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In what city does the film take place?
New York
Miami
San Francisco
The film takes place in San Francisco, although not many recognizable locations are depicted. It's the city where Sam Spade and his partner own a detective agency.
Houston
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What is the name of Sam's secretary?
Effie
Sam's secretary is named Effie. She's loyal and efficient, and goes way beyond the call of duty.
Linda
Sandra
Mary
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When Brigid O'Shaughnessy first comes to Sam's office, she uses a fake name. What is it?
Tonya Jones
Mary O'Dell
Patsy Cline
Ruth Wonderly
Brigid first gives her name as Ruth Wonderly. It's the first of many lies she will tell as the movie proceeds.
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Initially, what does Brigid ask Sam to do?
Find her sister.
Brigid's initial reason for hiring Sam is to find her sister, whom she says is with Floyd Thursby. In fact, she has no sister.
Recover the falcon.
Find Joel Cairo
Give her an alibi for the theft of the falcon.
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Sam gets a call late at night with some news. What is it?
His wife is missing.
His partner is dead.
Sam gets a call informing him that his partner, Miles Archer, has been killed. He was shot to death while working on the case for Brigid.
Brigid has disappeared.
His office has been ransacked.
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When Sam tries to track down Brigid, what does he learn?
She has been strangled.
She has checked out of her hotel.
When Sam calls the hotel looking for Brigid, he is told that she has checked out. Of course, she left no forwarding address.
She has left the country.
She is with Thursby.
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When the police come to talk to Sam, what crime do they think he has committed?
Killing Brigid.
Stealing the falcon.
Killing Thursby.
Sam is surprised to learn that not only has Miles been killed, Thursby has also been shot to death. The police theorize that Sam might have killed him in retaliation for killing his partner.
Hiring a prostitute.
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Iva, Miles's widow, thinks Sam might have killed her husband. Why?
She and Sam were having an affair.
It turns out that Sam and Iva were something of an item. Iva worries that Sam might have killed Miles to get him out of the way so they could be together.
Miles owed Sam money.
Sam thought Miles was stealing from the business.
They had discussed the idea in jest.
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Brigid says that Thursby had an unusual way of protecting himself while he slept. What was it?
He kept his hand wrapped around a knife.
He had a door alarm.
He put crumpled newspapers around the bed.
Thursby was worried that someone would attack him while he slept, so he put crumpled newspapers around the bed. That way, if someone stepped on the papers, it would wake him up.
He hired a thug to sit outside the door.
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What brand of cigarettes does Sam smoke?
Pall Mall
Winston
He rolls his own
In several scenes, Sam is seen rolling his own cigarettes. Remember when everyone smoked in movies?
Marlboro
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What does Sam do when Cairo pulls a gun on him?
Knocks him unconscious and searches him.
Sam is a hard-boiled guy, so he isn't fazed by Cairo's gun. He knocks Cairo out and goes through his belongings.
Runs out of the room.
Calls the police.
Calls for Effie.
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How does Sam know to find Cairo at the theater?
Cairo mentioned it earlier.
He knows Cairo is a big theater fan.
Cairo's brother is in the play.
He finds a ticket in his pocket.
When he searches Cairo, Sam finds a theater ticket. It's for a play taking place that night, so he knows Cairo will be there.
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Who does Brigid say killed Thursby?
Cairo
Miles
The fat man
Brigid tells Sam and Cairo that she believes the fat man killed Thursby. Sam is confused, but Cairo knows who she means immediately.
The train conductor
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Where does Brigid say she met Thursby?
London
Istanbul
Brigid says she met Thursby in Istanbul. Then they traveled together on the Orient Express.
New York
Paris
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When Brigid's apartment is ransacked, where does she stay for safety?
With Sam
With Cairo
With Effie
Brigid can't stay in her new apartment after it is ransacked, so Sam has a solution. He arranges for her to stay with his secretary for a while.
With Gutman
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Sam tells the district attorney that he must do one thing in order to clear his name. What is it?
Find the real murderers
Sam can't prove his innocence in the murders of Miles and Thursby through an alibi, so he has only one choice. He must find and bring in the person or people who killed them.
Get Brigid to confess
Get Cairo to confess
Find the falcon
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When Sam and Wilmer are walking toward Gutman's apartment, Sam pulls Wilmer's coat down. Why?
To get a better look at his suit
To get his guns
Sam suddenly pulls Wilmer's trench coat down around his arms, effectively pinning him for a moment. Then he removes both of his guns from his pockets.
To cause him to trip
To steal his coat
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For whom was the falcon originally intended as a gift?
King Henry of England
King Charles of Spain
The falcon, which was encrusted with priceless jewels, was originally intended as a gift for Charles V of Spain. It was stolen and has been floating around ever since.
The Pope
President Teddy Roosevelt
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From whom did Gutman get the falcon?
A Russian general
Gutman tells Sam that he tracked down the falcon to a Russian general. He then managed to liberate it from him, but it has disappeared again.
An Italian mobster
Thursby
Miles
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How much does Gutman think the falcon is worth?
$50,000
At least $1 million
Gutman offers Sam $25,000 plus a cut of the profits from its sale, but he says the falcon is worth much more. He estimates that it would bring in at least $1 million.
It's priceless
$100,000
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When Gutman and Wilmer leave the apartment, why does Sam not go with them?
He needs to make a phone call.
He is waiting for Brigid.
He doesn't trust them.
He is unconscious.
Before Gutman and Wilmer leave, Sam has passed out cold. It seems that Gutman spiked his drink.
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How does Sam learn where Gutman has gone?
He finds something circled in the newspaper.
As he looks around the empty apartment, Sam finds a newspaper. In it, he finds the name of a ship and its time of arrival circled, so he deduces that the men have gone to meet it.
The police tip him off.
Brigid has followed them.
He overhears a phone call.
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What does Sam find when he arrives at the dock?
The ship never arrived.
Gutman is dead.
The ship is on fire.
Sam arrives to find that the ship is on fire. He is afraid Brigid was on board, but is assured that no one was hurt.
Wilmer is waiting for him.
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How does Sam get possession of the falcon?
He steals it from Brigid's apartment.
Captain Jacoby brings it to him.
Sam has returned to his apartment when he receives a surprise visitor. It is Captain Jacoby from the ship. The captain has been shot, but he hands Sam a package just before he dies. In it is the falcon.
He finds it in Gutman's apartment.
Cairo gives it to him.
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Sam has a habit of calling the women in his life by pet names. Which of these is not among them?
Angel
Darling
Pooh Bear
Sam rarely calls women by their given names. Instead, he uses terms like Darling, Precious, and Angel to address everyone from Effie to the women with whom he is sleeping.
Precious
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Where does Sam stash the falcon for safe keeping?
In a safe in his office
In a Post Office box
After receiving the package containing the falcon, Sam goes to the local Post Office. There he rents a box and places the falcon in it.
At Effie's apartment
Under his bed
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Sam gets a message to meet Brigid at a particular address. What does he find when he arrives?
It's an empty lot.
Sam arrives at the address Brigid gave him, but she is nowhere to be found. The address is an empty lot and no one is there.
She is dead.
She has been kidnapped by Gutman.
The building is on fire.
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How does Sam find Brigid again?
He goes to her hotel.
She is waiting at his home.
When Sam arrives at his apartment, he finds that he has a visitor. Brigid is hiding in the shadows outside his building.
She is at the police station.
Cairo brings her to his office.
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When Sam decides that a fall guy is needed to take the blame for the murders, who is chosen?
Wilmer
Sam comes up with a plausible story blaming Wilmer for the murders of Thursby and Captain Jacoby. At first, Gutman is reluctant because he says he thinks of Wilmer like a son, but he later relents and agrees to blame him.
Cairo
Gutman
Jacoby
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Who goes to retrieve the package containing the falcon?
Sam
Cairo
Wilmer
Effie
While Sam, Brigid, Cairo, and Gutman wait, Effie is dispatched to get the falcon from where Sam has hidden it.
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When the bundle containing the falcon is opened, what do they discover?
The statue is a fake.
Upon opening the package, Gutman begins to scrape some of the outer coating off. To his shock and dismay, he finds that there are no jewels. Apparently the Russian general got suspicious about the falcon's value and had a fake one made, which he gave to Gutman.
The statue is gone.
The statue is broken.
It is more beautiful than they had imagined.
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Where do Gutman and Cairo plan to go to continue their search for the falcon?
Paris
Rome
Istanbul
Getting over their disappointment, Gutman invites Cairo to go with him to Istanbul to continue looking for the real falcon. They believe that the Russian general, who is assigned to Istanbul, still has it.
Chicago
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How do Gutman, Wilmer, and Cairo get caught?
Sam calls the police.
As soon as Gutman, Cairo, and Wilmer are out the door, Sam calls his friends in the police department. He tells them where to find the men and they are picked up immediately.
Brigid turns them in.
Effie turns them in.
They don't get caught.
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Who killed Miles?
Wilmer
Thurston
Brigid
Sam eventually learns that Brigid killed Miles. He was following her as part of his assignment to get to Thurston, so it was easy for Brigid to lure him into a side street and shoot him at close range.
Cairo
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What happens to Brigid in the end?
She jumps to her death.
Sam turns her in.
Brigid begs Sam not to turn her in, but he refuses. He realizes that they would never be able to trust each other, making a relationship impossible.
She escapes.
She is shot by Cairo.
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