The Big Sleep (1946 Film) Quizzes

The Big Sleep (1946 Film) Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the novel on which the film is based?
Dorothy B. Hughes

Dashiell Hammett

Raymond Carver

Raymond Chandler
2 Who directed the film?
Howard Hawks

Fritz Lang

Otto Preminger

John Huston
3 Who plays Philip Marlowe?
Gary Cooper

Humphrey Bogart

Clark Gable

Cary Grant
4 When was the film released?
1940

1949

1946

1935
5 What is the name of the Sternwood's butler?
Jarvis

Norris

Jeeves

Max
6 Whom does Marlowe first meet in the foyer of the Sternwood residence?
Eddie Mars

Vivian

General Sternwood

Carmen
7 Who wrote the score?
Max Steiner

Bernard Herrmann

Alfred Newman

Cy Feuer
8 What does Marlowe tell Carmen his name is?
Doghouse Reilly

Your Worst Nightmare

Mad Max

Mr. Answers
9 What is a shamus?
A private detective

A red herring

A kind of flower

A clue
10 Where does Marlowe find General Sternwood?
In a sick bed

In a very hot greenhouse

In a smoking room

Gardening outside
11 What kind of beverage does Marlowe drink in the greenhouse?
Aperol

Gin

Brandy

Whiskey
12 What kind of flower does Sternwood draw Marlowe's attention to?
Lily

Poppy

Orchid

Iris
13 Where does Marlowe tell Sternwood he used to work?
District Attorney's Office

The C.I.A.

Vaudeville

The Army
14 How much did Sternwood pay Joe Brody to stay quiet about Carmen a year ago?
$10,000

$500

$1,000

$5,000
15 What nefarious business did Sean Regan used to be involved in?
A gambling ring

Transporting bootlegged alcohol across the border

Pornography

Selling drugs
16 Who plays Vivian?
Betty Grable

Ava Gardner

Katharine Hepburn

Lauren Bacall
17 Who plays Carmen?
Marilyn Monroe

Rita Hayworth

Dorothy Malone

Martha Vickers
18 What book does Marlowe ask to see at Geiger's bookstore?
Beowulf

Early Shakespeare folios

Ben Hur

Middlemarch
19 How does Marlowe know that Geiger's bookstore is a front?
The books that he asked for don't exist, and Agnes could not tell him as much

The woman at ACME across the street tells him that Geiger is a crook

Marlowe sees a gun in Agnes's desk at Geiger's

Geiger himself admits it
20 What does Geiger instruct the girl at ACME to do?
Give him a massage

Call him when Geiger leaves

Take off her glasses and let her hair down

Read poetry to him aloud
21 Who is accompanying Geiger?
Owen Taylor

Joe Brody

Canino

Carol Lundgren
22 What does Marlowe hear at Geiger's house?
Carmen arguing with Geiger about Eddie Mars

Carmen singing a jazz song

A gunshot

A lascivious conversation between Geiger and Carmen
23 What is Carmen's state at the time Geiger is killed?
She is higher than a kite

She is laughing and not taking anything seriously

She is nervous and trying to make a run for it

She is distraught and inconsolable
24 What does Marlowe find at Geiger's house on the night of Geiger's murder?
A note from Carmen to Sean Regan

Vivian's cigarette case

A gun belonging to Eddie Mars

A code
25 How much does it cost to employ Philip Marlowe for a day?
$150 plus expenses

$25 plus expenses

$30 plus expenses

$50 plus expenses

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