The Big Sleep (1946 Film) Quizzes

The Big Sleep (1946 Film) Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the novel on which the film is based?
Raymond Chandler

Raymond Carver

Dashiell Hammett

Dorothy B. Hughes
2 Who directed the film?
Howard Hawks

Fritz Lang

Otto Preminger

John Huston
3 Who plays Philip Marlowe?
Humphrey Bogart

Cary Grant

Clark Gable

Gary Cooper
4 When was the film released?
1940

1949

1935

1946
5 What is the name of the Sternwood's butler?
Norris

Jarvis

Jeeves

Max
6 Whom does Marlowe first meet in the foyer of the Sternwood residence?
Vivian

General Sternwood

Carmen

Eddie Mars
7 Who wrote the score?
Alfred Newman

Max Steiner

Bernard Herrmann

Cy Feuer
8 What does Marlowe tell Carmen his name is?
Mad Max

Doghouse Reilly

Your Worst Nightmare

Mr. Answers
9 What is a shamus?
A clue

A kind of flower

A private detective

A red herring
10 Where does Marlowe find General Sternwood?
In a very hot greenhouse

In a smoking room

Gardening outside

In a sick bed
11 What kind of beverage does Marlowe drink in the greenhouse?
Gin

Brandy

Aperol

Whiskey
12 What kind of flower does Sternwood draw Marlowe's attention to?
Iris

Orchid

Lily

Poppy
13 Where does Marlowe tell Sternwood he used to work?
District Attorney's Office

The Army

The C.I.A.

Vaudeville
14 How much did Sternwood pay Joe Brody to stay quiet about Carmen a year ago?
$500

$1,000

$10,000

$5,000
15 What nefarious business did Sean Regan used to be involved in?
A gambling ring

Transporting bootlegged alcohol across the border

Selling drugs

Pornography
16 Who plays Vivian?
Lauren Bacall

Katharine Hepburn

Betty Grable

Ava Gardner
17 Who plays Carmen?
Rita Hayworth

Dorothy Malone

Marilyn Monroe

Martha Vickers
18 What book does Marlowe ask to see at Geiger's bookstore?
Beowulf

Middlemarch

Early Shakespeare folios

Ben Hur
19 How does Marlowe know that Geiger's bookstore is a front?
Marlowe sees a gun in Agnes's desk at Geiger's

The woman at ACME across the street tells him that Geiger is a crook

The books that he asked for don't exist, and Agnes could not tell him as much

Geiger himself admits it
20 What does Geiger instruct the girl at ACME to do?
Read poetry to him aloud

Take off her glasses and let her hair down

Give him a massage

Call him when Geiger leaves
21 Who is accompanying Geiger?
Joe Brody

Carol Lundgren

Owen Taylor

Canino
22 What does Marlowe hear at Geiger's house?
A lascivious conversation between Geiger and Carmen

A gunshot

Carmen singing a jazz song

Carmen arguing with Geiger about Eddie Mars
23 What is Carmen's state at the time Geiger is killed?
She is higher than a kite

She is distraught and inconsolable

She is nervous and trying to make a run for it

She is laughing and not taking anything seriously
24 What does Marlowe find at Geiger's house on the night of Geiger's murder?
A note from Carmen to Sean Regan

Vivian's cigarette case

A code

A gun belonging to Eddie Mars
25 How much does it cost to employ Philip Marlowe for a day?
$25 plus expenses

$150 plus expenses

$50 plus expenses

$30 plus expenses

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