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1.	In the first scene of the movie, Al Capone of receiving all of the following except:
		a manicure
		a foot massage
		a razor shave
		a shoeshine

2.	Eliot Ness has been put in charge of leading a crusade against Capone. Which actress plays Eliot Ness’ angelic wife, Catherine?
		Rita Wilson
		Bebe Neuwirth
		Joan Allen
		Patricia Clarkson

3.	Ness leads his first raid against Capone. What are the liquor cases are marked with?
		a green cross
		a red maple leaf
		a blue diamond
		a black six

4.	Catherine has wrapped Ness’ carrot-sticks inside a note. What does it say?
		I am very proud of you
		Come home alive
		Do good out there
		I love you so much

5.	What does Ness say as the snow-plow is just about to ram the warehouse doors?
		“Remember, we are the law!”
		“We’ll show everyone who runs Chicago!”
		“Let’s go get them, men!”
		“Let’s do some good!”

6.	Corrupt cops have tipped Capone off about the raid. What does Ness find inside the cases?
		lampshades
		maple syrup
		parasols
		lingerie

7.	Ness meets an incorruptible Irish cop, Jimmy Malone. Malone refers to Ness’ gun as a:
		gat
		roscoe
		heater
		mohaska

8.	The newspaper headline the nest day is Crusader Cop Busts Out. What is the sub-headline?
		Eliot Ness: Better Luck Next Time
		Eliot Ness: Poor Butterfly
		Eliot Ness: All Dressed Up With Nowhere To Go
		Eliot Ness: It’s His First Day

9.	A rather nerdy accountant has been sent over by the Washington bureau to support Ness. What is his name?
		Preston Humphrey
		Reginald Winston
		Oscar Wallace
		Walter Sherman

10.	Of the following, which are examples that Malone gives of the Chicago way? he pulls a knife, you pull a gun he punches you in the face, you kick him in the balls he sends a man after you, you send an army after him he sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue
		1 and 2
		2 and 3
		1 and 4
		2 and 3

11.	Ness and Malone recruit a new police recruit, played by Andy Garcia. What name did he have before he changed it?
		Giuseppe Petri
		Andrea Conti
		Luigi Moretti
		Nicola Ricci

12.	Malone leads the team on a liquor raid right across the street from the Chicago Police Department, located in:
		a jewelry store
		a post office
		a bookstore
		the Chicago Board of Trade

13.	Who is the Catholic patron saint of policemen and lost causes?
		St Luke
		St Ambrose
		St Jerome
		St Jude

14.	A man becomes pre-eminent, he’s expected to have:
		enthusiasms
		philanthropies
		relationships
		obligations

15.	What is Capone’s enthusiasm?
		gambling
		music
		baseball
		dames

16.	After a failed effort to bribe ness, who mockingly refers to Ness’ team as “untouchables”?
		a City alderman
		an aide to the Mayor of Chicago
		an Archbishop
		the Chief of Police

17.	In Roman times, when a fellow was convicted of trying to bribe a public official, what would they do?
		cut off his nose, and sew him in a bag with a wild animal, and throw that bag in the river
		cut out his eyes, cripple him, and then condemn him to wander the streets forever
		cut out his tongue, offer it to the gods, and feed the rest of him to the lions
		cut off his ears, slit open his belly to expose his liver, and then stake him out for the birds to eat

18.	The Untouchables raid an incoming liquor shipment coming over the Canadian border. Which Untouchable kills the greatest number of liquor runners?
		Ness
		Malone
		Stone
		Wallace

19.	During the raid, what unconventional tactic does Malone use to extract information to get George, one of Capone’s book-makers, to co-operate?
		feigning dropping the book-keeper off a bridge
		pretending to murder a corpse who won’t talk
		driving over his legs with the liquor van
		using electrical wires on the book-keeper’s genitals

20.	The District Attorney issues a subpoena for Al Capone for evading and conspiring to evade income tax. What does the Al in Al Capone stand for?
		Alfredo
		Alonso
		Alphonse
		Alberto

21.	The District Attorney is played by an uncredited Clifton James, who is probably better known as:
		the sadistic Captain from Cool Hand Luke
		Warden Rudolph Hazen from the Longest Yards
		Sheriff Buford T. Justice from Smokey and the Bandit
		Louisiana sheriff J. W. Pepper from Live and Let Die

22.	Wallace is given the job of escorting George, who has agreed to testify against Capone. What is the finishing touch to their assassination?
		“touchable” is written on the wall in blood
		flowers were thrown on the floor
		George’s tongue has been ripped out
		the morning’s newspaper with the headline “Capone to go to trial” is left in Wallace’s lap

23.	Ness goes to confront Capone at his hotel, What is the hotel called?:
		the Shoreland Hotel
		the La Salle Hotel
		the Lexington Hotel
		the Drake Hotel

24.	Capone is unperturbed by the charges of tax evasion, and instead goes to see which opera?
		Tosca
		La Traviata
		Pagliacci
		Cavalleria Rusticana

25.	What street does Malone live on?
		Cicero
		Racine
		Pulaski
		Marquette

26.	Malone is assassinated by Nitti. What are his last words to Ness?
		“Never give up the fight, not until one of you is dead.”
		“Take the fight to him! Hurt him!”
		“What are you prepared to do?”
		“You have to go all the way.”

27.	Ness and Stone go to Union Station to catch Walter Payne before Capone can ship him out of town. The pram falling down the steps during the shootout is an homage to which film?
		The Battleship Potemkin
		The Cabinet of Dr Caligari
		Dr Mabuse: The Gambler
		Nosferatu

28.	Nitti brings all of the following to Capone’s trial except:
		a note from the mayor of Chicago
		a list of the jurors and the bribes they were given
		a photo of Catherine Ness
		a matchbook with Malone’s address on it

29.	Capone is sentenced for how many years in prison?
		six
		eight
		eleven
		fifteen

30.	Bonus Question: Who was the costume designer on The Untouchables?
		Valentino
		Gianni Versace
		Ermenegildo Zegna
		Giorgio Armani