The Big Sleep (1946 Film) Quizzes

The Big Sleep (1946 Film) Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the novel on which the film is based?
Dorothy B. Hughes

Dashiell Hammett

Raymond Chandler

Raymond Carver
2 Who directed the film?
Fritz Lang

Otto Preminger

Howard Hawks

John Huston
3 Who plays Philip Marlowe?
Clark Gable

Cary Grant

Gary Cooper

Humphrey Bogart
4 When was the film released?
1935

1949

1946

1940
5 What is the name of the Sternwood's butler?
Jarvis

Max

Norris

Jeeves
6 Whom does Marlowe first meet in the foyer of the Sternwood residence?
Eddie Mars

Vivian

Carmen

General Sternwood
7 Who wrote the score?
Bernard Herrmann

Cy Feuer

Alfred Newman

Max Steiner
8 What does Marlowe tell Carmen his name is?
Your Worst Nightmare

Mr. Answers

Doghouse Reilly

Mad Max
9 What is a shamus?
A clue

A private detective

A kind of flower

A red herring
10 Where does Marlowe find General Sternwood?
Gardening outside

In a smoking room

In a very hot greenhouse

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

Gin

Whiskey

Aperol
12 What kind of flower does Sternwood draw Marlowe's attention to?
Poppy

Lily

Iris

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

The Army

Vaudeville

The C.I.A.
14 How much did Sternwood pay Joe Brody to stay quiet about Carmen a year ago?
$500

$10,000

$5,000

$1,000
15 What nefarious business did Sean Regan used to be involved in?
A gambling ring

Selling drugs

Pornography

Transporting bootlegged alcohol across the border
16 Who plays Vivian?
Katharine Hepburn

Lauren Bacall

Betty Grable

Ava Gardner
17 Who plays Carmen?
Marilyn Monroe

Rita Hayworth

Martha Vickers

Dorothy Malone
18 What book does Marlowe ask to see at Geiger's bookstore?
Early Shakespeare folios

Middlemarch

Ben Hur

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

Geiger himself admits it

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

The woman at ACME across the street tells him that Geiger is a crook
20 What does Geiger instruct the girl at ACME to do?
Take off her glasses and let her hair down

Call him when Geiger leaves

Give him a massage

Read poetry to him aloud
21 Who is accompanying Geiger?
Owen Taylor

Carol Lundgren

Canino

Joe Brody
22 What does Marlowe hear at Geiger's house?
Carmen arguing with Geiger about Eddie Mars

A lascivious conversation between Geiger and Carmen

A gunshot

Carmen singing a jazz song
23 What is Carmen's state at the time Geiger is killed?
She is laughing and not taking anything seriously

She is distraught and inconsolable

She is nervous and trying to make a run for it

She is higher than a kite
24 What does Marlowe find at Geiger's house on the night of Geiger's murder?
A gun belonging to Eddie Mars

A code

A note from Carmen to Sean Regan

Vivian's cigarette case
25 How much does it cost to employ Philip Marlowe for a day?
$25 plus expenses

$50 plus expenses

$150 plus expenses

$30 plus expenses

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