The Big Sleep (1946 Film) Quizzes

The Big Sleep (1946 Film) Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the novel on which the film is based?
Raymond Chandler

Dorothy B. Hughes

Raymond Carver

Dashiell Hammett
2 Who directed the film?
Howard Hawks

Fritz Lang

Otto Preminger

John Huston
3 Who plays Philip Marlowe?
Cary Grant

Gary Cooper

Humphrey Bogart

Clark Gable
4 When was the film released?
1935

1946

1940

1949
5 What is the name of the Sternwood's butler?
Norris

Max

Jeeves

Jarvis
6 Whom does Marlowe first meet in the foyer of the Sternwood residence?
General Sternwood

Eddie Mars

Carmen

Vivian
7 Who wrote the score?
Alfred Newman

Max Steiner

Bernard Herrmann

Cy Feuer
8 What does Marlowe tell Carmen his name is?
Your Worst Nightmare

Mr. Answers

Mad Max

Doghouse Reilly
9 What is a shamus?
A kind of flower

A private detective

A red herring

A clue
10 Where does Marlowe find General Sternwood?
In a smoking room

Gardening outside

In a very hot greenhouse

In a sick bed
11 What kind of beverage does Marlowe drink in the greenhouse?
Gin

Whiskey

Brandy

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

Iris

Orchid

Poppy
13 Where does Marlowe tell Sternwood he used to work?
The Army

District Attorney's Office

The C.I.A.

Vaudeville
14 How much did Sternwood pay Joe Brody to stay quiet about Carmen a year ago?
$1,000

$500

$10,000

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

Selling drugs

A gambling ring

Transporting bootlegged alcohol across the border
16 Who plays Vivian?
Ava Gardner

Katharine Hepburn

Lauren Bacall

Betty Grable
17 Who plays Carmen?
Dorothy Malone

Rita Hayworth

Martha Vickers

Marilyn Monroe
18 What book does Marlowe ask to see at Geiger's bookstore?
Ben Hur

Beowulf

Early Shakespeare folios

Middlemarch
19 How does Marlowe know that Geiger's bookstore is a front?
The woman at ACME across the street tells him that Geiger is a crook

Geiger himself admits it

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

The books that he asked for don't exist, and Agnes could not tell him as much
20 What does Geiger instruct the girl at ACME to do?
Take off her glasses and let her hair down

Call him when Geiger leaves

Give him a massage

Read poetry to him aloud
21 Who is accompanying Geiger?
Canino

Owen Taylor

Carol Lundgren

Joe Brody
22 What does Marlowe hear at Geiger's house?
A lascivious conversation between Geiger and Carmen

Carmen arguing with Geiger about Eddie Mars

Carmen singing a jazz song

A gunshot
23 What is Carmen's state at the time Geiger is killed?
She is nervous and trying to make a run for it

She is laughing and not taking anything seriously

She is distraught and inconsolable

She is higher than a kite
24 What does Marlowe find at Geiger's house on the night of Geiger's murder?
A code

A note from Carmen to Sean Regan

Vivian's cigarette case

A gun belonging to Eddie Mars
25 How much does it cost to employ Philip Marlowe for a day?
$30 plus expenses

$25 plus expenses

$150 plus expenses

$50 plus expenses

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