The Untouchables (film) - Quiz
  • 1. In the film, who does Eliot Ness kill, even though this did not happen in real life?
A) Frank Nitti
B) George E. Q. Johnson
C) Al Capone
D) John Scalise
  • 2. How did Frank Nitti actually die in 1943?
A) Heart attack
B) Suicide
C) Murdered by Eliot Ness
D) Tax evasion execution
  • 3. Who was the real IRS agent that inspired the character of Oscar Wallace?
A) John Bracci
B) Frank J. Wilson
C) Art Linson
D) George E. Q. Johnson
  • 4. What is the name of Eliot Ness's wife in the film?
A) Edna
B) Catherine
C) Kaitlin
D) Patricia
  • 5. What was the name of Eliot Ness's wife in real life?
A) Catherine
B) Edna
C) Alice
D) Kaitlin
  • 6. How many children did Eliot Ness and his wife Edna have together?
A) Two
B) Zero
C) Three
D) One
  • 7. What is the name of the lieutenant Capone beats to death with a baseball bat in the film?
A) John Scalise
B) Albert Anselmi
C) John Bracci
D) Joseph Guinta
  • 8. In what year did The Untouchables open in theatres?
A) 1987
B) 1990
C) 1985
D) 1943
  • 9. How much did the film gross on its opening weekend?
A) $110.5 million
B) $10,023,094
C) $186.7 million
D) $76.2 million
  • 10. What was the total worldwide gross of the film?
A) $186.7 million
B) $76.2 million
C) $110.5 million
D) $10.0 million
  • 11. Approximately what percentage of the film's audience were women?
A) 75%
B) 25%
C) 50%
D) 10%
  • 12. Who orchestrated the final tax evasion conviction of Capone?
A) Art Linson
B) George E. Q. Johnson
C) Oscar Wallace
D) Eliot Ness
  • 13. Which of these events depicted in the film actually happened in real life?
A) The courthouse shootout
B) The railway station shootout
C) The Canada–United States border raid
D) None of these
  • 14. What was the ranking of the film's opening weekend in 1987?
A) Fifth-highest
B) First-highest
C) Sixth-highest
D) Tenth-highest
  • 15. Who was the producer of the film?
A) Charles Martin Smith
B) George E. Q. Johnson
C) Frank J. Wilson
D) Art Linson
  • 16. When did principal photography for The Untouchables begin?
A) August 18, 1980
B) August 20, 1986
C) August 18, 1986
D) October 6, 1986
  • 17. Where was the production located for the start of the film?
A) Chicago, Illinois
B) New York City, New York
C) Los Angeles, California
D) Great Falls, Montana
  • 18. Which building served as Ness' police headquarters in the film?
A) The Blackstone Hotel
B) The Lexington Hotel
C) The Rookery Building
D) Chicago Union Station
  • 19. Which location served as the site of the mob banquet?
A) The Chicago Cultural Center
B) The Lexington Hotel
C) Roosevelt University
D) The Blackstone Hotel
  • 20. Where was the railway shootout filmed?
A) Hardy Bridge
B) Chicago Union Station
C) The DuSable Bridge
D) Our Lady of Sorrows Basilica
  • 21. Which location was used for the opera house and courthouse lobby?
A) Our Lady of Sorrows Basilica
B) Chicago Cultural Center
C) Chicago Theatre
D) The Rookery Building
  • 22. What structure served as Capone's residence for the film's exterior and lower lobby?
A) The Blackstone Hotel
B) Roosevelt University
C) The Lexington Hotel
D) The Chicago Theatre
  • 23. Where was the upper foyer of Capone's suite filmed?
A) The Lexington Hotel
B) Roosevelt University
C) The Rookery Building
D) The Chicago Theatre
  • 24. What was used as a soundstage during production?
A) The Blackstone Hotel
B) The Chicago Cultural Center
C) A West Side warehouse
D) The Lexington Hotel
  • 25. Which Montana bridge was chosen to portray the border crossing?
A) Hardy Bridge
B) Missouri River Bridge
C) DuSable Bridge
D) Cascade Bridge
  • 26. The Hardy Bridge crosses which river?
A) Mississippi River
B) Chicago River
C) Ohio River
D) Missouri River
  • 27. How many local residents were cast to ride horseback during the border scene?
A) 25
B) 600
C) 100
D) 10
  • 28. How many trees were brought in and planted for the border crossing scene?
A) 25
B) 1930
C) 10
D) 600
  • 29. What 1925 film is the railway station shoot-out an homage to?
A) Battleship Potemkin
B) The Untouchables
C) Naked Gun 33+1/3
D) The Rookery
  • 30. Which movie parodied the railway station shoot-out in a dream sequence?
A) The Rookery
B) Naked Gun 33+1/3: The Final Insult
C) The Untouchables
D) Battleship Potemkin
  • 31. Who was the head of motion picture productions at Paramount Pictures who hired Art Linson to produce The Untouchables?
A) David Mamet
B) Brian De Palma
C) Ned Tanen
D) Eliot Ness
  • 32. Which playwright was hired to compose the original script for The Untouchables?
A) Ned Tanen
B) David Mamet
C) Brian De Palma
D) Art Linson
  • 33. In which location was the homage to the Potemkin Stairs originally meant to be set?
A) A courtroom
B) Chicago Union Station
C) A hospital
D) A police station
  • 34. Which famous kidnapping case was Frank J. Wilson involved in after his work on Al Capone?
A) The Great Train robbery
B) The Chicago fire case
C) The St. Valentine's Day case
D) The Lindbergh kidnapping
  • 35. Which actor was announced in Variety in 1985 to play Eliot Ness before Kevin Costner?
A) Jack Nicholson
B) Mickey Rourke
C) Jeff Bridges
D) William Hurt
  • 36. Who did Kevin Costner meet to learn about Ness's mannerisms?
A) David Mamet
B) Frank J. Wilson
C) Al Wolff
D) Art Linson
  • 37. Which actor was sent a check for £20,000 by De Palma after he didn't get the role of Capone?
A) Jack Nicholson
B) Gene Hackman
C) Marlon Brando
D) Bob Hoskins
  • 38. What specific clothing item did Robert De Niro have recreated by Capone's original tailors?
A) Wool overcoats
B) Leather gloves
C) Silk underwear
D) Fedora hats
  • 39. How much weight did Robert De Niro want to gain to play Al Capone?
A) 30 pounds
B) 50 pounds
C) 20 pounds
D) 10 pounds
  • 40. Who directed the 1987 film The Untouchables?
A) Art Linson
B) Kevin Costner
C) Brian De Palma
D) David Mamet
  • 41. In what year is the film The Untouchables set?
A) 1920
B) 1930
C) 1957
D) 1940
  • 42. Which actor plays the lead character Eliot Ness?
A) Sean Connery
B) Robert De Niro
C) Kevin Costner
D) Andy García
  • 43. Who composed the score for The Untouchables?
A) Hans Zimmer
B) John Williams
C) Duke Ellington
D) Ennio Morricone
  • 44. Which character in the film is an accountant who suggests targeting Capone for tax evasion?
A) James Malone
B) Frank Nitti
C) Oscar Wallace
D) George Stone
  • 45. Which actor won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the film?
A) Kevin Costner
B) Charles Martin Smith
C) Robert De Niro
D) Sean Connery
  • 46. What is the real name of the trainee character George Stone?
A) Frank Nitti
B) James Malone
C) Oscar Wallace
D) Giuseppe Petri
  • 47. How does Al Capone kill the warehouse manager in the film?
A) With a pistol
B) With a knife
C) By pushing him out a window
D) With a baseball bat
  • 48. Where does the final rooftop confrontation between Ness and Nitti take place?
A) The courthouse roof
B) The Union Station
C) The police station
D) The Lexington Hotel
  • 49. What is the final sentence given to Al Capone?
A) 11 years
B) Life imprisonment
C) 20 years
D) 5 years
  • 50. Which historical figure's period music is featured in the film score?
A) Benny Goodman
B) George Gershwin
C) Duke Ellington
D) Louis Armstrong
  • 51. What does Ness say he will do after the repeal of Prohibition?
A) Run for mayor
B) Retire to a farm
C) Join the FBI
D) Have a drink
  • 52. How does Ness ensure the jury is changed during the trial?
A) By tricking the judge
B) By bribing the bailiff
C) By threatening the lawyer
D) By exposing the jurors to the press
  • 53. Which studio released The Untouchables in the United States?
A) Columbia Pictures
B) Paramount Pictures
C) Warner Bros.
D) Universal Pictures
  • 54. What is the approval rating of 'The Untouchables' on Rotten Tomatoes?
A) 90%
B) 75%
C) 79%
D) 83%
  • 55. What grade did CinemaScore audiences give the film?
A) A+
B) A-
C) B+
D) B-
  • 56. Which critic called the film 'a smashing work'?
A) Pauline Kael
B) Roger Ebert
C) Vincent Canby
D) Hal Hinson
  • 57. What did Roger Ebert dislike about the film's depiction of Al Capone?
A) He was too sympathetic
B) He was absent from the film
C) He was not scary enough
D) He was portrayed as arrogant and childish
  • 58. What was Hal Hinson's primary criticism of Brian De Palma's direction?
A) He wasted the cast's talent
B) The pacing was too slow
C) He prioritized visual style over storytelling
D) He used too many locations
  • 59. What critique did Pauline Kael offer regarding the film's morality?
A) It was too complex for audiences
B) It made good and evil mutually exclusive
C) It lacked a clear villain
D) It was morally corrupt
  • 60. Which critic praised the film for being a 'densely layered work moving with confident, compulsive energy'?
A) Richard Schickel
B) Adrian Turner
C) Pauline Kael
D) Vincent Canby
  • 61. Why did Sean Connery win an Academy Award for this film?
A) Best Production Design
B) Best Actor
C) Best Supporting Actor
D) Best Original Screenplay
  • 62. What was the result of the 2003 Empire poll regarding Sean Connery's performance?
A) He was voted the greatest villain of all time
B) He was voted best actor of the year
C) He was voted the most stylish actor
D) He was voted first place for worst film accent
  • 63. How many critics provided reviews for the Rotten Tomatoes approval rating?
A) 50
B) 75
C) 100
D) 16
  • 64. Which company released the 1989 video game based on The Untouchables?
A) Nintendo
B) Ocean Software
C) Atari
D) Sega
  • 65. Who was originally reported to direct the Untouchables spinoff in 2004?
A) Nicolas Cage
B) David Rabe
C) Brian De Palma
D) Antoine Fuqua
  • 66. What was the final title of the cancelled Untouchables prequel?
A) The Untouchables: Mother's Day
B) Chicago Mob Kingpin
C) Capone Rising
D) The Black Dahlia
  • 67. In the prequel script, who is killed while watching the opera Tosca?
A) Al Capone
B) James Colosimo
C) Sean Connery
D) Eliot Ness
  • 68. What character role was created for the prequel to connect the young Sean Connery character and Al Capone?
A) Journalist
B) Lawyer
C) Saloon singer
D) Police officer
  • 69. Which project did Brian De Palma postpone to accommodate the prequel schedule?
A) Mother's Day
B) The Black Dahlia
C) Toyer
D) Tosca
  • 70. How many AFI categories was The Untouchables nominated in according to the text?
A) 10
B) 6
C) 1
D) 3
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