Q 01/05

Axel Foley is a detective from which city?

A) Chicago

B) Detroit

C) Philadelphia

D) Cleveland

Answer · why

B) Detroit

Detroit lent the film a real cop too: Gilbert Hill, a city homicide inspector who showed the filmmakers around, was cast as Axel's boss, Inspector Tod...

Q 02/05

What is the name of Axel's childhood friend whose murder sends him to Beverly Hills?

A) Billy Rosewood

B) Mikey Tandino

C) Victor Maitland

D) Jeffrey Friedman

Answer · why

B) Mikey Tandino

Mikey Tandino had served prison time, then landed a security job in Beverly Hills through their friend Jenny Summers; he is shot dead the night he and...

Q 03/05

What does Axel Foley's childhood friend show him without saying where it came from?

A) German bearer bonds

B) Uncut African diamonds

C) A kilo of cocaine

D) Stolen Dutch paintings

Answer · why

A) German bearer bonds

German bearer bonds, stolen from his employer, get him killed that same night: two men knock Axel out and shoot his friend over them.

Q 04/05

Under what pretext does Axel travel to Beverly Hills?

A) A prisoner transfer

B) A police conference

C) A vacation

D) A family wedding

Answer · why

C) A vacation

A vacation is his cover: barred from his friend's murder case, Axel asks for leave, and Inspector Todd warns that meddling will make it 'the longest v...

Q 05/05

Which art dealer is the villain of the first Beverly Hills Cop film?

A) Maxwell Dent

B) Ellis DeWald

C) Victor Maitland

D) Charles Cain

Answer · why

C) Victor Maitland

Victor Maitland smuggles cocaine behind the front of his gallery and ends up shot dead at his own mansion by Axel and Lieutenant Bogomil.

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