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What was the birth name of the actor we know as John Wayne?
Marion Morrison
Rodney Bumpies
Robin Quayle-Gale
Oswald Otterbein
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How many total film and television roles did Wayne perform in?
64
99
179
280
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John Wayne was commonly known by what nickname that alluded to his noble sense of confidence and charisma?
Baron
Sir
Duke
King
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In his youth, Wayne was an athlete as he earned a scholarship to play what sport at University of Southern California only to have to decline the opportunity after an injury left him unable to play?
American football
Ice hockey
Baseball
Track and field
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Wayne's first role as a leading man came when he starred in what 1930 western film?
Hero
Wide and Winding
Gunman's Oath
The Big Trail
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Wayne's true breakout role came in what 1939 film about strangers riding a coach through Apache territory?
Plainsmen in Arms
Stagecoach
The Brave Few
Ride Along
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In what famous 1956 western about a man rescuing his niece from her Native American captors did Wayne star?
The Sunset Man
Tumbleweed Blues
The Searchers
Avenger
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In 1958, what leader of the Soviet Union, on his visit to America, demanded to meet John Wayne?
Joseph Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
Yuri Andropov
Boris Yeltsin
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In 1956, Wayne starred as Genghis Khan in what peculiar movie which some believe may have given its crew radiation poisoning?
For the Love of it
King of the Mongols
The Conqueror
The Glory of Khan
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In 1962, Wayne costarred in the film The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence with what other iconic American actor famous for his leading roles in It's a Wonderful Life and Vertigo?
James Stewart
John Carradine
Don Adams
Tim Conway
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Jon Wayne won the 1970 Academy Award for Best Actor for playing what bounty hunter in True Grit?
Eagle Fitzpatrick
Viper Cody
Stallion James
Rooster Cogburn
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Wayne's final film role was in what 1976 movie about a dying gun fighter?
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Movers and Shaker
The Shootist
One Last Dance
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In his memory, the John Wayne Foundation has been funding what cause?
Aiding struggling American farmers.
Finding a cure for cancer.
Preserving the American environment.
Preserving lost films.
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John Wayne's final public appearance was at what year's Academy Awards Ceremony?
1960
1968
1973
1979
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In 1980, what President of the United States posthumously awarded John Wayne the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
Jimmy Carter
George H. W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Gerald Ford
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