Chinatown Quizzes

Chinatown Quiz 1

1 Who directed Chinatown?
Fred Armisen

Jack Nicholson

Robert Altman

Roman Polanski
2 Who wrote the screenplay for Chinatown?
John Huston

Roman Polanski

Faye Dunaway

Robert Towne
3 What year was Chinatown released?
2001

1978

1974

1990
4 Who narrates Chinatown?
Jack Nicholson

Roman Polanski

There is no narration

Faye Dunaway
5 Who is the protagonist?
Jake Gittes

Hollis Mulwray

Faye Dunaway

Evelyn Mulwray
6 What form does Chinatown take?
Novel

Play

Short story

Film
7 Which genre describes Chinatown?
Neo-noir

Any of these is correct

Drama

Mystery
8 In what country is the film set?
Canada

United States

Greenland

Mexico
9 In what city is the film set?
London

San Diego

Sao Paolo

Los Angeles
10 What is Jake's profession?
Tabloid journalist

Private investigator

Novelist

Police detective
11 What does Jake uncover for his client Curly?
Curly's daughter's existence

Nothing

Curly's corrupt business partner

Curly's wife's cheating
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?
Pocket watch

Glass

Egg timer

Wrist watch
14 What do Jake and his operatives say Hollis has "on the brain"?
Money

Women

Power

Water
15 What city department does Hollis work for?
Time and Space

Health and Safety

Water and Sewage

Water and Power
16 Who does Jake photograph Hollis with?
Katherine

Ida Sessions

His second wife

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

Noah Cross

Ida Sessions

Evelyn Mulwray
18 Where is Hollis's body found?
Oak Pass Reservoir

His backyard

The Mojave Desert

The LA County Sheriff's Department steps
19 When Jake's operative hears Noah and Hollis discuss "apple core," what are they discussing?
Albacore

Antacore

Atlanta store

Apple tore
20 What catches Jake's attention when he first visits the Mulwrays' home?
Hollis has several portraits of dictators on the walls

The many cats

The lack of furniture

Something shiny in the pond
21 What does Jake discover at night when he goes to the Oak Pass Reservoir?
People swim in it at night

The reservoir has dried up

Nothing of interest

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

His bottom

His tongue

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

Mrs. Mulwray's purse

The funny pages

The Albacore Club
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?
Hollis believed the water should belong to the people

Noah was an atheist

Noah believed the water should belong to the people

Hollis was an atheist

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