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  Film Noir: "The Big Sleep"   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is one in a series of quizzes about film noir movies of the '40s & '50s. This quiz features "The Big Sleep" starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.
Tough, 10 Qns, shipyardbernie, Oct 06 20
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Oct 06 20
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  The Big Sleep    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
This film is a delight for all Bogie and Betty fans: Warning - unless you know this film VERY well, you may find this quiz challenging to say the least!
Tough, 15 Qns, Astena, Oct 06 20
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Oct 06 20
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The Big Sleep Trivia Questions
1. Which General employs private detective Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart)?

From Quiz Film Noir: "The Big Sleep"

Answer: General Sternwood

General Sternwood (Charles Waldron) employs private detective Philip Marlowe to look into the blackmailing of his youngest daughter. He also mentions the disappearance of his friend and employee Sean Regan, who Marlowe knows from his days working for the District Attorney.

2. When Marlowe first meets Carmen Sternwood, what does he tell her his name is?

From Quiz The Big Sleep

Answer: Doghouse Riley

Philip lies to Carmen about his name, but not about his profession.

3. What is the name of the General's butler?

From Quiz Film Noir: "The Big Sleep"

Answer: Norris

Norris (Charles D. Brown), is the name of the General's butler. He carries out his instructions when dealing with private detective Philip Marlowe but also follows Marlowe's instructions when called upon to do so.

4. How did General Sternwood like to drink his brandy?

From Quiz The Big Sleep

Answer: with cold champagne

Philip Marlowe likes his brandy "in a glass."

5. Which character does Lauren Bacall play?

From Quiz Film Noir: "The Big Sleep"

Answer: Mrs. Rutledge

Lauren Bacall plays Mrs. Vivian Rutledge, the eldest daughter of the General. She is involved with most of the characters throughout the movie and seems to be hostile towards Marlowe at first. She is always trying to find out why her father hired him in the first place but eventually she becomes Marlowe's love interest.

6. Why was Marlowe fired from the D.A.'s office?

From Quiz The Big Sleep

Answer: insubordination

Marlowe tells General Sternwood that he "...seems to rate pretty high on that."

7. What is the name of the General's youngest daughter?

From Quiz Film Noir: "The Big Sleep"

Answer: Carmen

The General's youngest daughter is named Carmen (Martha Vickers). She is very precocious and comes onto Marlowe when he first arrives at the General's home. She is involved with some dubious characters including club owner Eddie Mars. Marlowe is employed initially to find out who is blackmailing her and why.

8. In Geiger's bookstore, Marlowe claims that he is late for his lecture on what?

From Quiz The Big Sleep

Answer: Argentine ceramics

Agnes corrects Marlowe's pronunciation of "ceramics", and then informs him that they are Egyptian, not Argentine.

9. Which character, played by Dorothy Malone, helps Philip Marlowe with information about a character named Arthur Gwynn Geiger and his phony bookshop?

From Quiz Film Noir: "The Big Sleep"

Answer: A bookshop proprietress

While observing Arthur Gwynn Geiger and his phony bookshop across the street from the Acme Bookshop, Marlowe strikes up a conversation and shares a bottle of rye whiskey with the proprietress, who gives him information about Geiger and his connections.

10. What is the name of the bookstore across the street from Geiger's store?

From Quiz The Big Sleep

Answer: Acme Book Store

The girl who runs Acme Book Store gives Marlowe a very thorough description of Arthur Gwynn Geiger.

11. While in an apartment looking for a compromising photograph of the General's youngest daughter, Marlowe collects a number of guns from various people there. Which character is it the apartment of?

From Quiz Film Noir: "The Big Sleep"

Answer: Joe Brody

Marlowe goes to the apartment of Joe Brady (Louis Jean Heydt) to get a compromising photograph of the General's youngest daughter. In the apartment he finds Brody, the General's eldest daughter, Vivian, and Agnes Lozelle. Later the General's youngest daughter turns up. After she leaves, Geiger's henchman, Carol Lundgren, knocks on the apartment door and shoots Brody when he opens it.

12. Who owns the house that Arthur Gwynn Geiger was killed in?

From Quiz The Big Sleep

Answer: Eddie Mars

Geiger was blackmailing Carmen Sternwood.

13. When Philip Marlowe is in the club owned by Eddie Mars, who does he see playing roulette and wanting to gamble $14,000 on a final spin of the wheel?

From Quiz Film Noir: "The Big Sleep"

Answer: Mrs. Rutledge

Vivian has $14,000 on the roulette table and wants to gamble it all but is refused until club owner Eddie Mars (John Ridgely) covers the bet, which she wins. It is all fixed to confuse Marlowe but he is not fooled and later foils a fake robbery involving Vivian Rutledge in the club car park.

14. Whose body was in the Packard that the homicide squad found floating in the surf, off of Lido Pier?

From Quiz The Big Sleep

Answer: Owen Taylor

Owen Taylor was the Sternwood chauffeur. He was in love with Carmen Sternwood and wanted to marry her.

15. Small time crook Harry Jones offers Marlowe information about Eddie Mars' wife but is murdered before he can keep an arranged meeting with Marlowe. Who kills him?

From Quiz Film Noir: "The Big Sleep"

Answer: Lash Canino

Harry Jones (Elisha Cook Jr.) offers Philip Marlowe information on the whereabouts of club owner Eddie Mars' missing wife Mona for $200. He arranges to meet Marlowe in an office block later. When Marlowe arrives, he hears talking and goes to an empty adjoining office to listen. During the conversation Harry Jones is given a poisoned drink and dies before Marlowe can get to him. He is given the poison by a killer named Lash Canino (Bob Steele), who escapes but is later shot dead by Marlowe.

16. Who was Carmen willing to name as Geiger's killer?

From Quiz The Big Sleep

Answer: Joe Brody

Brody got his hands on the incriminating photo of Carmen that Owen Taylor had taken from Geiger's house.

17. Marlowe is on his way to a house where Mona, the missing wife of club owner Eddie Mars, is hiding. What is the name of the garage and paint shop in front of the house?

From Quiz Film Noir: "The Big Sleep"

Answer: Art Huck Auto Repairs & Painting

Marlowe is on his way to find Mona Mars (Peggy Knudsen), the missing wife of club owner Eddie Mars. She is at a house behind the Art Huck Auto Repairs & Painting garage. Marlowe runs his car off the road and goes to the garage pretending he has a flat tyre. Inside he finds two men, Art Huck (Trevor Bardette) and Lash Canino, who killed small time crook Harry Jones.

18. What is Marlowe's nickname for Vivien Rutledge?

From Quiz The Big Sleep

Answer: Angel

"The Big Sleep" was the second pairing of Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. The two were married a few months after shooting finished.

19. Who does Marlowe shoot in both arms and forces to run outside of Geiger's house where he is shot and killed by his own henchmen?

From Quiz Film Noir: "The Big Sleep"

Answer: Eddie Mars

Marlowe agrees to meet Mars at a house Mars owns but gets there before him with Vivian Rutledge, who hides in a back room. Although Marlowe has the drop on Mars he realizes that Mars has the house surrounded and he will be killed if he leaves first. Marlowe shoots Mars in both arms to make him leave first. When he gets outside he is killed by machine gun fire from his own henchmen.

20. Where did Vivien tell Marlowe that Shawn Regan had been found?

From Quiz The Big Sleep

Answer: Mexico

Vivien lied to Marlowe in the hopes that he would drop the case.

21. How did Canino kill Harry Jones?

From Quiz The Big Sleep

Answer: gave him a poisoned drink

Harry gave Canino false information about Agnes' whereabouts to protect her. He then willingly drank the poison so her location would remain a secret.

22. Where was Eddie Mars' wife hiding out?

From Quiz The Big Sleep

Answer: in a house east of Realito

Vivien was also hiding there to make it look like she had gone to Mexico to "bring home" Shawn Regan.

23. Who killed Arthur Gwynn Geiger?

From Quiz The Big Sleep

Answer: Owen Taylor

Owen killed Geiger when he found out that Geiger was blackmailing Carmen.

24. Who killed Shawn Regan?

From Quiz The Big Sleep

Answer: Carmen Sternwood

Carmen was in love with Regan, but Regan was in love with Eddie Mars' wife, Mona. When Regan didn't return Carmen's affection, she shot him. Eddie Mars found out and used the information to blackmail Vivien.

25. This movie was adapted from the novel by which famous author?

From Quiz The Big Sleep

Answer: Raymond Chandler

William Faulkner co-wrote the screenplay.

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