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The Films of Peter Lorre Trivia Quiz

Peter Lorre was one of the most distinctive actors of the twentieth century. With his Hungarian accent and his singular appearance, he often played malevolent characters. These questions are mostly about his English-language films.

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

Author
BarbaraMcI

Time
3 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
423,787

Updated
Apr 18 26

# Qns
10

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Avg Score
8 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Although Lorre appeared uncredited in one Austrian film, his true movie debut is considered to be in a thriller directed by Fritz Lang, in which a serial killer played by Lorre is captured by Berlin criminals and made to face their own tribunal. What is the name of this classic? Hint

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Question 2 of 10

2. Peter Lorre's second English-language film was an Alfred Hitchcock production that the director remade in 1956 with James Stewart. What was this film? Hint

Rear Window

Rope

Vertigo

The Man Who Knew Too Much

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Question 3 of 10

3. Peter Lorre's first American film, and the first English-language film in which he got top billing, was "Mad Love," a 1935 thriller in which he played a deranged surgeon who performs an unusual operation. What does he do? Hint

A sexual reassignment surgery

A brain transplant

A hand transplant

An eye transplant

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Question 4 of 10

4. In 1937, Peter Lorre made the first of a series of films in which he played an investigator; here, he's looking into a smuggling ring. Who is this detective? Hint

Bulldog Drummond

Charlie Chan

Mr. Moto

Boston Blackie

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Question 5 of 10

5. Peter Lorre's first real comedy was 1940s "You'll Find Out," in which he plays a phony professor in on a scheme to swindle an elderly woman. He was paired with another movie great who often appeared in horror films. Who was it? Hint

Boris Karloff

Vincent Price

Bela Lugosi

Lon Chaney Jr.

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Question 6 of 10

6. In 1941, Peter Lorre appeared in a film that would be considered one of the greatest ever made, a detective story in which he played an unscrupulous man on a treasure hunt. What's the name of the movie? Hint

The Big Sleep

Laura

Murder, My Sweet

The Maltese Falcon

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Question 7 of 10

7. In 1942, Lorre would appear in another movie often considered the greatest ever made: "Casablanca". He rushes into Humphrey Bogart's caf�, looking for a place to hide some stolen documents. Where does he put them? Hint

A chandelier

In a birdcage

Under a roulette wheel

A piano

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Question 8 of 10

8. "Casablanca" marked the second of nine movies in which he appeared with a screen newcomer who didn't make his first film until he was 61 years old. Who was it? Hint

Donald Crisp

Wallace Beery

Sydney Greenstreet

Victor McLaglen

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Question 9 of 10

9. Another of Peter Lorre's forays into comedy cast him as "Dr. Einstein", an inebriated surgeon. What was the name of this 1944 movie? Hint

Crazy House

Harvey

Arsenic and Old Lace

Ball of Fire

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Question 10 of 10

10. In his later years, Peter Lorre had difficulty finding work and suffered from weight and addiction problems. His next-to-last movie, released two days after his death, was in what genre? Hint

Spy movie

Animation

Western

Beach party movie

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: M

"M" stands for "M�rder," "murderer" in English. In the film, a blind balloon vendor recognizes that Lorre's character whistles "In the Hall of the Mountain King" by Edward Grieg when he is stalking a victim. The vendor chalks "M" on the back of the killer's coat so he can be recognized.

2. Peter Lorre's second English-language film was an Alfred Hitchcock production that the director remade in 1956 with James Stewart. What was this film?

Answer: The Man Who Knew Too Much

Lorre again plays a killer. The film was well reviewed but mostly forgotten in the wake of the remake. One later comment is that it may be "amusing to watch the size, shape and location of Lorre's scar change from scene to scene."

Answer: A hand transplant

Lorre's character is obsessed with a stage actress. When her concert pianist husband loses his hands in a train accident, the doctor grafts the hands of an executed murder onto her husband. The husband is no longer a great pianist, but he's good at throwing knives, the method of the hands' former owner.

4. In 1937, Peter Lorre made the first of a series of films in which he played an investigator; here, he's looking into a smuggling ring. Who is this detective?

Answer: Mr. Moto

Mr. Moto was Japanese, but that mattered little in the 1930s, when Asian characters were often played by Western actors. Lorre played Mr. Moto in six movies, the last in 1939.

Answer: Boris Karloff

Karloff plays a bogus judge who's also in on the scheme. The film features the big band of Kay Kyser and his Kollege of Musical Knowledge.

Answer: The Maltese Falcon

Lorre plays eccentric Joel Cairo, who wears jewellery and chypre perfume, in a thinly veiled implication that he is gay. This is more forthright in the book, in which Sam Spade's secretary uses a slur to refer to Cairo.

Answer: A piano

Victor Laszlo hides the so-called letters of transit in the piano played by Sam, who entertains at the caf�. Laszlo is almost immediately gunned down, leaving only caf� owner Rick to know where the letters are.

8. "Casablanca" marked the second of nine movies in which he appeared with a screen newcomer who didn't make his first film until he was 61 years old. Who was it?

Answer: Sydney Greenstreet

Sydney Greenstreet's character in "Casablanca" was Ferrari. In "The Maltese Falcon" it was Kasper Gutman, but he was mostly called "The Fat Man," an undeniable reference to his weight, which is reported as anywhere between 284 and 357 pounds. He died in 1954 of a kidney ailment.

9. Another of Peter Lorre's forays into comedy cast him as "Dr. Einstein", an inebriated surgeon. What was the name of this 1944 movie?

Answer: Arsenic and Old Lace

Peter Lorre later played the part of Dr. Einstein in a 1955 television broadcast.

10. In his later years, Peter Lorre had difficulty finding work and suffered from weight and addiction problems. His next-to-last movie, released two days after his death, was in what genre?

Answer: Beach party movie

Lorre played Mr. Strangdour, the strongest man in the world. He appears at the very end of the movie and has only a few lines, and received no billing.

Source: Author BarbaraMcI

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