The Usual Suspects trivia

The Usual Suspects Mini Quiz

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Question 1

Taking its title from a line spoken by Claude Rains in 1942's Casablanca, what 1995 film centers on five criminals in a police lineup?

Screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie came up with the neo-noir film's title after seeing the phrase used as the name of a column in Spy magazine.

Question 2

In The Usual Suspects, Verbal paraphrases a quote about the Devil's greatest trick from which French poet of The Flowers of Evil?

The original line appears in Baudelaire's 1864 prose poem "The Generous Gambler," where the narrator willingly loses his soul in a card game.

Question 3

The 1995 thriller The Usual Suspects borrows its famous title from a line spoken in what classic movie?

Actor Claude Rains delivers this memorable line near the end of the 1942 classic to misdirect his officers after a German major is fatally shot.

Question 4

Con artist Verbal Kint invents his fake confession in The Usual Suspects by reading details off what object?

The film's famous twist reveals that Kint improvised his elaborate story using random company names and locations pinned to the detective's wall.

Question 5

Con artist Verbal Kint fabricates his police confession in The Usual Suspects by doing what?

The film's famous twist reveals that Kint invented his elaborate story using nearby items, such as a bulletin board and the detective's Kobayashi brand coffee mug.