Q 01/05

What is Charles Foster Kane's dying word?

A) Rosebud

B) Emily

C) Susan

D) Mother

Answer · why

A) Rosebud

Kane whispers 'Rosebud' and drops a snow globe as he dies; newsreel producer Rawlston sends reporter Jerry Thompson to find out what the word meant.

Q 02/05

What is the name of Kane's Florida estate?

A) Pemberley

B) Manderley

C) Tara

D) Xanadu

Answer · why

D) Xanadu

Xanadu is introduced by a newsreel quoting Coleridge's Kubla Khan, which then hails Kane as 'America's Kubla Khan'.

Q 03/05

Which little newspaper among his inherited holdings does young Kane decide to run?

A) The New York Chronicle

B) The New York Inquirer

C) The Daily Globe

D) The Morning Star

Answer · why

B) The New York Inquirer

The New York Inquirer was a little paper with a meagre circulation, so within six years Kane lured the rival Chronicle's star staff to it.

Q 04/05

Which office is Kane running for when his affair with Susan Alexander is exposed?

A) US Congressman

B) Mayor of New York

C) Governor of New York

D) US Senator

Answer · why

C) Governor of New York

Governor of New York seemed within Kane's grasp until boss Jim Gettys threatened to expose the affair; Kane refused to withdraw, and lost.

Q 05/05

Kane builds a large opera house for Susan in which city?

A) New York

B) Philadelphia

C) Boston

D) Chicago

Answer · why

D) Chicago

Chicago's Municipal Opera House was Kane's gift for Susan's debut; when Leland panned her, Kane finished the bad review himself, printed it and fired ...