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Tough Hitchcock Trivia Quiz

More for fans of the master, written from memory.

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

Author
wog

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
27,082

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
8 / 15

Plays
872

Last 3 plays: Guest 208 (7/15), Guest 99 (8/15), Guest 198 (7/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. Which of these great British actors never appeared in a Hitchcock film? Hint

Charles Laughton

John Gielgud

Laurence Olivier

Ralph Richardson

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Question 2 of 15

2. What was the only Hitchcock film to win a best picture Oscar?

Answer: (Think British and American)

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Question 3 of 15

3. What film was England's first sound film? Hint

Juno and the Paycock

Murder

Blackmail

39 Steps

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Question 4 of 15

4. Which of these actresses starred in three Hitchcock films? Hint

Kim Novak

Tippi Hedren

Vera Miles

Grace Kelly

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Question 5 of 15

5. Which of these films was based on a true story? Hint

Topaz

Rope

Rear Window

The Paradine Case

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Question 6 of 15

6. Which of these movies was based on a Joseph Conrad novel? Hint

Secret Agent

Blackmail

Murder

Sabotage

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Question 7 of 15

7. In the film 'Saboteur,' which famous author makes a brief cameo? Hint

Dorothy Parker

Lillian Hellman

Edna Ferber

Agatha Christie

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Question 8 of 15

8. Which of these actors never starred in a Hitchcock film? Hint

Henry Fonda

Gary Cooper

Montgomery Clift

Robert Montgomery

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Question 9 of 15

9. The great Thornton Wilder was recruited to write the script to which film?

Answer: (not exactly the American dream)

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Question 10 of 15

10. Which of these films was not based on material by the writer Daphne DuMaurier? Hint

Jamaica Inn

Under Capricorn

Rebecca

The Birds

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Question 11 of 15

11. Which film featured a Walt Disney cartoon being projected in a cinema? Hint

Saboteur

Sabotage

Young and Innocent

Shadow of a Doubt

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Question 12 of 15

12. Which famous writer worked on the screenplay to 'Lifeboat'? Hint

Raymond Chandler

Ernest Hemingway

John Steinbeck

William Faulkner

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Question 13 of 15

13. How many episodes of 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents' did the master personally direct? Hint

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Question 14 of 15

14. Which Hitchcock film featured actual female nudity? Hint

Marnie

Frenzy

Psycho

Family Plot

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Question 15 of 15

15. What was the master's personal choice for his own best film when asked?

Answer: (Four Words)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of these great British actors never appeared in a Hitchcock film?

Answer: Ralph Richardson

2. What was the only Hitchcock film to win a best picture Oscar?

Answer: Rebecca

3. What film was England's first sound film?

Answer: Blackmail

Filmed silent with sound added later.

4. Which of these actresses starred in three Hitchcock films?

Answer: Grace Kelly

The films were "Rear Window", "Dial M for Murder" and "To Catch a Thief".

5. Which of these films was based on a true story?

Answer: Rope

Loosely based on Leopold and Leowe.

6. Which of these movies was based on a Joseph Conrad novel?

Answer: Sabotage

Ironically Sabotage was based on Conrad's Secret Agent.

7. In the film 'Saboteur,' which famous author makes a brief cameo?

Answer: Dorothy Parker

Her great friend Robert Benchley was in Foreign Correspondant.

8. Which of these actors never starred in a Hitchcock film?

Answer: Gary Cooper

9. The great Thornton Wilder was recruited to write the script to which film?

Answer: Shadow of a Doubt

Hitch loved Our Town. Why not Our Town with a psycho killer?

10. Which of these films was not based on material by the writer Daphne DuMaurier?

Answer: Under Capricorn

11. Which film featured a Walt Disney cartoon being projected in a cinema?

Answer: Sabotage

12. Which famous writer worked on the screenplay to 'Lifeboat'?

Answer: John Steinbeck

13. How many episodes of 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents' did the master personally direct?

Answer: 17

14. Which Hitchcock film featured actual female nudity?

Answer: Frenzy

Psycho came close!

15. What was the master's personal choice for his own best film when asked?

Answer: Shadow of a Doubt

Stated in one or two Bios I've read.

Source: Author wog

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