Charlie Chaplin's life and career spanned several important periods in history. He was born near the end of the 19th century and died in the year 1977. Throughout his life, he achieved numerous accomplishments and lived through a number of significant world events.
This trivia quiz will not only test your knowledge of Charlie Chaplin's life and career, but also of the notable world events that were going on at the same time. Thus, having some knowledge about Charlie Chaplin would prove useful, but ultimately, you would need to be well-versed with general knowledge topics to do well on this quiz. While not all of the questions pertain directly to Charlie Chaplin or his career, they are all related to him in some way.
If you know a lot about the world at large from the late 19th to the mid 20th century then you might do very well on this quiz. So break out your best The Tramp cosplay, open up this quiz, and let's see how well you do.
Seriously, this isn't that hard if you've seen them.
80% Of People Can’t Get 12/18 on This General Knowledge Quiz (feat. Charlie Chaplin) — Can You? Questions
Charlie Chaplin was born in 1889. What famous landmark was erected that same year?
Statue of Liberty
Eiffel Tower
Big Ben
Mount Rushmore
What famous singer died 4 months before Charlie Chaplin in 1977?
John Lennon
Janis Joplin
Elvis Presley
Jimi Hendrix
Charlie Chaplin was exiled from the United States in 1952 because the FBI accused him of what perceived offense?
Drug offenses
Organized crime
Owing money on his taxes
Communist sympathies
Charlie Chaplin moved to Switzerland after being exiled from the United States. What celebrity below relinquished his or her American citizenship to become Swiss in 2013?
Bill Murray
Celine Dion
Tina Turner
Robert Downey Jr.
Charlie Chaplin is famous for his contributions to the silent film era. What famous inventor helped produce 1903's The Great Train Robbery? The film is widely credited with being the first moving picture to tell a story, kickstarting the silent film era.
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
Henry Ford
Nikola Tesla
Charlie Chaplin fathered 11 children with 4 different wives. The following celebrities also have many children. Which of them has the most children?
Dog the Bounty Hunter
Mia Farrow
Bob Marley
Eddie Murphy
What movie directed by Charlie Chaplin in 1967 did Marlon Brando appear in?
Limelight
Modern Times
A Countess from Hong Kong
A King in New York
Charlie Chaplin passed away on December 25, 1977. Which celebrities listed below also passed away on a Christmas Day?
All of the above
James Brown
Dean Martin
George Michael
In 1978, grave robbers dug up Charlie Chaplin's body and held it for ransom. One of the most famous grave robbing stories ever took place 102 years earlier. What famous person's body was almost stolen by grave robbers in 1876?
Charles Darwin
Thomas Jefferson
Beethoven
Abraham Lincoln
In 1943, Charlie Chaplin married his 4th wife, Oona O'Neill. He was 54 and she was 18 at the time. Out of the couples below, which has the largest age disparity between them?
Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones
Amal and George Clooney
Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart
Mick Jagger and Melanie Hamrick
In 1927, Chaplin's divorce from Lita Grey was highly publicized as the largest divorce settlement ever at the time. Grey got $825,000. As of 2021, what divorced couple has had the largest divorce settlement ever?
Jeff & MacKenzie Bezos
Mel Gibson and Robyn Moore
Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren
Rupert & Anna Murdoch
Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator was released in October 1940. How many months would it be before the United States joined World War II?
16 months
14 months
10 months
12 months
Which U.S. president invited Chaplin to read a speech from The Great Dictator during the 1941 presidential inauguration?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Harry S. Truman
Calvin Coolidge
Charlie Chaplin's famous character The Tramp debuted in April 1915. What ongoing global conflict was taking place at the time?
Spanish-American War
Korean War
Philippine-American War
The Great War
Charlie Chaplin's The Kid was released on January 21, 1921. What controversial American law went into effect the year prior in 1920?
The Indian Removal Act
Revenue Act
Prohibition
Securities Exchange Act
Charlie Chaplin was nominated for "Best Actor" in 1940. What actor would be nominated for the same award for playing Charlie Chaplin in the 1992 film Chaplin?
Johnny Depp
Robert Downey Jr.
Al Pacino
Clint Eastwood
In the 1930s, Chaplin released the films City Lights and Modern Times amongst others. What economic event characterized the 1930s in the United States and across the Western world?
The Recession of the 1930s
The Great American Debt Crisis
The Great Depression
The Energy Crisis
What was Charlie Chaplin's highest-grossing film of all time?