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Going Mad in a "Psycho" World Trivia Quiz

If you've ever seen this most controversial chiller of all time, then you may recall these maddening lines from 1960's "Psycho".

A multiple-choice quiz by pentrivina. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
pentrivina

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
329,932

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
299

Last 3 plays: Guest 172 (10/10), Guest 97 (6/10), Guest 108 (3/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. In the opening hotel scene, we see two of the central characters, Marion Crane
and Sam Loomis who are having an affair. Marion is tired of having to meet him secretly and tells him this is the last time. What does Sam suggest they do instead? Hint

"write each other dirty love letters"

"write each other lengthy love letters"

"write each other long distance love letters"

"write each other lasting love letters"

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Question 2 of 10

2. While still in the hotel room, getting ready to leave, Marion and Sam discuss their possible future together. Sam starts ranting about his debts and all the people who left him. Which people does he tell Marion he is tired of sweating for? Hint

"people who aren't respectable"

"people who aren't concerned"

"people who aren't around"

"people who aren't there"

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Question 3 of 10

3. Still in the hotel room, Marion mentions not being married once to Sam. Then he says "When you do, you'll swing". Marion then proposes they get married and Sam tells her she can do something for him when he sends his alimony to his ex-wife. What line does Marion mimic to support Sam's idea? Hint

"I'll lick the envelope."

"I'll lick the traffic."

"I'll lick the other woman."

"I'll lick the stamps."

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Question 4 of 10

4. Continuing in the hotel room, Marion and Sam talk about meeting in public for once. Marion suggests at her house while her sister broils a big steak for three. Sam describes being respectable as requiring patience, temperance and hard work. How does Marion, right before that, tell him he makes respectability sound? Hint

dishonest

disrespectful

dismissive

dishonorable

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Question 5 of 10

5. When Marion is back at her office, Tom Cassidy, an investor is depositing a large chunk of money for his daughter's wedding present. After saying he is buying off unhappiness, he asked Marion if she is unhappy. What is Marion's reply? Hint

"not inappropriately"

"not inordinately"

"not indefinitely"

"not inexcuseably"

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Question 6 of 10

6. At their desks in the office, Caroline, Marion's co-worker, is thrown by Cassidy's display of his profits. What astounding remark does she make as Cassidy is flapping the bundle in the air? Hint

"I never!"

"I say!"

"I declare!"

"I wish!"

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Question 7 of 10

7. In the office while Cassidy is admiring Marion, he asks her boss, George Lowery, where his bottle is, and blabbers on about getting a drink later on.
He then tells Marion that sometimes he can do what? Hint

"keep his mouth professional"

"keep his mouth quiet"

"keep his mouth shut"

"keep his mouth moving"

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Question 8 of 10

8. As Marion enters the office from her long lunch, she complains of a headache.
Caroline, her desk companion, offers her relief with some pills. Later when Marion is headed out, Caroline asks her if she is going to take the pills and Marion replies that the pills won't help her. What won't they help Marion do? Hint

"buy a new life"

"buy her love"

"buy her time"

"buy off unhappiness"

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Question 9 of 10

9. At the car lot, while Charlie was interrogating Marion because of her guilty look, he asked if she had the necessary papers for her car exchange. What papers was he demanding to see when Marion explained, "I believe I have the necessary papers"? Hint

white form

blue card

pink slip

yellow copy

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Question 10 of 10

10. Marion had a run-in with an officer on the highway due to sitting roadside after an attack of sleepiness. Thinking she was free of him, she then notices him watching her across from the car lot. As she is tearing out of the lot, almost leaving her belongings behind, the officer, Charlie, and the mechanic watch in bewilderment. What does Charlie ask the officer as Marion is hearing him in her mind while driving through the night? Hint

"She look like a wrong one to you?"

"She look like she's hiding something?"

"She look like she's in a hurry?"

"She look like an odd one to you?"

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In the opening hotel scene, we see two of the central characters, Marion Crane and Sam Loomis who are having an affair. Marion is tired of having to meet him secretly and tells him this is the last time. What does Sam suggest they do instead?

Answer: "write each other dirty love letters"

Marion is a bank secretary who is looking for a better life. Sam owns a hardware store in the neighboring state of California and is working hard to pay off debts. Janet Leigh, who plays Marion, has also appeared in "Houdini" with her real life husband Tony Curtis.

The rugged, handsome, John Gavin who plays Sam, has also appeared in "Midnight Lace" the same year as "Psycho" with Doris Day and was just as romantically charming in it.

Answer: "people who aren't there"

Sam's father is in his grave. Sam's ex-wife is on the other side of the world somewhere. Sam states to Marion that his alimony will stop if the ex remarries. Marion tells Sam that she pays too. "They also pay who meet in hotel rooms." They are both troubled and it is fate that they wound up together. How they met, however, was not mentioned.

Answer: "I'll lick the stamps."

This is a touching moment between Sam and Marion as it shows how desperate they are to be together for life. Janet Leigh's softened voice adds depth
to the romantic line. Sam is worried that Marion may want to find someone
more available.

Answer: disrespectful

Sam also suggested they turn mama's picture to the wall and send sister to the movies after the steak. Marion scolds him for it. Janet Leigh has a lot to learn about being a respectable wife in "The House on Greenapple Road" as a mistress who kills her lover in a bloody rage and disappears. Eve Plumb (Jan from "The Brady Bunch") plays her daughter in it. Janet has a knack to play lost characters.

Answer: "not inordinately"

This same phrase is spoken by Henry Thomas as Young Norman Bates in "Psycho
IV: The Beginning" when he is asked by a visiting classmate if fireworks get him hot. Marion does not care for Cassidy's manner but is trying to be professional about it. All the while she is eyeing the cash and making plans.

6. At their desks in the office, Caroline, Marion's co-worker, is thrown by Cassidy's display of his profits. What astounding remark does she make as Cassidy is flapping the bundle in the air?

Answer: "I declare!"

Pat Hitchcock, who plays Caroline, is Alfred's daughter, and has appeared on his thriller series as well as in "Strangers on a Train". Caroline doesn't take too kindly to Marion being over protective of the money when she goes to Marion's desk to admire it. If she only knew.

7. In the office while Cassidy is admiring Marion, he asks her boss, George Lowery, where his bottle is, and blabbers on about getting a drink later on. He then tells Marion that sometimes he can do what?

Answer: "keep his mouth shut"

The wisecracker pays for his flamboyancy after he loses his life savings to the scheming Marion Crane. He vows to "track her, never you doubt it".
Frank Albertson, who played Cassidy, always had a boisterous role.

8. As Marion enters the office from her long lunch, she complains of a headache. Caroline, her desk companion, offers her relief with some pills. Later when Marion is headed out, Caroline asks her if she is going to take the pills and Marion replies that the pills won't help her. What won't they help Marion do?

Answer: "buy off unhappiness"

Caroline refers to the pills as tranquilizers and tells Marion her husband was furious with her for taking them. I think they would effect Marion's long drive to Fairvale, don't you?

Answer: pink slip

Marion slipped into the restroom to retrieve the papers and the $700 cash for the transaction. Why California Charlie didn't follow her in or stop her if
he was so suspicious, remains to be known. Maybe it would have led to Marion
planning her jailbreak. John Anderson, who played Charlie, was in a string of
60s and 70s TV series and shows including, "Bat Masterson", "Alfred Hitchcock
Presents", "Death Valley Days", and "The Rifleman".

Answer: "She look like a wrong one to you?"

Marion pretty much knew by now her reputation was on the line and may have been questioning whether she had made a hasty decision but keeps driving anyway thinking about her new life with Sam. Mort Mills, who played the
Highway Patrolman, had roles on TV in "The Virginian" and "The Big Valley".

Source: Author pentrivina

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