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The Godfather Cinema Masterpieces

Test your grasp of Francis Ford Coppola's Corleone crime family saga, Oscar triumphs, and cinematic drama.

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Which actor portrayed the aging Don Vito Corleone in The Godfather (1972), winning the Oscar for Best Actor?

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  1. 1.Which actor portrayed the aging Don Vito Corleone in The Godfather (1972), winning the Oscar for Best Actor?

    • AAl Pacino
    • BRobert De Niro
    • CMarlon Brando✓ Correct
    • DJames Caan

    Correct answer: Marlon Brando

    Marlon Brando delivered one of cinema's defining performances using tissue paper in his cheeks to create Vito Corleone's bulldog jaw.

  2. 2.Who wrote the best-selling 1969 novel on which The Godfather was based and co-wrote the film screenplays?

    • AMario Puzo✓ Correct
    • BRaymond Chandler
    • CNicholas Pileggi
    • DElmore Leonard

    Correct answer: Mario Puzo

    Mario Puzo penned the original novel and collaborated with director Francis Ford Coppola on all three film adaptations.

  3. 3.What severed animal part is placed inside movie producer Jack Woltz's bed to compel him to cast Johnny Fontane?

    • AA bull's horn
    • BA racehorse's head✓ Correct
    • CA dead fish
    • DA lion's mane

    Correct answer: A racehorse's head

    Woltz wakes up drenched in blood to find the severed head of his prize $600,000 stud horse, Khartoum, tucked beneath his silk sheets.

  4. 4.What Sicilian village gives the Corleone family its surname and serves as Michael's place of exile?

    • APalermo
    • BCorleone✓ Correct
    • CTaormina
    • DCatania

    Correct answer: Corleone

    Vito Andolini took the name of his hometown Corleone when arriving at Ellis Island, where Michael later hides from mob retribution.

  5. 5.Which hot-tempered oldest son of Vito Corleone is gunned down in an ambush at a highway toll booth?

    • AFredo
    • BMichael
    • CTom Hagen
    • DSantino 'Sonny'✓ Correct

    Correct answer: Santino 'Sonny'

    James Caan's Sonny Corleone is trapped at the Long Beach Causeway toll plaza and riddled with Tommy gun fire by Barzini hitmen.

  6. 6.What family member does Michael Corleone order executed on Lake Tahoe in The Godfather Part II for betraying him?

    • ATom Hagen
    • BFredo Corleone✓ Correct
    • CPeter Clemenza
    • DSal Tessio

    Correct answer: Fredo Corleone

    Michael has hitman Al Neri shoot his older brother Fredo while they are fishing on Lake Tahoe, waiting until their mother passes away.

  7. 7.Who portrayed the young Vito Corleone in the 1920s Little Italy flashbacks of The Godfather Part II?

    • ARobert De Niro✓ Correct
    • BAl Pacino
    • CJohn Cazale
    • DRobert Duvall

    Correct answer: Robert De Niro

    Robert De Niro won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for portraying Vito's rise, making Brando and De Niro the first pair to win for the same character.

  8. 8.During what solemn religious ceremony does Michael Corleone renounce Satan while his capos assassinate rival heads of families?

    • AHis daughter's First Communion
    • BThe baptism of his nephew✓ Correct
    • CHis wedding to Kay Adams
    • DA funeral mass for his father

    Correct answer: The baptism of his nephew

    Coppola crafted cinema history with cross-cutting editing between the baptism in church and the violent elimination of the Five Families.

  9. 9.What profession does German-Irish adopted son Tom Hagen practice on behalf of the Corleone family?

    • APhysician
    • BBanker
    • CLawyer and Consigliere✓ Correct
    • DPolice Captain

    Correct answer: Lawyer and Consigliere

    Robert Duvall played Tom Hagen, the calm legal mind and trusted family counselor who negotiates business with rival outfits.

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