Western: Figures, Sets, Clichés
Hat, spurs and a duel at high noon: can you spot every cliché of the Western?
What this quiz asks
- 1Which wide-brimmed hat is the very symbol of the Western cowboy?
- 2What does the rider wear on the heels of his boots to urge his mount on?
- 3In which establishment do the characters drink, play cards and brawl?
- 4At what time of day is the western's final duel traditionally staged?
- 5Which lawman wears the star and keeps order in the small town?
- 6Which ball of dry grass rolls down the empty street to underline the silence?
- 7In which country were the famous "spaghetti westerns" of the 1960s produced?
- 8Which Italian composer wrote the whistled scores of Sergio Leone's westerns?
- 9In "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly", who plays "the Good", the tight-lipped bounty hunter?
- 10Which director, a master of the western, made "Stagecoach" and "The Searchers"?
