57 Silence Of The Lambs Trivia Questions & Answers

Answer: monster

All of these answers could be used to describe Hannibal Lecter, but the word that was used on this occasion was "monster". The first two lines were said by FBI Director Jack Crawford and Clarice Starling when he was briefing her in his office about interviewing Dr. Lecter. After Clarice posed her question, the film quickly cut away to an establishing shot of the exterior of the asylum in Baltimore, and a voiceover by Dr. Chilton announced, "Oh, he's a monster", ostensibly the answer to her question. Director Jonathan Demme employed many interesting filming and editing techniques like this in crafting this memorable movie, and earned an Oscar for Best Director for his efforts.

Answer: Sir Anthony Hopkins

Brian Cox did play Hannibal Lecter in "Manhunter", but was not in any of the other movies. "Red Dragon", "Silence", or "Hannibal." Sir Hopkins did a wonderful job! Robert De Niro wasn't in the movie, and Will Graham is a character in "Red Dragon."

Answer: Dr. Chilton

As learned in the sequel, "Hannibal", Dr. Chilton started taping Clarice's sessions with Hannibal after her first visit.

Answer: Anthony Hopkins

He won an Oscar for Best Actor for this film.

Answer: studs

She is wearing stud earrings while working out in the FBI training course. Unusual to see, but seem to stick out.

Answer: her tongue

This line was said by Dr. Chilton to Clarice, while he was escorting her into the inner bowels of the asylum to meet Hannibal Lecter. Dr. Chilton was trying to impress on Clarice the importance of the safety protocols they had in place concerning Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter, by describing his attack on a nurse one day in July. He even showed her a dog-eared photo of the nurse's injuries, and seemed to take some morbid pleasure in Clarice's reaction. The photo was never shown to the audience, leaving them to imagine the carnage inflicted by Lecter on his poor victim. The tension created by this was palpable - the audience was kept on the edge of their seats, anticipating a crazed and violent killer, but their expectations were subverted when the first shot of Lecter revealed him to be polite and almost serene, standing motionless in the middle of his prison cell.

Answer: Dr. Chilton

It is assumed that Dr. Chilton is going to be Lecter's "old friend for dinner" in the end.

Answer: Jack Crawford

The character Jack Crawford is idolized by Dr. John Douglas in actual life.

Answer: Jodie Foster

She won an Oscar for Best Actress.

Answer: A-

He remembered her from her grilling, claimed he gave her an A. Starling was quick to correct him.

Answer: L'Air du Temps

Lecter said this to Clarice when he met her for the first time. He had asked to see her credentials, and made her hold it right up to the glass barricade of his cell. ("Closer please. Clo-ser.") Lecter probably took the opportunity to catch a whiff of the inside of Clarice's handbag when she removed her I.D. from it, which is how he detected the type of skin cream and perfume she used. Lecter's remark had a dual effect on Clarice; it unnerved her - she was visibly discomforted by the revelation of these personal details about her, and quickly changed the subject to the drawings in Lecter's cell. It also set the tone for all of Clarice's dealings with Lecter - he would always have the upper hand because she couldn't hide anything from his keen powers of observation. Anthony Hopkins won the Oscar for Best Actor for his portrayal of the steel-cold Dr. Lecter.

Answer: Best Comedy

If you saw this movie obviously you would know that it is not a comedy!

Answer: Clarice Starling

There was an actual real-life scenario from "Silence of the Lambs". Robert Keppel, Ph.D went one-on-one with the notorious serial killer Ted Bundy.

Answer: He swallows his own tongue

The orderlies found Miggs at bed check, dead. Apparently after Clarice's embarrassing departure, Lecter whispered to Miggs all afternoon.

Answer: guide

Starling was once again quick to say how busy she was and how her return was needed.

Answer: rube

A "rube" is a derogatory term used in North America to refer to someone from a rural area who lacks polish and sophistication. When Clarice tried to push Lecter to answer her questionnaire, he said the above line to her to put her in her place. He went on to say, "Good nutrition has given you some length of bone, but you're not more than one generation from poor white trash, are you Agent Starling?" His goal was to humiliate Clarice, for he had detected that she had "tried so desperately to shed" her West Virginian accent, and inferred that she was probably ashamed of her background. Clarice's destroyed look as Lecter ripped into her was a sight to behold, and Jodie Foster won the Oscar for Best Actress for her portrayal of Clarice.

Answer: test, fava, chianti

Probably the most "chilling" line in the whole movie.

Answer: Jack Crawford

Jack Crawford does NOT appear in the sequel, "Hannibal". Miggs is played by Stuart Rudin.

Answer: B5160-8

You can see it when he's in the cell in Tennessee.

Answer: Puts out a chair

Starling appears very nervous, but Barney makes her a little more comfortable by mentioning the chair.

Answer: Death's-head moth

After Clarice recovered a moth from behind the soft palate of one of Buffalo Bill's victims, she brought it to the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History for analysis. This line was said by the entomologist, who identified the species of moth for Clarice as Acherontia styx, or the Death's-head moth, so named because of the naturally occurring skull-shaped pattern on its thorax. Fittingly, the moth's scientific name was derived from the names of two rivers in Hell in Greek mythology - the Acheron and the Styx. Later in the film, the significance of the moth was explained by Lecter to Clarice as being symbolic for change - "caterpillar into chrysalis or pupa, from thence into beauty". Buffalo Bill's pathology was that he was seeking a way to become reborn through his killings because he hated his own identity, and he used the moth as a symbol of the transformation he hoped to undergo. Although the book and the film both indicated the moth used by Buffalo Bill to be Acherontia styx, the species actually depicted in the film and on the movie's poster was really Acherontia atropos, a slightly different species within the same family. The filmmakers must have decided that this species was more photogenic than Acherontia styx.