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Now You See Me; Now you Don't Trivia Quiz


A review of films that feature invisibility.

A multiple-choice quiz by Rehaberpro. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
Rehaberpro
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
347,299
Updated
Jun 07 22
# Qns
10
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Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
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Top 20% Quiz
Question 1 of 10
1. "The Invisible Man" (1933) was one first films of the pre-code sound era to feature the phenomena of visibility. Claude Rains starred but in many scenes we hear only his voice. A scientist invents a method of creating invisibility and in doing such creates his own fate. The film was adapted from the 1897 novel of the same name by what author? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. In true Hollywood fashion, "The Invisible Man Returns" hit the screen in 1940. In order to save an innocent man from death by execution, Frank Griffin, brother of Jack Griffin, injects the prisoner with an invisibility drug. Claude Rains, however, did not return. Who played the invisible man in this film? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. In the third film following "The Invisible Man" (1933) and "The Invisible Man Returns" (1940) was developed as a comedy. "The Invisible Woman" appeared in late 1940 with Virginia Bruce in the title role. This time it was not a drug but an invisibility machine. The film features as a mad scientist, a screen legend on the downside of this career. Who was he? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. This Universal Studios' 1950 production paired the invisible man with what popular comedy team? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. "Memoirs of an Invisible Man" came out in 1992. What "Saturday Night Live" alumni starred? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Although it was not an invisible man or woman, in what 1950 film did James Stewart have an invisible rabbit? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. What 2000 film concerning invisibility connects Kevin Bacon with Elisabeth Shue and Josh Brolin? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Aided by some star power "Topper" hit the screen in 1937. It starred Cary Grant and Constance Bennett as two deceased but fun loving ghosts who can only be seen by Cosmo Topper, a middle aged conservative gentleman played by Roland Young. Who wrote the novels the film and its sequels were based upon? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. An invisible man appears in this 2003 film in a minor role but is roughly based on the original character. The film is based on a series of graphic novels about a group of talented people. Which film was it? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. In "Invisible Agent"(1942) the plot revolves around Frank Raymond, grandson of Jack Giffin, who lives in New York working as a printer. The Allies want him to reveal his grandfather's secret of invisibility and he agrees only if he can use the serum. There is strong anti-fascist theme. What actor, famous for his roles in South Seas adventures films played the lead role as Raymond? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. "The Invisible Man" (1933) was one first films of the pre-code sound era to feature the phenomena of visibility. Claude Rains starred but in many scenes we hear only his voice. A scientist invents a method of creating invisibility and in doing such creates his own fate. The film was adapted from the 1897 novel of the same name by what author?

Answer: H.G. Wells

H.G. Wells himself saw the adaptation of his novel and was not pleased. His central character, Jack Griffin, (played by Rains), Wells considered a scientific genius, not the lunatic portrayed in the film.

However, it proved to a career launching film for Rains who went to gather four Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor in "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (1939), "Casablanca" (1942), "Mr. Skeffington" (1944), and "Notorious" (1946).

The female lead was played by Gloria Stuart who returned to the screen in dramatic fashion in "Titanic" (1997). Looking at the film closely you might see Walter Brennan and John Carradine in minor roles.
2. In true Hollywood fashion, "The Invisible Man Returns" hit the screen in 1940. In order to save an innocent man from death by execution, Frank Griffin, brother of Jack Griffin, injects the prisoner with an invisibility drug. Claude Rains, however, did not return. Who played the invisible man in this film?

Answer: Vincent Price

This proved to be Vincent Price's first venture into the horror genre. It interesting to note that Price appears physically in only one minute of the eighty-one minute film, the rest were his voice and special effects.

Surprisingly, the Rotten Tomatoes site, one of the harshest film critics, gave "The Invisible Man Returns" a glowing 89%. Price had a number of dramatic roles such as "Song of Bernadette" (1943), "Keys to the Kingdom" (1944) and "The Ten Commandments" (1956), he will always be best remembered as the master of the horror film.
3. In the third film following "The Invisible Man" (1933) and "The Invisible Man Returns" (1940) was developed as a comedy. "The Invisible Woman" appeared in late 1940 with Virginia Bruce in the title role. This time it was not a drug but an invisibility machine. The film features as a mad scientist, a screen legend on the downside of this career. Who was he?

Answer: John Barrymore

Barrymore uses Virginia Bruce as his guinea pig and makes her invisible. This makes it possible for her to get revenge on an old employer who fired her. Gangsters realizing the potential of the machine, steal it but can not make it work. Shemp Howard of Three Stooges fame plays one of the gang. In some quarters the film was considered risqué as even though she is not seen, the audience knows that she is nude.

John Barrymore, along with his sister Ethel and brother Lionel, constitute a distinguished theater family. His health and his alcoholism contributed to his death. In this later appearances he was often a parody of himself such as this one.
4. This Universal Studios' 1950 production paired the invisible man with what popular comedy team?

Answer: Abbot and Costello

H.G. Wells had signed a contract with Universal to use adaptations of his invisible man in films. Wells did not live to see this slapstick production. Abbot and Costello play private detectives looking for an invisible man who has injected himself with an invisibility serum.

The invisible man this time was portrayed by Walter Franz but some advertising had the image of Claude Rains, the original invisible man. Because Tommy Nelson (the invisible man) was a boxer, Lou Costello finds himself in a boxing match with the invisible Nelson as his second.
5. "Memoirs of an Invisible Man" came out in 1992. What "Saturday Night Live" alumni starred?

Answer: Chevy Chase

The problem with the film was the behind scenes debate whether it should be a serious film about the loneliness and despair of being invisible or whether it should just go for laughs. The laughs won out because it was a Chevy Chase film but the film lacks definition and mostly it lacked real laughs. John Carpenter, who has a reputation for horror films, was the director but his talent shows through only slightly through special effects.

The contrived invisibility is due to coffee being spilled on a computer. It had a successful opening weekend but quickly died as word-of-mouth and critical reviews poured it. Rotten Tomatoes gives it a 26% rating. Some unique special effects were chewing gum and an outline via raindrops.
6. Although it was not an invisible man or woman, in what 1950 film did James Stewart have an invisible rabbit?

Answer: Harvey

Critics will generally agree that "Harvey" is one of the most successful of all films with a theme of invisibility. Josephine Hull won Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Elwood P. Dowd's sister who in the film has to both believe and not believe in Harvey at the same time. James Stewart also had a nomination for Best Actor.

In the end even Dowd's doctor accepts the existence of Harvey just as the bartender serves a martini to Harvey without blinking an eye. "Harvey" ranks high on occasional surveys as one of the best films of all time.
7. What 2000 film concerning invisibility connects Kevin Bacon with Elisabeth Shue and Josh Brolin?

Answer: Hollow Man

Again, H.G. Wells is given credit for the source material. Bacon plays a scientist who flirts with the concept of invisibility. As in the original, the drug proves to have psychotic effects. Learning of a romance between Shue's and Brolin's characters, pushes him over the edge.

The film changes course from a science fiction tale to one more like a 'slasher' genre. Rotten Tomatoes give it a 27%. "The Hollow Man 2" rolled out in 2006 with Christian Slater. It went straight to video.
8. Aided by some star power "Topper" hit the screen in 1937. It starred Cary Grant and Constance Bennett as two deceased but fun loving ghosts who can only be seen by Cosmo Topper, a middle aged conservative gentleman played by Roland Young. Who wrote the novels the film and its sequels were based upon?

Answer: Thorne Smith

"Topper Takes a Trip" (1938) carries on the further adventures with much the same cast but Cary Grant is seen only briefly. "Topper Returns" (1940) changed directions and had Joan Blondell as a murdered ghost seeking revenge.

During the 1953-1955 television seasons "Topper" was a weekly sit-com. Leo G. Carroll inherited the Cosmo Topper role while Anne Jeffreys and Robert Sterling recreated the Kirbys from the original film. The series was sponsored by Camel cigarettes hence the characters are seen always to be smoking.

Thorne Smith died at 42 in 1934, three years before "Topper" was filmed. He was one of the most popular writers of his time. His novels are filled with a love for life and living and making each moment of life exciting. Most of his work is out-of-print but check out your local used bookstore. You will be delighted.
9. An invisible man appears in this 2003 film in a minor role but is roughly based on the original character. The film is based on a series of graphic novels about a group of talented people. Which film was it?

Answer: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Tony Curran plays Rodney Skinner, a government agent, who is searching for an antidote to the serum he took to become invisible. Legal clearance could not be obtained to use the Giffin name from copyright holders. Other characters in the film are Allan Quatermain, Captain Nemo, Dorian Gray, Tom Sawyer, Dr.

Henry Jekyl/Edward Hyde, and Professor James Moriarty. They work together to save England from evil forces.
10. In "Invisible Agent"(1942) the plot revolves around Frank Raymond, grandson of Jack Giffin, who lives in New York working as a printer. The Allies want him to reveal his grandfather's secret of invisibility and he agrees only if he can use the serum. There is strong anti-fascist theme. What actor, famous for his roles in South Seas adventures films played the lead role as Raymond?

Answer: Jon Hall

H.G.Wells gets some credit for this film also. The script was written by two anti-Nazis who had escaped Germany. One deleted scene had Jon Hall kicking the backside of Adolf Hitler. This was one of the propaganda films at the time to stir patriotism and unity against the Axis powers. The cast included Sir Cedric Hardwicke, who was about as British as they come, playing a Nazi leader, aided by the ever sinister Peter Lorre.

Jon Hall's breakthrough role was opposite Dorothy Lamour in 1937's "The Hurricane" This was followed by "Aloma of the South Seas" (1941),
"The Tuttles of Tahiti" (1942), and "White Savage" (1943)
Source: Author Rehaberpro

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