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Memorable Dying Scenes Trivia Quiz

Sometimes dying on screen is not a bad thing. It is sometimes an actor's big moment. Listed below are hopefully some memorable dying scenes.

A multiple-choice quiz by wallace702. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
wallace702

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
31,933

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
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Question 1 of 10

1. The mass murder of the Clutter family has taken place in Kansas. Perry Smith (Robert Blake) goes to his execution for their murder by hanging. In which film is this the last scene? Hint

Repulsion

Murder In the First

In Cold Blood

Reckless Age

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Question 2 of 10

2. It's a quiet warm night in a Malayan rubber plantation, suddenly a shot rings out and then another. A man is seen coming out of a house being closely followed by Leslie Crosbie (Bette Davis) who fires all chambers of the gun into the man who falls dead. In which film is this the opening scene? Hint

Deception

Mr Skeffington

The Letter

A Stolen Life

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Question 3 of 10

3. Sgt. Elias (Willem Dafoe) has been shot and left for dead by Sgt. Barnes (Tom Berenger). As Elias struggles from the Vietnamese jungle his arms reach outward down on his knees in a crucifixion pose as he is shot over and over by VC enemy forces. In which film does this scene occur? Hint

Full Metal Jacket

Platoon

The Killing Fields

Hamburger Hill

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Question 4 of 10

4. Horace Giddens (Herbert Marshall) pleads for help while having a coronary seizure, as he tries to make it upstairs for heart medication his wife Regina Giddens (Bette Davis) sits motionless, expressionless on the sofa in the foreground in this famous deep-focus scene. In which film does this scene occur? Hint

Beyond the Forest

All This and Heaven Too

The Little Foxes

Deception

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Question 5 of 10

5. Milton Arbogast (Martin Balsam) a private investigator walks up a flight of stairs, suddenly he stabbed in the chest, who then falls backwards down the stairs to his death. In which film does this famous scene occur? Hint

Torn Curtain

Vertigo

Psycho

I Confess

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Question 6 of 10

6. Prohibition gangster Eddie Bartlett (James Cagney) dies in the snow on the steps of the church in the arms of the woman who always loved him. In which film does this last scene occur? Hint

Roaring Twenties

Each Dawn I Die

Angels With Dirty Faces

City For Conquest

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Question 7 of 10

7. Ballerina Victoria Page (Moira Shearer) dies a melodramatic death by throwing herself in front of a oncoming train. What is the name of this film? Hint

Vienna Waltzes

The Tales of Hoffman

The Red Shoes

The Story of Three Loves

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Question 8 of 10

8. WWI German soldier Paul (Lew Ayres) is sitting in a trench when he sights a beautiful butterfly. He reachs out to touch it and at that moment a French sniper kills Paul and his hand goes lifeless. What is the name of this film? Hint

Johnny Got His Gun

The Dark Angel

All Quiet On the Western Front

Paths of Glory

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Question 9 of 10

9. Gangster Duke Mantee (Humphrey Bogart) has shot writer Alan Squiers(Leslie Howard) in a Arizona desert cafe. He dies in the arms of a waitress named Gaby (Bette Davis). What is the name of this film? Hint

Another Part of the Forest

Bordertown

Dead End

Petrified Forest

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Question 10 of 10

10. In a Los Angeles high-rise corporate building, internationalist terrorist Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) falls to his death in the final showdown with New York City cop John McLane (Bruce Willis). What is the name of this film? Hint

Die Hard With A Vengeance

Last Man Standing

Die Hard

The Siege

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