Chinatown Quizzes

Chinatown Quiz 1

1 Who directed Chinatown?
Roman Polanski

Fred Armisen

Robert Altman

Jack Nicholson
2 Who wrote the screenplay for Chinatown?
Faye Dunaway

Roman Polanski

Robert Towne

John Huston
3 What year was Chinatown released?
2001

1978

1990

1974
4 Who narrates Chinatown?
Roman Polanski

Faye Dunaway

There is no narration

Jack Nicholson
5 Who is the protagonist?
Jake Gittes

Evelyn Mulwray

Hollis Mulwray

Faye Dunaway
6 What form does Chinatown take?
Play

Novel

Short story

Film
7 Which genre describes Chinatown?
Mystery

Drama

Any of these is correct

Neo-noir
8 In what country is the film set?
Canada

United States

Greenland

Mexico
9 In what city is the film set?
London

Los Angeles

Sao Paolo

San Diego
10 What is Jake's profession?
Novelist

Police detective

Tabloid journalist

Private investigator
11 What does Jake uncover for his client Curly?
Curly's wife's cheating

Curly's daughter's existence

Curly's corrupt business partner

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

Escobar

Evelyn Mulwray

Ida Sessions
13 What does Jake place under Hollis's car tire when investigating him?
Pocket watch

Egg timer

Glass

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

Money

Power

Women
15 What city department does Hollis work for?
Water and Power

Health and Safety

Water and Sewage

Time and Space
16 Who does Jake photograph Hollis with?
Katherine

His mistress

Ida Sessions

His second wife
17 Who is Hollis seen arguing with outside the Pig n' Whistle?
Evelyn Mulwray

Noah Cross

Mr. Yelburton

Ida Sessions
18 Where is Hollis's body found?
Oak Pass Reservoir

The LA County Sheriff's Department steps

The Mojave Desert

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

Antacore

Albacore

Apple tore
20 What catches Jake's attention when he first visits the Mulwrays' home?
Something shiny in the pond

The many cats

The lack of furniture

Hollis has several portraits of dictators on the walls
21 What does Jake discover at night when he goes to the Oak Pass Reservoir?
Water is being released

Nothing of interest

People swim in it at night

The reservoir has dried up
22 What part of Jake's body gets wounded when he goes to Oak Pass?
His tongue

His bottom

His ear

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

The funny pages

Mrs. Mulwray's purse

The newspaper obituaries
24 What does Jake learn when he visits the Water Department?
Noah Cross used to be Hollis's business partner

Hollis was having an affair

Yelburton shot Mulwray

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

Hollis was an atheist

Hollis believed the water should belong to the people

Noah believed the water should belong to the people

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