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Quiz about Kiss Me Deadly
Quiz about Kiss Me Deadly

Kiss Me Deadly Trivia Quiz

From 1955 came this landmark film noir based on Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer bestseller.

A multiple-choice quiz by tjoebigham. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
tjoebigham
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
54,657
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
20
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
11 / 20
Plays
166
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Question 1 of 20
1. Who directed the film? Hint


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Question 2 of 20
2. Who played Hammer? Hint


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Question 3 of 20
3. Who played Christina, the woman who escaped from an insane asylum and was picked up by Hammer? Hint


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Question 4 of 20
4. Who was the English poetess she was named for and whose poem provided the central clue?

Answer: (Three Words)

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Question 5 of 20
5. In the Spillane books, Hammer's secretary Velda lacks a last name. What was hers in the movie? Hint


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6. What was Hammer's specialty in the movie? Hint


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7. Who adapted the Spillane novel? Hint


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Question 8 of 20
8. In the original book, Hammer was tracking down illegal drugs. What was the 'Great Whatzit' in the film? Hint


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Question 9 of 20
9. Who played Nick, Hammer's Greek auto mechanic buddy? Hint


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Question 10 of 20
10. Who was the science reporter Hammer got to help him?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 11 of 20
11. Who was Christina's 'friend' (later shown as a traitorous villainess)? Hint


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Question 12 of 20
12. Who was the would-be opera singer who Hammer forces to reveal his knowledge by breaking a precious Caruso record? Hint


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13. Who was the gangster Hammer ran afoul of in his search? Hint


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14. When Hammer got a new car from the gangster(to seemingly bribe him), what did it turn out to be? Hint


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Question 15 of 20
15. Who was the real mastermind behind the gang and Nick's killer? Hint


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16. What did he use on Hammer to make him talk? Hint


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Question 17 of 20
17. What was it that the sonnet pointed to? Hint


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Question 18 of 20
18. Where was the 'Whatzit'? Hint


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Question 19 of 20
19. What did Lily do at the end of the movie? Hint


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Question 20 of 20
20. Finally, what recent movie smash did 'Deadly' influence? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Who directed the film?

Answer: Robert Aldrich

 An early effort from this native of Cranston, Rhode Island, it's become a cult film. Aldrich went on to helm 'The Dirty Dozen', 'Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?' and others.
2. Who played Hammer?

Answer: Ralph Meeker

 Hammer became Meeker's best known role, but he later co-starred with Lee Marvin in Aldrich's 'Dirty Dozen'.
3. Who played Christina, the woman who escaped from an insane asylum and was picked up by Hammer?

Answer: Cloris Leachman

 Best known as TV's Phyllis, Leachman has acted in such films as 'Young Frankenstein'(remember the frightened horses?),'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid', and won the Oscar for her role in 'The Last Picture Show'.
4. Who was the English poetess she was named for and whose poem provided the central clue?

Answer: Gabrielle Christina Rossetti

 Sister to poet-painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti, her sonnet 'Remember Me', in an anthology of her poems in Christina Bailey's room, provided Hammer with the chief clue in this mystery.
5. In the Spillane books, Hammer's secretary Velda lacks a last name. What was hers in the movie?

Answer: Wakeman

 Obviously referring to her attempt to 'wake up' Hammer sexually.
6. What was Hammer's specialty in the movie?

Answer: divorce cases

 Hammer used Velda to get evidence of husbands' infidelity for their wives.
7. Who adapted the Spillane novel?

Answer: A.I. Bezzerides

 Greek-American Bezzerides also wrote 'On Dangerous Ground'. Towne wrote 'Chinatown', Mainwaring wrote 'Out Of The Past' and 'Invasion Of The Body Snatchers' and Fuller wrote and directed 'Pickup On South Street'.
8. In the original book, Hammer was tracking down illegal drugs. What was the 'Great Whatzit' in the film?

Answer: nuclear isotope

 At the height of 50's nuclear paranoia, Aldrich and Bezzerides chose to substitute the book's drugs for a fissionable isotope stolen from Los Alamos.
9. Who played Nick, Hammer's Greek auto mechanic buddy?

Answer: Nick Dennis

 Dennis also appeared in Aldrich's 60's Western spoof 'Four For Texas'.
10. Who was the science reporter Hammer got to help him?

Answer: Ray Diker

 Threatened and beaten by the thugs who were after Christina's secret, Diker told Hammer about Christina's roommate.
11. Who was Christina's 'friend' (later shown as a traitorous villainess)?

Answer: Lily Carver

 She was really Gabrielle (sharing the first name of poetess Rossetti), part of the gang that wants the isotope.
12. Who was the would-be opera singer who Hammer forces to reveal his knowledge by breaking a precious Caruso record?

Answer: Carmen Trivago

 Actually, Fortunio Bonanova, who played Trivago, was a real-life opera singer himself! He was the opera coach in 'Citizen Kane'.
13. Who was the gangster Hammer ran afoul of in his search?

Answer: Carl Evello

 A drug lord in the original book, Evello was played by Paul Stewart, a 'Kane' {alumnus;} he also played Kirk Douglas' manager in 'Champion'.
14. When Hammer got a new car from the gangster(to seemingly bribe him), what did it turn out to be?

Answer: booby-trapped

 Evello put an explosive charge in the car to get rid of Hammer, who fortunately smelt something fishy before anything happened.
15. Who was the real mastermind behind the gang and Nick's killer?

Answer: Dr G.E. Soberin

 Soberin was played by Albert {Dekker;} Cyclops was the lead role he had in the early 40's sci-fi film of the same name and he also played Colfax in the noir classic 'The Killers'.
16. What did he use on Hammer to make him talk?

Answer: sodium pentathol

 Truth serum to make Hammer spill the beans after Soberin's thugs brought him to the doctor's beach house, but Hammer escaped.
17. What was it that the sonnet pointed to?

Answer: a key Christina swallowed

 The key Christina swallowed was the key to the mystery, when Hammer and Lily finally decoded the use of the sonnet.
18. Where was the 'Whatzit'?

Answer: In a gym locker

 The key was to a locker in an L.A. athletic club owned by one of Soberin's gang who was murdered and where he stashed the isotope.
19. What did Lily do at the end of the movie?

Answer: opened the box

 Soberin said her name should be Pandora and like her Greek counterpart her curiousity (and greed!) got the best of her, and she shot Soberin and Hammer, opened it and got herself blown up (Hammer and Velda escaped in time).
20. Finally, what recent movie smash did 'Deadly' influence?

Answer: Pulp Fiction

 Tarantino's blockbuster alluded to Aldrich's deadly box in the suitcase Travolta and Jackson tracked {down;} also 'Repo Man' referred to it.
Source: Author tjoebigham

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