'Shawshank' Nitty-Gritty Part I Quiz

Answer: Red

The dress and tie were both red. Intentional? I don't know, but it could have been intended to give a subtle visual tie between the two.

Answer: Bourbon

The prosecutor (whose manner of questioning should have been objected to a few times, in my opinion) listed the bourbon among the incriminating evidence during the trial.

Answer: Yes

When he was on the stand being questioned, the tie was red. When he was being sentenced, though, it was a patterned tie with red, black, and silvery white. I guess he wasn't being kept in jail during his trial. It was this last tie that he was wearing when he arrived at Shawshank.

Answer: Sears and Roebuck

He says, 'That's me. A regular Sears and Roebuck' about his ability to get things from the outside and redistribute them inside the prison walls.

Answer: He thought a 'stiff breeze would blow him over'.

Red bet that Andy would be the first of his batch to break when the new fish arrived. He didn't expect him to last a single night.

Answer: Circular

This can be clearly seen for the first time when the Warden explains the rules of the prison to the new fish, but they're visible at later points as well.

Answer: Naked and carrying their clothes.

The men were naked and still covered with that white powder that they got doused in after their showers.

Answer: baseball

Baseball comes up later in the movie when Andy first approaches Red to inquire about the rock hammer. Could this be foreshadowing? If so, it's awfully subtle.

Answer: a mouse fart

After beating the fat fish, he warned the rest of the block that if they made any noise, they'd be spending time in the infirmary too.

Answer: He didn't make a sound.

He cost two packs of cigarettes because he was so silent.

Answer: Brooks' crow.

Jake is the crow that Brooks nurses back to health and raises. After he gets released from prison, he goes to feed the birds, hoping to see Jake, but never does. He figures that Jake, like himself, had become dependent on the institution and was unable to survive outside the prison walls.

Answer: What was his name?

This was in the first cafeteria scene, but Heywood got mad at him for asking and Andy didn't pursue it further. Heywood probably felt guilty for capitalizing on the man's unfortunate fate, as he had bet on his breaking and had, in effect, brought the break about. I imagine he wanted to dehumanize him, and thus denied him the dignity name-recognition.

Answer: The rocks in the yard.

He's telling Red about the rocks he's finding in the yard: 'Quartz, mica, shale, limestone.'

Answer: 600 years

Red says this when he finally gets the joke upon seeing the hammer. He thinks it was foolish to suspect that Andy would be using it to attempt an escape from the prison.

Answer: Spring

Red says that it was the spring of 1949. He recognizes this as a turning point in Andy's prison life.

Answer: oil wells

Hadley was complaining about how much the government was going to take away in taxes, so Andy went over to offer his advice on keeping all of the inherited $35,000.

Answer: ER

Paul McCrane, the actor in question, plays that jerk of a doctor, Robert Romano. His other notable film work consists mostly of 1980's 'Fame', in which he had one of the main parts.

Answer: 3 for each

Andy told Captain Hadley that 'a man working outdoors feels more like a man if he can have a bottle of suds'. Because he was going to help Hadley evade taxes, Andy was able to persuade the man into procuring the alcohol for the workers. Red thought Andy did it just so he could feel normal for a few minutes.

Answer: No

He said he gave up drinking. This was probably because the alcohol he'd been drinking on the night of his wife's death had contributed to his conviction.

Answer: Soapstone and alabaster

He tells Red this in the yard before Red tells Andy that he's in for murder and it 'the only guilty man in Shawshank'. We're not even halfway through the movie, so check out Part II (and maybe more) of this quiz!