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  10 Question The Muppets Take Manhattan Quiz    
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Here is a quiz on the best Muppet movie I've ever seen, "The Muppets Take Manhattan". I hope everyone enjoys my quiz!
Easier, 10 Qns, jen92678, Mar 21 04
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  The Muppets Take Manhattan Multiple Choice Quiz    
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My quiz on the Muppets' third full feature length film.
Average, 15 Qns, uofmrules1, Jul 09 05
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  "The Muppets Take Manhattan": The Quiz    
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A quiz about the greatest Muppet movie of all time: "The Muppets Take Manhattan".
Tough, 10 Qns, movie_mac, Feb 26 11
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trivia question Quick Question
Who met the Swedish Chef at his or her job?

From Quiz ""The Muppets Take Manhattan": The Quiz"




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The Muppets Take Manhattan Trivia Questions

2. In what Broadway Theatre does "Manhattan Melodies" debut?

From Quiz "The Muppets Take Manhattan": The Quiz

Answer: Biltmore Theatre

The Biltmore also debuted popular plays such as "Hair", "Barefoot in the Park", and "Cheaters".

3. Where are Kermit and the gang in the first part of the movie?

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Answer: college

The gang are all away at college in the first part of the movie. When we first see them they are on stage singing and after they finish the crowd gives Kermit an encore and one man in the audience asks Kermit, "Hey Kermit, next time we'll see you on Broadway?" He replies, "He he uh, yeah". Then we see Scooter saying "Broadway, that's a great idea." Then they mention it to Kermit and then they are on their way to New York.

4. How much did Martin Price try to extract from each Muppet to do the play?

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Answer: more than $300.00

He claimed it was standard Broadway procedure to collect an up front fee from each actor, then proceed, but we learn a little something about him.

5. Who does NOT make a cameo in "The Muppets Take Manhattan"?

From Quiz "The Muppets Take Manhattan": The Quiz

Answer: Richard Pryor

Minnelli played herself, Gould played a police officer, and Shields played a customer at Pete's. Richard Pryor made a cameo in "The Muppet Movie".

6. What is the name of the first producer that Kermit and the gang go to?

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Answer: Martin Price

Martin Price was the first producer they went to see. While they were there a woman came in with the police to identify him as the man who took her life savings. He ended up getting arrested after he took Gonzo and his chicken Camilla as "hostages" and he had a run in with Animal, who hung onto his leg until the police were able to get a hold on him.

7. Which two Muppets did Martin Price try to take as hostages?

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Answer: Gonzo and Camilla

Martin Price, played by Dabney Coleman, was really con-artist Murray Plotsky, who was caught while attempting to extort the Muppets of their money. He grabbed Camilla by the neck, and when Gonzo pleaded with Martin (or Murray) to take him instead, he grabbed him by the nose and took him as well! Animal attacked him and Camilla started biting his ear until he finally gave up and was taken into custody by police.

8. Who directed "The Muppets Take Manhattan"?

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Answer: Frank Oz

This was Muppet performer Oz's first and last Muppet directorial work.

9. What was the name of Gonzo's main chicken friend?

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Answer: Camilla

Camilla is the name of Gonzo's favorite chicken. After they had a run in with Martin Price, Camilla was having breathing problems and when Gonzo revived her, Piggy asked "Gonzo, is Camilla alright?" and he replied "Yeah, but I think we're engaged".

10. When the Muppets broke away to go find jobs, which one, besides Kermit, never leaves town?

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Answer: Miss Piggy

Miss Piggy made like she left town, but stayed behind and got a job at a department store as a makeup clerk AND to spy on Kermit, because she was jealous that Kermit was spending too much time with Jenny, the waitress at the coffee shop they called headquarters and who would become the play's fashion designer.

11. Who played Ronnie Crawford?

From Quiz "The Muppets Take Manhattan": The Quiz

Answer: Lonny Price

Price later co-wrote, directed, and starred in the musical "A Class Act". Perhaps his work in "Manhattan Melodies" was his inspiration.

12. In the movie Kermit becomes good friends with a girl. What was her name?

From Quiz The Muppets Take Manhattan

Answer: Jenny

Jenny is the daughter of Pete, the restaurant owner. She and Kermit become good friends and she ends up designing the costumes for his show. Piggy is very jealous of Jenny at first, but after she sees that Jenny is just helping Kermit with the show, she then sees her as a friend also.

13. Scooter wound up working as a movie theater usher in what Ohio city?

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Answer: Cleveland

14. The actor who played Pete, Louis Zorich, appeared in another screen musical. What was it?

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Answer: Fiddler on the Roof

Zorich played the Constable in 1971's "Fiddler on the Roof".

15. What is the name of the restaurant that Kermit and Piggy eventually both work at?

From Quiz The Muppets Take Manhattan

Answer: Pete's

Pete's is the restaraunt that both Kermit and Piggy both eventually work at. It is also the work place of Rizzo, the rat. Eventually he gets Pete to hire his other rat friends, whose names are Chester, Masterson, Tatooey, and Yolanda.

16. How many times did Lew Zealand see "Attack of the Killer Fish" previously?

From Quiz The Muppets Take Manhattan

Answer: 97

Hence why he didn't need his 3D glasses Scooter offered him. He throws his infamous boomerang fish toward the screen to REALLY bring out the effect of the movie.

17. What was the name of the talent agent in the 'If you can't beat 'em, join 'em' plan?

From Quiz "The Muppets Take Manhattan": The Quiz

Answer: Leonard Winesop

John Landis played Leonard Winesop.

18. What is the name of the main rat in the movie?

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Answer: Rizzo

Rizzo is the name of the rat that is a waiter at Pete's. Rizzo eventually has to work in the kitchen with the other rats because the customers were complaining about having rats for waiters.

19. What was the name of the female bear that cuddled up to Fozzie?

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Answer: Beth

Fozzie chose to hibernate in Maine somewhere after his job didn't work out as well as he hoped for. However, he couldn't get to sleep, and neither could Beth, a female bear laying next to him who chose to cuddle up to him, much to his agony apparently.

20. What was the name of the TV spin-off of "The Muppets Take Manhattan"?

From Quiz "The Muppets Take Manhattan": The Quiz

Answer: Muppet Babies

"Muppet Babies" debuted September 15, 1984.

21. From the observation deck of what New York skyscraper did Kermit make his "the frog is staying" announcement?

From Quiz The Muppets Take Manhattan

Answer: Empire State Building

The building they showed ad nauseum was the Empire State Building. The lights of the Chrysler Building can barely be seen while Kermit was on the Empire State Building's observation deck. The World Trade Center towers were NEVER shown in the movie, even though they did exist at the time.

22. Who ends up producing Kermit's show?

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Answer: Ronnie Crawford

Ronnie Crawford produces "Manhattan Melodies", with the help of his father Bernard Crawford. "Manhattan Melodies" is the first show that Ronnie is producing. I think he did a good job.

23. In Gonzo's aquacade act, Camilla and the other chickens did the "William Tell Overture" in the singing style of what singer?

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Answer: Tony Bennett

It was part of Gonzo's act while working for an traveling aquacade somewhere in Michigan. Just before his part of the act was to happen, the streamers on his helmet blew up and onto his face, then the boat took off and took him with it without his skis.

24. Who met the Swedish Chef at his or her job?

From Quiz "The Muppets Take Manhattan": The Quiz

Answer: Scooter

Scooter met the Swedish Chef working at the 3-D movie theatre.

25. What happened to Kermit that caused him to get amnesia?

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Answer: he got hit by a car

Kermit got hit by the car two weeks before the show was to be on Broadway. The gang didn't find him until he came into Pete's to eat with his new friends Bill, Gill and Jill. Kermit gave himself the name Phil and worked in advertising for Ocean Breeze soap. Piggy ended up knocking his memory back into him just before the show was to begin.

26. At Sardi's, which actress's picture did Kermit put his picture in place of?

From Quiz The Muppets Take Manhattan

Answer: Liza Minelli

He chose her picture to replace with his, while the rats went off to start the whisper gossip. All was going well, until at the same time, Liza herself appeared and wondered why her picture was replaced with "a frog", and the rats' taste buds overtook them and they surfaced for food and caused a riot. Joan Rivers appeared as Eileen, Miss Piggy's coworker at the makeup counter, who made her over a little too much and got the both of them fired. Brooke Shields made a cameo appearance as a customer in the coffee shop whom one of the rats wanted. Raquel Welch didn't make an appearance in this movie.

27. What name did Kermit go by after getting amnesia?

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Answer: Phil

He went by Phil, after getting the idea from a sign next to him which said "fill 'er up", then was introduced to Bill, Gil and Jill at the Mad Ave Advertising agency, who took him in, and after he gave a good idea for a new slogan for Ocean Breeze soap, gave him a job.

28. Who was the first of the Muppet gang to see Kermit after he got amnesia and went missing?

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Answer: Gonzo

Kermit (aka Phil), Bill, Gil, and Jill came into the coffee shop while nobody was looking up, and after Kermit (or Phil) played a small melody on the glasses of water that sounded like one of their songs, a number of them looked over into their booth, but only saw two of the other three frogs and sat back down. Then Gonzo looked around the seat back and actually saw Kermit, then Miss Piggy took a look and practically football tackled him hugging him. Then, realizing something was wrong with Kermit, they all took him to the theater to try to snap him out of it.

29. What did Kermit do about the rest of the unknown Muppets in the movie?

From Quiz The Muppets Take Manhattan

Answer: Put them in the show

Fozzie asked if they could watch from backstage, and Kermit said, "No! No, you cannot watch the show from backstage. THAT'S IT! That's what's missing from the script! That's what we need; MORE frogs, and dogs, bears, and chickens, and...whatever! So you're not gonna watch the show, YOU'RE GONNA BE IN THE SHOW! C'MON GUYS!"

30. Who did Kermit think was supposed to play the minister?

From Quiz The Muppets Take Manhattan

Answer: Gonzo

Kermit: "Piggy, I thought Gonzo was supposed to play the minister." Piggy: "Ha-haaaaaa!" (i.e. "Wrong answer!") Thank you for taking my quiz!

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