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'The Maltese Falcon

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Hammett, Dashiell : 'The Maltese Falcon

Introduction:
"A quiz on the original 1930 novel by Dashiell Hammett that is a cornerstone of the hard-boiled crime novel."


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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
    Zamyatin
    Goncharov
    Kemidov


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?
    La Paloma
    Mary Deare
    Patna
    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?
    strip
    cry
    confess
    kill herself


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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