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