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Interesting Questions, Facts and Information
- There are a total of 50 general entries. We are selecting 30 for display.
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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Airplane!
| What is the white zone for, originally? | Airplane!
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Loading and unloading of passengers. The voices on the loud speaker argue.
| How many courtesy phones were there? | Airplane!
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| What were the three types of magazines in the store? | Airplane!
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Fiction, nonfiction, and whacking material.
| What was the name of the tribe Ted and Elaine worked with? | Airplane!
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Molomboes. The Hutus and the Tutsis were two tribes that often fought with each other.
| How many people did Ted lose over Macho Grande? | Airplane!
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7. It was originally six, but Lt. Zipp died early one morning.
| Who played the white passenger who can speak jive? | Airplane!
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Barbara Billingsley. She also played June Cleaver on 'Leave it to Beaver'.
| What did the 'jive dude' say when the white woman translated what the stewardess said? | Airplane!
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"Hey big mama, my mama didn't raise no dummy. I dug her rap"..
At a bar during the war. In that scene, Ted (Robert Hayes) pays homage to 'Saturday Night Fever'.
| Who is the main character of the movie 'Airplane!'? | Airplane!
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Ted Striker. He was a pilot in the war.
| Which meal was poisoned, the fish or the steak? | Airplane!
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Fish . 'Yes, I remember. I had lasagna.'
| Why does one passenger suspect that Leslie Nielsen's character might be a doctor? | Airplane!
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He is wearing a stethoscope. Dr. Rumack is sitting in his airplane seat wearing a stethoscope. This is the only sign that he might be a doctor.
| What is Leslie Nielsen's character named? | Airplane!
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Dr. Rumack. 'Surely you can't be serious!' 'I'm very serious. And don't call me Shirley.'
| What basketball player plays the copilot? | Airplane!
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. 'Hey! I know you! You're Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, you play basketball for the Los Angeles Lakers!' 'I'm sorry, I think you have me confused with someone else, my name is Roger Murdock.' 'You are Kareem! I've seen you play! My dad's got season tickets.' 'I think it's time to go back to your seat, right Clarence?' 'No, let him stay. He's not bothering anyone.' 'I think you're the greatest, but my dad says you don't work hard enough on defense.' 'THE HELL I DON'T! Look, I'm out there bustin' my butt EVERY NIGHT. Tell your old man to drag Walton or Lanier up and down the court for 48 minutes!"
| Lt. Hurwitz suffers from extreme shell-shock. Who does he think he is? | Airplane!
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Ethel Merman . The character of Lt. Hurwitz is actually played by Ethel Merman.
| What is the name of the inflatable automatic pilot? | Airplane!
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Otto Pilot . And introducing Otto as himself, in the credits.
| Which actor plays Steve McCroskey at Chicago air control? | Airplane!
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Lloyd Bridges. All the other choices were in the movie.
| A number of people commit suicide or die while listening to which character? | Airplane!
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Ted. The third guy covers himself with gasoline and is about to blow himself up, but then Ted has to go to the cockpit. The guy blows out his lighted match with relief, then drops it. It's still hot so he blows up. He didn't ACTUALLY commit suicide, you see.
| 'What do you make of this?' 'This? Well, I could make a hat or a brooch or a _____________________.' | Airplane!
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Pterodactyl. This exchange occurs when a worker at the airport shows Johnny, another worker, the newspaper. Johnny is one of the funniest characters.
| Who played the man who wiped down the windshield of the airplane? | Airplane!
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Jimmy Walker. A small cameo by the star of "Good Times".
| What does the "translation" under the "buckle your seatbelt" sign say? | Airplane!
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Putana da seatbeltz. At first I didn't even notice this joke. I had to see it a couple of times before I noticed it's not a different language.
| What kind of car does Paul Carey take to pick up Captain Kramer? | Airplane!
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Mustang. The budget for the movie was so low, Carey's Mustang must have been one of the most expensive things in the film.
| In the army hospital, what celebrity does Hurwitz think he is? | Airplane!
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Ethel Merman. Ethel Merman actually played him and got her name in the credits.
| What was the name of the African tribe that Ted and Elaine were assigned to in the Peace Corps? | Airplane!
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The Molombos. They should start their own NBA franchise.
| What magazine was the young boy, Joey, reading? | Airplane!
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Nun's Life. The nun was reading "Boy's Life".
| Who was credited with the role of the auto-pilot? | Airplane!
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Otto Pilot. This was the first love scene between a beautiful woman and an inanimate object in a parody film.
| What happens to the cigarette that Kramer tosses out the window? | Airplane!
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It explodes. David and Jerry Zucker (two of the directors) said that this was one of their favorite jokes in the entire movie. But they also said that they were the only ones who laughed at it at the debut screening in 1980.
| Who played the man Kramer hit with his car and one of the religious zealots that approached Kramer in the airport? | Airplane!
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Jim Abrahams. Two small cameos by one of the directors, Jim Abrahams.
| What is the name of the little girl on the plane who needs a heart transplant? | Airplane!
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Lisa. Her name is revealed when the pilot gets a phone call from the Mayo Clinic. The girl's full name is Lisa Davis.
| What is the name of the original pilot of the airplane? | Airplane!
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Clarence. Victor was the navigator, and Roger was the co-pilot, but Clarence was the pilot. All three ate the fish and got violently ill leaving Ted Striker to fly the plane.
| Where is the airplane scheduled to land? | Airplane!
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Chicago. This bit of information is revealed when Ted buys his ticket. Ted is only flying to talk with Elaine, but he ends up saving the passengers and crew.
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