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  • 1. Who directed the film 'The Silence of the Lambs'?
A) Jonathan Demme
B) Francis Ford Coppola
C) Steven Spielberg
D) Quentin Tarantino
  • 2. Which actor played the role of Hannibal Lecter in 'The Silence of the Lambs'?
A) Jack Nicholson
B) Anthony Hopkins
C) Robert De Niro
D) Al Pacino
  • 3. What is the name of the serial killer in the film who skins his victims?
A) The Zodiac Killer
B) Buffalo Bill
C) Red Dragon
D) Hannibal the Cannibal
  • 4. What was the name of the author of the novel 'The Silence of the Lambs'?
A) Thomas Harris
B) Gillian Flynn
C) Stephen King
D) Patricia Cornwell
  • 5. What kind of moth is featured in the symbolism of the film?
A) Atlas Moth
B) Monarch Butterfly
C) Luna Moth
D) Death's-head Hawkmoth
  • 6. In what year was 'The Silence of the Lambs' released?
A) 1994
B) 1999
C) 1988
D) 1991
  • 7. Which character says the famous line: 'A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti'?
A) Hannibal Lecter
B) Buffalo Bill
C) Jack Crawford
D) Clarice Starling
  • 8. What is the name of the senator's daughter who is kidnapped by Buffalo Bill?
A) Amelia Harper
B) Linda Thompson
C) Rebecca Matthews
D) Catherine Martin
  • 9. Which US state is home to the behavioral science unit where Jack Crawford is based?
A) New York
B) Texas
C) California
D) Virginia
  • 10. Which actress played Clarice Starling in the film?
A) Jodie Foster
B) Kasi Lemmons
C) Catherine Martin
D) Ruth Martin
  • 11. Who is the character 'Buffalo Bill' played by?
A) Scott Glenn
B) Ted Levine
C) Anthony Heald
D) Jack Crawford
  • 12. Which award did Jonathan Demme win at the Berlin International Film Festival for 'The Silence of the Lambs'?
A) Best Actor
B) Best Picture
C) Silver Bear for Best Director
D) Golden Bear
  • 13. How many Academy Awards did 'The Silence of the Lambs' win in the "Big Five" categories?
A) Four
B) Six
C) Five
D) Three
  • 14. What is the name of Hannibal Lecter's former patient whose severed head was found in a storage unit?
A) Jack Crawford
B) Jame Gumb
C) Frederick Chilton
D) Benjamin Raspail
  • 15. What does Clarice Starling deduce 'Louis Friend' is an anagram for?
A) Friend Louis
B) Foolish grin
C) Iron sulfide (fool's gold)
D) Lion's fur
  • 16. What did Hannibal Lecter use to unlock his restraints and escape?
A) A key
B) A knife
C) A piece of Chilton’s pen
D) A guard's uniform
  • 17. What was the name of the tailor from Ohio who was Buffalo Bill's first victim?
A) Ruth Martin
B) Catherine Martin
C) Clarice Starling
D) Frederika Bimmel
  • 18. What did Clarice Starling find at Frederika Bimmel's home that was related to Buffalo Bill?
A) Live moth caterpillars
B) A severed head
C) Unfinished dresses and patterns matching patches of skin removed from the victims
D) Death’s-head moths
  • 19. What did Buffalo Bill use to identify himself as 'Jack Gordon'?
A) Posed as a different person
B) Used fake ID papers
C) Changed his voice
D) Wore a disguise
  • 20. How did Buffalo Bill betray his position while stalking Starling in the dark?
A) Turned on a light
B) Made a noise
C) Cocked his revolver
D) Spoke loudly
  • 21. What did Hannibal Lecter ask Clarice Starling at the end of the film?
A) 'Will you come to dinner?'
B) 'Are you safe?'
C) 'Where are you now?'
D) 'Have the lambs stopped screaming?'
  • 22. What significant recognition did 'The Silence of the Lambs' receive in 2011?
A) Nominated for a BAFTA
B) Won a Golden Globe
C) Selected for preservation in the National Film Registry
D) Received an Emmy Award
  • 23. What was Clarice Starling's father's occupation?
A) Psychiatrist
B) Tailor
C) Police officer
D) FBI agent
  • 24. Where did Hannibal Lecter call from at the end of the film?
A) An unnamed tropical location
B) Memphis courthouse
C) Calumet City
D) Baltimore State Hospital
  • 25. What was Clarice Starling's traumatic childhood incident related to?
A) Failing to save spring lambs from slaughter on a Montana farm
B) Witnessing her father's murder
C) Living with Hannibal Lecter
D) Being kidnapped by Buffalo Bill
  • 26. What did Clarice Starling graduate from at the end of the film?
A) The FBI Academy
B) Baltimore State Hospital
C) Johns Hopkins University
D) Harvard Law School
  • 27. Who was initially set to direct and star as Hannibal Lecter or Jack Crawford?
A) Gene Hackman
B) Michael Mann
C) Jonathan Demme
D) Steven Spielberg
  • 28. Who was Jonathan Demme's first choice for the role of Clarice Starling?
A) Meg Ryan
B) Jodie Foster
C) Laura Dern
D) Michelle Pfeiffer
  • 29. Why did Michelle Pfeiffer turn down the role of Clarice Starling?
A) She got nervous about the subject matter.
B) She was not interested in working with Jonathan Demme again.
C) She had scheduling conflicts.
D) She felt she was too old for the part.
  • 30. Who was originally approached to play Hannibal Lecter before Anthony Hopkins?
A) Al Pacino
B) Dustin Hoffman
C) Sean Connery
D) Robert De Niro
  • 31. Who created the mask worn by Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter?
A) Rick Baker
B) Ed Cubberly
C) John Chambers
D) Stan Winston
  • 32. Who played Jack Crawford in the film?
A) James Whitmore
B) Ted Levine
C) Scott Glenn
D) Anthony Hopkins
  • 33. When did principal photography for 'The Silence of the Lambs' begin?
A) October 10, 1989
B) January 1, 1990
C) December 25, 1989
D) November 15, 1989
  • 34. Where did the filming of 'The Silence of the Lambs' primarily take place?
A) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
B) New York City, New York
C) Los Angeles, California
D) Chicago, Illinois
  • 35. Which real-life criminal inspired the design for Buffalo Bill's basement and pit?
A) Gary M. Heidnik
B) John Wayne Gacy
C) Jeffrey Dahmer
D) Ted Bundy
  • 36. For how long did the Victorian home used as Buffalo Bill's home sit on the market before selling?
A) Six months
B) Three weeks
C) Nearly a year
D) Two years
  • 37. What was the original asking price for the Victorian home used as Buffalo Bill's house?
A) $300,000
B) $400,000
C) $350,000
D) $250,000
  • 38. What was the final selling price of the Victorian home used as Buffalo Bill's house?
A) $220,000
B) $300,000
C) $250,000
D) $195,000
  • 39. Who composed the musical score for 'The Silence of the Lambs'?
A) Danny Elfman
B) John Williams
C) Howard Shore
D) Hans Zimmer
  • 40. Where was the music for 'The Silence of the Lambs' recorded?
A) Munich
B) Los Angeles
C) London
D) New York City
  • 41. Which orchestra performed Howard Shore's score for 'The Silence of the Lambs'?
A) Munich Symphony Orchestra
B) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
C) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
D) London Symphony Orchestra
  • 42. Which song by Q Lazzarus became a cult hit after being featured in 'The Silence of the Lambs'?
A) "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"
B) "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
C) "Goodbye Horses"
D) "Crazy Train"
  • 43. On which weekend did 'The Silence of the Lambs' gross almost $14 million?
A) Thanksgiving
B) Halloween
C) Presidents' Day
D) Christmas
  • 44. What was the worldwide gross for 'The Silence of the Lambs'?
A) $300 million
B) $200 million
C) $150 million
D) $273 million
  • 45. What grade did audiences give 'The Silence of the Lambs' on CinemaScore?
A) "B+"
B) "F"
C) "A−"
D) "C"
  • 46. Which film critic added 'The Silence of the Lambs' to his list of The Great Movies?
A) Gene Siskel
B) Roger Ebert
C) Peter Travers
D) Richard Roeper
  • 47. What was the Rotten Tomatoes approval rating for 'The Silence of the Lambs'?
A) 85%
B) 65%
C) 75%
D) 95%
  • 48. Which song by The Fall is featured during the climactic scene in 'The Silence of the Lambs'?
A) "Hip Priest"
B) "Siouxsie and the Banshees"
C) "New Order"
D) "Joy Division"
  • 49. What was the opening week gross for 'The Silence of the Lambs' at Odeon Leicester Square in London?
A) £290,936
B) £200,000
C) £400,000
D) £500,000
  • 50. Which film did Gene Siskel also give a bad review alongside 'The Silence of the Lambs'?
A) JFK
B) Unforgiven
C) Dances with Wolves
D) Schindler's List
  • 51. Who was the music editor for 'The Silence of the Lambs'?
A) Mick Jagger
B) Suzana Peric
C) David Foster
D) Phil Ramone
  • 52. Which record label released the soundtrack album for 'The Silence of the Lambs'?
A) Warner Bros. Records
B) MCA Records
C) Universal Music Group
D) Sony Music
  • 53. What genre does Roger Ebert recognize 'The Silence of the Lambs' as?
A) Documentary
B) Science fiction
C) Romantic comedy
D) Horror masterpiece
  • 54. What did Hannibal Lecter say about Buffalo Bill's sexuality?
A) His sexuality was ambiguous.
B) He was 'not really transsexual'.
C) He was gay.
D) He was heterosexual.
  • 55. Who criticized The Silence of the Lambs for its portrayal of violence against women?
A) Betty Friedan
B) Barry Forshaw
C) Jonathan Demme
D) Hannibal Lecter
  • 56. What did Barry Forshaw note about the film's feminist agenda?
A) It was strongly presented through dialogue.
B) It was central to the plot.
C) It was criticized for being too aggressive.
D) It was never bluntly formulated verbally.
  • 57. In which AFI '100 Years' list did Hannibal Lecter appear as No. 1?
A) AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains
B) AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies
C) AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes
D) AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills
  • 58. Which magazine included 'The Silence of the Lambs' in its list of top '10 Most Convincing Movie Psychopath Performances'?
A) Time Magazine
B) Variety
C) Rolling Stone
D) WhatCulture
  • 59. Which scene from 'The Silence of the Lambs' was ranked seventh on Bravo's The 100 Scariest Movie Moments?
A) Clarice Starling's interview with Lecter
B) Buffalo Bill's first appearance
C) Lecter's escape scene
D) The final confrontation between Clarice and Buffalo Bill
  • 60. In what year did ABC air a special that named 'The Silence of the Lambs' as the best suspense/thriller?
A) 2006
B) 2011
C) 2024
D) 1998
  • 61. In what year did Far Out Magazine name Hannibal Lecter one of the '10 most accurate movie psychopaths according to the FBI'?
A) 2006
B) 2024
C) 1998
D) 2011
  • 62. Which character from 'The Silence of the Lambs' was named the sixth-greatest film hero of all time by AFI?
A) FBI Agent Ardelia Mapp
B) Jodie Foster
C) Clarice Starling
D) Dr. Frederick Chilton
  • 63. Which company originally released The Silence of the Lambs on VHS?
A) Criterion Collection
B) Image Entertainment
C) Orion Home Video
D) MGM Home Entertainment
  • 64. What was the film's rental status in the United States upon its VHS release?
A) Fourth most rented video
B) The most rented video
C) Third most rented video
D) Second most rented video
  • 65. In which year did The Silence of the Lambs become the second most rented video?
A) 1993
B) 2001
C) 1992
D) 1991
  • 66. Which company released a special edition DVD on March 6, 2001?
A) MGM Home Entertainment
B) Image Entertainment
C) Criterion Collection
D) Orion Home Video
  • 67. When was The Silence of the Lambs first released on Blu-ray?
A) 1997
B) 2018
C) 2009
D) 2021
  • 68. Which company released a remastered Blu-ray in 2018?
A) Orion Home Video
B) MGM Home Entertainment
C) Criterion Collection
D) Image Entertainment
  • 69. Which actor portrayed Hannibal Lecter in the prequel film Hannibal Rising (2007)?
A) Gaspard Ulliel
B) Anthony Hopkins
C) Mads Mikkelsen
D) Hugh Dancy
  • 70. Who portrays Clarice in the TV series Clarice (2021)?
A) Laura Linney
B) Jodie Foster
C) Sigourney Weaver
D) Rebecca Breeds
  • 71. How did Anthony Hopkins describe Hannibal Lecter?
A) Claw-handed bogeymen
B) Highly intelligent with impeccable manners
C) Sympathetic figure
D) Heroic protagonist
  • 72. How did Donald Trump describe Hannibal Lecter?
A) A fictional character
B) A wonderful man
C) A dangerous criminal
D) An insane asylum patient
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