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master of suspense

Quiz: How well do you know Alfred Hitchcock films?

Today is the 40th anniversary of the great filmmaker’s death.
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ONE OF THE most influential film directors of all time died on this day in 1980.

Alfred Hitchcock was 80 years old.

The British filmmaker was labelled the master of suspense for his tense thrillers that wowed audiences then, and still hold up very well today.

How well do you recall his films? Let’s see…

James Stewart plays LB Jeffries in which Hitchcock film?
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Vertigo
Rope

Rear Window
The Man Who Knew Too Much
In The Birds, the people of which Californian town are attacked by the winged menace?
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Balshore Bay
Bodega Bay

Ballam Bay
Brittas Bay
How many times did Hitchcock win best director at the Oscars?
None
One

Two
Three
The duo of Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine co-starred in which Hitchcock thriller?
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The 39 Steps
Strangers On A Train

Rebecca
The Wrong Man
In Psycho, how much did Marion Crane (played by Janet Leigh) steal from her employer before going on the run and ending up at the Bates Motel?
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$10,000
$20,000

$30,000
$40,000
Guy Haines (Farley Granger) unwittingly makes a deal to kill someone in Strangers On A Train. What sport is he an amateur star in?
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American Football
Baseball

Basketball
Tennis
Who scored the music for the iconic shower murder scene in Psycho?
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Bernard Herrmann
Elmer Bernstein

Dimitri Tiomkin
John Williams
The climactic scene in North By Northwest takes place at which American landmark?
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Times Square
Mount Rushmore

Golden Gate Bridge
Disneyland
Who plays the female protagonist in Vertigo?
Grace Kelly
Tippi Hedren

Ruth Roman
Kim Novak
What did Hitchcock say in an interview was the highest form of literature?
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The jokes on Penguin bars
Puns

His films
Everything except his films
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    Morning Gus
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    Apr 29th 2020, 10:18 PM

    3/10 – I must have been too scared to look.

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    Gerard Moroney
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    Apr 29th 2020, 10:26 PM

    @Morning Gus: 3/10 also..

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    Stephen
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    Apr 30th 2020, 12:25 AM

    Am I right in saying wrong photo with Q1?

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    Apr 30th 2020, 3:10 AM

    @Stephen: ….well the photo shows James Stewart alright , but you are certainly correct it has nothing to do with the Hitchcock movie Rear Window….

    This photo seems to from that other James Stewart classic its A Wonderful Life….

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    Shamey
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    Apr 30th 2020, 11:18 AM

    @Stephen: Am I right in saying you got in wrong?

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    Thomas Corrigan
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    Apr 29th 2020, 11:14 PM

    9/10 the money in psycho. 40000 a lot in 1960

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    Clyde
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    Apr 29th 2020, 11:46 PM

    @Thomas Corrigan: Can play on your mind tho’.

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    Apr 30th 2020, 12:49 AM

    @Thomas Corrigan: same here. I guessed 30k

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    Apr 30th 2020, 3:02 AM

    @Thomas Corrigan: I was torn between 20k and 40k, guessed wrong. Ruined a perfect ten

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    Pauline Gallagher
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    Apr 29th 2020, 10:16 PM

    Yay clever cat 8/10.

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    Geraldine Glynn
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    Apr 30th 2020, 2:30 PM

    Thought I knew more!

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    Mary Conneely
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    Apr 29th 2020, 11:12 PM

    6 out of 10 guesses…delighted.

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    Apr 30th 2020, 10:05 AM

    7 out of 10 myself.

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    Sean May
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    Apr 30th 2020, 11:07 AM

    @Colm Lambert: Yep. Same for me. Was actually surprised I did so well.

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    James Walsh
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    May 1st 2020, 7:48 AM

    9/10, although that does include a couple of lucky guesses

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