Which John Wayne Character Are You?

By: Zoe Samuel
Estimated Completion Time
5 min
Which John Wayne Character Are You?
Image: 20th Century Fox

About This Quiz

Marion Robert Morrison, the man who would become John Wayne, was born in 1907 in the town of Winterset, Iowa, but when his family had to move due to his father's breathing problems, they ended up in Southern California, where the tall future film star would ultimately make his name. After a failed stint at farming in the desert, they moved to Glendale, where Wayne would do odd jobs for his father and others, and where he got the family dog that would give him his nickname, Duke, just like Indiana Jones! As fate would have it, he went to the University of Southern California where he played football and caught the eye of famous western film star Tom Mix, who got him his first on-set job. Wayne became close with directing legend John Ford while working on his sets, and the die was cast.

John Wayne often played imposing authority figures; men of passion, principle, and action. Wayne himself did not serve in World War II, which may have prompted him to become quite the political hawk, supporting the Vietnam War, and making World War II movies long into his career. A mixed bag, he was a difficult man as he got older, and he drank a lot, but his greatest contributions stand out more than his flaws.

So which John Wayne character do you most resemble? Ready your guns and saddle up for this quiz!

How politically conservative are you?
Very. Totally. Small "c."
I'm pretty small "c" conservative, but I try to stay free of politics.
I'm conservative about some things, but liberal on other key issues.
I don't give a flip about politics.

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How much do you identify with your profession?
I have a higher calling with which I identify.
It's who I am down to my bones.
I'm not my job. My job is me.
It's not a job, it's a calling.

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Do you see yourself as in service to something bigger?
No, just my friends
Professionally, yes
Yes, with every fiber of my being
No

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How much do you try to stay free of the fray?
I'll jump into it if you mess with my yard.
I'm all about the fray, if it falls within my profession.
I live for the fray.
I want nothing of anything.

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Do you see your competition as equally human as you are?
No. They're monsters. Animals.
Yes, but they are still evil.
Yes, they're just wrong.
Yes, and they are no different from you or me.

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Which of these best sums up your morality?
Stay away from my friends and family.
Mess with the best, die like the rest.
I hold these truths to be self evident.
Deserve has nothing to do with it.

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Are you willing to engage your boss in a dispute?
I am the boss.
Nope. I take my orders.
Yes, if it comes to that.
I'll engage anyone in a dispute.

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How old are you?
I'm getting up there.
I've put in my 20.
I'm in my prime.
Old. Let's leave it there.

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Do you believe in the use of cruelty as a weapon?
Yes, of course,​ I do.
No, but my enemies do.
No, I'd rather just use my knife.
No. There's no need.

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Would you leave a friend in trouble?
If the mission called for it
No, never. No one gets left behind.
Not one of my friends! I'd die first.
I don't have any friends.

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Are you willing to try things over and over again, even when you only fail at them?
I don't consider something a failure until you give up on it.
Only within reason
Beyond all reason, yes
No, I'm too old for that.

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How many battles have you put in the past?
None.
More than a man's share
The past is prologue.
More than I can recall

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How likely are you to give up on something in which you've invested time?
It'll never happen.
If it doesn't make sense, I'll give up.
I'll probably just come at it from another angle.
I've given up on nearly everything.

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Is an immoral enemy the only enemy worth taking on?
It's the only one I would take on.
Yes. Moral people can't be enemies the way I see it.
No, some enemies are moral, but wrong.
Morality doesn't enter into it much.

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How invested are you in an explicit philosophy?
Not at all
I've taken an oath if that's what you mean.
I'm totally invested in a moral philosophy.
That stuff is for kids.

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Do you hold a grudge?
A long time, yeah
No, life's too short.
Yes, but only as it relates to a higher cause
No. I don't have the time.

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How emotionally invested are you in your work?
It's all I have.
I try to take my feelings out of it, but that's hard.
It's pretty engaging on an emotional level.
A bit. It's not an emotional thing anymore.

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How many special skills do you have that relate to your job?
A couple
Dozens
A good dozen or so
Just one

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How good are you at telling stories?
Bad
I'm used to doing it as part of my job.
I'm the best. I could do it for a living.
I know a few, but I don't like to talk about them.

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How simple is your code these days?
I don't even have much of a code anymore.
It's a booklet. I've got it memorized.
It's simple on the surface, but reams have been written on it.
It's me or them. That's the whole thing.

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Do you have a calling?
I used to think I did, but now I'm not so sure.
I do, and I work for that every day.
I do, and I've spent my whole life in pursuit of it.
No, just a way of life

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How orderly is your life?
It's totally chaotic.
It's very orderly. Regimented.
It's an adventure every day, and not too organized.
It's orderly, but out of necessity.

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Are you comfortable alone?
I have to be.
I am, but I'd rather not be.
I am.
I'm not. My identity is tied up in how I interact with other people.

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What material things do you need to get by in life?
My travel kit
My work gear
My books
Have gun, will travel.

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What do you see as your biggest flaw?
I can't let go of things.
I don't ever stray from my lane.
I'm willing to die for things I have little to do with.
I'm running out of time.

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Do you have time for a family?
Not anymore
Back home, yeah
I would, but I've got a lot of things to do.
I had one... once.

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How well can you cope with the challenges of nature?
I'll live.
I'll be prepared.
I know how to get by in nature.
I'll have a hotel room, thanks.

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How would you like to go out of this world?
I've never even considered that.
With honor
In a blaze of glory
Swinging

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Does your anger simmer down with the passage of time?
No, it only boils harder.
Yes, of course it does.
I don't get angry, I get even.
I don't have room to get angry anymore.

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What do you love most of all?
My people
My country
Justice
My legacy

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