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60 free Alain Delon trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This Alain Delon trivia quiz covers the French screen icon from a Paris suburb to a Swiss passport and a state of near-mythic celebrity. The easy questions are the ones any film fan can answer: the Highsmith novel behind his breakthrough, the director of Le Samourai, the actress he formed a mythical couple with and the singer he spoke over on Paroles, paroles. From there it moves into his turbulent youth: the boarding schools that expelled him, the butcher's apprenticeship, the Navy stint in Indochina that ended in a prison cell. The harder end is for cinephiles and pub-quiz specialists: the car crash that scarred his chin, the Hollywood contract he turned down, Delon's method of taking distribution rights instead of a salary, the roles he declined from Lawrence of Arabia to The Godfather, the sunglasses Chow Yun-fat made famous, the bodyguard found in a rubbish dump, the boxing champion he promoted, the Smiths album cover, his Cesar win, the 72 guns seized from his home and the dog he asked to have buried beside him. Every answer was checked against encyclopaedia entries for the actor and his films before publishing, and the supporting sentence is stored with each question. If you enjoy this one, try our French cinema, Jean-Paul Belmondo and Cannes Film Festival quizzes next.
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Q 01In which wealthy suburb of Paris was Alain Delon born in 1935?
Sceaux
His father later became director of the Le Regina cinema in Bourg-la-Reine.
Q 02What was Delon's father's profession when Alain was born?
Projectionist
His mother was a pharmacy assistant and theatre usher at the cinema where his parents met.
Q 03Whose execution did the young Delon hear from his foster family's home next to Fresnes prison in 1945?
Pierre Laval
His foster father was a guard at the prison.
Q 04In which trade did the teenage Delon earn a vocational certificate?
Charcuterie
He worked in his stepfather's delicatessen and bought 40 kg of sausages a morning at the central markets.
Q 05Which branch of the armed forces did Delon join at 17, serving in Indochina?
The Navy
He was dishonourably discharged and spent his 20th birthday in a cell.
Q 06What did Delon steal in Indochina, leading to his dishonourable discharge?
A jeep
The vehicle ended up in a stream and his radio licence was revoked.
Q 07Which Hollywood producer offered the young Delon a seven-year contract on condition he learn English?
David O. Selznick
He auditioned at Cinecitta on the sidelines of A Farewell to Arms but ended up making his debut in France instead.
Q 08How did Delon get the small scar under his chin that became part of his image?
A borrowed car rolled over five times in a tunnel
He had borrowed Pascal Jardin's Renault 4CV against advice during a film shoot.
Q 09Which German actress chose Delon as her leading man in Christine (1958) and became his fiancee?
Romy Schneider
They met for the first time when she stepped off a plane at Orly for a press interview.
Q 10Which Patricia Highsmith character did Delon play in Purple Noon (1960)?
Tom Ripley
Highsmith herself was a fan of his portrayal in Rene Clement's film.
Q 11Who directed Rocco and His Brothers (1960), in which Delon played the title role?
Luchino Visconti
The same director later cast him in The Leopard.
Q 12Which actor did Delon name in 1959 as the model he tried to emulate?
Jean Marais
He said Marais always remained the same despite the whirlwind of fame.
Q 13Which Antonioni film paired Delon with Monica Vitti in 1962?
L'Eclisse
It won the Special Jury Prize at Cannes and Scorsese called it the boldest film of the trilogy.
What became known as Delon's method after the 1963 heist film Any Number Can Win?
Q 21Which 1968 Delon film with Marianne Faithfull was the first to receive an X rating in the United States?
The Girl on a Motorcycle
Released in the US as Naked Under Leather, it was a surprise hit in Britain.
Q 22Which 1969 thriller reunited Delon and his former fiancee on the French Riviera?
La Piscine
Jane Birkin and Maurice Ronet co-starred, and an English-language version was shot simultaneously.
Q 23Whose body was found in a rubbish dump near Paris in October 1968, in a scandal that touched Georges Pompidou?
Delon's bodyguard Stefan Markovic
Taking distribution rights instead of a salary
Jean Gabin claimed Delon earned ten times more than he did as a result.
Q 15Which character did Delon play in Visconti's Palme d'Or winner The Leopard (1963)?
Tancredi
Burt Lancaster played the ageing prince and Claudia Cardinale his goddaughter.
Q 16Delon's segment of the 1964 anthology The Yellow Rolls-Royce paired him with which American star?
Shirley MacLaine
It was his British film debut; his Hollywood debut came in Once a Thief with Ann-Margret.
Q 17In which 1966 Western did Delon appear opposite Dean Martin?
Texas Across the River
He also played a Foreign Legionnaire alongside Anthony Quinn in Lost Command that year.
Q 18Who directed Delon as the hitman Jef Costello in Le Samourai (1967)?
Jean-Pierre Melville
They made three films together; the last, Un flic, saw them argue constantly on set.
Q 19What pet does hitman Jef Costello keep in his spartan Paris apartment in Le Samourai?
A small bird in a cage
The film sold over 1.9 million tickets in France.
Q 20Under what title was Le Samourai released in an English-dubbed US version in 1972?
The Godson
The film sold over 1.9 million tickets in France.
A letter from the Yugoslav bodyguard blamed Delon and Corsican gangster Francois Marcantoni should he be killed.
Q 24Which fellow French star co-starred with Delon in the 1970 gangster hit Borsalino?
Jean-Paul Belmondo
The film was based on the real gangsters Paul Carbone and Francois Spirito.
Q 25How long is Le Cercle Rouge's famous near-silent climactic heist sequence?
About half an hour
Yves Montand, Bourvil and Gian Maria Volonte co-starred.
Q 26Which Japanese star joined Delon and Charles Bronson in the 1972 Western Red Sun?
Toshiro Mifune
The film did well, unlike Losey's The Assassination of Trotsky the same year.
Q 27With which singer did Delon record the spoken part of the 1973 hit Paroles, paroles?
Dalida
He also duetted with Shirley Bassey on Thought I'd Ring You in 1983.
Q 28Which masked hero did Delon play in a 1975 Italian-French film?
Zorro
It was his first swashbuckler since The Black Tulip in 1964.
Q 29In Monsieur Klein (1976), Delon plays an art dealer in occupied Paris who is mistaken for what?
A Jewish man of the same name
Joseph Losey's Kafkaesque film won three Cesars including Best Film; Delon was nominated for Best Actor.
Q 30What was Delon's final attempt at Hollywood stardom in 1979?
Airport '79
The Concorde... Airport '79 was not a big success.