Goodfellas Quizzes

Goodfellas Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?

Francis Ford Coppola

Stanley Kubrick

Woody Allen

Martin Scorsese
2 When was the film released?

1985

1995

1990

1992
3 What book is the film based on?

Good Fellows

Live by Night

Wiseguy

Gangster
4 Why do the men pull over the car in the first scene?

They get pulled over by the cops

They notice that someone from the Gambino gang is following them

They hit a deer

They hear a thumping noise coming from the trunk
5 Who plays Henry Hill?

Leonardo DiCaprio

Tom Cruise

Robert Downey Jr.

Ray Liotta
6 Who plays Tommy?

Joe Pesci

Al Pacino

Robert De Niro

Danny DeVito
7 What does Tommy do when he realizes Billy is still alive?

Stab him repeatedly

Close the trunk as he screams

Abandon him in the woods

Take him out of the trunk and try to revive him
8 "As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a _____________"

Husband

Writer

Gangster

Lawyer
9 Where does Henry grow up?

Newark

Bronx

Brooklyn

Queens
10 What is Tuddy's job in the mob?

He sells cigarettes out of his truck

He runs the cab stand and he is Paulie's brother

He is the mob boss

He is a soldier who is in charge of killing disloyal members
11 Who plays Paulie?

Paul Sorvino

Robert De Niro

Frank Vincent

Joe Pesci
12 How does Henry's father respond to his absences from school?

He beats him with a belt

He goes to meet with Paulie to tell him to leave his son alone

He ignores it

He has a talk with him about responsibility
13 What is Henry's ethnic background?

He's half Irish and half Italian

He's 100% Irish

He's half Polish and half Italian

He's 100% Italian
14 Who do the gangsters threaten to make sure young Henry can keep working for them?

His father

The postman

His teacher

His mother
15 What could the FBI never understand?

The protection that the mafia brought its members

Why Paulie liked being a mob boss

How the mob bought power

The "Italian way"
16 What is Henry's mother's response to his new suit?

She is amused that he would buy a suit for himself

She is impressed with how much money he makes

She begins to cry, feeling like she failed him

She is appalled and says he looks like a gangster
17 Why does Tuddy scold Henry after Henry encounters the wounded man on the steps of the pizzeria?

For not helping him tend the man's wound

For talking to the man, who is from a rival gang

For using aprons to wrap up the man's wounds

For speaking to a police officer
18 Who plays Jimmy Conway?

Al Pacino

Robert De Niro

Jack Nicholson

Marlon Brando
19 What is Jimmy's greatest love?

Seducing women

Gambling

Murder

Stealing
20 What does Henry start hijacking with Jimmy?

Jewelry

Booze

Groceries

Cigarettes
21 What are the men's response after Henry gets out of court?

They tell him to leave the gang

They are disappointed in him for getting arrested

They trust him less with tasks

They are proud of him for keeping his mouth shut
22 Who produced the film?

Martin Scorsese

Irwin Winkler

Robert Chartoff

Burt Young
23 Who did the cinematography?

Michael Ballhaus

Darius Khondji

Roger Deakins

Phillippe Rousselot
24 Who tips the men off about the Air France score?

Frenchy

Frank Carbone

Tommy

Jimmy
25 What does Tommy pretend to be offended by?

Jimmy's assessment of his cooking

Henry telling him he's a funny guy

Frank making fun of his relationship with his mom

Henry telling him to "relax"

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