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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Monkey Business (1931) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Monkey Business (1931) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Monkey Business (1931)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Monkey Business (1931).

About the movie: On a transatlantic crossing, the Marx brothers get up to their usual antics and manage to annoy just about everyone on board the ship.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Monkey Business (1931)?
a.		As of 2010, this film is lost.
b.		According to Robert Osbourne, during the first day of shooting, its reported that the Brothers Marx showed up in each others clothing and impersonated each other.
c.		The movies line "Theyre here!" was voted as the #69 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100).
d.		The toothless old man who greets Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson as they enter Fredericksburg with the line "Yankees evawhere, evawhere!" is a wink to the films predecessor, Gettysburg, which was produced ten years earlier. In it, there is a scene where Buford rides into Gettysburg and is greeted by a similarly toothless old man who shouts, "Johnny Rebs evawhere, evawhere!" The scene was deleted from the final print and is only available on TV broadcasts and the expanded directors edition.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Monkey Business (1931)?
a.		Cans and reels were shipped to cinemas under the code name "The Doctor".
b.		The film was not shown in Russia until 1994.
c.		The first Marx Brothers film written especially for the screen.
d.		In real life Paul Reubens was very sick from the flu during the scene where he returns to the bike shop after his bike is stolen and Pee-Wee falls on the bikes. This is mentioned in the commentary.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Monkey Business (1931)?
a.		Early in the movie, the Marx Brothers - playing stowaways concealed in barrels - harmonize unseen while performing the popular song Sweet Adeline. It is debated whether Harpo was actually singing or not.
b.		Was judged so controversial by some French fundamentalist catholics that they went as far as torching a couple of cinemas releasing the film, both in Paris and Besançon, causing one death and several serious injuries among the audience.
c.		This French language film was produced simultaneously with the filming of the two English language Laurel and Hardy shorts Be Big! and Laughing Gravy. The two shorts were edited together into one continuous film. Laurel and Hardy read their lines from cue cards on which French was written phonetically. At the time of early talkies, dubbing was not yet perfected. The same was done for a Spanish language version, Los calaveras.
d.		Filming completed on Christmas Eve 1945.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Monkey Business (1931)?
a.		The names of the two main Turtles are also the names of citrus soda brands popular in the United States (Crush and Squirt).
b.		Accepted into the 2010 Plus Camerimage Film Festival.
c.		The blackjack "cheats" were using a technique known as "spooking". Nevada courts have mostly ruled it to be legal because it merely takes advantage of hold card information exposed by sloppy dealers.
d.		Except in the credits, the Brothers characters have no names in this movie. They are referred to only as "the stowaways".

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Monkey Business (1931)?
a.		Steven Spielberg used the town of Gloucester, Virginia as a location for a portion of the film. Though the crew was in the town for a little over a month shooting, the scenes are only shown in the movie for a minute or so. The town was given no acknowledgment in the credits.
b.		In the movie, Groucho Marx tells Thelma Todd, "Youre a woman whos been getting nothing but dirty breaks. Well, we can clean and tighten your brakes, but youll have to stay in the garage all night." Four years after making this movie, Thelma Todd died under mysterious circumstances. She was found dead in her car inside her backyard garage with the engine running. It is not known if her death from carbon monoxide poisoning was accidental, a murder, or suicide.
c.		The film is dedicated to Sam Peckinpah because The Wild Bunch inspired director Metcalfe, Tim to become a director.
d.		The stage for "Spectacular Spectacular" was especially reinforced to hold the weight of a galloping horse for a scene where the evil Maharaja rides across the stage. The scene was abandoned but the white horse still appears fleetingly in one shot.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Monkey Business (1931)?
a.		Science fiction author Harlan Ellison sued James Cameron, claiming that the film was plagiarized from the two The Outer Limits episodes that Ellison wrote, namely Soldier and Demon with a Glass Hand. The concept of "Skynet" could also have been borrowed from an Ellison short story called "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream." The suit was settled out of court and newer prints of the film acknowledge Ellison.
b.		Brandon Nebitts first performance.
c.		The smoke that can be seen coming from the tail pipe of the Blue F150 just before the scene where Miley gets out of the truck to meet Blue Jeans is actually steam from a fog machine that is being operated by a mechanism attached to the throttle. Disney wanted to keep the movie green, even going so far as using disposable cutlery made from compressed corn starch in catering.
d.		Sam Marx: The Marx Brothers father is sitting on the crates behind them after theyre carried off the ship.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Monkey Business (1931)?
a.		The first Marx Brothers film to be produced in Hollywood.
b.		Composer Bernard Herrmann, Larry Cohens first choice to score the film, died that night after seeing the film without music. The film is dedicated to Hermann in his honor.
c.		The interiors of the Valenaris restaurant was actually a set designed and built by Richard Sylbert on a soundstage.
d.		Bruce Wayne develops and wears a new Batsuit in the film. This Batsuit was an improvement on the outfit from Batman Begins, and made Christian Bale more comfortable and agile in his performance. It was constructed from 200 unique pieces of rubber, fibreglass, metallic mesh, and nylon (producing an impression of sophisticated technology), with elastic banding added for tightening the costume to fit Bale. The gauntlets had their razors made retractable and able to be fired. The suits cowl was based on a motorcycle helmet and separated from the neck piece, allowing Bale to move his head left/right/up/down, and comes equipped with white eye lenses for when Batman turns on Bat-sonar.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Monkey Business (1931)?
a.		One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
b.		In the grand tradition of Alfred Hitchcock, all of the blood in the film is chocolate syrup.
c.		Demi Moore came up with rolling the jar down the stairs, opposed to throwing it as scripted.
d.		Paramount bought the domestic rights for the film and sequels for $300,000.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Monkey Business (1931)?
a.		According to Holly Valance, about 40 bikinis were ruined while making this film.
b.		While this movie was shown in theaters, several times, in different cities, there were shootings between gangs that came across in the same theater.
c.		A lot of the films dialogue is improvised. Jeb Stuart was the final credited writer on the film and was on set during production making up new scenes as needed.
d.		Grouchos line "Gary Cooper is much taller than me." becomes "Charlton Heston is much taller than me." in the Spanish dubbed version. Heston was only 7 years old when "Monkey Business" was released.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Monkey Business (1931)?
a.		The first Marx Brothers film not to feature Margaret Dumont. It was felt she was not "sexy" enough for the part.
b.		The opening "Wet Strip" in which Barb dances in a strip club with her breasts hanging out of her rubber dress whilst being sprayed with water was suggested by Pamela Anderson after she was inspired by a nightmare she had in which she was being sprayed with champagne whilst performing a "Nasty dance". David Hogan, who was under pressure to include more nudity, liked the idea and threw out the movies original opening to include it.
c.		The car driven by Richie Roberts is a Volkswagen 1600 Variant (Type 3). There was a dual-carbureted, air-cooled engine installed underneath the rear trunk.
d.		Alec Baldwin was succeeded in his role by Harrison Ford; with whom he appeared in Working Girl; and Ben Affleck; with whom he appeared in Pearl Harbor.

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