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Hitchcock - Man and Movies Trivia Quiz

Good evening. Are you up on your game to match wits on the 'Master of Suspense'? Some of these questions are diabolically clever.

A multiple-choice quiz by jellow_10. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
jellow_10

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
1,606

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
11 / 20

Plays
4020

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

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Question 1 of 20

1. What was Alfred Hitchcock's original career goal? Hint

actor

mortician

banker

electrical engineer

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Question 2 of 20

2. What is the name of the first film in which Hitch made a cameo appearance? Hint

The Birds

Suspicion

The Lodger

Notorious

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Question 3 of 20

3. Where did Hitchcock make his first movie? Hint

England

Germany

United States

France

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Question 4 of 20

4. What film did Hitchcock make twice? Hint

Psycho

The Man Who Knew Too Much

Saboteur

The Paradine Case

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Question 5 of 20

5. What was Hitchcock's last British film right before he started directing movies in the United States? Hint

Rope

Spellbound

Jamaica Inn

Blackmail

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Question 6 of 20

6. What was Hitchcock's first Hollywood film? Hint

Sabotage

Lifeboat

Rebecca

Saboteur

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Question 7 of 20

7. What link did Jamaica Inn and Rebecca share? Hint

both were Daphne du Maurier novels

last 2 films made in England

both starred Maureen O'Hara

both were screenplays written by Hitchcock's wife

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Question 8 of 20

8. Which film featured Uncle Charlie as a serial killer of rich women? Hint

Shadow of a Doubt

To Catch a Thief

The Man Who Knew Too Much

The Lady Vanishes

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Question 9 of 20

9. Which movie included a Hitchcock cameo showing him as a fat man in a newspaper ad for reducing pills? Hint

The Lady Vanishes

The Skin Game

The 39 Steps

Lifeboat

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Question 10 of 20

10. Which movie was filmed to look like a single, unedited shot? Hint

Notorious

I Confess

Murder

Rope

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Question 11 of 20

11. Which movie included a chase scene across Mt. Rushmore? Hint

Vertigo

The 39 Steps

North by Northwest

The Wrong Man

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Question 12 of 20

12. Which movie contained the famous 'shower scene'? Hint

Frenzy

Psycho

Notorious

Torn Curtain

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Question 13 of 20

13. Which movie featured a photographer with a broken leg? Hint

Rear Window

Stage Fright

Downhill

Vertigo

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Question 14 of 20

14. In the second version of The Man Who Knew Too Much, Doris Day's character was a retired musical star. What was the same character in the original version? Hint

dancer

heiress

ambassador's wife

markswoman

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Question 15 of 20

15. Which movie was Hitchcock's most financially successful film? Hint

Psycho

Vertigo

The Birds

Dial M for Murder

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Question 16 of 20

16. Who appeared briefly in Strangers on a Train, Stage Fright, and Psycho? Hint

Hitch's daughter, Pat

Hitch's dog

Hitch's wife, Alma

Hitch's mother

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Question 17 of 20

17. How many stab wounds are portrayed in the famous shower scene? Hint

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Question 18 of 20

18. Which Hitchcock film is ostensibly about Jack the Ripper? Hint

The Lodger

Murder

Suspicion

The Lady Vanishes

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Question 19 of 20

19. The novel that Psycho was created from is loosely based on the story of what real person? Hint

Richard Speck

Ed Gein

Ted Bundy

the Boston Strangler

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Question 20 of 20

20. Which American movie producer was responsible for bringing Hitchcock to the U.S.? Hint

Hal B. Wallis

Walter Wanger

David O. Selznick

Samuel Goldwyn

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was Alfred Hitchcock's original career goal?

Answer: electrical engineer

Hitchcock first used his design background in engineering to create innovative title cards for silent movies. His background is also evident in his mastery of the technical aspects of film-making.

2. What is the name of the first film in which Hitch made a cameo appearance?

Answer: The Lodger

An extra was needed for the film so Hitchcock filled in, and that was the start of his cameo appearances.

3. Where did Hitchcock make his first movie?

Answer: Germany

4. What film did Hitchcock make twice?

Answer: The Man Who Knew Too Much

5. What was Hitchcock's last British film right before he started directing movies in the United States?

Answer: Jamaica Inn

Jamaica Inn was not a typical Hitchcock {film;} it was a gothic drama rather than a thriller. Maureen O'Hara made her screen debut in the film.

6. What was Hitchcock's first Hollywood film?

Answer: Rebecca

Rebecca was made in America but the actors, the director and the story were all British.

7. What link did Jamaica Inn and Rebecca share?

Answer: both were Daphne du Maurier novels

A third Hitchcock film, The Birds, was also based on a du Maurier short story.

8. Which film featured Uncle Charlie as a serial killer of rich women?

Answer: Shadow of a Doubt

Shadow of a Doubt was one of Hitchcock's personal {favorites;} he wanted to bring murder and violence 'back into the home where it rightfully belongs.'

9. Which movie included a Hitchcock cameo showing him as a fat man in a newspaper ad for reducing pills?

Answer: Lifeboat

The only other film where Hitch's cameo was not as a living person was in Dial M for Murder where he was pictured in a reunion photo on a wall.

10. Which movie was filmed to look like a single, unedited shot?

Answer: Rope

11. Which movie included a chase scene across Mt. Rushmore?

Answer: North by Northwest

Locations at famous recognizable sites are a recurring Hitchcock motif.

12. Which movie contained the famous 'shower scene'?

Answer: Psycho

The shower scene ran about 45 seconds, had more than 40 cuts, 78 camera set-ups and no actual nudity (because it had to get past the censors). Hitchcock himself held the knife for the close-ups.

13. Which movie featured a photographer with a broken leg?

Answer: Rear Window

Most movies have multiple settings. Rear Window is an exception to that rule because it has only one--L.B. Jeffries' apartment overlooking a central area between other apartment buildings. The audience gets to be voyeurs along with Jimmy Stewart. Two other single-set films were Rope and Lifeboat.

14. In the second version of The Man Who Knew Too Much, Doris Day's character was a retired musical star. What was the same character in the original version?

Answer: markswoman

Hitchcock changed the female lead to take advantage of Doris Day's singing ability and incorporated 'Que Sera Sera' into the plotline.

15. Which movie was Hitchcock's most financially successful film?

Answer: Psycho

Hitchcock financed the movie for {$800,000} from his own {savings;} it has earned more than {$40} million worldwide.

16. Who appeared briefly in Strangers on a Train, Stage Fright, and Psycho?

Answer: Hitch's daughter, Pat

Alma, Hitchcock's wife, may not have appeared in any films, but she contributed to several screenplays.

17. How many stab wounds are portrayed in the famous shower scene?

Answer: 17

Hitchcock was a stickler for realism. He sent a prop man out for a watermelon for the stabbing sound effects. Knowing Hitch, the prop man came back with casabas, cantaloupes, and honeydews as well. Hitch then 'auditioned' the melons with his eyes {closed;} the casaba won.

18. Which Hitchcock film is ostensibly about Jack the Ripper?

Answer: The Lodger

The Lodger is the first Hitchcock film that introduced his recurring theme of the wrongly accused man.

19. The novel that Psycho was created from is loosely based on the story of what real person?

Answer: Ed Gein

Ed Gein stirred up the populace in a small town in Wisconsin with his gruesome murders.

20. Which American movie producer was responsible for bringing Hitchcock to the U.S.?

Answer: David O. Selznick

Source: Author jellow_10

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