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'The Talented Mr. Ripley' Trivia Quiz

Test how well you really know 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'.

A multiple-choice quiz by antigonelive. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
antigonelive

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
48,650

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
14 / 20

Plays
1069

Last 3 plays: Guest 73 (12/20), Guest 188 (19/20), Guest 109 (6/20).

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Question 1 of 20

1. Where is the first place you see Tom when the movie starts? Hint

in his cabin on a boat

in the washroom at the opera house

playing the piano at an outdoor concert

at Dickie's father's shipyard

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Question 2 of 20

2. How does Tom meet Dickie's parents? Hint

in a taxicab on their way to the opera

at their shipyard

while playing the piano at an outdoor concert

at the opera house

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Question 3 of 20

3. How much money does Dickie's father give Tom to try to convince Dickie to come home from Italy? Hint

5,000 dollars

500 dollars

1,000 dollars

4,000 dollars

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Question 4 of 20

4. What is the name of the town in Italy where Dickie has taken up residence? Hint

Naples

it's never mentioned

Cortina

Mongibello

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Question 5 of 20

5. What name does Meredith travel under?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 6 of 20

6. Where does Tom tell Dickie that they met? Hint

Princeton

Duke

Yale

Harvard

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Question 7 of 20

7. What is Marge's profession? Hint

writer

artist

singer

it's never mentioned

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Question 8 of 20

8. What is Dickie's excuse for being late when Marge asks him, 'Did you suddenly forget where I live?'? Hint

he just woke up

he changes the subject

he was at a club

his scooter ran out of gas

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Question 9 of 20

9. What instrument does Dickie play?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 10 of 20

10. Who is Dickie's favorite jazz artist? Hint

Billie Holliday

Charlie Parker

Miles Davis

Chet Baker

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Question 11 of 20

11. What's the name of the first club that Dickie takes Tom to? Hint

Hot Jazz Vesuvius

Hot Jazz Vesuvio

Hot Vesuvius

Hot Vesuvio

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Question 12 of 20

12. Who does Tom tell Dickie and Marge that he's engaged to? Hint

Emily

Francis

her name's never mentioned

Meredith

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Question 13 of 20

13. Why does Silvana drown herself? Hint

her fiance broke up with her

her fiance found out she was having an affair with Dickie

Dickie broke up with her

she was pregnant out of wedlock

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Question 14 of 20

14. How does Tom kill Dickie? Hint

drowns him

beats him to death

runs him over with a car

smothers him with a pillow

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Question 15 of 20

15. Who is the second person Tom kills?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 16 of 20

16. How does Tom kill his second victim? Hint

strangles him

drowns him

hits him over the head with a bust

smothers him with a pillow

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Question 17 of 20

17. Why did Dickie's father send him to Europe? Hint

he got a girl pregnant

he failed out of college

he killed his cousin

he almost beat a man to death

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Question 18 of 20

18. Where does Tom trick Meredith into meeting Marge and Peter? Hint

at the opera

on Dickie's sailboat

at an outdoor cafe

at Marge's house

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Question 19 of 20

19. What item(s) of Dickie's does Marge find in Tom's apartment after Dickie's disappearance? Hint

his hats

his watch

his shoes

his rings

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Question 20 of 20

20. Why does Tom kill Peter? Hint

Peter wanted more from their relationship than Tom did

so Peter can't reveal Tom's true identity to Meredith

Peter told Tom he was really in love with Marge

Peter found out that Tom killed Dickie

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Where is the first place you see Tom when the movie starts?

Answer: in his cabin on a boat

The movie's opening and ending scenes are the same. At the start of the movie Tom is on a boat and he then begins to reflect back on the events that led up to his killing spree.

2. How does Tom meet Dickie's parents?

Answer: while playing the piano at an outdoor concert

3. How much money does Dickie's father give Tom to try to convince Dickie to come home from Italy?

Answer: 1,000 dollars

4. What is the name of the town in Italy where Dickie has taken up residence?

Answer: Mongibello

5. What name does Meredith travel under?

Answer: Randall

Tom tells Meredith that he's Dickie Greenleaf and that the reason she saw him at the R stand was because he travels under his mother's maiden name. She admits that she also travels under her mother's name, Randall.

6. Where does Tom tell Dickie that they met?

Answer: Princeton

7. What is Marge's profession?

Answer: writer

8. What is Dickie's excuse for being late when Marge asks him, 'Did you suddenly forget where I live?'?

Answer: he just woke up

Dickie was really with Silvana as you see in the previous scene.

9. What instrument does Dickie play?

Answer: saxophone

10. Who is Dickie's favorite jazz artist?

Answer: Charlie Parker

Dickie loves Charlie 'Byrd' Parker so much that he named his sailboat 'Bird'.

11. What's the name of the first club that Dickie takes Tom to?

Answer: Hot Jazz Vesuvio

It's not mentioned, but it's written in bright neon lights behind the stage where Dickie and Tom performed.

12. Who does Tom tell Dickie and Marge that he's engaged to?

Answer: Francis

13. Why does Silvana drown herself?

Answer: she was pregnant out of wedlock

Dickie got Silvana pregnant then refused to help her. In those times it was taboo to get pregnant out of wedlock.

14. How does Tom kill Dickie?

Answer: beats him to death

While they're in a boat, Tom beats Dickie to death wih an oar after Dickie tells Tom what he really thinks of him.

15. Who is the second person Tom kills?

Answer: Freddie

Tom kills Freddie after Freddie realizes that he is pretending to be Dickie.

16. How does Tom kill his second victim?

Answer: hits him over the head with a bust

17. Why did Dickie's father send him to Europe?

Answer: he almost beat a man to death

The detective tells Tom that the real reason Dickie was in Italy was because his father sent him there after he got into a fight, kicked the man repeatedly in the face, and almost killed him.

18. Where does Tom trick Meredith into meeting Marge and Peter?

Answer: at an outdoor cafe

19. What item(s) of Dickie's does Marge find in Tom's apartment after Dickie's disappearance?

Answer: his rings

20. Why does Tom kill Peter?

Answer: so Peter can't reveal Tom's true identity to Meredith

Source: Author antigonelive

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