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1.	The opening scene of Vertigo takes place against the skyline of which American city?
		New York City
		Seattle
		Chicago
		San Francisco

2.	Scottie is very pleased, because as of tomorrow he will no longer have to wear:
		a corset
		a cast
		a girdle
		a sling

3.	Ferguson’s friend Midge is a commercial artist. She is currently working on drawings for a brassiere that works on the same principle as:
		a suspension bridge
		a cable-stayed bridge
		a cantilever bridge
		a steel arch bridge

4.	For how long were Midge and Scottie engaged in college?
		one night
		two months
		three weeks
		four days

5.	Scottie has just gotten a call from another acquaintance from college. What is his name?
		Robert Salisbury
		Martin Poland
		Mitchell Baldwin
		Gavin Elster

6.	What business did Elster marry into?
		construction
		shipbuilding
		newspapers
		furs

7.	Elster hires Scottie to follow his wife. What is the name of Elster’s wife?
		Margot
		Madeleine
		Carol
		Frances

8.	Scottie’s first view of Madeleine comes that evening. What is the name of the restaurant?
		Ernie’s
		Henry’s
		Alfred’s
		Chester’s

9.	The following day, Scottie follows Madeleine down a side street, to the rear entrance of a:
		funeral parlor
		furrier’s
		florist
		library

10.	Madeleine’s next stop is at a cemetery. What name is on the gravestone that she stares at?
		Helen Ramirez
		Jenette Vasquez
		Camille Montes
		Carlotta Valdes

11.	To learn about Carlotta Valdes, Scottie and Midge visit Pop Leiber, an expert in local history. What is Pop’s day job?
		art gallery custodian
		bookseller
		pawnbroker
		antiquarian

12.	How does Madeleine attempt to commit suicide?
		by drowning herself
		by throwing herself in front of a streetcar
		by jumping off a building
		by driving her car over a cliff

13.	Scottie rescues Madeleine, and takes her back to his apartment. What is the last place Madeleine remembers being?
		downtown, shopping
		the Palace of the Legion of Honor, the art museum
		Golden Gate Park, near the pool
		Old Fort Point, at the Presidio

14.	Scottie explains to Madeleine that his acquaintances call him Scottie. What do his old friends call him?
		Alan
		Gordon
		Donald
		John

15.	How old was Carlotta Valdes when she committed suicide?
		25
		26
		27
		28

16.	The following day, Scottie tails Madeleine again. Where does she lead him?
		Golden Gate Park
		the Argonaut Bookstore
		Ransohoff’s Department Store
		his apartment

17.	Madeleine was able to navigate to Scottie’s apartment by using which San Francisco landmark?
		Coit Tower
		the Painted Ladies
		Lotta’s Fountain
		Mission Dolores

18.	What does Scottie suggest that he and Madeleine might do together?
		wander
		roam
		ramble
		mosey

19.	Madeleine wants to go to a place that she has never been. Where do she and Scottie go?
		the Palace of the Legion of Honor
		Big Basin Redwoods State Park
		Point Bonita Lighthouse
		the Santa Cruz Mystery Spot

20.	In what turns out to be a fateful decision, Scottie suggests to Madeleine that they visit an old Spanish mission. What is the name of the mission?
		San Gabriel Arcangel
		Santa Clara de Asis
		San Juan Bautista
		San Juan Capistrano

21.	Following the inquest into Madeleine’s death, Scottie has a mental breakdown. What is the first image we see in his nightmare?
		a posie of flowers
		a ruby necklace worn by Carlotta
		a silhouette sitting in a hotel window
		a twist shaped like the bun in Madeleine/Carlotta’s hair

22.	In the sanatorium, they have music for melancholiacs, and music for dipsomaniacs, and music for nymphomaniacs. Midge had a long talk with the nurse from musical therapy, and what’s the music for Scottie?
		Mozart
		Brahms
		Liszt
		Bach

23.	Sometime later, Scottie has been released from the sanatorium and takes to visiting the places where he saw Madeleine, until he runs into a woman who strongly resembles her. What is her name?
		Anne Morton
		Judy Barton
		Carol Fisher
		Gay Keane

24.	What small town is Judy from?
		Bellevue, Nebraska
		Joplin, Missouri
		Salina, Kansas
		Stillwater, Oklahoma

25.	After Scottie leaves, we learn that Judy was acting as Madeleine, and was an accomplice to the murder of the real Madeleine. What color is the suit she takes care to hide in the back of the closet?
		sky blue
		light green
		grey
		black

26.	Scottie starts to transform Judy into Madeleine. What colour is the light from the Empire Hotel’s neon sign?
		red
		green
		blue
		orange

27.	What does Scottie insist can’t matter to Judy?
		what clothes she wears
		the jewellery she puts on
		how she makes her face
		the color of her hair

28.	What item of jewellery tips Scottie off that Judy was actually “Madeleine”?
		ring
		bracelet
		necklace
		earrings

29.	Something startles Judy, causing her to fall to her death from the bell tower. What is it?
		the toll of the bell
		Scottie opening the trapdoor
		a bird
		a nun

30.	Bonus Question: Of the following, what is not true?
		the prop tombstone for Carlotta Valdes was not removed from Mission Dolores after filming, and remained there for several years
		the Portrait of Carlotta, by early Californian artist Jose Cadrero, hangs in the Palace of the Legion of Honor to this day
		San Juan Batista doesn’t have a bell-tower – it was added through special effects
		this is the only one of Hitchcock’s films in which the killer is not punished