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Westerns: Saddle Up

Dust off your boots and ride from Monument Valley to the deserts of Almería: how well do you know the classic and spaghetti westerns?

🎬 Movies medium 20 questions ~7 min

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What this quiz asks

Monument Valley, the backdrop of so many westerns, straddles the border of which two US states?
Which 1939 John Ford film made John Wayne a star in the role of the Ringo Kid?
In High Noon (1952), Gary Cooper's marshal waits for an outlaw who is arriving how?
Many spaghetti westerns were shot in the Tabernas Desert. Which Spanish province is it in?
Clint Eastwood was already a TV western star before he made his first film with Sergio Leone.
In John Ford's The Searchers (1956), which actress plays the teenage niece that John Wayne's character hunts for?
Select ALL of these westerns that Sergio Leone directed.
Was The Searchers (1956) nominated for any Academy Awards?
Gene Hackman won an Oscar for Unforgiven (1992). Which character did he play?
A Fistful of Dollars (1964) was an unofficial remake of an Akira Kurosawa film.
In what year did John Wayne die?
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) cast which star, famous for decent heroes, as the cold-blooded killer Frank?
Order these westerns by release year, earliest first.
Who directed High Noon (1952)?
Select ALL of these westerns that won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
In John Ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), who plays the lawyer opposite John Wayne?
Ennio Morricone won his only competitive Oscar, at the 2016 ceremony, for which western?
Which was the first western that Clint Eastwood directed?
In the credits of A Fistful of Dollars, Sergio Leone hid behind which American-sounding pseudonym?
Which composer won two Oscars for High Noon, one for the score and one for its theme song?