North by Northwest Quizzes

North by Northwest Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?

Alfred Hitchcock

Stanley Kubrick

Elia Kazan

Orson Welles
2 Who composed the score?

Nino Rota

Leonard Bernstein

Elmer Bernstein

Bernard Herrmann
3 Where is the film set at the start?

New York City

Boston

Chicago

South Dakota
4 What is Roger Thornhill's profession?

Lawyer

Actor

Advertising executive

Banker
5 Who plays Roger Thornhill?

Anthony Perkins

James Stewart

Cary Grant

Spencer Tracy
6 Who does Roger tell his secretary to send chocolates to?

A client

A woman he is dating

His niece

His mother
7 What is director Alfred Hitchcock doing in his small cameo at the beginning of the film?

Missing the bus

Buying a newspaper

Holding a door open for a woman

Driving the bus
8 What is Roger Thornhill's secretary's name?

Maggie

Judy

Georgia

Millie
9 How does Roger manage to steal the cab from the man outside the office?

By just jumping in

By pushing the man out of the way

By saying that Maggie is in labor

By lying that Maggie is sick
10 Where does Roger meet his associates for his business meeting?

Washington Square Park

The Oak Room at the Plaza

The Carlyle

The Algonquin
11 What note does Thornhill ask Maggie to leave on his desk?

"Think thin"

"Read a book"

"Stop drinking"

"Call your mother"
12 What does Thornhill want to do when he calls the hotel attendant over to the table?

Order a drink

Pretend to be George Kaplan for the fun of it

See the manager

Send a telegram to his mother
13 How do Valerian and Licht threaten Roger at the Plaza?

By blackmailing him with incriminating information

By telling him they are pointing guns at him

By threatening to kill his business associates

By telling him they've taken his mother hostage
14 Who plays Vandamm?

Martin Landau

Peter Sellers

James Mason

Kirk Douglas
15 Where is Townsend's mansion?

Staten Island

Upstate New York

Long Island

Connecticut
16 In what room is Thornhill locked in the Townsend mansion?

A bedroom

The basement

The bathroom

The library
17 What is Thornhill's initial attitude upon being kidnapped?

Amused and giggly

Despondent and defeated

Angry and violent

Sarcastic and irreverent
18 Where is Thornhill supposed to meet his mother on the night of his kidnapping?

The Winter Garden Theater

The Oak Room

The Rainbow Room

Radio City
19 Who does Vandamm mistake Thornhill for?

The gardener, George

George Kaplan

Cary Grant

Tom Townsend
20 What liquor does Leonard force Thornhill to drink?

Rum

Bourbon

Vodka

Gin
21 How do Valerian and Licht try to kill Thornhill initially?

Poisoning him

Shooting him

Sending his car over a cliff

Pushing him into traffic
22 Who does Thornill call at the police station?

His mother

The Townsend residence

His lawyer

His secretary
23 What does Thornhill disappointedly find in the liquor cabinet when he returns to the Townsend mansion?

Empty liquor bottles

Records

Books

Nothing
24 Where does Mr. Townsend work?

The New York Times

Morgan Stanley

The United Nations

Lincoln Center
25 Who is shown gardening in front of the Townsend mansion as the men drive away?

Valerian

Eve

Vandamm

Licht