The Shawshank Redemption Quizzes

The Shawshank Redemption Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?
Stanley Kubrick

Frank Darabont

Christopher Columbus

Stephen Spielberg
2 What is the film based on?
A novella

A song

A novel

A play
3 Who wrote the material on which the film is based?
Stephen King

Anne Tyler

Raymond Carver

Howard Hughes
4 When was the film released?
1993

1994

1990

1992
5 Who wrote the screenplay?
Stephen King

Rob Reiner

Frank Darabont

Niki Marvin
6 Who originally wanted to direct the film?
Nora Ephron

Stephen Spielberg

George Lucas

Rob Reiner
7 Who composed the music?
Rachel Portman

Thomas Newman

John Williams

Randy Newman
8 In which state does the film take place?
Massachusetts

Maine

Texas

Ohio
9 What is Andy convicted of?
Embezzling money

Killing his wife and her lover

Assisted suicide

Robbing a bank
10 Who plays Andy?
James Woods

Tim Robbins

Christopher Walken

Tom Cruise
11 What is Andy's profession?
Failed novelist

Hockey coach

Vice president of a bank

Small-town lawyer
12 In what year does the film begin?
1950

1947

1962

1941
13 "I'll see you in hell before I see you in _________"
Jail

Court

Reno

Shawshank
14 With whom was Andy's wife having an affair?
An actor

A golf player

Andy's best friend

A construction worker
15 Where does Andy allege that he threw his gun?
In the river

Off the side of the road

In a ditch behind the house

Off a cliff
16 Which of the following is not a Tim Robbins movie?
Mystic River

Raising Arizona

The Player

Bull Durham
17 How many years has Red served in prison at the start of the film?
2

30

20

10
18 Who plays Red?
Morgan Freeman

Harrison Ford

Samuel L. Jackson

Denzel Washington
19 What is Red's role at the prison?
He settles disputes as a mediator

He teaches people to read

He can get things for you

He can intimidate someone who's giving you a hard time
20 Who does Red place his bet on when the new arrivals come into the prison?
Heywood

Charley

Andy

Fat Ass
21 Who plays Norton?
Tim Robbins

Clancy Brown

William Sadler

Bob Gunton
22 What does Andy find in his meal on his first day at Shawshank?
A special key

A hair

A maggot

A coin
23 Who gladly accepts the maggot?
Brooks

Red

Bogs

Heywood
24 What item does Andy ask Red to get him?
A book by Charles Dickens

A knife

A rock hammer

Dynamite
25 What do the Sisters want to do to Andy?
Seduce him

Rape him

Get financial advice from him

Befriend him