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"The Game", Part One Trivia Quiz

This quiz is about the terrific thriller starring Michael Douglas. Is it real, or just part of "The Game"?

A multiple-choice quiz by steve20. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
steve20

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
151,012

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
11 / 15

Plays
1140

Last 3 plays: Guest 51 (12/15), Guest 174 (9/15), TBRyan (12/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. What is the name of Michael Douglas' character? Hint

Nicholas Von Bergen

Nicholas V. Austin

Nicholas Van Orton

Mike Greenglass

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Question 2 of 15

2. What is the name of Nicholas' maid? Hint

Lisa

Ilsa

Inga

Linda

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Question 3 of 15

3. What type of car does Nicholas drive? Hint

Mercedes

BMW

Lexus

Cadillac

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Question 4 of 15

4. Nicholas' ex-wife calls to wish him a Happy Birthday. What is her name? Hint

Elaine

Catherine

Esther

Elizabeth

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Question 5 of 15

5. Of course, Nicholas' brother calls to wish him a Happy Birthday and invite him to lunch. When they meet for lunch, Conrad (or Connie) commits a faux pas. What is that social error? Hint

belches loudly several times

lights up a cigarette

makes lewd comments about a waitress

puts his elbows on the table

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Question 6 of 15

6. Conrad gives him a gift certificate to CRS for his birthday. What does the acronym CRS mean? Hint

Consumer Recreation Services

Competent Research Services

Complete Relaxation Services

Complete Relaxation System

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Question 7 of 15

7. Nicholas goes home alone, where the maid has his birthday meal in the oven. Naturally, he checks out the financial news on TV. Who is the reporter? Hint

Daniel Schorr

Suze Ormond

Ron Insana

E.F. Hutton

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Question 8 of 15

8. At this point, we learn that Nicholas's father committed suicide, when he was 48! How did he do it? Hint

hung himself

jumped off the roof

gassed himself in the garage

overdosed on pills

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Question 9 of 15

9. The day after his birthday, Nicholas decides to check out CRS. Who greeted him at the front desk and did his intake interview? Hint

Jacob Finkewitz

Jim Finnegan

Jim Feingold

John O'Flannery

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Question 10 of 15

10. When Nicholas asks his interviewer, "What does CRS provide?", what is the response? Hint

"challenges and rewards"

"whatever you desire"

"whatever is lacking"

"complete satisfaction"

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Question 11 of 15

11. After his lengthy interview, Nicholas overhears some men discussing their experience with CRS. Where does he eavesdrop on this conversation? Hint

at the taxi stand

on the elevator

at his club

in a coffee shop

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Question 12 of 15

12. Nicholas returns to his mansion after the meeting at the club and finds something unusual lying the driveway. What did he find? Hint

a battered suitcase

a dufflebag

a dead dog

a clown mannequin

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Question 13 of 15

13. Nicholas retrieves something from the object in his driveway. What was that? Hint

a credit card

a key

a slip of paper

a locket

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Question 14 of 15

14. The next day Nicholas has to go out of town on business. While waiting for his flight, a fellow passenger keeps staring at him. Why? Hint

he has a nose bleed

ink stain on his shirt

his fly is open

his socks don't match

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Question 15 of 15

15. He has a business meeting with Anson Baer, president of one of Nicholas' many enterprises, where he intends to fire him. What was Baer's business? Hint

import / export

publishing

trucking

medical supplies

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the name of Michael Douglas' character?

Answer: Nicholas Van Orton

We meet San Francisco financier Nicholas Van Orton on the occasion of his 48th birthday.

2. What is the name of Nicholas' maid?

Answer: Ilsa

Ilsa is portrayed by Carroll Baker who you may remember from films like "Baby Doll", "Harlow", and "The Carpetbaggers".

3. What type of car does Nicholas drive?

Answer: BMW

With a name like Van Orton, you knew it had to be a Beemer or Benz!

4. Nicholas' ex-wife calls to wish him a Happy Birthday. What is her name?

Answer: Elizabeth

She has remarried since their divorce, to a doctor, and is expecting.

5. Of course, Nicholas' brother calls to wish him a Happy Birthday and invite him to lunch. When they meet for lunch, Conrad (or Connie) commits a faux pas. What is that social error?

Answer: lights up a cigarette

They have lunch at the exclusive City Club and smoking is illegal in California restaraunts. Unlike Nicholas, Connie is something of a ne'er do well and has had substance abuse problems.

6. Conrad gives him a gift certificate to CRS for his birthday. What does the acronym CRS mean?

Answer: Consumer Recreation Services

Conrad tells him that he will have a "profound life experience" when he participates in "The Game".

7. Nicholas goes home alone, where the maid has his birthday meal in the oven. Naturally, he checks out the financial news on TV. Who is the reporter?

Answer: Daniel Schorr

Nicholas has loads of money but not many friends. So he gets to share his birthday dinner with the TV.

8. At this point, we learn that Nicholas's father committed suicide, when he was 48! How did he do it?

Answer: jumped off the roof

This would come back to haunt Nicholas later in the movie.

9. The day after his birthday, Nicholas decides to check out CRS. Who greeted him at the front desk and did his intake interview?

Answer: Jim Feingold

Jim Feingold, played by James Rebhorn, was the "V.P. of Engineering Data Analysis" and did the intake interview with Nicholas. Nicholas would encounter Mr. Feingold a few more times during "The Game".

10. When Nicholas asks his interviewer, "What does CRS provide?", what is the response?

Answer: "whatever is lacking"

Nicholas is dubious about the motives of CRS even thinking it may be a high priced escort service at first. But he goes ahead with the intrusive interviews and extensive tests.

11. After his lengthy interview, Nicholas overhears some men discussing their experience with CRS. Where does he eavesdrop on this conversation?

Answer: at his club

After a vigourous round of raquetball, he hears two gentleman talking about CRS in the lockerroom. He meets them in the lounge and inquires about their impressions of CRS.

12. Nicholas returns to his mansion after the meeting at the club and finds something unusual lying the driveway. What did he find?

Answer: a clown mannequin

The mannequin is lying in about the same location where his father had landed when he took the big plunge. Keep in mind, Nicholas had been rejected by CRS earlier in the day.

13. Nicholas retrieves something from the object in his driveway. What was that?

Answer: a key

The key becomes important later. But now, he learns that he is being monitored through a camera in the clown's eye and even taunted by Daniel Schorr through the television. Schorr calls him a "bloated millionare fatcat"!

14. The next day Nicholas has to go out of town on business. While waiting for his flight, a fellow passenger keeps staring at him. Why?

Answer: ink stain on his shirt

The pen he had picked up at CRS began to leak and ruined his shirt with a large stain.

15. He has a business meeting with Anson Baer, president of one of Nicholas' many enterprises, where he intends to fire him. What was Baer's business?

Answer: publishing

Baer had been part of the corporation for years, but the publishing business had lost money, so Nicholas decided to can him. It was at this point that Baer got a reprieve because for some mysterious reason Nicholas couldn't open his briefcase.

Source: Author steve20

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