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) John Scalise
C) George E. Q. Johnson
D) Al Capone
  • 2. How did Frank Nitti actually die in 1943?
A) Murdered by Eliot Ness
B) Heart attack
C) Suicide
D) Tax evasion execution
  • 3. Who was the real IRS agent that inspired the character of Oscar Wallace?
A) Art Linson
B) John Bracci
C) Frank J. Wilson
D) George E. Q. Johnson
  • 4. What is the name of Eliot Ness's wife in the film?
A) Patricia
B) Edna
C) Kaitlin
D) Catherine
  • 5. What was the name of Eliot Ness's wife in real life?
A) Kaitlin
B) Alice
C) Catherine
D) Edna
  • 6. How many children did Eliot Ness and his wife Edna have together?
A) Two
B) One
C) Three
D) Zero
  • 7. What is the name of the lieutenant Capone beats to death with a baseball bat in the film?
A) Albert Anselmi
B) John Bracci
C) Joseph Guinta
D) John Scalise
  • 8. In what year did The Untouchables open in theatres?
A) 1987
B) 1943
C) 1985
D) 1990
  • 9. How much did the film gross on its opening weekend?
A) $110.5 million
B) $10,023,094
C) $76.2 million
D) $186.7 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) 25%
B) 10%
C) 75%
D) 50%
  • 12. Who orchestrated the final tax evasion conviction of Capone?
A) Art Linson
B) Eliot Ness
C) Oscar Wallace
D) George E. Q. Johnson
  • 13. Which of these events depicted in the film actually happened in real life?
A) The railway station shootout
B) The courthouse 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) First-highest
B) Fifth-highest
C) Sixth-highest
D) Tenth-highest
  • 15. Who was the producer of the film?
A) George E. Q. Johnson
B) Frank J. Wilson
C) Art Linson
D) Charles Martin Smith
  • 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) Great Falls, Montana
B) Los Angeles, California
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) Chicago Union Station
C) The Rookery Building
D) The Blackstone Hotel
  • 19. Which location served as the site of the mob banquet?
A) The Lexington Hotel
B) Roosevelt University
C) The Chicago Cultural Center
D) The Blackstone Hotel
  • 20. Where was the railway shootout filmed?
A) Chicago Union Station
B) The DuSable Bridge
C) Hardy Bridge
D) Our Lady of Sorrows Basilica
  • 21. Which location was used for the opera house and courthouse lobby?
A) The Rookery Building
B) Chicago Theatre
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) The Lexington Hotel
C) The Blackstone Hotel
D) Roosevelt University
  • 23. Where was the upper foyer of Capone's suite filmed?
A) The Chicago Theatre
B) Roosevelt University
C) The Rookery Building
D) The Lexington Hotel
  • 24. What was used as a soundstage during production?
A) The Lexington Hotel
B) The Blackstone Hotel
C) A West Side warehouse
D) The Chicago Cultural Center
  • 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) Chicago River
B) Ohio River
C) Missouri River
D) Mississippi River
  • 27. How many local residents were cast to ride horseback during the border scene?
A) 10
B) 100
C) 25
D) 600
  • 28. How many trees were brought in and planted for the border crossing scene?
A) 600
B) 1930
C) 25
D) 10
  • 29. What 1925 film is the railway station shoot-out an homage to?
A) Naked Gun 33+1/3
B) The Rookery
C) The Untouchables
D) Battleship Potemkin
  • 30. Which movie parodied the railway station shoot-out in a dream sequence?
A) Naked Gun 33+1/3: The Final Insult
B) The Untouchables
C) The Rookery
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) Eliot Ness
D) Ned Tanen
  • 32. Which playwright was hired to compose the original script for The Untouchables?
A) Ned Tanen
B) Brian De Palma
C) Art Linson
D) David Mamet
  • 33. In which location was the homage to the Potemkin Stairs originally meant to be set?
A) Chicago Union Station
B) A police station
C) A courtroom
D) A hospital
  • 34. Which famous kidnapping case was Frank J. Wilson involved in after his work on Al Capone?
A) The St. Valentine's Day case
B) The Lindbergh kidnapping
C) The Chicago fire case
D) The Great Train robbery
  • 35. Which actor was announced in Variety in 1985 to play Eliot Ness before Kevin Costner?
A) Mickey Rourke
B) Jack Nicholson
C) William Hurt
D) Jeff Bridges
  • 36. Who did Kevin Costner meet to learn about Ness's mannerisms?
A) Art Linson
B) Al Wolff
C) David Mamet
D) Frank J. Wilson
  • 37. Which actor was sent a check for £20,000 by De Palma after he didn't get the role of Capone?
A) Marlon Brando
B) Bob Hoskins
C) Jack Nicholson
D) Gene Hackman
  • 38. What specific clothing item did Robert De Niro have recreated by Capone's original tailors?
A) Fedora hats
B) Silk underwear
C) Leather gloves
D) Wool overcoats
  • 39. How much weight did Robert De Niro want to gain to play Al Capone?
A) 10 pounds
B) 20 pounds
C) 30 pounds
D) 50 pounds
  • 40. Who directed the 1987 film The Untouchables?
A) David Mamet
B) Art Linson
C) Brian De Palma
D) Kevin Costner
  • 41. In what year is the film The Untouchables set?
A) 1930
B) 1957
C) 1920
D) 1940
  • 42. Which actor plays the lead character Eliot Ness?
A) Sean Connery
B) Kevin Costner
C) Andy García
D) Robert De Niro
  • 43. Who composed the score for The Untouchables?
A) Ennio Morricone
B) Hans Zimmer
C) Duke Ellington
D) John Williams
  • 44. Which character in the film is an accountant who suggests targeting Capone for tax evasion?
A) George Stone
B) Frank Nitti
C) James Malone
D) Oscar Wallace
  • 45. Which actor won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the film?
A) Sean Connery
B) Kevin Costner
C) Charles Martin Smith
D) Robert De Niro
  • 46. What is the real name of the trainee character George Stone?
A) Oscar Wallace
B) Frank Nitti
C) Giuseppe Petri
D) James Malone
  • 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) Life imprisonment
B) 5 years
C) 11 years
D) 20 years
  • 50. Which historical figure's period music is featured in the film score?
A) Benny Goodman
B) Duke Ellington
C) George Gershwin
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 exposing the jurors to the press
B) By threatening the lawyer
C) By tricking the judge
D) By bribing the bailiff
  • 53. Which studio released The Untouchables in the United States?
A) Columbia Pictures
B) Universal Pictures
C) Warner Bros.
D) Paramount Pictures
  • 54. What is the approval rating of 'The Untouchables' on Rotten Tomatoes?
A) 79%
B) 90%
C) 83%
D) 75%
  • 55. What grade did CinemaScore audiences give the film?
A) A-
B) B+
C) A+
D) B-
  • 56. Which critic called the film 'a smashing work'?
A) Pauline Kael
B) Hal Hinson
C) Vincent Canby
D) Roger Ebert
  • 57. What did Roger Ebert dislike about the film's depiction of Al Capone?
A) He was not scary enough
B) He was portrayed as arrogant and childish
C) He was absent from the film
D) He was too sympathetic
  • 58. What was Hal Hinson's primary criticism of Brian De Palma's direction?
A) He prioritized visual style over storytelling
B) He used too many locations
C) He wasted the cast's talent
D) The pacing was too slow
  • 59. What critique did Pauline Kael offer regarding the film's morality?
A) It made good and evil mutually exclusive
B) It lacked a clear villain
C) It was morally corrupt
D) It was too complex for audiences
  • 60. Which critic praised the film for being a 'densely layered work moving with confident, compulsive energy'?
A) Pauline Kael
B) Adrian Turner
C) Richard Schickel
D) Vincent Canby
  • 61. Why did Sean Connery win an Academy Award for this film?
A) Best Original Screenplay
B) Best Supporting Actor
C) Best Actor
D) Best Production Design
  • 62. What was the result of the 2003 Empire poll regarding Sean Connery's performance?
A) He was voted the most stylish actor
B) He was voted first place for worst film accent
C) He was voted the greatest villain of all time
D) He was voted best actor of the year
  • 63. How many critics provided reviews for the Rotten Tomatoes approval rating?
A) 75
B) 100
C) 16
D) 50
  • 64. Which company released the 1989 video game based on The Untouchables?
A) Nintendo
B) Sega
C) Ocean Software
D) Atari
  • 65. Who was originally reported to direct the Untouchables spinoff in 2004?
A) David Rabe
B) Brian De Palma
C) Nicolas Cage
D) Antoine Fuqua
  • 66. What was the final title of the cancelled Untouchables prequel?
A) The Untouchables: Mother's Day
B) The Black Dahlia
C) Chicago Mob Kingpin
D) Capone Rising
  • 67. In the prequel script, who is killed while watching the opera Tosca?
A) Sean Connery
B) James Colosimo
C) Al Capone
D) Eliot Ness
  • 68. What character role was created for the prequel to connect the young Sean Connery character and Al Capone?
A) Police officer
B) Lawyer
C) Saloon singer
D) Journalist
  • 69. Which project did Brian De Palma postpone to accommodate the prequel schedule?
A) Tosca
B) Mother's Day
C) The Black Dahlia
D) Toyer
  • 70. How many AFI categories was The Untouchables nominated in according to the text?
A) 6
B) 10
C) 1
D) 3
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