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To Be Or Not To Be

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"Mel Brooks surprised a lot of people in 1983, by allowing someone else to direct one of his films. Brooks takes the Nazi occupation of Poland and turns his little part of WWII into the way it should have been!"

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1. Mel Brooks, playing the character of Frederic Bronski, loved to recite Shakespeare whenever the opportunity presented itself. What did he call his mini-production?
    Highlights from Hamlet
    Hooray for Hamlet
    Hamlet in a Half-Shell
    Ham's the Man


2. What is the name of the Bronski Theatre Company production, which makes fun of the Germans?
    Vile Wermacht
    Yikes! It's the Reich!
    Lazy Luftwaffe
    Naughty Nazis


3. Which character screams all of his lines during the movie?
    Lupinski
    Sondheim
    Sobinsky
    Erhardt


4. Who plays the role of Anna Bronski?
    Katharine Ross
    Anne Bancroft
    Judi Dench
    Diana Rigg


5. After the Polish pilot Andre Sobinski kisses Anna Bronski for the first time, what are his next words?
    "I'll be back tomorrow"
    "Parting is such sweet sorrow"
    "I could go some more of that"
    "Gee, thanks a lot"


6. What happens every time Frederic Bronski starts his "To be or not to be?" scene?
    The same member of the audience gets up and leaves.
    The fire alarms go off.
    The Germans shut the play down.
    He forgets his next line.


7. In response to the Nazi threat and how it will affect the Theatre Company, Frederic Bronski says: "We'll do what a theatrical company should do during a war, we'll ___."
    fight to the last thespian
    keep performing
    all enlist
    hide until it's over


8. For what purpose did the Nazis use the Bronski's house?
    Censorship Board offices
    Ammunition dump
    Gestapo headquarters
    General Von Seidelman's headquarters


9. What does Sasha Kinski wear on his clothes when he goes out?
    A red square
    A green rectangle
    A blue circle
    A pink triangle


10. Which actor plays the role of Colonel Erhardt?
    George Gaynes
    Charles Durning
    Christopher Lloyd
    Jose Ferrer


11. When the real Professor Siletski visits the fake Colonel Erhardt (played by Mel Brooks), what tips him off that he is dealing with an imposter?
    He never realises he is being fooled
    Colonel Erhardt clearly does not know details that he should
    The back of Erhardt's chair
    Erhardt's fake moustache comes loose


12. When Colonel Erhardt first entertains Professor Siletski, he offers him a cigar and then cigarettes. What item does he offer after the cigarettes?
    Brandy
    He offers nothing further
    Schnapps
    Chocolate covered nougats


13. George Gaynes plays the role of which German General?
    General Von Kleist
    General Von Seidelman
    General von Steuben
    General Burkhalter


14. The Theatre Company makes its daring escape in the (real) Fuhrer's private plane, and flies toward England. The aircraft runs out of fuel and they make an emergency landing. As they have been flying blind, they have no idea where they are. Mel Brooks (as Hitler) volunteers to find some locals, figuring aloud that it would look better in case they are still in Germany. As it turns out, they are in England. He bursts into a traditional English pub, and says what?
    "Guten Tag"
    "Achtung"
    "Excuse me, is this England?"
    "I'm looking for directions"


15. In the theatre scene where Mel Brooks is doing his Hitler impression, he sings a musical number entitled "A Little Piece". Many countries get mentioned in the song. Which of the following groups of countries contains one that is historically inaccurate for the period?
    Poland, France, India, Pakistan
    Turkey, England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales
    Poland, France, Portugal, Austria
    Norway, Greece, Hungary


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Compiled May 24 13