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'The Maltese Falcon

Created by tjoebigham

Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Hammett, Dashiell
The Maltese Falcon game quiz
"A quiz on the original 1930 novel by Dashiell Hammett that is a cornerstone of the hard-boiled crime novel."

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. How is Sam Spade described in the novel?
    a bull dozer
    a blond satan
    a blond vulture
    an undertaker


2. How many murder victims are there?
    four
    three
    two
    five


3. Who are the police detectives?
    Polhaus and Dundy
    Gilliat and Launder
    Carella and Meyer
    Mack and Meyer


4. Who is Spade's secretary?
    Margo Lane
    Diana Prince
    Effie Perrine
    Velda Wakeman


5. Who is Spade's lawyer?
    Perry Mason
    Sid Wise
    Clarence Darrow
    Johnny Cochran


6. How many times does Miles' widow Iva appear?
    two
    six
    four
    three


7. What was the name of Brigid's 'sister'?
    Sally
    Margaret
    Deidre
    Corinne


8. What one of these things does Joel Cairo NOT wear?
    spats
    hat
    jewelry
    monocle


9. What hotel did Spade meet 'gunsel' Wilmer at?
    Belvedere
    Coronado
    Waldorf
    Riviera


10. What did Gutman have in the book that he didn't have in the film?
    a son
    a daughter
    a lisp
    a limp


11. What organization made the Falcon?
    Elks
    Odd Felows
    Knights Templar
    Knights of Columbus


12. Who was the Russian the black bird was stolen from?
    Borodin
    Kemidov
    Goncharov
    Zamyatin


13. What happened on Spade's second meeting with Gutman?
    Spade got drugged
    Spade killed Gutman
    Spade was killed
    Spade killed Wilmer


14. What was the name of the ship set afire?
    Patna
    La Paloma
    Mary Deare
    Demeter


15. Who was the 'fall guy' Spade picked?
    Cairo
    Wilmer
    Brigid
    Gutman


16. When Spade found a bill missing in his payment from Gutman, what did he make Bridgid do?
    confess
    kill herself
    cry
    strip


17. What did the Falcon turn out to be made of?
    iron
    uranium
    molybdenum
    lead


18. Who killed Miles?
    Brigid
    Wilmer
    Cairo
    Iva


19. True or false: all the killings in the book are done offstage.
    Answer: (One Word)


20. True or false: Spade only appeared in the novel.
    Answer: (One Word)


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