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Can you keep up? This quiz is about to keep you on your toes. Where did he go? He was just here! How come Tom Hanks can't find him!? Take this quiz now to see how well you remember Catch Me If You Can.
Catch Me If You Can is based on a ________ story.
Fictional
True
It is an biographical crime film based on the life of a real American!
Romance
Children's
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What is the name of the main character?
Frank Abagnale
Frank Abagnale Jr. was born on April 27, 1948.
James Earl Jones
Michael Jameson
Roger Hanks
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Frank pretended to be a pilot for which airline?
United Airlines
American Airlines
Pan American World Airways
He posed as a pilot, attracting the attention of some excited flight attendants.
Delta
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What was Frank Abagnale's primary crime?
Assault
Gambling
Selling counterfeit purses
Check fraud
He was so good at it, that he later came to help the FBI in catching other check forgers.
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Catch Me If You Can was directed by which famous director?
Alfred Hitchcock
Clint Eastwood
Steven Spielberg
Spielberg is also known for other major hits such as Jaws, ET, Saving Private Ryan and Jurassic Park.
Martin Scorsese
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In which year was Catch Me If You Can released?
1999
2000
2002
Catch Me If You Can was released on December 25, 2002. It grossed more than $30 million in its opening weekend!
2008
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Which famous actor played the lead role of Frank Abagnale?
Leonardo DiCaprio
Leonardo DiCaprio began his career in the soap opera Santa Barbara and the sitcom Growing Pains.
Tom Hanks
Christopher Walken
Brad Pitt
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In which decade is Catch Me If You Can primarily set?
40s
60s
It begins in 1963 when Frank Abagnale lives in New Rochelle, NY with his father Frank Abagnale, Sr.
80s
20s
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Which famous actor plays the role of Frank's father Frank Abagnale, Sr.?
Martin Sheen
Tom Hanks
Christopher Walken
Christopher Walken has appeared in more than 100 films and TV shows in his career.
Sean Penn
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Where is Frank's mother from?
Germany
France
One of his first tricks is posing as a substitute teacher in his French class.
Mexico
Argentina
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Tom Hanks plays an FBI bank fraud agent named _______.
Spencer Holmes
George Jackson
Carl Hanratty
Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson produced My Big Fat Greek Wedding in the same year Catch Me If You Can was released.
Jack McMahon
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At the start of the movie, Frank Sr. is denied a loan from which ___________ Bank.
Chase Manhattan
Once denied the loan, the family is forced to move into a small apartment.
Citi
Capital One
Wall Street
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While in high school, what does Frank Jr. discover about his Mom?
She has cancer
She is having an affair
Frank's mother Paula has an affair with Frank Sr.'s friend Jack.
She can't really cook
She was actually born in China.
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When Carl busts into Frank's hotel room, Frank pretends to be a ________.
Agent Barry Allen
Agent "Barry Allen" of the United States Secret Service pretending to also be on the hunt for Frank Abagnale, Jr.
Hotel Staffer
Local police officer
Hotel security guard
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From where did Frank get the name Barry Allen?
His cousin
The phone book
The Flash comic book
Carl is utterly frustrated when he realizes that he has been fooled by Frank Abagnale Jr as a comic book character.
A Hitchcock film
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Frank impersonates a doctor in Georgia by forging a medical degree from _______.
Stamford Medical School
Harvard Medical School
Upon changing to a doctor, he now meets and starts dating a nurse.
UCLA
New York University
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What is the name of the hospital nurse who Frank Jr. starts dating?
Brenda
Brenda Strong is a Southern belle.
Samantha
Abigail
Jessica
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Which famous actress plays the role of Brenda Strong?
Amy Adams
Amy Adams was born in Italy because her father was stationed there in the US Army.
Jessica Alba
Reese Witherspoon
Nathalie Baye
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Upon meeting Brenda's parents, which occupation does Frank pose as?
Teacher
Lawyer
He then joins Brenda's father as an assistant prosecutor after passing the Bar exam.
Pilot
Reverand
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Where do Brenda's parents live?
Los Angeles
Miami
New York City
Louisiana
Frank asks for Brenda's dad's help regarding the Louisiana state bar exam.
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Who does Frank marry in the movie?
Flight Attendant Julie
Nurse Brenda
Amy Adams acted in 3 other movies and one TV show in the same year 2002.
Paralegal Samantha
Teacher Rebecca
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Frank comes clean to Brenda and tells her to meet him in _______ two days later.
New York
Miami
From there, he promises to elope with her.
Paris
London
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When he sees Brenda in Miami, why does he decide to turn the other way?
He sees plainclothes agents
He realizes that Brenda has reached out to the FBI upon his confession to her.
She is with another man
He gets cold feet
He is late for his flight
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From Miami, where does Frank flee?
Jamaica
France
7 months later Carl is on his way to Europe to look for Frank.
Australia
Canada
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How does Frank Abagnale, Sr. die?
Heart attack
Car accident
Fell down the stairs
Frank Sr. fell down a staircase at a train station and died.
Shot by police
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Frank's mother Paula divorces Frank Sr. and remarries to _______.
Carl
Jack
Jack Barnes was portrayed by James Brolin who is married to Barbara Streisand.
Bobby
Roger
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The real Frank Abagnale published a _______ in 1980 detailing his story.
Documentary
Book
The rights to the book were sold to Spielberg's DreamWorks in 1997.
Magazine article
Op-Ed
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Who tells Frank that his father has died?
Carl
Carl escorts Frank back to the US on a plane and informs him of the sad news.
Brenda
Paula
A prison guard
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Where in France does Frank escape to?
Paris
Marseilles
Montrichard
Carl recalls from an interview with Paula that she was born in Montrichard. So he travels there to find Frank!
Nice
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Frank recruited flight attendants to work with him at Pan Am based on their _______.
Experience
Looks
He used them as an 'eye candy' distraction and walked right passed the FBI.
Economic status
Height
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How many years does Frank serve in the French prison?
2
He serves for 2 years and then is released into Carl's custody.
5
8
12
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How long of a prison sentence was Frank given in the United States?
4
12
Carl visited Frank regularly in prison.
15
Life
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Carl arranges for Frank to be released from prison after _____ years.
2
4
On the condition that he works in the check fraud department of the FBI under Carl's custody.
8
10
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How does Frank say that he passed the Louisiana State Bar Exam?
He threatened the proctor.
He hired a geek to take it for him.
He studied for two weeks and really passed!
Carl asks him, "Is that the truth, Frank?" and Frank only smiles back - leaving the viewers still in a state of confusion!
He hacked into the results system
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On which day does Carl find Frank in France?
Bastille Day
Easter Sunday
Christmas Eve
He catches up to him in a printing factory!
New Years Day
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