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?
Otto Preminger

Fritz Lang

Howard Hawks

John Huston
3 Who plays Philip Marlowe?
Cary Grant

Humphrey Bogart

Clark Gable

Gary Cooper
4 When was the film released?
1946

1935

1949

1940
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?
Vivian

General Sternwood

Eddie Mars

Carmen
7 Who wrote the score?
Alfred Newman

Bernard Herrmann

Max Steiner

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

Mr. Answers

Your Worst Nightmare

Mad Max
9 What is a shamus?
A private detective

A clue

A red herring

A kind of flower
10 Where does Marlowe find General Sternwood?
Gardening outside

In a sick bed

In a smoking room

In a very hot greenhouse
11 What kind of beverage does Marlowe drink in the greenhouse?
Brandy

Gin

Aperol

Whiskey
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?
The C.I.A.

Vaudeville

The Army

District Attorney's Office
14 How much did Sternwood pay Joe Brody to stay quiet about Carmen a year ago?
$500

$10,000

$1,000

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

A gambling ring

Transporting bootlegged alcohol across the border

Selling drugs
16 Who plays Vivian?
Katharine Hepburn

Lauren Bacall

Ava Gardner

Betty Grable
17 Who plays Carmen?
Marilyn Monroe

Rita Hayworth

Martha Vickers

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

Middlemarch

Ben Hur

Early Shakespeare folios
19 How does Marlowe know that Geiger's bookstore is a front?
Geiger himself admits it

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

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

Read poetry to him aloud

Give him a massage

Call him when Geiger leaves
21 Who is accompanying Geiger?
Joe Brody

Owen Taylor

Canino

Carol Lundgren
22 What does Marlowe hear at Geiger's house?
A gunshot

Carmen singing a jazz song

Carmen arguing with Geiger about Eddie Mars

A lascivious conversation between Geiger and Carmen
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 higher than a kite

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?
$30 plus expenses

$25 plus expenses

$150 plus expenses

$50 plus expenses

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