Q 01/05

Alfred Hitchcock was born above his father's shop in Leytonstone in 1899. What did the shop sell?

A) Fruit and vegetables

B) Books and newspapers

C) Tobacco and sweets

D) Bread and pastries

Answer · why

A) Fruit and vegetables

His father was a greengrocer and poulterer, as his grandfather had been; the family later ran a fish-and-chip shop and a fishmonger's in Limehouse.

Q 02/05

Per Hitchcock's favourite childhood story, what did a policeman do to him at five on his father's instructions?

A) Made him sweep the station floor

B) Locked him in a cell for a few minutes

C) Fined him a penny for running

D) Marched him home in handcuffs

Answer · why

B) Locked him in a cell for a few minutes

He said it left him with a lifelong fear of the police, so strong that he refused to drive in case he got a parking ticket.

Q 03/05

Hitchcock entered the film industry in 1919 doing what job?

A) Operating a camera

B) Painting scenery

C) Designing title cards

D) Writing film reviews

Answer · why

C) Designing title cards

He sent drawings to the London studio of Famous Players-Lasky, Paramount's production arm, and was hired.

Q 04/05

What was Hitchcock's directorial debut, a British-German silent film shot near Munich in 1925?

A) The Lodger

B) The Mountain Eagle

C) The Farmer's Wife

D) The Pleasure Garden

Answer · why

D) The Pleasure Garden

His film stock was confiscated at the Brenner Pass because he failed to declare it, and he had to borrow money from the actors to finish.

Q 05/05

Which 1927 film was Hitchcock's first hit and the site of his first cameo, sitting in a newsroom?

A) Blackmail

B) The Lodger

C) The Ring

D) Downhill

Answer · why

B) The Lodger

He wanted the star, matinee idol Ivor Novello, to be guilty, but the star system would not allow it.