Citizen Kane

What was Kane's last word?

• Rosebud

• Goodbye

• Thunder

• I'm sorry.

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What was Kane's full name?

• Charles Foster Kane

• William Randolph Kane

• Charles Kane

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The newspaper reporters want to figure out what Kane's last words mean. Who they try to talk to first?

• His mother

• His Butler

• His ex wife

• His father

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What sort of business does Kane end up running?

• A construction company

• An oil business

• A gold mine

• A newspaper

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What was the name of Kane's business?

• The Republic

• The Inquirer

• The Post

• The Express News

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Who directed the movie Citizen Kane?

• Howard Hawks

• Franklin J. Schaffner

• Alejandro González Iñárritu

• Orson Welles

Citizen Kane was snubbed by the Academy Awards' best-picture competition in what year? (HINT: this occurred the year after the film's theatrical release)

• 1902

• 1922

• 1942

• 1962

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The character of Charles Foster Kane is based on which public figure?

• Utilities magnate Samuel Insull

• newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst

• Standard Oil founder John D. Rockefeller

• MGM head Louis B. Mayer

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These pictures, from top to bottom, are of whom?

• Orson Welles and his father

• Orson Welles' son and himself

• Orson Welles, younger and older

• Orson Welles and his character, "Citizen Kane"

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Which of the following actors plays the role of Charles Foster Kane?

• Orson Welles

• Joseph Cotten

• Daniel Comingore

• Agnes Moorehead

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