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Quiz about Hitchcock Movies
Quiz about Hitchcock Movies

Hitchcock Movies Trivia Quiz


Alfred Hitchcock was, and ever will be, the Master of Suspense. I'll give you a brief description of the plot, and you tell me which movie it is.

A multiple-choice quiz by skunkee. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
skunkee
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
150,496
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
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10038
Awards
Editor's Choice
Last 3 plays: pughmv (10/10), scottm (10/10), Guest 209 (9/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. (1964) Marnie Edgar, played by Tippi Hedren, is a cold, unfeeling, habitual thief. Over the years she has supported herself, and her mother, by stealing money from a succession of employers. But she's met her match in Mark Rutland, played by Sean Connery, a man determined to get to the bottom of who she really is, and why she's so afraid of love.

Answer: (One Word, 6 letters, a name)
Question 2 of 10
2. (1945) Gregory Peck plays a man who thinks he's Dr. Edwardes, but it soon becomes apparent that he can't be. Unfortunately he has no memory of who he really is, and the real Dr. Edwards has been murdered. Did Peck's character commit the murder, or was he simply a helpless witness? Dr. Constance Peterson, played by Ingrid Bergman, is convinced that he's innocent, and is determined to prove it. Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. (1958) Retired from the force due to emotional trauma, Scottie is hired to follow Madeline, the wife of an old friend who is behaving strangely. When she runs to the top of an old tower, he is paralysed by fear, and unable to follow. Horrified, he watches as her body plummets past the open window. Months later he finds a woman whose resemblance to Madeline is so incredible, that he begins to suspect foul play. Was it suicide, or was he cruelly manipulated to be the perfect witness to a perfect crime? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. (1963) Melanie Daniels is a spoilt little rich girl, with a passion for practical jokes. After a run-in with Mitch, in a pet store, she decides to hand deliver a pair of love birds to Mitch's mother's house on Bodega Bay, as a birthday gift for his younger sister. While steering a boat across the bay Melanie is attacked by a sea gull, an unusual event indeed. But it soon turns out that this attack is only the first of a number of more terrifying, and often fatal attacks.

Answer: (Two Words, 3 and 5 letters)
Question 5 of 10
5. (1955) Before the war John Robie, played by Cary Grant, was the famous jewel thief known as 'The Cat'. During the war he was a daring resistance leader. After the war he is trying to earn an honest living growing grapes. But somehow 'The Cat' is back, and if Robie doesn't find a way to stop him, he may find himself back in jail. Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. (1943) Young Charlie is very excited to find that her favourite uncle is coming to visit. But she soon begins to suspect that he might actually be the 'Merry Widow Maker', a serial killer wanted by police. What would you do? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. (1972) A vicious sex killer is terrorizing London, strangling young women with a neck tie. When Richard Blaney's ex-wife is found killed, and he becomes the prime suspect, he goes on the run, determined to prove his innocence. Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. (1976) This movie weaves a very tangled tale about two different sets of thieves, one a phoney psychic and her boyfriend, and the other a pair of kidnappers. Their paths somehow cross when the psychic is hired to track down the long lost nephew of a rich old woman, and that's when things really get complicated. Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. (1955) The discovery of a dead body does not elicit the expected response from anyone, in this quirky comedy. No one seems to mourn his passing, and the poor guy keeps getting buried, and then dug up again. Maybe it's because everyone seems to believe that they might have had something to do with his death. Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. (1941) Cary Grant plays an exciting, handsome gambler, whose only source of income is the money he manages to borrow from friends. Joan Fontaine plays a shy, insecure daughter of a wealthy man, who is overwhelmed when Grant courts and marries her. She can't believe her luck, until events occur which make her fear that he is planning to become a widower, and soon. Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. (1964) Marnie Edgar, played by Tippi Hedren, is a cold, unfeeling, habitual thief. Over the years she has supported herself, and her mother, by stealing money from a succession of employers. But she's met her match in Mark Rutland, played by Sean Connery, a man determined to get to the bottom of who she really is, and why she's so afraid of love.

Answer: Marnie

Hitchcock made his trademark cameo appearance early in the film, in the hallway of the hotel that Marnie walks down. Apparently Hedren approached Hitchcock about how she was supposed to remain so frigid, given how absolutely gorgeous the young Connery was.

He told her to act. I can understand her dilemma. If you haven't seen this film, it's worth it, even if it's just to see Connery in his topless glory.
2. (1945) Gregory Peck plays a man who thinks he's Dr. Edwardes, but it soon becomes apparent that he can't be. Unfortunately he has no memory of who he really is, and the real Dr. Edwards has been murdered. Did Peck's character commit the murder, or was he simply a helpless witness? Dr. Constance Peterson, played by Ingrid Bergman, is convinced that he's innocent, and is determined to prove it.

Answer: Spellbound

Hitchcock makes his cameo appearance about 40 minutes into the movie. He can be seen exiting from an elevator, smoking a cigarette and carrying a violin case. Salvador Dali designed the dream sequence, where Peck's character catches symbolic glimpses of the shocking experience that caused his amnesia, in this first film ever to deal with psychoanalysis.
3. (1958) Retired from the force due to emotional trauma, Scottie is hired to follow Madeline, the wife of an old friend who is behaving strangely. When she runs to the top of an old tower, he is paralysed by fear, and unable to follow. Horrified, he watches as her body plummets past the open window. Months later he finds a woman whose resemblance to Madeline is so incredible, that he begins to suspect foul play. Was it suicide, or was he cruelly manipulated to be the perfect witness to a perfect crime?

Answer: Vertigo

Jimmy Stewart played Scottie, and Kim Novak played the mysterious woman. Hitchcock made his cameo appearance fairly early in the film, and can be seen walking past a shipyard. This is one of the famous 'Five Lost Hitchcocks', five movies that disappeared from circulation for approximately 30 years, to be re-released to theaters in about 1984.
4. (1963) Melanie Daniels is a spoilt little rich girl, with a passion for practical jokes. After a run-in with Mitch, in a pet store, she decides to hand deliver a pair of love birds to Mitch's mother's house on Bodega Bay, as a birthday gift for his younger sister. While steering a boat across the bay Melanie is attacked by a sea gull, an unusual event indeed. But it soon turns out that this attack is only the first of a number of more terrifying, and often fatal attacks.

Answer: The Birds

In my opinion, this is the most terrifying movie Hitchcock ever made, because it deals with the question, 'what if?', and makes no attempt to offer an explanation. Hitchcock makes his cameo near the beginning of the film, as a man walking two dogs. The dogs were his own dogs. Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy and Suzanne Pleshette starred in this film based on a Daphne Du Maurier book.
5. (1955) Before the war John Robie, played by Cary Grant, was the famous jewel thief known as 'The Cat'. During the war he was a daring resistance leader. After the war he is trying to earn an honest living growing grapes. But somehow 'The Cat' is back, and if Robie doesn't find a way to stop him, he may find himself back in jail.

Answer: To Catch a Thief

Hitchcock makes his appearance early in the movie, sitting next to Cary Grant on a bus. Grant turns and looks at him with an expression that is so vintage Grant, that it's very funny and is probably Hitchcock's most obvious cameo. Grace Kelly, who played Grant's love interest, met her future husband, the Prince of Monaco while filming this movie. Ironically, a car chase, with Kelly driving, is staged along the very roads where Kelly was to meet her death in a car accident years later.
6. (1943) Young Charlie is very excited to find that her favourite uncle is coming to visit. But she soon begins to suspect that he might actually be the 'Merry Widow Maker', a serial killer wanted by police. What would you do?

Answer: Shadow of a Doubt

Teresa Wright is very good as the young Charlie, while Joseph Cotten is convincingly frightening as Uncle Charlie. Hitchcock can be seen playing cards on a train, with the entire suit of Spades in his hand. Apparently Hitchcock has claimed that this was his favourite film, and I can understand why. Teresa Wright does a wonderful job of conveying reluctant belief, and even the scenes where it seems that her uncle is trying to kill her are done in such a manner as to leave a trace of doubt.
7. (1972) A vicious sex killer is terrorizing London, strangling young women with a neck tie. When Richard Blaney's ex-wife is found killed, and he becomes the prime suspect, he goes on the run, determined to prove his innocence.

Answer: Frenzy

The best parts of this movie are the almost surreal interchanges between Inspector Oxford and his wife, while she is serving him some rather unpalatable meals. Hitchcock appears early in the movie, in a crowd scene. He stands out as the only one who is not applauding the speaker.
8. (1976) This movie weaves a very tangled tale about two different sets of thieves, one a phoney psychic and her boyfriend, and the other a pair of kidnappers. Their paths somehow cross when the psychic is hired to track down the long lost nephew of a rich old woman, and that's when things really get complicated.

Answer: Family Plot

Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris, and William De Vane star in this film, which turned out to be Hitchcock's last. Hitchcock appeared about half way through the movie, his famous silhouette noticeable behind a door at the registrar of births office. The movie did not leave any really striking images with me, except perhaps, some very funny scenes when a priest is kidnapped.
9. (1955) The discovery of a dead body does not elicit the expected response from anyone, in this quirky comedy. No one seems to mourn his passing, and the poor guy keeps getting buried, and then dug up again. Maybe it's because everyone seems to believe that they might have had something to do with his death.

Answer: The Trouble With Harry

This is one of the famous 'Five Lost Hitchcocks', finally re-released in about 1984, after thirty years of being withheld from the public eye. Hitchcock can be seen about 20 minutes into the movie, walking past the limousine of a man who had stopped to look at Sam's paintings. It starred Edmund Gwenn, Shirley MacLaine and John Forsythe.
10. (1941) Cary Grant plays an exciting, handsome gambler, whose only source of income is the money he manages to borrow from friends. Joan Fontaine plays a shy, insecure daughter of a wealthy man, who is overwhelmed when Grant courts and marries her. She can't believe her luck, until events occur which make her fear that he is planning to become a widower, and soon.

Answer: Suspicion

Hitchcock makes his appearance about 45 minutes into the movie, mailing a letter at the local post office. Fontaine's inability to break with a man who she fears is plotting to murder her makes this movie a little difficult to believe. The original script called for Grant to be everything she feared, but was changed because the studio didn't believe that the public would be able to accept Grant as a murderer.
Source: Author skunkee

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