Who appears in the photographs?

Sherman herself in different roles

What do the images explore?

Female stereotypes and identity

Untitled Film Stills Quiz: Cindy Sherman's Staged Roles

This untitled film stills quiz poses like a 1950s movie heroine. Play 10 interactive questions on Cindy Sherman's series made from 1977 to 1980, 70 black and white photographs, Sherman acting as photographer, model and stylist, characters inspired by B-movies, film noir and European cinema, films that never existed and the Museum of Modern Art acquiring the full set.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Who
Who made the Untitled Film Stills?
Years
When were the Film Stills made?
Count
How many photographs are in the series?
Color
Are the Film Stills in color?
Roles
Which roles did Sherman take on?
Model
Who appears in the photographs?
Films
Which films are the stills taken from?
Inspire
Which film styles inspired the series?
MoMA
Which museum acquired the complete set?
Theme
What do the images explore?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Who made the Untitled Film Stills?
Answer: Cindy Sherman
An American artist.
Q2: When were the Film Stills made?
Answer: 1977 to 1980
Early in her career.
Q3: How many photographs are in the series?
Answer: 70
A complete set.
Q4: Are the Film Stills in color?
Answer: No, black and white
Like old film stills.
Q5: Which roles did Sherman take on?
Answer: Photographer, model and stylist
She created everything.
Q6: Who appears in the photographs?
Answer: Sherman herself in different roles
Self-portraits that aren't about her.
Q7: Which films are the stills taken from?
Answer: None, the films never existed
Invented scenes.
Q8: Which film styles inspired the series?
Answer: B-movies, film noir and European cinema
1950s and 1960s.
Q9: Which museum acquired the complete set?
Answer: Museum of Modern Art
In New York.
Q10: What do the images explore?
Answer: Female stereotypes and identity
Roles women play.

Movie Heroines That Never Were

From 1977 to 1980, Cindy Sherman created Untitled Film Stills, 70 black and white photographs that look like scenes from old movies. She acted as photographer, model and stylist, appearing in every image in a different role.

The characters were inspired by B-movies, film noir and European art cinema of the 1950s and 1960s: a librarian, a housewife, a young woman in the city. Yet the films never existed; Sherman invented every scene.

The series explores female stereotypes and how identity is shaped by images. The Museum of Modern Art in New York acquired the complete set, and the Film Stills remain among the most influential works of contemporary art.

What This Quiz Teaches

Art fans will enjoy these questions.

Who made the series
When it was made
Who appears in it
What inspired it
Where it is held

Did You Know?

Sherman later worked in color.
She uses costumes and makeup.
Her work is often called conceptual.
The images are small in size.
She rarely gives titles beyond numbers.