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North By Northwest

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Introduction:
"Made between 'Vertigo' and 'Psycho', this classic comedy-thriller is one of Hitchcock's most beloved films."


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


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


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


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


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


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?
    Mercedes-Benz
    Cadillac
    Ford
    Rolls-Royce


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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?
    dumped from a plane
    knifed
    shot
    garroted


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?
    Josephine Hutchinson
    James Mason
    Martin Landau
    Adam Williams


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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