North by Northwest Quizzes

North by Northwest Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?
Orson Welles

Alfred Hitchcock

Elia Kazan

Stanley Kubrick
2 Who composed the score?
Leonard Bernstein

Bernard Herrmann

Elmer Bernstein

Nino Rota
3 Where is the film set at the start?
South Dakota

New York City

Boston

Chicago
4 What is Roger Thornhill's profession?
Actor

Banker

Advertising executive

Lawyer
5 Who plays Roger Thornhill?
Spencer Tracy

James Stewart

Cary Grant

Anthony Perkins
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?
Driving the bus

Missing the bus

Holding a door open for a woman

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 lying that Maggie is sick

By pushing the man out of the way

By just jumping in

By saying that Maggie is in labor
10 Where does Roger meet his associates for his business meeting?
Washington Square Park

The Algonquin

The Oak Room at the Plaza

The Carlyle
11 What note does Thornhill ask Maggie to leave on his desk?
"Stop drinking"

"Read a book"

"Think thin"

"Call your mother"
12 What does Thornhill want to do when he calls the hotel attendant over to the table?
Send a telegram to his mother

See the manager

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 threatening to kill his business associates

By telling him they are pointing guns at him

By telling him they've taken his mother hostage

By blackmailing him with incriminating information
14 Who plays Vandamm?
James Mason

Kirk Douglas

Martin Landau

Peter Sellers
15 Where is Townsend's mansion?
Staten Island

Long Island

Connecticut

Upstate New York
16 In what room is Thornhill locked in the Townsend mansion?
A bedroom

The bathroom

The basement

The library
17 What is Thornhill's initial attitude upon being kidnapped?
Angry and violent

Sarcastic and irreverent

Despondent and defeated

Amused and giggly
18 Where is Thornhill supposed to meet his mother on the night of his kidnapping?
The Rainbow Room

The Winter Garden Theater

Radio City

The Oak Room
19 Who does Vandamm mistake Thornhill for?
Tom Townsend

Cary Grant

George Kaplan

The gardener, George
20 What liquor does Leonard force Thornhill to drink?
Bourbon

Gin

Vodka

Rum
21 How do Valerian and Licht try to kill Thornhill initially?
Sending his car over a cliff

Shooting him

Poisoning him

Pushing him into traffic
22 Who does Thornill call at the police station?
His mother

His secretary

The Townsend residence

His lawyer
23 What does Thornhill disappointedly find in the liquor cabinet when he returns to the Townsend mansion?
Records

Nothing

Books

Empty liquor bottles
24 Where does Mr. Townsend work?
The New York Times

The United Nations

Morgan Stanley

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

Valerian

Eve

Licht