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Great Movie Searches Trivia Quiz

Here's a look at some of the movies in which the plot centers around a search of one type or another.

A multiple-choice quiz by robert362. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
robert362

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
190,653

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

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648

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Question 1 of 10

1. In "Charade", the search for missing money leads to what item? Hint

Rare Stamp

Rare Vase

Rare Coin

Rare Painting

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Question 2 of 10

2. In "Northside 777", the search for evidence that will prove a man innocent of a crime leads to what item? Hint

Newspaper

Diary

Love Letters

Manuscript

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Question 3 of 10

3. What key item is contained in "Music Box"? Hint

Old Photographs

Names of Spies

Secret Formula

Treasure Map

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Question 4 of 10

4. In "Arabesque", Gregory Peck becomes involved in international intrigue when he tries first to understand - and then to hide - what item? Hint

Mathematical equation

Hand gun

Ancient Cipher

Religious artifact

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Question 5 of 10

5. In "The Deep", Jacqueline Bisset and Nick Nolte go underwater to try and find what items? Hint

Treasure from a sunken ship

Killer sharks

Lost submarine

Atlantis

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Question 6 of 10

6. In "King Solomon's Mines", the search is obviously for lost treasure. Who starred in the movie? Hint

Richard Widmark

Glenn Ford

Stewart Granger

Tyrone Power

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Question 7 of 10

7. In "Stanley and Livingstone", the former is searching for the latter. Who plays the intrepid reporter, Henry Stanley? Hint

James Cagney

Victor Mature

Robert Taylor

Spencer Tracy

8. In "The Maltese Falcon", any number of interesting characters are looking for the black bird. According to Sydney Greenstreet (who plays Mr. Gutman), the falcon was intended to be a tribute to the king of what country? Hint

Spain

England

France

Germany

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which of the following movies does NOT involve a man who is looking for his memory (or believes that he is looking for his memory)? Hint

Spellbound

Mirage

Out of The Past

36 Hours

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Question 10 of 10

10. "Legend of the Lost" also involves a treasure hunt. Sophia Loren is the female lead; who is her unlikely partner as the male lead? Hint

Charlton Heston

Robert Taylor

Gary Cooper

John Wayne

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In "Charade", the search for missing money leads to what item?

Answer: Rare Stamp

Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn deal with bad guys such as James Coburn and George Kennedy. Walter Matthau has a straight role in this pleasant and suspenseful movie.

2. In "Northside 777", the search for evidence that will prove a man innocent of a crime leads to what item?

Answer: Newspaper

James Stewart plays a reporter who tries to prove a man (Richard Conte) innocent of a crime for which he has been imprisoned. The date of a certain event becomes important.

3. What key item is contained in "Music Box"?

Answer: Old Photographs

Jessica Lange stars in this under-appreciated movie, as a woman attorney whose father is accused of Nazi war crimes. The search ultimately leads to the music box.

4. In "Arabesque", Gregory Peck becomes involved in international intrigue when he tries first to understand - and then to hide - what item?

Answer: Ancient Cipher

Peck is a college teacher with expertise in deciphering ancient writings.

5. In "The Deep", Jacqueline Bisset and Nick Nolte go underwater to try and find what items?

Answer: Treasure from a sunken ship

Off the coast of Bermuda there is a sunken Spanish galleon with treasure to be had. This movie was popular in the 70s.

6. In "King Solomon's Mines", the search is obviously for lost treasure. Who starred in the movie?

Answer: Stewart Granger

Granger and Deborah Kerr go exploring unknown regions in this "okay" movie.

7. In "Stanley and Livingstone", the former is searching for the latter. Who plays the intrepid reporter, Henry Stanley?

Answer: Spencer Tracy

Tracy goes into "darkest Africa" to find the "missing" Livingstone.

Answer: Spain

The story goes that the Falcon was intended to be a tribute to the King of Spain ... but was lost en route to him. Bogart was never better.

9. Which of the following movies does NOT involve a man who is looking for his memory (or believes that he is looking for his memory)?

Answer: Out of The Past

Gregory Peck tries to recover his memory with the help of therapist Ingrid Bergman in Hitchcock's "Spellbound". Peck is again trying to recover his memory in "Mirage" with the help of Diane Baker. James Garner stars in "36 Hours" as a soldier in World War II who is deceived (by German Rod Taylor) into believing that he has lost his memory. "Past" is a classic film noir that starred Robert Mitchum as a man who would like to escape his past - but can't.

10. "Legend of the Lost" also involves a treasure hunt. Sophia Loren is the female lead; who is her unlikely partner as the male lead?

Answer: John Wayne

John Wayne and Sophia Loren end up looking for ancient treasure in the desert. John Wayne and Sophia Loren?

Source: Author robert362

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