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Code of the B-Movies Trivia Quiz

For my first Cryptograms quiz, my subject will be the B-movies of the 40s, mostly the noir crime dramas. There are 7 movies here and their directors, all in code. If D stands for W, it will do so throughout the quiz.

A multiple-choice quiz by tjoebigham. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
tjoebigham

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
165,251

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

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314

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Question 1 of 10

1. The title of this 1948 thriller refers to the hair color and personality of its female lead, a typical noir man-killer (literally!): ISVUKL PJL

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Question 2 of 10

2. John Carradine played a puppeteer who moonlighted as a Parisian Jack the Ripper: ISBLILHYK

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Question 3 of 10

3. A Robert Louis Stevenson story based on real murders in Edinburgh gave the great Karloff one of his most memorable later roles: AOL IVKF ZUHAJOLY

Answer: (Three Words)

4. From 1945, the ironic tale of a jazz pianist heading to California to meet his girl, who finds the man who picked him up has died; taking his identity, he picks up a female hitcher who knows the dead man and begins blackmailing the pianist, leading to tragedy: KLAVBY

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Question 5 of 10

5. Before the 1967 version of Bonnie and Clyde, this 1949 crime tale told of a couple like the legendary duo; only the man, while liking guns, didn't have the stomach for killing: NBU JYHGF

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Question 6 of 10

6. An escaped leopard is blamed for deaths in a New Mexico town: AOL SLVWHYK THU

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Question 7 of 10

7. An Englishwoman soon finds she's probably married into a family of pyscho-killers: TF UHTL PZ QBSPH YVZZ

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Question 8 of 10

8. Now decode these names: LKNHY N. BSTLY

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Question 9 of 10

9. QVZLWO O. SLDPZ

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Question 10 of 10

10. YVIZVU HUK DPZL

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The title of this 1948 thriller refers to the hair color and personality of its female lead, a typical noir man-killer (literally!): ISVUKL PJL

Answer: Blonde Ice

Jack Bernhardt directed and Leslie Brooks played the psychotic killer of men in this prototypical B-noir thriller, now out on DVD.

2. John Carradine played a puppeteer who moonlighted as a Parisian Jack the Ripper: ISBLILHYK

Answer: Bluebeard

In this 1944 Gothic suspenser, Carradine was once a painter who found out the true nature of his female subject and strangled her. He turned to puppets so he the urge to kill women wouldn't return. But when he met a pretty Parisienne...

3. A Robert Louis Stevenson story based on real murders in Edinburgh gave the great Karloff one of his most memorable later roles: AOL IVKF ZUHAJOLY

Answer: The Body Snatcher

Karloff was Mr. Gray, a killer hired by Henry Daniell, a Scotch surgeon desperate for cadavers for his medical school. Stevenson based his story on the horrific murders for profit of Burke and Hare, who supplied their victims to an Edinburgh university.

Answer: Detour

Tom Neal was the pianist who became Ann Savage's patsy; she wanted him to continue his charade so he could "inherit" a fortune from the dead man's dying father. But she winds up getting accidentally killed by Neal (who killed his own wife in real life).

5. Before the 1967 version of Bonnie and Clyde, this 1949 crime tale told of a couple like the legendary duo; only the man, while liking guns, didn't have the stomach for killing: NBU JYHGF

Answer: Gun Crazy

John Dall was Bart Tate, who loved guns but loathed killing with them, unlike Peggy Cummins' Annie Starr who was kill-crazy from the get-go.

6. An escaped leopard is blamed for deaths in a New Mexico town: AOL SLVWHYK THU

Answer: The Leopard Man

The Cornell Woolrich novel "Black Alibi" was the basis of this moody B-thriller. An obsessed madman is the real killer instead of the leopard.

7. An Englishwoman soon finds she's probably married into a family of pyscho-killers: TF UHTL PZ QBSPH YVZZ

Answer: My Name Is Julia Ross

Nina Foch was the woman in peril in this 1945 psychodrama, remade as "Dead Of Winter".

8. Now decode these names: LKNHY N. BSTLY

Answer: Edgar G. Ulmer

A German emigre, Ulmer, director of "Detour" and "Bluebeard", once worked with William Murnau as set director. His B-movies often showed great visual flair. He also directed Karloff and Bela Lugosi in the 30's cult film "The Black Cat".

9. QVZLWO O. SLDPZ

Answer: Joseph H. Lewis

Lewis' visual bravura in "Gun Crazy" is especially breathtaking. His "My Name Is Julia Ross" and "The Big Combo" are also cult favorites.

10. YVIZVU HUK DPZL

Answer: Robson and Wise

Both Mark Robson and Robert Wise started in B-movies and went on to major productions. Both made classic boxing movies: after "Leopard Man", Robson lensed "Champion" with Kirk Douglas, and after "Body Snatcher" Wise did "The Set-Up" with Robert Ryan (Wise also directed Paul Newman in "Somebody Up There Likes Me").

Source: Author tjoebigham

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