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North By Northwest

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North By Northwest game quiz
"Made between 'Vertigo' and 'Psycho', this classic comedy-thriller is one of Hitchcock's most beloved films."

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1. What is the name of Cary Grant's character?
    Johnny Aysgarth
    Roger O. Thornhill
    Devlin
    John Robie


2. What is Grant's character's line of work?
    banking
    psychiatry
    insurance
    advertising


3. What tune plays in the hotel at the beginning?
    'It's A Most Unusual Day'
    'That's Entertainment'
    'Over The Rainbow'
    'Friendship'


4. What is the name of the 'agent' the bad guys mistake Grant's character for?
    Derek Flint
    Matt Helm
    George Kaplan
    Maxwell Smart


5. What is the real name of the head of the spy ring?
    Max Zorin
    Auric Goldfinger
    Phillip Vandamm
    Emilio Largo


6. How do the villains plan to kill the hero ?
    poison him
    force him to drive drunk
    shoot him
    strangle him


7. What is the make of the car Grant's character drives?
    Ford
    Mercedes-Benz
    Cadillac
    Rolls-Royce


8. What is the name of the sergeant at the police station where Grant's character is held for drunk driving?
    Emil Klinger
    Theo Kojak
    Mike Hammer
    Nick Fury


9. What happens to Grant's character upon meeting the real Townsend at the U.N. ?
    he's killed
    he kills Vandamm
    Townsend turns him in
    he's framed for Townsend's murder


10. What train does Grant's character board to escape?
    Answer: (Three Words)


11. Whom does he meet on the train?
    Madeleine Elster
    Marion Crane
    Eve Kendall
    Alicia Huberman


12. Where does the female lead send Grant's character next?
    Seattle
    Chicago
    a Midwest cornfield
    San Franscisco


13. What happens to Grant's character when he gets there?
    he's run over by a car
    a cropduster attacks him
    a farmer shoots him
    a bus picks him up


14. What tune does Grant's character whistle after he meets the female lead again?
    Dancing In The Dark
    Somewhere In The Night
    Where Or When
    Singin' In The Rain


15. Where does Grant's character meet the bad guys again?
    an art auction
    an airport
    a cocktail party
    a museum


16. What Hitchcock regular plays the 'Professor'?
    Joseph Cotten
    Charles Laughton
    Claude Rains
    Leo G. Carroll


17. Where does the climax of the film take place?
    Mount Rushmore
    San Diego
    Los Angeles
    Sacramento


18. What sculptor created it?
    Henry Moore
    Gutzon Borglum
    Paul Manship
    Auguste Rodin


19. Where is the all-important microfilm hidden?
    a Ford convertible
    a pack of cigarettes
    a Mexican sculpture
    a television set


20. The hero of the film is shot and killed. True or false?
    Answer: (One Word)


21. How is the female lead to be killed?
    garroted
    shot
    dumped from a plane
    knifed


22. Eva Marie Saint had already won an Oscar for her debut in 'On The Waterfront'. What other cast member would go on to win a future acting Oscar?
    James Mason
    Martin Landau
    Adam Williams
    Josephine Hutchinson


23. Where does Hitch make his cameo?
    in the crop duster
    in the U.N.
    on the train
    trying to board a bus


24. What working title for this film was inspired by the climactic scene?
    The Man In Lincoln's Nose
    The Man on Roosevelt's Glasses
    The Man in Washington's Ear
    The Man in Jefferson's Hair


25. What play does the title of this film come from?
    Hamlet
    Macbeth
    Julius Caesar
    King Lear


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