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Quiz: How well do you remember Vertigo?

Alfred Hitchcock’s classic thriller has been voted the greatest film ever made. But how well do you know it?

  1. It’s Gavin Elster who hires Scottie to follow his wife Madeleine. Where does Gavin work?

  2. When Scottie first tails Madeleine, which of these does she NOT visit?

  3. What is the name of the 19th-century woman Madeleine appears to be obsessed with?

  4. Vertigo (1958)

    Scottie and Madeleine examine a cross-section of a tree trunk during a walk through Muir Woods. What year is the tree marked as dating from? 

  5. Which of these does NOT give Scottie an attack of vertigo?

  6. Which composer does Midge play as musical therapy for Scottie during his recuperation?

  7. Vertigo (1958)

    Where does Judy Barton come from?

  8. What colour is the suit that Judy wears for her final transformation into Madeleine?

  9. When Judy first appears to Scottie dressed as Madeleine, according to Scottie there’s a final thing Judy needs to do to complete the transformation. What is it?

  10. Who speaks Vertigo’s last line of dialogue?

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