The Big Sleep (1946 Film) Quizzes

The Big Sleep (1946 Film) Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the novel on which the film is based?
Dashiell Hammett

Raymond Chandler

Dorothy B. Hughes

Raymond Carver
2 Who directed the film?
Fritz Lang

Otto Preminger

John Huston

Howard Hawks
3 Who plays Philip Marlowe?
Cary Grant

Humphrey Bogart

Gary Cooper

Clark Gable
4 When was the film released?
1949

1946

1940

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

Jeeves

Max

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

Eddie Mars

General Sternwood

Vivian
7 Who wrote the score?
Cy Feuer

Max Steiner

Bernard Herrmann

Alfred Newman
8 What does Marlowe tell Carmen his name is?
Mad Max

Your Worst Nightmare

Mr. Answers

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

A red herring

A clue

A private detective
10 Where does Marlowe find General Sternwood?
Gardening outside

In a smoking room

In a very hot greenhouse

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

Whiskey

Gin

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

Lily

Orchid

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

The Army

Vaudeville

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

$5,000

$500

$1,000
15 What nefarious business did Sean Regan used to be involved in?
Selling drugs

Pornography

Transporting bootlegged alcohol across the border

A gambling ring
16 Who plays Vivian?
Katharine Hepburn

Ava Gardner

Lauren Bacall

Betty Grable
17 Who plays Carmen?
Rita Hayworth

Martha Vickers

Marilyn Monroe

Dorothy Malone
18 What book does Marlowe ask to see at Geiger's bookstore?
Middlemarch

Early Shakespeare folios

Beowulf

Ben Hur
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

The books that he asked for don't exist, and Agnes could not tell him as much

Marlowe sees a gun in Agnes's desk at Geiger's
20 What does Geiger instruct the girl at ACME to do?
Give him a massage

Take off her glasses and let her hair down

Call him when Geiger leaves

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

Joe Brody

Carol Lundgren

Owen Taylor
22 What does Marlowe hear at Geiger's house?
A gunshot

Carmen arguing with Geiger about Eddie Mars

A lascivious conversation between Geiger and Carmen

Carmen singing a jazz song
23 What is Carmen's state at the time Geiger is killed?
She is laughing and not taking anything seriously

She is higher than a kite

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?
Vivian's cigarette case

A code

A note from Carmen to Sean Regan

A gun belonging to Eddie Mars
25 How much does it cost to employ Philip Marlowe for a day?
$50 plus expenses

$30 plus expenses

$150 plus expenses

$25 plus expenses

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