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

Dorothy B. Hughes

Dashiell Hammett

Raymond Carver
2 Who directed the film?

Otto Preminger

Fritz Lang

John Huston

Howard Hawks
3 Who plays Philip Marlowe?

Cary Grant

Clark Gable

Gary Cooper

Humphrey Bogart
4 When was the film released?

1940

1946

1935

1949
5 What is the name of the Sternwood's butler?

Norris

Jarvis

Max

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

Vivian

Eddie Mars

Carmen

General Sternwood
7 Who wrote the score?

Alfred Newman

Cy Feuer

Max Steiner

Bernard Herrmann
8 What does Marlowe tell Carmen his name is?

Doghouse Reilly

Mad Max

Mr. Answers

Your Worst Nightmare
9 What is a shamus?

A clue

A red herring

A kind of flower

A private detective
10 Where does Marlowe find General Sternwood?

Gardening outside

In a smoking room

In a sick bed

In a very hot greenhouse
11 What kind of beverage does Marlowe drink in the greenhouse?

Whiskey

Aperol

Brandy

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

Orchid

Iris

Lily

Poppy
13 Where does Marlowe tell Sternwood he used to work?

Vaudeville

District Attorney's Office

The C.I.A.

The Army
14 How much did Sternwood pay Joe Brody to stay quiet about Carmen a year ago?

$5,000

$1,000

$500

$10,000
15 What nefarious business did Sean Regan used to be involved in?

Selling drugs

Transporting bootlegged alcohol across the border

Pornography

A gambling ring
16 Who plays Vivian?

Katharine Hepburn

Lauren Bacall

Ava Gardner

Betty Grable
17 Who plays Carmen?

Dorothy Malone

Rita Hayworth

Marilyn Monroe

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

Beowulf

Ben Hur

Early Shakespeare folios

Middlemarch
19 How does Marlowe know that Geiger's bookstore is a front?

Geiger himself admits it

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
20 What does Geiger instruct the girl at ACME to do?

Read poetry to him aloud

Give him a massage

Take off her glasses and let her hair down

Call him when Geiger leaves
21 Who is accompanying Geiger?

Carol Lundgren

Joe Brody

Canino

Owen Taylor
22 What does Marlowe hear at Geiger's house?

A gunshot

A lascivious conversation between Geiger and Carmen

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 nervous and trying to make a run for it

She is distraught and inconsolable

She is higher than a kite

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 code

A gun belonging to Eddie Mars

Vivian's cigarette case

A note from Carmen to Sean Regan
25 How much does it cost to employ Philip Marlowe for a day?

$150 plus expenses

$50 plus expenses

$30 plus expenses

$25 plus expenses

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