Marx Brothers by chrisivision

Champion(s):

AdamKing


Runner(s)-Up:

jsparkyp
Wished I was in Tijuana, eating barbecued iguana...


Quiz Description

Why a duck? Why a no chicken? I have a good mind to join a club and beat you over the head with it. Honk honk! You crazy, there ain't no sanity clause! If you recognize these quotes you should do well in this Marx Bros. quiz.

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Questions:

What beautiful leading lady of 2 Paramount films met her untimely demise of carbon monoxide poisoning 3 years following her last appearance with the Marxes?

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Thelma Todd

Harpo Marx famously never talked on screen. However, he broke tradition when he spoke at length to an unsuspecting audience during his final stage appearance in 1963. What singer-comedian did he share the stage with?

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Allan Sherman

Which 2 films of the 1930's did not feature either a harp or piano solo?

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Duck Soup, Room Service

What is the name of the long lost silent short film which was the Marx Brothers' first film appearance, 8 years before The Cocoanuts?

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Humor Risk

What is the only Marx Brothers' film to share its name with a Laurel & Hardy film, whose director has been credited with helping form the L&H team?

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Duck Soup

According to a Groucho line from Animal Crackers, "if you take cranberries and stew them like apple sauce, they taste more like prunes than" what?

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rhubarb

Margaret Dumont's final appearance with Groucho Marx came on what TV variety show?

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Hollywood Palace

In the Cocoanuts, when Chico is asked to perform the first number, what does he say the first number is?

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Number one!

Harpo and Chico performed a hilarious piano duet to the tune of "Mama Yo Quiero" in what film?

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The Big Store

In Groucho Marx's appearance on The Jack Benny Program, they perform a You Bet Your Life skit. Jack, in disguise, mispronounces the secret word but the duck comes down anyway. What was the secret word in this sketch?

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telephone

In Animal Crackers, Chico and Harpo try to steal a painting in the dark. Chico asks Harpo for "the flash." Harpo doesn't understand and proceeds to pull out various items from his trenchcoat that sound like Chico's request. Name 3 of the 5 items Harpo digs out of his coat.

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fish, flask, flush, flit spray, flute

What Woody Allen film shares its name with the song all 4 Marx Brothers perform in Horse Feathers?

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Everyone Says I Love You