Chinatown Quizzes

Chinatown Quiz 1

By Maxwell Olson · Edited by James Cooper · Last reviewed March 15, 2023

1 Who directed Chinatown?

Fred Armisen

Jack Nicholson

Roman Polanski

Robert Altman
2 Who wrote the screenplay for Chinatown?

John Huston

Faye Dunaway

Robert Towne

Roman Polanski
3 What year was Chinatown released?

1990

2001

1974

1978
4 Who narrates Chinatown?

Faye Dunaway

There is no narration

Roman Polanski

Jack Nicholson
5 Who is the protagonist?

Jake Gittes

Evelyn Mulwray

Faye Dunaway

Hollis Mulwray
6 What form does Chinatown take?

Novel

Play

Film

Short story
7 Which genre describes Chinatown?

Drama

Neo-noir

Any of these is correct

Mystery
8 In what country is the film set?

Greenland

Canada

United States

Mexico
9 In what city is the film set?

Los Angeles

San Diego

Sao Paolo

London
10 What is Jake's profession?

Private investigator

Novelist

Tabloid journalist

Police detective
11 What does Jake uncover for his client Curly?

Curly's wife's cheating

Curly's corrupt business partner

Curly's daughter's existence

Nothing
12 Who actually hires Jake to investigate Hollis's alleged affair?

Ida Sessions

Walsh

Evelyn Mulwray

Escobar
13 What does Jake place under Hollis's car tire when investigating him?

Egg timer

Wrist watch

Pocket watch

Glass
14 What do Jake and his operatives say Hollis has "on the brain"?

Power

Water

Women

Money
15 What city department does Hollis work for?

Water and Sewage

Health and Safety

Time and Space

Water and Power
16 Who does Jake photograph Hollis with?

Katherine

His second wife

Ida Sessions

His mistress
17 Who is Hollis seen arguing with outside the Pig n' Whistle?

Ida Sessions

Mr. Yelburton

Noah Cross

Evelyn Mulwray
18 Where is Hollis's body found?

The Mojave Desert

The LA County Sheriff's Department steps

Oak Pass Reservoir

His backyard
19 When Jake's operative hears Noah and Hollis discuss "apple core," what are they discussing?

Albacore

Apple tore

Antacore

Atlanta store
20 What catches Jake's attention when he first visits the Mulwrays' home?

Something shiny in the pond

The lack of furniture

Hollis has several portraits of dictators on the walls

The many cats
21 What does Jake discover at night when he goes to the Oak Pass Reservoir?

The reservoir has dried up

People swim in it at night

Nothing of interest

Water is being released
22 What part of Jake's body gets wounded when he goes to Oak Pass?

His bottom

His nostril

His tongue

His ear
23 Where does Ida Sessions tell Jake to look if he wants to know who hired her to employ him?

Mrs. Mulwray's purse

The newspaper obituaries

The Albacore Club

The funny pages
24 What does Jake learn when he visits the Water Department?

Hollis was having an affair

Noah Cross used to be Hollis's business partner

Yelburton shot Mulwray

None of these
25 What major point of disagreement divided Noah and Hollis?

Noah believed the water should belong to the people

Hollis was an atheist

Hollis believed the water should belong to the people

Noah was an atheist

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