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6 Mel Brooks quizzes and 55 Mel Brooks trivia questions.
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  Mel Brooks Movie Quotes   top quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Can you match these quotes with the ten different Mel Brooks movies from which they come?
Easier, 10 Qns, stedman, Dec 12 20
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stedman editor
Dec 12 20
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  Multiple Choice Quiz about Mel Brooks Movies   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quiz about some of Mel Brooks' movies. I'll provide clues about the movie and you name the movie.
Easier, 10 Qns, jingoism911, Apr 18 15
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  Mel Brooks and His Movies   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Mel Brooks himself once said "We rise below vulgarity". He was not one to let good taste get in the way of something he considered funny.
Average, 10 Qns, Pick61, Aug 16 12
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Pick61
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  Take this Mel Brooks Movies Quiz    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
From what Mel Brooks movies do these quotes come from?
Average, 10 Qns, awkins, Oct 16 01
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awkins
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  Quotes from Mel's Movies    
Multiple Choice
 5 Qns
Just name the movie in which the quote was said. Forgive me if I didn't say the whole quote, and have fun!
Average, 5 Qns, Skippygirl, Aug 05 07
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Skippygirl
2886 plays
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  Fill in the Quote: Mel Brooks    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I'll give a quote, you fill in the blank. I'll tell what movie it's from.
Difficult, 10 Qns, youngjewdork04, May 29 08
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youngjewdork04
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trivia question Quick Question
The children of the night.. what a mess they make?

From Quiz "Mel Brooks Movies"





Mel Brooks Trivia Questions
1. Who uttered the line 'Hump? What hump?' in "Young Frankenstein"?

From Quiz Mel Brooks and His Movies

Answer: Igor

This was in response to a comment by Young Frankenstein, saying that he was a doctor, and could fix the very prominent hump in Igor's back. Frau Blucher, played by Cloris Leachman, was the housekeeper at the castle.

2. A hilarious parody of a horror movie with Gene Wilder as the main character.

From Quiz Mel Brooks Movies

Answer: Young Frankenstein

Released in 1974, Gene Wilder plays Dr. Frankenstein and features a Mel Brooks usual with Madeline Kahn, and also has Gene Hackman.

3. "Those who are tardy do not get a _____ ________."

From Quiz Fill in the Quote: Mel Brooks

Answer: fruit cup

("High Anxiety") Nurse Diesel scares me. She says this to the general public when telling Dr. Thorndyke about dinner.

4. 'Renfield, I've told you before. I fly, you don't.' 'Oh, yes, of course.'?

From Quiz Quotes from Mel's Movies

Answer: Dracula Dead and Loving it

5. In the movie "Spaceballs", Princess Vespa could only marry a genuine prince. The only prince that could be found at first was named what?

From Quiz Mel Brooks and His Movies

Answer: Prince Valium

Played by Jm J. Bullock, Prince Valium yawned constantly and showed all the signs of the sleep disorder narcolepsy. She didn't love him, but Princess Vespa was resigned to marrying him to please her father.

6. A comedy about a bet between two rich men, with Mel Brooks as the main character.

From Quiz Mel Brooks Movies

Answer: Life Stinks

Released in 1991, this comedy features Mel Brooks, Jeffrey Tambor, and Lesley Ann Warren.

7. "Now, _______ I want you to take this message to the village as fast as you can."

From Quiz Fill in the Quote: Mel Brooks

Answer: Mickey & Micky

("Robin Hood: Men in Tights") "Why don't we fox them?" The man at "12th Century Fox" sends Mickey to the villagers with an important message.

8. 'Don't even think about it, mister! This is a Mercedes!'?

From Quiz Quotes from Mel's Movies

Answer: Space Balls & Spaceballs

9. Gene Wilder was not the first choice for the role of the alcoholic, ex gun-fighter, the Waco Kid, in 1974's "Blazing Saddles". Who was the actor who was originally hired to play the role?

From Quiz Mel Brooks and His Movies

Answer: Gig Young

Young was let go after the first day of shooting, due to either illness or his problems with alcohol. Gig Young is perhaps best remembered for his role in the 1969 movie "They Shoot Horses, Don't They", for which he won an Academy Award. Wilder agreed to do the role contingent upon Brooks giving consideration to another project in which Wilder was interested, a sendup of the 1931 classic "Frankenstein". Thus, another classic was born, "Young Frankenstein".

10. A comedy about two men who try to make money off a musical that will surely flop.

From Quiz Mel Brooks Movies

Answer: The Producers

Released in 1968, it has become a famous Broadway play. The movie featured Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder.

11. (paraphrased but this word is for sure) "Renfield bent the bars of his cell like they were ______."

From Quiz Fill in the Quote: Mel Brooks

Answer: cheese

("Dracula: Dead and Loving It") When the characters are mulling over who the vampire is.

12. In which movie did we hear this line delivered? "You men come with me. The rest of you run with Mucus."

From Quiz Mel Brooks and His Movies

Answer: History of the World, Part I

It was delivered by a Centurian Guard (Shecky Greene) who was leading a foot chase to capture the stand up philosopher (Brooks) and an escaped slave (Gregory Hines).

13. A comedy about two men trying to find lost jewels in the new Soviet Union; hopefully before they kill each other.

From Quiz Mel Brooks Movies

Answer: The Twelve Chairs

This comedy features Frank Langella, Ron Moody, Dom Deluise, and Mel Brooks.

14. "We need __ ______!"

From Quiz Fill in the Quote: Mel Brooks

Answer: a miracle

("History of the World: Part I") Miracle the horse showed up quite a lot.

15. "The Producers" (Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel) are looking for a sure fire flop to present on Broadway. The musical they choose is described as a "Gay romp with Adolf and Eva through Berchtesgarten." What was the name of this play?

From Quiz Mel Brooks and His Movies

Answer: Springtime for Hitler

They by far oversold shares in the play, assured that no one would expect any return for their investment in a flop. Their plan was ruined when the audience mistook it for a broad farce, and loved it. Their plans to then shut down the play included blowing up the theatre. One idea they rejected was just shooting all the actors. Wilder: "You can't just shoot the actors! They're not animals." Mostel: "Have you ever seen one eat?"

16. A comedy about a Polish actor and his actress wife who get caught up in a love triangle and World War II.

From Quiz Mel Brooks Movies

Answer: To Be or Not to Be

Released in 1983, this comedy features Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft.

17. "To tell you the truth, I was aiming for the ________."

From Quiz Fill in the Quote: Mel Brooks

Answer: hangman

("Robin Hood: Men in Tights") Atchoo shot the noose off of Robin's neck.

18. 'I am a Jew! Havah nagilah havah..'?

From Quiz Quotes from Mel's Movies

Answer: History of the World: Part One

that's funny..then the guard looked down his pants to see if he was circumsised.

19. Those who are tardy do not get fruit cup?

From Quiz Mel Brooks Movies

Answer: High Anxiety

Said by Nurse Diesel (Cloris Leachman)

20. A spoof of a George Lucas trilogy that features two heroes who travel in a special Winnebago.

From Quiz Mel Brooks Movies

Answer: Spaceballs

Released in 1987, this movie features Mel Brooks, Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman, John Candy, Daphne Zuniga, and features the voices of Dom Deluise and Joan Rivers.

21. "Gentlemen, you are about to witness your first ________."

From Quiz Fill in the Quote: Mel Brooks

Answer: autopsy

("Dracula: Dead and Loving It") Professor Van Helsing managed to get all 10 of his students to faint.

22. Don't get saucy with me, Bernaise?

From Quiz Mel Brooks Movies

Answer: History of the World: Part One

Said by Count De Monet (Harvey Korman)

23. A spoof about a do-gooder and his key to the greatest treasure in all the land.

From Quiz Mel Brooks Movies

Answer: Robin Hood; Men in Tights

Released in 1993, this spoof features Cary Elwes, Amy Yasbeck, Richard Lewis, Roger Rees, Dave Chapelle, Tracy Ullman, Dom DeLuise, Issac Hayes, and Mel Brooks as Rabbi Tuckman.

24. "Yah, yah, Track tventy nine. Oh, can I _____ ____ ____ _____?!"

From Quiz Fill in the Quote: Mel Brooks

Answer: give you a shine

("Young Frankenstein") The boy at the Transylvania train station shouts this to Frederick. It's a reference to a song.

25. For the sake of clarity and sanity, the rest of the movie will NOT be in Polish?

From Quiz Mel Brooks Movies

Answer: To Be or Not To Be

Said by the Announcer

26. In what film would you see a large assemblage of villians, right hands raised, solemnly taking an oath that began, "I pledge allegiance to Hedley Lamarr and to the evil for which he stands..."?

From Quiz Mel Brooks and His Movies

Answer: Blazing Saddles

This group was being formed to burn down the town of Ridge Rock, so that Lamarr (Harvey Korman) could grab the land upon which it stood. The villians included klansmen, Nazi soldiers, Mexican bandits and every other description of bad guy imaginable.

27. This is a spoof about life in the old west.

From Quiz Mel Brooks Movies

Answer: Blazing Saddles

Released in 1974, this comedy features Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn, and Mel Brooks.

28. "He rode a blazing saddle; He wore __ ________ _____."

From Quiz Fill in the Quote: Mel Brooks

Answer: a shining star

The "Blazing Saddles" theme song!

29. What's the matter Colonel Sandurz? Chicken?

From Quiz Mel Brooks Movies

Answer: Spaceballs

Said by Lord Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis)

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