Q 01/05

In The Most Dangerous Game, what do old sea charts call the place where General Zaroff hunts?

A) Shipwreck Island

B) Lost Sailor Island

C) Ship-Trap Island

D) Skull Island

Answer · why

C) Ship-Trap Island

Ship-Trap Island has such an evil name among seafaring men that even the yacht's tough old Swedish captain is uneasy sailing past it.

Q 02/05

What is the name of General Zaroff's giant deaf and mute servant in The Most Dangerous Game?

A) Ivan

B) Boris

C) Dmitri

D) Sergei

Answer · why

A) Ivan

Ivan is the first person Rainsford meets ashore: he answers the door with a long-barrelled revolver aimed straight at the visitor's heart.

Q 03/05

How does General Zaroff make sure passing ships wreck on his island in The Most Dangerous Game?

A) Forged harbor charts

B) False channel lights

C) A faked distress signal

D) A hidden undersea chain

Answer · why

B) False channel lights

False channel lights do the work: at the press of a button they mark a safe passage where giant razor-edged rocks wait instead.

Q 04/05

The 1932 film of The Most Dangerous Game was shot on jungle sets reused for which RKO classic?

A) Frankenstein

B) The Lost World

C) Tarzan the Ape Man

D) King Kong

Answer · why

D) King Kong

King Kong inherited the jungle sets and several of the cast, and its producer shot the ape's test reel while the hunt film was still in production.

Q 05/05

In The Most Dangerous Game, how long must a hunted man elude General Zaroff to win his freedom?

A) One night

B) Three days

C) Two weeks

D) Two months

Answer · why

B) Three days

Three days is the limit: a man who lasts that long is promised a boat to the mainland, though Zaroff boasts that nobody has ever beaten him.

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