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

Dorothy B. Hughes

Dashiell Hammett
2 Who directed the film?
Howard Hawks

John Huston

Fritz Lang

Otto Preminger
3 Who plays Philip Marlowe?
Clark Gable

Gary Cooper

Humphrey Bogart

Cary Grant
4 When was the film released?
1946

1935

1940

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

Norris

Jeeves

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

Carmen

General Sternwood

Vivian
7 Who wrote the score?
Bernard Herrmann

Alfred Newman

Max Steiner

Cy Feuer
8 What does Marlowe tell Carmen his name is?
Mr. Answers

Your Worst Nightmare

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?
In a sick bed

In a very hot greenhouse

Gardening outside

In a smoking room
11 What kind of beverage does Marlowe drink in the greenhouse?
Whiskey

Brandy

Aperol

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

Iris

Poppy

Orchid
13 Where does Marlowe tell Sternwood he used to work?
Vaudeville

The C.I.A.

The Army

District Attorney's Office
14 How much did Sternwood pay Joe Brody to stay quiet about Carmen a year ago?
$1,000

$500

$5,000

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

Pornography

Transporting bootlegged alcohol across the border

Selling drugs
16 Who plays Vivian?
Lauren Bacall

Katharine Hepburn

Betty Grable

Ava Gardner
17 Who plays Carmen?
Marilyn Monroe

Rita Hayworth

Dorothy Malone

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

Beowulf

Ben Hur

Early Shakespeare folios
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?
Call him when Geiger leaves

Read poetry to him aloud

Give him a massage

Take off her glasses and let her hair down
21 Who is accompanying Geiger?
Joe Brody

Canino

Owen Taylor

Carol Lundgren
22 What does Marlowe hear at Geiger's house?
Carmen singing a jazz song

A gunshot

Carmen arguing with Geiger about Eddie Mars

A lascivious conversation between Geiger and Carmen
23 What is Carmen's state at the time Geiger is killed?
She is distraught and inconsolable

She is higher than a kite

She is laughing and not taking anything seriously

She is nervous and trying to make a run for it
24 What does Marlowe find at Geiger's house on the night of Geiger's murder?
A code

A note from Carmen to Sean Regan

Vivian's cigarette case

A gun belonging to Eddie Mars
25 How much does it cost to employ Philip Marlowe for a day?
$50 plus expenses

$25 plus expenses

$150 plus expenses

$30 plus expenses

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