North by Northwest trivia
North by Northwest Mini Quiz
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Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest takes its title from a line spoken by the mad prince in what tragic Shakespeare play?
In Hamlet, the protagonist claims he is only mad "north-north-west" to subtly warn his friends that his erratic behavior is just a calculated act.
In Hitchcock's North by Northwest, Cary Grant dangles from Thomas Jefferson's giant sculpted face at what South Dakota landmark?
Hitchcock was denied permission to film the violent climax on the real Mount Rushmore, so the thrilling sequence was shot using detailed replicas on a soundstage.
George Kaplan, a fictional spy, serves what purpose in the film North by Northwest?
Kaplan is a nonexistent phantom created by American intelligence to distract villains, a ploy that traps Cary Grant's character in a case of mistaken identity.
Villains in the film North by Northwest smuggle stolen secrets inside what object?
The stolen microfilm is hidden inside a hollowed-out Tarascan warrior sculpture, serving as the MacGuffin that ultimately drives the film's cat-and-mouse plot.
Ad executive Roger Thornhill disrupts an art auction in North by Northwest to force what outcome?
In Hitchcock's North by Northwest, Thornhill is surrounded by assassins at the venue and realizes that provoking a police arrest is his only safe escape.