Duke Days of Summer Quiz
We hope you enjoy The Duke Days of Summer! Let’s see how much you know about the John Wayne movies we aired all through July!
In which movie did John Wayne’s character say: “How many men does it take to look after one lone female?”
Sean Thornton in The Quiet Man
John Marlowe in The Horse Soldiers
Kirby Yorke in Rio Grande
Correct
John Marlowe in The Horse Soldiers
The correct answer is
John Marlowe in The Horse Soldiers
In Rio Grande, Lt. Col. Yorke’s son dropped out of which school?
The Citadel
West Point
Texas Military Institute
Correct
West Point
The correct answer is
West Point
The Quiet Man was shot on location in…
Italy
Mexico
Ireland
Correct
Ireland
The correct answer is
Ireland
Which movie featured a character named Quirt?
The Horse Soldiers
Angel and the Badman
The Quiet Man
Correct
Angel and the Badman
The correct answer is
Angel and the Badman
A priest, a bully and a redhead. Which movie is it?
The Horse Soldiers
The Quiet Man
Angel and the Badman
Correct
The Quiet Man
The correct answer is
The Quiet Man
In The Cowboys, which character says: “Big mouth don't make a big man.”
Jebediah Nightlinger
Cimarron
Wil Andersen
Correct
Wil Andersen
The correct answer is
Wil Andersen
In The Quiet Man, John Wayne played…
A boxer
An army colonel
An army major
Correct
A boxer
The correct answer is
A boxer
In which film does Coleen Dewhurst appear?
The Cowboys
Rio Grande
The Quiet Man
Correct
The Cowboys
The correct answer is
The Cowboys
Who shows up to complicate McLintock’s life?
A disgruntled ranch hand
The son he hasn’t seen in ten years
His estranged wife
Correct
His estranged wife
The correct answer is
His estranged wife
In which movie does Maureen O’Hara not play opposite John Wayne
Rio Grande
The Horse Soldiers
McLintock!
Correct
The Horse Soldiers
The correct answer is
The Horse Soldiers
In The Horse Soldiers, John Wayne’s character must…
Blow up a railroad station behind Confederate lines
Train a bunch of greenhorn schoolboys to be tough cowboys
Save a wagonload of children from their Indian captors
Correct
Blow up a railroad station behind Confederate lines
The correct answer is
Blow up a railroad station behind Confederate lines
Which John Wayne character said: “I know you're an excellent judge of horse flesh…. You proved that when you stole my horse.”
Sean Thornton
Wil Anderson
Kirby Yorke
Correct
Kirby Yorke
The correct answer is
Kirby Yorke
Who plays the outlaw cattle thief stalking Wil and the boys in The Cowboys?
Bruce Dern
William Holden
Harry Carey, Jr.
Correct
Bruce Dern
The correct answer is
Bruce Dern
In The Cowboys, why do Wil Anderson’s cowhands desert him?
A competitor offers them higher wages
They take off to strike it rich in the Gold Rush
They enlist in the army
Correct
They take off to strike it rich in the Gold Rush
The correct answer is
They take off to strike it rich in the Gold Rush
Director, John Ford had to make Rio Grande or the studio would not agree to producing The Quiet Man
True
False
Correct
True
The correct answer is
True
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