Total number of questions: 25

1. Wall Street, the 1987 movie about insider trading, was directed by:
   A. Michael Douglas
   B. Penny Marshall
   C. Oliver Stone
   D. Martin Scorsese

2. What Fortune 500 company provided technical advice to the 1957 Spencer Tracy-Katherine Hepburn film Desk Set?
   A. U.S. Steel
   B. IBM
   C. Xerox
   D. Parker Pens

3. In the movie Other People's Money, Danny DeVito plays the role of:
   A. Rory the Raider
   B. Terry the Terminator
   C. Takeover Al
   D. Larry the Liquidator

4. In Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, Christina Applegate plays a teenager who lies her way into a job for a company that makes:
   A. Cereal
   B. Uniforms
   C. Toys
   D. Cartoons

5. The gangster Bugsy Siegel, portrayed by Warren Beatty in the movie Bugsy, was the driving force behind the construction of which Las Vegas casino?
   A. The Sands
   B. The Flamingo
   C. The Horseshoe
   D. Caesar's Palace

6. The Efficiency Expert, an Australian film dealing with business consultants, is also known as:
   A. Spotteswood
   B. Melbourne
   C. Ball's Moccasins
   D. The Takeover Artist

7. Who played automobile maker Sam Dodsworth in the 1936 classic film Dodsworth, based on Sinclair Lewis' novel?
   A. John Huston
   B. Walter Huston
   C. Sam Huston
   D. Frederic March

8. In Tucker: The Man and His Dream, what is the model name of the car Tucker produces?
   A. The Torpedo
   B. The Talisman
   C. The Tracer
   D. The Rocket

9. According to the movie, how many Tucker automobiles were actually produced?
   A. 1,000
   B. 500
   C. 100
   D. 50

10. In Executive Suite, the plot is kicked off when the president of the Tredway company:
   A. Proposes a change of products
   B. Retires
   C. Takes a new job
   D. Dies

11. In The Hudsucker Proxy, Timothy Hutton's character rises to the top of the Hudsucker Corporation after he invents:
   A. The paddle-ball
   B. The hoola-hoop
   C. Pong
   D. The Pet Rock

12. On Wings of Eagles deals with the real-life story of an executive's efforts to rescue the company's executives from captivity by terrorists. The real-life executive is:
   A. Jack Welch
   B. Ross Perot
   C. Thomas Watson
   D. Harold Geneen

13. Who is the real-life "Roger" who is the subject of Michael Moore's 1989 documentary Roger & Me?
   A. Roger Smith
   B. Roger Peterson
   C. Roger Burroughs
   D. Roger Gates

14. The 1969 movie The Adding Machine is based on a play by:
   A. Elmer Rice
   B. Clifford Odets
   C. William Inge
   D. David Mamet

15. The 1961 James Cagney movie One, Two, Three deals with an American company's efforts to market its product in Eastern Europe. The company is:
   A. IBM
   B. Coca-Cola
   C. General Motors
   D. Phillip Morris

16. In Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, Cary Grant's occupation is:
   A. Banker
   B. Contractor
   C. Advertisting executive
   D. Stockbroker

17. The 1983 Meryl Streep-Cher film Silkwood about whistle blowing is based on an incident that occurred at which of the following companies?
   A. Kerr-McGee
   B. J.P. Stevens
   C. Brown & Williamson
   D. Mobil Oil

18. In the 1942 John Wayne film Pittsburgh, who plays Wayne's business partner and sometime rival for the affections of Marlena Dietrich?
   A. Gary Cooper
   B. James Stewart
   C. Stewart Granger
   D. Randolph Scott

19. Glengarry, Glen Ross, the 1992 film version of David Mamet's broadway play, deals with:
   A. The real estate business
   B. The used car business
   C. The advertising business
   D. The aerospace business

20. In the 1983 Eddie Murphy-Dan Ackroyd movie Trading Places, who play the manipulative brothers who bet that Murphy and Ackroyd can't trade places?
   A. Hume Cronyn and Frederic March
   B. E. G. Marshall and Hugh Marlowe
   C. Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy
   D. Phil Harris and Chill Wills

21. In the 1973 film Save the Tiger, Jack Lemmon plays a garment-industry executive who commits a crime in an attempt to bail out his company. Is the crime:
   A. Embezzlement
   B. Arson
   C. Murder
   D. Stock manipulation

22. Inventor-millionaire Howard Hughes has been depicted on the screen in several movies. Who played him in Melvin & Howard?
   A. Dean Stockwell
   B. Jason Robards
   C. George Peppard
   D. George C. Scott

23. In The Story of Alexander Graham Bell, Don Ameche, in the title role, gives his fledgling phone company a boost when he arranges a demonstration of the telephone for:
   A. President Rutherford B. Hayes
   B. King Leopold II
   C. Samuel F. B. Morse
   D. Queen Victoria

24. In the Tom Hanks' movie Big, Hanks finds work at a toy company. The company's chief executive is played by:
   A. Robert Loggia
   B. Jack Warden
   C. Dean Stockwell
   D. Walter Matthau

25. Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? starred which actress as it's female lead?
   A. Jayne Mansfield
   B. Marilyn Monroe
   C. Tuesday Weld
   D. Lani Anderson

Home | How MGTTM Works | Using MGTTM | Sample Guide |
Topics | Titles | Trivia | MANNY Awards | About Hollywood MBA | MBA Test |
Log In/Out | Order | Purchase History | Copyrights | Privacy | Security |
Feedback | About Us | The Authors | Links