Psycho Trivia II

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PSYCHO TRIVIA II

11) When Lila and Sam come snooping around, where does Norman hide his mother?

ROOM 9 BROOM CLOSET ATTIC FRUIT CELLAR

When Norman attacks Sam, Lila hides in the fruit cellar, where she discovers Mrs. Bates--a mummified corpse!

12) Where is Marion's car found?

SWAMP BOTTOM OF A CLIFF BATES MOTEL SIDE OF THE ROAD

Norman puts the corpse and shower curtain in the trunk of Marion's car and sinks it in a nearby swamp. In the closing moments of the film, a tow truck's chain drags the car back to the surface.

13) In what order does Norman murder his victims?

MARION, MILTON, MRS. BATES MRS. BATES, MARION, MILTON MRS. BATES, MILTON, MARION MILTON, MARION, MRS. BATES

1) Norman murdered Mrs. Bates and her lover ten years ago out of jealousy. 2) Norman murdered Marion in the shower. 3) Norman murered Milton Arbogast when he came asking about Marion.

14) How many people play the voice of Norman's mother?

1 4 2 3

Norma's voice is a composite of three people: Virginia Gregg, Jeanette Nolan, and Paul Jasmin. Jasmin, a photographer and painter who sometimes amused his friends by putting on a shrill, shrewish voice and pretending to be an old woman, was recommend to Hitchcock by Anthony Perkins. The director hired Jasmin to read "Norma"'s lines from off-camera so that Perkins could react to them and time his own lines accordingly. In post-production, sound recordists Waldon O. Watson and William Russell used recordings of Gregg and Nolan reading the same lines to create a sound mix that constantly shifted between the three voices.

15) The score for Psycho consists entirely of _____.

PERCUSSION BRASS INSTRUMENTS WOODWINDS STRINGS

Despite Hitchcock's initial plan to use jazz, Bernard Herrmann's immortal Psycho score contains only stringed instruments.

16) What was the budget for Psycho?

$400,000 $8,000,000 $4,000,000 $800,000

Psycho was shot on a tight budget of $800,000 (about 1/5th that of Hitchcock's previous film, North by Northwest). This included the rights to the novel, which Hitchcock bought anonymously for $9,000, as well as $15,000 to build the now-famous Psycho House on the studio lot.

17) Psycho was the first movie to show a _____.

ALL OF THESE TOILET FLUSHING SHOWER MURDER WOMAN IN A BRA AND SLIP

Psycho broke new ground right from the opening scene in which Marion wears a bra and slip after a tryst with her divorced lover. It's also the first American film in which we see a toilet being flushed. But the film is most remembered, of course, for the horrific shower scene.

18) What did Alfred Hitchcock wear in his Psycho cameo?

CRAVAT WOMAN'S DRESS COWBOY HAT POLICE UNIFORM

The Master of Suspense was well-known for making an appearance in each of his movies, and Psycho was no exception. Take note of the gentleman standing outside the office building a little over six minutes into the film. Yes, that's Alfred Hitchcock in a cowboy hat.