Can't Take it With You

It Happened One Night

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
5 Where was Frank Capra born?

New York

Los Angeles

Montreal

Italy
6 Who produced the film?

Orson Welles

Robert Wise

Sidney Buchman

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

7

10

11

9
8 How many Academy Awards did the film win?

1

8

4

11
9 What Academy Award did the film win?

Best Costumes

Best Original Story

Best Director

Best Actor
10 What is the story based on?

A play

An unpublished story

A real event

A novel
11 Who wrote the screenplay?

Philip Dunne

Sidney Buchman

Frank Capra

W.R. Burnett
12 Where is Smith from?

Colorado

An unnamed Western state

Arizona

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

Happy Hopper

Jim Taylor

Sam Foley

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

Clarissa Saunders

Jim Taylor

Happy Hopper

Jefferson Smith
15 Who calls Hopper to deliver the news?

The President of the Senate

Smith

Paine

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

Chick McGann

Clarissa Saunders

Jefferson Smith

Happy Hopper
17 What is the project that Taylor is trying to get underway?

A power plant

A dam

A boys' camp

A factory
18 Who plays Jim Taylor?

Edward Arnold

Claude Rains

Thomas Mitchell

H.B. Warner
19 Who plays Paine?

Claude Rains

Guy Kibbee

Edward Arnold

Eugene Pallette
20 Who plays Hopper?

James Stewart

Guy Kibbee

Edward Arnold

Eugene Pallette
21 Who does Jim Taylor want Hopper to appoint?

Jefferson Smith

Chick McGann

Himself

Horace Miller
22 Why don't the people like Horace Miller?

He's black

He's known to be corrupt

He's not experienced

He's a party man
23 Who do the people want to take the seat?

Horace Miller

Happy Hopper

Jefferson Smith

Henry Hill
24 Who tells Hopper about Smith?

Paine

Taylor

His children

His wife
25 What organization does Smith work for?

The Boy Scouts

Hunters' Club

The Garden Club

The Boy Rangers

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

Smith uses the fillbuster.

Asked by Jessi M #1326330

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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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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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