Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Quizzes

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?
Frank Capra

Howard Hughes

Billy Wilder

Orson Welles
2 In what year was the film released?
1939

1938

1935

1928
3 Which of the following is not a Frank Capra film?
It's a Wonderful Life

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

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

You Can't Take it With You

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

It Happened One Night
5 Where was Frank Capra born?
Montreal

New York

Italy

Los Angeles
6 Who produced the film?
Sidney Buchman

Orson Welles

Robert Wise

Frank Capra
7 For how many Academy Awards was the film nominated?
10

11

9

7
8 How many Academy Awards did the film win?
4

8

11

1
9 What Academy Award did the film win?
Best Actor

Best Costumes

Best Original Story

Best Director
10 What is the story based on?
A novel

A real event

An unpublished story

A play
11 Who wrote the screenplay?
Philip Dunne

Sidney Buchman

Frank Capra

W.R. Burnett
12 Where is Smith from?
An unnamed Western state

Connecticut

Colorado

Arizona
13 Who has died at the beginning of the film?
Happy Hopper

Sam Foley

Joseph Paine

Jim Taylor
14 Who must find the senator's replacement?
Jim Taylor

Clarissa Saunders

Jefferson Smith

Happy Hopper
15 Who calls Hopper to deliver the news?
Smith

The President of the Senate

Paine

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

Chick McGann

Jefferson Smith

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

A factory

A boys' camp

A power plant
18 Who plays Jim Taylor?
Claude Rains

Edward Arnold

Thomas Mitchell

H.B. Warner
19 Who plays Paine?
Eugene Pallette

Edward Arnold

Claude Rains

Guy Kibbee
20 Who plays Hopper?
James Stewart

Eugene Pallette

Edward Arnold

Guy Kibbee
21 Who does Jim Taylor want Hopper to appoint?
Himself

Horace Miller

Jefferson Smith

Chick McGann
22 Why don't the people like Horace Miller?
He's not experienced

He's a party man

He's black

He's known to be corrupt
23 Who do the people want to take the seat?
Jefferson Smith

Henry Hill

Horace Miller

Happy Hopper
24 Who tells Hopper about Smith?
His children

Paine

Taylor

His wife
25 What organization does Smith work for?
Hunters' Club

The Boy Scouts

The Boy Rangers

The Garden Club

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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