Fractured Hitchcock Trivia Quiz

Answer: Grace Kelly

The blonde in "Vertigo" was Kim Novak, who played the wife of Helmore's character. Jimmy Stewart played the detective, Scottie Ferguson, who had a fear of heights, and who Helmore hired to keep an eye on his wife, about whom he was concerned. Bel Geddes played Scottie's friend Midge.

Answer: Norman Bates

His performance as the sinister Bates in "Psycho" doomed Anthony Perkins to playing similar characters for much of the rest of his career. He even went so far as to reprise the role in a number of weak 'sequels' under the direction of lesser directors.

Answer: In a newspaper advertisement

"Lifeboat" was set entirely in, well, a lifeboat, so Hitchcock had to be even more clever than usual to get his cameo appearance included. This was done by having a newspaper somehow make it into the boat along with the survivors, one of whom held it up so viewers could see an advertisement for a weight-loss product, featuring before and after photos of Hitch.

The cast included Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix, John Hodiak and Hume Cronyn, as survivors of a torpedoed ship.

Answer: His leg was broken.

James Stewart played L.B. 'Jeff' Jeffries, a photographer who became suspicious of the goings-on in a neighbour's apartment, whilst watching through his "Rear Window" as he recovered from a broken leg. He enlisted his girlfriend (Grace Kelly) and nurse (Thelma Ritter) to do the legwork for him, to try to find out if a murder really had been committed.

Answer: Robert Cummings

After a chase that spans most of the United States, Cummings eventually confronts the "Saboteur", played by Norman Lloyd, in an exciting sequence at the top of the Statue of Liberty. Priscilla Lane and Otto Kruger also appeared in the movie.

Answer: A fight atop the Statue of Liberty

Cary Grant starred as advertising man Roger Thornhill, who is mistaken for a spy and gets involved in a number of life-threatening situations in "North by Northwest". The bad guys had poured the booze down his throat, so his protestations in a very amusing scene had some merit.

The crop-duster and Rushmore scenes are unforgettable. (The Statue of Liberty scene is from "Saboteur".) Eva Marie Saint and James Mason also starred.

Answer: London

"Foreign Correspondent" involves the efforts of the American reporter played by McCrea to track down German agents in London just before World War Two. Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall and George Sanders also appeared.

Answer: Tippi Hedren

"The Birds" is a pretty scary story of what might happen if our 'feathered friends' decided to gang up and attack us! Tippi Hedren shared the Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer - Female with Ursula Andress ("Dr. No") and Elke Sommer ("The Prize"). The three wrong choices all were in the cast of "The Birds", along with Miss Hedren.

Answer: Tennis

Bruno Anthony (Walker) and tennis player Guy Haines (Granger) meet as "Strangers on a Train", and Bruno suggests that they could each do the other a favour - by murdering someone the other would like to be rid of. Haines doesn't take him seriously, which turns out to be a mistake. Ruth Roman and Leo G. Carroll also starred.

Answer: Charlie

Charlie Newton (Wright) adores her Uncle Charlie (Cotten), but comes to suspect that he might not be the model citizen she has always thought he was when a detective chasing a murderer comes looking for him in the thriller "Shadow of a Doubt". Macdonald Carey played the detective.