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