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About This Quiz
When it comes to love stories set during World War II, few films can compete with the iconic and beautiful "Casablanca." It's a film that would jumpstart many illustrious careers, create a fantasy of adventure, intrigue and true love, and provide iconic quotes and one-liners that would become some of Hollywood's most remembered.
Though no one expected much from the film when it was first produced — as Hollywood had begun creating movies at an incredible rate — the movie made a statement at the 16th Acadamy Awards. It was nominated for Outstanding Motion Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Writing (Screenplay) Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, and Best Music (Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture), and won several of the categories.
The film was first based on a stage play called "Everybody Comes to Rick's," which was written by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison and was never produced. But as a movie, it took on a life of its own, enchanting film fans, young directors, and inspiring actors for decades after its release.
How much do you recall from one of Hollywood's favorite movies? Put your knowledge to the test and take this "Casablanca" trivia quiz today!
Love
Kid
"Here's looking at you, kid" is one of the most famous lines in "Casablanca" and has been named one of the iconic movie lines of all time. In fact, Bogart and Bergman's off-screen poker game contributed to its number of appearances in the film.
Doll
Ilsa
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Humphrey Bogart
Humphrey Bogart had become a household name the previous year as the star of the 1941 film, "The Maltese Falcon," but "Casablanca" was the movie that would solidify him as a romantic lead. In 1999, he was named the Greatest Male Star of Classic American Cinema by the American Film Institute.
Marlon Brando
Clark Gable
Cary Grant
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Casablanca
New York
Paris
Rick and Ilsa first met in Paris two years earlier where they engaged in a wild affair. At the time, Ilsa had believed her husband had been killed in a concentration camp, but when she found out he was alive, she left Rick without notice.
Berlin
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"Play it again, Sam."
"Here's to looking at you, kid."
"We'll always have Paris."
"Louie, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."
While each of these lines has gone down in Casablanca history (even the misquotes) it is Rick's last statement to Captain Renault as they walk into the foggy night that leaves audiences with a sense of hope for Rick Blaine and his future adventures.
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A corrupt Official
A rival cafe owner
An American gunrunner
A Czech resistance leader
Victor Laszlo is Ilsa's husband, the one she presumed dead when first taking up an affair with Rick in Paris. Much of the film is spent in empathetic indecision with Ilsa's character, who clearly still has feelings for both men.
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Bars
Speakeasies
Gin joints
"Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine" is one of the most famous lines in cinema history. It is loaded with heartbreak and longing, and only Humphrey Bogart could ever deliver it so well.
Cafes
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"As Time Goes By"
It is due to this song that Rick first realizes his former lover, Ilsa, is in his cafe. He has banned his pianist and friend, Sam, from ever playing the song again because it reminds him of her, and is furious when he hears it. He goes to yell at Sam for playing it, only to find Ilsa standing there.
"Who wouldn't love you?"
"Every night about this time"
"Sweet Eloise"
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"Your husband loves you."
"There's no future here."
"Do you know what you'd have to look forward to if you stayed here?"
"We'll always have Paris."
"We'll always have Paris" is one of the most iconic lines from a film chock full of them. In it, Rick is trying to persuade Ilsa to get on the plane with her husband and also forgiving her for leaving him during their affair.
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"I stick my neck out for nobody."
"I remember every detail. The German wore gray; you wore blue."
"Oh, he's just a man like any other, only more so."
"Play it again, Sam."
The line "Play it again, Sam," has taken on a life of its own, but it never actually appeared in the film. There are several quotes that come close, which likely contributes to its fame, but Rick never specifically says this one.
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American passports
Letters of transit
Because the film takes place at the beginning of the war, it is becoming more difficult for Americans and other ex-patriots to leave the country. The letters are priceless to those refugees stuck in the city and play a crucial role in the plot.
Plane tickets
Fake IDs
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Rick's Cafe Americain
Rick Blaine is a American ex-patriot who is tending to a wounded heart during the war. It is fitting, then, that he names his bar for a place he no longer loves. The bar is the main set for the film.
Ilsa's Bar
Blaine's Bar
It didn't have a name.
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1940
1942
Casablanca is a film set during the early days of World War II and was produced during the same period. Hollywood was capitalizing on new technology and created hundreds of films that year, so no one expected much from the release, but they were pleasantly surprised.
1944
1946
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The Lucky Lady
The Pilot's Club
The Blue Parrot
Signor Ferrari is the competing cafe business owner in Casablanca, and he owns the Blue Parrot. He initially tries to buy Rick's cafe and the services of Sam as a pianist, which Rick refuses in the beginning.
The Dame
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He was a soldier
He has loved many women
He used to fly planes
He is a drunkard
German Major Strasser goes to Casablanca in pursuit of Victor Laszlo. While seated with Captain Renault, he asked Rick what his nationality is, to which Rick replies, "I'm a drunkard," and Renault adds, "That makes Rick a citizen of the world."
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America
Since Victor is a Czech resistance leader, he is under threat from many dangerous leaders during World War II. In fact, Ilsa believed he was killed in a concentration camp in the flashbacks of the film. In order to continue his work, they must get to America.
Czechoslovakia
France
Germany
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He punches Rick in the face.
He tries to get him to take her away.
Laszlo, Rick and Ilsa play a series of dangerous games, lying and self-sacrificing to protect one another. Victor Laszlo confront Rick and tries to get him to use the letters to protect Ilsa.
He begs Rick to marry her if something happens to him.
He offers to duel for her.
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He fought in World War II and was discharged.
He used to be a rebellion leader.
He runs an underground newspaper.
He ran guns during the war between Ethiopia and Italy.
Rick and Renault have the following exchange, "In 1935, you ran guns to Ethiopia. In 1936, you fought in Spain on the Loyalist side" - "I got paid for it on both occasions" - "The winning side would have paid you much better." The conversation is meant to show that Rick stands up for justice despite saying otherwise.
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Guns and ammunition
Exit visas
Ugarte originally leaves the letters of transit in Rick's cafe for safekeeping, which is how they come to be in Rick's possession after Ugarte is killed while in police custody. Other than the letters, however, Ugarte sells exit visas.
Police badges
Counterfeit passports
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La Vie En Rose
La Java Bleue
La Marseillaise
"Casablanca" played heavily into American patriotism during the war, particularly in this scene. When the German official is trying to rouse his troops, it is the French national anthem that most of the cafe patrons sing with pride.
Les Champs-Elysees
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Ferrari
Ferrari runs a rival cafe and he and Rick have been friendly business rivals for some time. He is the character that ultimately sets the events of the film into motion when Laszlo and Ilsa both approach Rick about the letters.
Renault
Laszlo
Strasser
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"We were free"
"There was no war"
"It were the last time."
Ilsa says this to Rick while they are still living in Paris during their affair. It is short-lived, and she leaves him without warning, prompting Rick to become bitter and heartbroken.
"You ever loved me."
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Good man
Rebel
Patriot
After Rick sends Ilsa and Victor on the plane out of Casablanca, Major Strasser appears and begins to call for backup, at which point Rick shoots him dead. Renault then says Rick is not just a sentimentalist for sending Ilsa away, but now a patriot for shooting a German major.
True American
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"No one needs to know about this."
"The world could use one less Nazi."
"That's life, in Casablanca."
"Round up the usual suspects."
Though Captain Renault and Rick Blaine have a complicated relationship throughout the film, Renault comes through for Rick in the end after Rick shoots the German Major. Renault tells his policemen, "Major Strasser has been shot .... round up the usual suspects," though he is the sole witness to Rick's shooting of the major.
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Threaten him with a gun
Confesses she still loves him
Explains why she left him in Paris
Threaten to call the police
In this scene, Ilsa goes to Rick out of desperation. She needs the letters of transit to save her and her husband's lives. She threatens Rick with a gun, but ultimately ends up confessing her love and explaining why she left him.
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She will have to pay him
He will go to America with her
He no longer loves her
She will stay with him in Casablanca
Ilsa is determined to help get a transit letter for her husband, and Rick allows her to believe, temporarily, that she will be staying behind with him when Laszlo leaves. Ultimately, she leaves with her husband.
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He bribes him.
He blackmails him.
He offers him a more serious charge.
When Laszlo is arrested on trumped up charges, Rick is able to get him released by promising Renault a far greater charge — possession of the letters of transit. He lies and says that he and Ilsa will be going to America to help sell the story.
He threatens him.
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Giving him a better suspect to arrest
Promising to help him escape next
Holding him at gunpoint
Rick has promised Captain Renault that he would be able to arrest Victor Laszlo for possession of the letters of transit, but when Renault actually tries to do so, Rick holds him at gunpoint until Renault aids in Ilsa and Victor's escape.
Offering him the bar
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"Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life."
Ilsa plans to stay behind with Rick in Casablanca and send Victor onto safety, but Rick knows it won't be safe for her there. He convinces her to get on the plane with her husband when he delivers this iconic line.
"Trust me. I know a thing or two about regret."
"I'm doing this for you, Ilsa. For us."
"There's no life here for you in Casablanca."
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He has a girl at the Blue Parrot.
Sam is one of Rick's oldest friends and knows how Ilsa broke his heart. When Ilsa asks where Rick is, Sam tells her he has a girl at the Blue Parrot, another cafe, to which Ilsa says he used to be a much better liar.
He has been arrested.
He's gambling.
He's already drunk.
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They are operating without a liquor license.
Americans aren't allowed to own businesses.
There is gambling on the premises.
This excuse led to the humorous interaction of Captain Renault saying, "I'm shocked! Shocked to find gambling going on here," at which point a croupier comes up and says, "Your winnings, sir."
There is a fugitive on the loose.
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He steals them.
He buys them.
He kills for them.
The letters of transit around which of the plot of the film is centralized were obtained by killing two German couriers. After giving the letters to Rick, Ugarte is arrested and killed while in custody.
He makes them.
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He absconded with the church funds.
He ran off with a senator's wife.
He killed a man.
We never find out.
The writers couldn't come up with a good enough reason for Rick to be exiled from America, so they left it up to the viewers' imaginations. When Captain Renault asks about the reason, Rick refers to the above answers and says, "It was a combination of all three."
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Rick can always get him what he needs.
Rick makes for a great conversation.
Rick is the only person in Casablanca with fewer scruples.
Captain Renault is notoriously corrupt, but it works out in Rick's favor on occasion. When he believes Rick is going to be leaving town, he declares "Ricky, I'm going to miss you. Apparently, you're the only one in Casablanca who has even less scruples than I."
Rick has the best liquor in town.
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"Goodbye, Rick. God bless you."
In a devastating final scene, Ilsa and Rick make their goodbyes at the airport, Ilsa going with her husband and Rick staying behind. Tearfully, at Laszlo's side, she says "Goodbye Rick. God bless you."
"Here's looking at you, kid."
"Thank you for Paris."
"I'll never forget."
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