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Quiz about Mystery Movies II
Quiz about Mystery Movies II

Mystery Movies II Trivia Quiz


Here I present to you a second collection of my favorite mystery thrillers. As in my first quiz, I tell you what the movie is about, but I do not reveal the ending. I hope you will watch these movies soon if you have not done so before.

A multiple-choice quiz by Babilonia. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
Babilonia
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
363,073
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
756
Last 3 plays: Guest 108 (9/10), Guest 50 (9/10), Guest 24 (9/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. A socialite, Bruno Antony and a professional tennis player, Guy Haines, meet, apparently by chance, and the socialite proposes an exchange of crimes. Bruno will kill Guy's hateful wife, so he can marry Anne Morton, if Guy kills Bruno's father. This way, it would be the perfect crime as no one will connect the crime with the real killer. Guy does not agree, but Bruno kills Guy's wife anyway and expects Guy to do his part. What is the name of the movie? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. A rich young wife, Margot Wendice (Grace Kelly), is having an affair with Mark Halliday (Robert Cummings). The husband, Tony Wendice (Ray Milland), is aware of her infidelity, so he decides she must die, and blackmails a former classmate from Cambridge convincing him to murder his wife. The husband, who leaves a key under the outside mat, has arranged to be out of the house while the wife remains at home alone. What is the name of this movie? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Dr. Ben McKenna (Jimmy Stewart) and wife, Josephine Conway (Doris Day), are the parents of a young boy, Hank (Christopher Olsen). While on vacation in Morocco, they witness the murder of an acquaintance who is dressed as an Arab. Before dying, the victim whispers to Ben that a foreign statesman will be murdered in London and that he will have to tell the police. But Ben's son is kidnapped and the kidnappers threaten Ben with killing his son if he speaks. What is the name of the movie? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. In this movie, Franco Arni (Karl Malden), a blind man who lives with his niece, likes to take walks at night. During one of his evening promenades, he walks by a car where two men inside it say something about "blackmail". The following day he learns the institute was burglarized and goes by the building to find out more. He is told that nothing appears to be missing. A reporter, Carlo Giordani (James Franciscus), goes to investigate the burglary and overhears one of the doctors say that he knows what was stolen. Later that day, this doctor dies by falling in front of a train arriving in the station. Then, the photographer who took a picture at the time of the accident is found strangled. Franco Arni teams up with the reporter to investigate these murders. They think there is a connection to the institute. What is the name of this movie? Clue: Think of Felix and Garfield. Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Charles de Gaulle is the president of France. He gives Algeria its independence and this makes him many enemies. The OAS, a paramilitary group against Algeria's independence, decides to have President de Gaulle killed. They hire a foreign assassin who accepts the contract and goes through extraordinary preparations for his success. The French Police learns of this plan, but they do not know where or when the assassination is going to take place. What is the name of the movie? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. "I see dead people", young Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osment) says to his psychiatrist, Doctor Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis). The eight year old boy is frightened by the visions of dead people that visit him at all hours. His mother is very worried and cannot help the child. Meantime, Dr. Crowe's wife does not talk to her husband and ignores him completely. The boy and the psychiatrist develop a rapport and the doctor realizes the child might not be having hallucinations and instead, he has the ability to communicate with the dead. What is the name of this movie? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Freelance journalist Peter Miller (Jon Voight) reads the journal of a Jew who had just committed suicide. He tells in his journal about the Riga Concentration Camp and the abuses of an SS- Captain. Miller decides to find out more about the officer and infiltrates a secret Nazi group at great risk to him since these people are killers. What is the name of the movie? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. This is a mystery movie with a funny twist. Andrew Craig,(Paul Newman), a writer, travels to Stockholm to receive the Nobel Prize in literature. The Swedish government assigns a beautiful hostess, Inger (Elke Sommer), to be his guide. He meets another laureate, Dr. Max Stratman (Edward G. Robinson), who is a famous German-American physicist. This one is accompanied by his niece, Emily (Diane Baker). Soon, Craig notices the professor does not seem to remember a Recent meeting and displays a different personality. Craig suspects the scientist to receive the award is not the man he met before. What is the name of the movie? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Annie Wilson (Cate Blanchett) is a young widow who supplements her social security income accepting donations for "reading" the cards to people in her town. One of her clients is Valerie Barksdale (Hilary Swank), who is married to Donny Barksdale (Keanu Reeves), who beats her and hates Annie for the advice she gives to his wife. Donny gets accused of murdering a young woman and everyone turns to Annie as a clairvoyant to help find the murderer. What is the name of this movie? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. A successful divorced attorney with a roving eye gets involved with a caterer, Mallory Doss (Embeth Davidtz), he meets at a party. Rick Magruder (Kenneth Branagh), the attorney, gives her a ride after her car is stolen by her father during a rainy evening. He becomes sexually involved with her and a one night stand becomes a full blown affair when she asks for his help against her father, Dixon Doss (Robert Duvall), who, according to her, is crazy and torments her. The father lives with other homeless men and seems to be crazy and dangerous. What is the name of this movie? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. A socialite, Bruno Antony and a professional tennis player, Guy Haines, meet, apparently by chance, and the socialite proposes an exchange of crimes. Bruno will kill Guy's hateful wife, so he can marry Anne Morton, if Guy kills Bruno's father. This way, it would be the perfect crime as no one will connect the crime with the real killer. Guy does not agree, but Bruno kills Guy's wife anyway and expects Guy to do his part. What is the name of the movie?

Answer: Strangers On A Train

"Strangers On A Train" was directed by Alfred Hitchcock after a novel of the same name written by Patricia Highsmith.
Guy Haines is played by Farley Granger, Bruno Antony by Robert Walker and Anne Morton by Ruth Roman. This movie was made in 1951.
2. A rich young wife, Margot Wendice (Grace Kelly), is having an affair with Mark Halliday (Robert Cummings). The husband, Tony Wendice (Ray Milland), is aware of her infidelity, so he decides she must die, and blackmails a former classmate from Cambridge convincing him to murder his wife. The husband, who leaves a key under the outside mat, has arranged to be out of the house while the wife remains at home alone. What is the name of this movie?

Answer: Dial M For Murder

This is an Alfred Hitchcock movie as famous as "Rear Window". It was made in 1954. The movie is based on a play written by Frederick Knott and was released by Warner Bros. The story takes place in London.
3. Dr. Ben McKenna (Jimmy Stewart) and wife, Josephine Conway (Doris Day), are the parents of a young boy, Hank (Christopher Olsen). While on vacation in Morocco, they witness the murder of an acquaintance who is dressed as an Arab. Before dying, the victim whispers to Ben that a foreign statesman will be murdered in London and that he will have to tell the police. But Ben's son is kidnapped and the kidnappers threaten Ben with killing his son if he speaks. What is the name of the movie?

Answer: The Man Who Knew Too Much

This movie was directed by Alfred Hitchcock, as a remake of a similar movie he directed in 1934. It won an Academy Award for Best Song for "Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)" which Doris Day sings.
4. In this movie, Franco Arni (Karl Malden), a blind man who lives with his niece, likes to take walks at night. During one of his evening promenades, he walks by a car where two men inside it say something about "blackmail". The following day he learns the institute was burglarized and goes by the building to find out more. He is told that nothing appears to be missing. A reporter, Carlo Giordani (James Franciscus), goes to investigate the burglary and overhears one of the doctors say that he knows what was stolen. Later that day, this doctor dies by falling in front of a train arriving in the station. Then, the photographer who took a picture at the time of the accident is found strangled. Franco Arni teams up with the reporter to investigate these murders. They think there is a connection to the institute. What is the name of this movie? Clue: Think of Felix and Garfield.

Answer: The Cat O'Nine Tails

"The Cat' O Nine Tails" was directed by Dario Argento, a well known Italian director. This movie, although quite successful outside the United States, is Argento's least favorite movie.
"The Cat O'Nine Tails", " The Bird with the Crystal Plumage" and "Four Files on Green Velvet" are called the "Bird Trilogy" of Dario Argento.
5. Charles de Gaulle is the president of France. He gives Algeria its independence and this makes him many enemies. The OAS, a paramilitary group against Algeria's independence, decides to have President de Gaulle killed. They hire a foreign assassin who accepts the contract and goes through extraordinary preparations for his success. The French Police learns of this plan, but they do not know where or when the assassination is going to take place. What is the name of the movie?

Answer: The Day of The Jackal

"The Day of The Jackal" is based on the book of the same name written by Frederick Forsyth. The main character, the Jackal, is played by Edward Fox, a British actor known for his portraits of the British aristocracy.
6. "I see dead people", young Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osment) says to his psychiatrist, Doctor Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis). The eight year old boy is frightened by the visions of dead people that visit him at all hours. His mother is very worried and cannot help the child. Meantime, Dr. Crowe's wife does not talk to her husband and ignores him completely. The boy and the psychiatrist develop a rapport and the doctor realizes the child might not be having hallucinations and instead, he has the ability to communicate with the dead. What is the name of this movie?

Answer: The Sixth Sense

This movie was made in 1999 and was written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. It has received numerous nominations and awards. Young Haley Joel Osment was specially praised for his acting.
The color red is avoided during most of the movie and it is used only when material objects have been in contact with the spiritual world.
7. Freelance journalist Peter Miller (Jon Voight) reads the journal of a Jew who had just committed suicide. He tells in his journal about the Riga Concentration Camp and the abuses of an SS- Captain. Miller decides to find out more about the officer and infiltrates a secret Nazi group at great risk to him since these people are killers. What is the name of the movie?

Answer: The Odessa File

The movie was made in 1974 after a novel of the same name written by Frederick Forsyth. The Nazi organization is called ODESSA and Maximilian Schell plays the SS-Captain whose crimes are described in the diary of the elderly Jew who killed himself.
8. This is a mystery movie with a funny twist. Andrew Craig,(Paul Newman), a writer, travels to Stockholm to receive the Nobel Prize in literature. The Swedish government assigns a beautiful hostess, Inger (Elke Sommer), to be his guide. He meets another laureate, Dr. Max Stratman (Edward G. Robinson), who is a famous German-American physicist. This one is accompanied by his niece, Emily (Diane Baker). Soon, Craig notices the professor does not seem to remember a Recent meeting and displays a different personality. Craig suspects the scientist to receive the award is not the man he met before. What is the name of the movie?

Answer: The Prize

This movie was directed by the Canadian film director Mark Robson, who also directed "Von Ryan's Express", "The Bridges at Toko-Ri" and "Peyton Place", which brought him an Oscar nomination. It is based on the novel of Ernest Lehman of the same name. It was made in 1963.
9. Annie Wilson (Cate Blanchett) is a young widow who supplements her social security income accepting donations for "reading" the cards to people in her town. One of her clients is Valerie Barksdale (Hilary Swank), who is married to Donny Barksdale (Keanu Reeves), who beats her and hates Annie for the advice she gives to his wife. Donny gets accused of murdering a young woman and everyone turns to Annie as a clairvoyant to help find the murderer. What is the name of this movie?

Answer: The Gift

Other great actors in this movie are Katie Holmes, from "Phone Booth" and "First Daughter", Greg Kinnear, from "As Good As It Gets" and "Sabrina", and Giovanni Ribisi, from "Saving Private Ryan" and "Lost in Translation".
The movie was made in 2000 and it was directed by Sam Raimi.
10. A successful divorced attorney with a roving eye gets involved with a caterer, Mallory Doss (Embeth Davidtz), he meets at a party. Rick Magruder (Kenneth Branagh), the attorney, gives her a ride after her car is stolen by her father during a rainy evening. He becomes sexually involved with her and a one night stand becomes a full blown affair when she asks for his help against her father, Dixon Doss (Robert Duvall), who, according to her, is crazy and torments her. The father lives with other homeless men and seems to be crazy and dangerous. What is the name of this movie?

Answer: The Gingerbread Man

Other great actors in this movie are Robert Downey Jr., an Oscar nominee for the movies "Tropic Thunder" and "Chaplin", Daryl Hannah and Tom Berenger.
Source: Author Babilonia

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