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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Cuckoos (1930) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Cuckoos (1930)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Cuckoos (1930).

About the movie: Two phony fortune tellers get mixed up with gypsies.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cuckoos (1930)?
a.		In the scene where the count serves Jonathan Harker dinner after his arrival at the castle, the count mentions his ancestors were members of the Order of the Dracul. There was an actual Order of the Dracul (Dracul=dragon), an order of chivalry fighting against the Ottomans in the Balkans in the 1400s. Vlad Tepes, who the character of Dracula is loosely based on, was known as "Draculea", which means "son of the Dragon", as his father was a member of this order.
b.		Debut of Henry Armetta.
c.		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.
d.		Three songs were written for the movie but were not used: "Knock Knees" (Music by Harry Ruby & Lyrics by Bert Kalmar), "Looking for the Lovelight in Your Eyes" (Music by Harry Ruby & Lyrics by Bert Kalmar) and "If I Were a Traveling Salesman" (Music by Joe Burke & Lyrics by Al Dubin).

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cuckoos (1930)?
a.		Jennifer Garner shot her scenes in one day.
b.		There is some question about the authors of the song "Wherever You Are." Both the AFI Catalog and The Motion Picture Guide list them as Charles Tobias and Cliff Friend. However, published sheet music (Cinema Sheet Music, McFarland, 1991) indicate it was Harry Ruby and Bert Kalmar. Tobias and Friend did write a song called "Wherever You Are," but the lyrics are entirely different than those sung in this movie.
c.		At the start of the film when the boys are trying to convince Mary to go inside the fake spaceship, Andrew Nivens says, "She balked at Pirates of the Caribbean." Both Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, two of the films credited screenwriters, went on to write all three of the, "Pirates of the Caribbean," movies.
d.		In some scenes, Cary Grant whistles the theme music from Charade and An Affair to Remember, two of his previous films.