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Dead Man Trivia Quiz

Some basic questions about the 1995 Jim Jarmusch film starring Johnny Depp.

A multiple-choice quiz by mooseface120. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
mooseface120

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
281,008

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
220

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Question 1 of 10

1. Johnny Depp's character shares his name with which poet? Hint

Walt Whitman

Wallace Stevens

T.S. Eliot

William Blake

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is Gary Farmer's (Depp's Native American companion) character's name? Hint

No Response

No One

Nobody

Nothing

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Question 3 of 10

3. To what town is William Blake headed? ("The end of the line.") Hint

Machine

Engine

Gunner

Factory

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Question 4 of 10

4. From what city is William Blake coming? Hint

Cleveland

Kansas City

Cincinatti

Chicago

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Question 5 of 10

5. What famous musician scored the film? Hint

Tom Waits

The RZA

David Bowie

Neil Young

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of these actors does not appear in the film? Hint

Steve Buscemi

Crispin Glover

John Hurt

Billy Bob Thornton

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of these musicians DOES appear in the film? Hint

Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Tom Waits

Iggy Pop

John Lurie

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Question 8 of 10

8. What does William Blake use to paint his face? Hint

mud from the river

tobacco juice

deer blood

berries

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which assassin, hired by Robert Mitchum's character to find William Blake, has the most legendary reputation? Hint

Conway Twill

Cole Wilson

Johnny 'The Kid' Pickett

John Dickinson

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Question 10 of 10

10. What product will Alfred Molina's character not sell to Nobody, but will sell to William Blake? Hint

a blanket

bullets

a cannoe

tobacco

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Johnny Depp's character shares his name with which poet?

Answer: William Blake

William Blake is most famous for his collections of poems 'Songs of Innocence' and 'Songs of Experience'. Although he shares his name with the poet, the character William Blake has never heard of him, or read any of his poems.

2. What is Gary Farmer's (Depp's Native American companion) character's name?

Answer: Nobody

The literal translation of his name is He Who Talks Loud, Saying Nothing but he prefered to be called Nobody. He discovers William Blake after he had been shot and accompanies him through the woods. Nobody loves the poetry of William Blake and studied it as a child.

3. To what town is William Blake headed? ("The end of the line.")

Answer: Machine

William Blake tells the man on the train that he is going to Machine. "That's the end of the line." "Is it?" There is a sign for the town of Machine once he gets there.

4. From what city is William Blake coming?

Answer: Cleveland

On the train ride it is clear from his fellow passengers that he is going deeper and deeper into the west. At the end of the film Nobody tells William Blake he is going back to where he came and he asks: "Cleveland?"

5. What famous musician scored the film?

Answer: Neil Young

Classic rock icon Neil Young plays his guitar throughout the whole film. He and his band, Crazy Horse, are also the subject of Jarmusch's documentary 'The Year of the Horse'. The RZA scored Jarmusch's film 'Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai'.

6. Which of these actors does not appear in the film?

Answer: Steve Buscemi

Hurt plays the secretary for the company William Blake is going to work for, Glover plays the man who works on the train, and Thornton is one of the men around the campfire. Gabriel Byrne and Robert Mitchum also make cameos. Buscemi does appear in the Jarmusch films 'Mystery Train' and 'Coffee and Cigarettes'.

7. Which of these musicians DOES appear in the film?

Answer: Iggy Pop

Jarmusch often uses musicians in his films. Iggy Pop is one of the three men at the campfire. He also appeared in 'Coffee and Cigarettes'. Waits appeared in 'Down By Law' and 'Coffee and Cigarettes', Lurie appeared in 'Stranger Than Paradise' and 'Down By Law', and Hawkins appeared in 'Mystery Train'.

8. What does William Blake use to paint his face?

Answer: deer blood

He finds a newly killed deer lying on the ground and he lies with it. Before painting his face he mixes the deer blood with his own blood from his bullet wound.

9. Which assassin, hired by Robert Mitchum's character to find William Blake, has the most legendary reputation?

Answer: Cole Wilson

Wilson, Twill, and Pickett are the three assassins. Wilson is the oldest and is considered "legendary" by John Dickinson (Robert Mitchum's character).

10. What product will Alfred Molina's character not sell to Nobody, but will sell to William Blake?

Answer: tobacco

He tries to get Nobody to buy a blanket, presumably because it contains smallpox. Throughout the movie William Blake has insisted that he doesn't smoke. He only asks to buy the tobacco because he told Nobody he was sold out.

Source: Author mooseface120

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