North by Northwest Quizzes

North by Northwest Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?
Orson Welles

Alfred Hitchcock

Stanley Kubrick

Elia Kazan
2 Who composed the score?
Bernard Herrmann

Elmer Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein

Nino Rota
3 Where is the film set at the start?
Boston

South Dakota

Chicago

New York City
4 What is Roger Thornhill's profession?
Actor

Lawyer

Advertising executive

Banker
5 Who plays Roger Thornhill?
Anthony Perkins

Cary Grant

Spencer Tracy

James Stewart
6 Who does Roger tell his secretary to send chocolates to?
His mother

A woman he is dating

His niece

A client
7 What is director Alfred Hitchcock doing in his small cameo at the beginning of the film?
Holding a door open for a woman

Driving the bus

Missing the bus

Buying a newspaper
8 What is Roger Thornhill's secretary's name?
Judy

Millie

Maggie

Georgia
9 How does Roger manage to steal the cab from the man outside the office?
By just jumping in

By saying that Maggie is in labor

By pushing the man out of the way

By lying that Maggie is sick
10 Where does Roger meet his associates for his business meeting?
Washington Square Park

The Algonquin

The Carlyle

The Oak Room at the Plaza
11 What note does Thornhill ask Maggie to leave on his desk?
"Call your mother"

"Think thin"

"Read a book"

"Stop drinking"
12 What does Thornhill want to do when he calls the hotel attendant over to the table?
See the manager

Send a telegram to his mother

Order a drink

Pretend to be George Kaplan for the fun of it
13 How do Valerian and Licht threaten Roger at the Plaza?
By blackmailing him with incriminating information

By telling him they've taken his mother hostage

By threatening to kill his business associates

By telling him they are pointing guns at him
14 Who plays Vandamm?
James Mason

Martin Landau

Peter Sellers

Kirk Douglas
15 Where is Townsend's mansion?
Upstate New York

Connecticut

Long Island

Staten Island
16 In what room is Thornhill locked in the Townsend mansion?
A bedroom

The library

The basement

The bathroom
17 What is Thornhill's initial attitude upon being kidnapped?
Despondent and defeated

Angry and violent

Sarcastic and irreverent

Amused and giggly
18 Where is Thornhill supposed to meet his mother on the night of his kidnapping?
The Winter Garden Theater

The Rainbow Room

The Oak Room

Radio City
19 Who does Vandamm mistake Thornhill for?
Cary Grant

George Kaplan

The gardener, George

Tom Townsend
20 What liquor does Leonard force Thornhill to drink?
Vodka

Gin

Rum

Bourbon
21 How do Valerian and Licht try to kill Thornhill initially?
Poisoning him

Shooting him

Pushing him into traffic

Sending his car over a cliff
22 Who does Thornill call at the police station?
His lawyer

His secretary

The Townsend residence

His mother
23 What does Thornhill disappointedly find in the liquor cabinet when he returns to the Townsend mansion?
Nothing

Empty liquor bottles

Records

Books
24 Where does Mr. Townsend work?
The New York Times

Morgan Stanley

The United Nations

Lincoln Center
25 Who is shown gardening in front of the Townsend mansion as the men drive away?
Eve

Vandamm

Licht

Valerian