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Quiz about The Matter with My Vacuum
Quiz about The Matter with My Vacuum

The Matter with My Vacuum Trivia Quiz


Some people, viewed to be not too smart, are called "vacuum-heads", meaning no-brains. Here are ten entertainers who "played dumb" in movies or television. There's nothing the matter with them!

A multiple-choice quiz by mpkitty. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
mpkitty
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
368,387
Updated
Nov 29 23
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
2141
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. This dumb-blonde played her character on a major 1960's TV show. Her character even admitted to Dean Martin, on his show, that she really was dumb;
not such a dumb move! The show that Goldie Hawn was such a hit on, was a weekly show consisting of sketches by regular characters, played by the cast, and also featured guest stars. Goldie Hawn was on which show?
Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. TV sit-com, "Three's Company", included a dizzy blonde named Christmas Snow.
She was usually known by a nickname, and was played by a newcomer who became very famous. She played dumb very well, but later authored several books.
Can you name her?
Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Do you remember "My Friend Irma"? It was a very popular radio show in the late 1940s. It was so popular, in fact, that it became a TV show as well as two movies.
It was about a dim-witted girl, her boyfriend and her girlfriend, who narrated the shows. What unforgettable actress played Irma?
Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Not only women play dumb, plenty of men do too. These two, a comedy star and a usually dramatic actor, made one of the funniest movies ever seen. This movie's title perfectly described the two character's mental abilities. Who played "Dumb and Dumber"? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Another pair who starred in many movies, were a grouchy straight man and a happy-go-lucky comic who appeared brainless. The straight man was tall and thin, while his partner was shorter and tubby. Two of their movie titles read "_______ and ________ meet the____". They were popular in 1940's movies and had a radio and a TV show . Enough hints? What comic team's most famous routine was, "Who's on First"? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Here was a zany trio to tickle your funny bone! Of the three characters in the act, two seemed a little smarter than the third, but they were all pretty stupid. Theirs was mostly physical comedy with fingers in eyes, bopping of heads, and falling/pushing into some kind of mess (ink, buckets of water etc,), you name it - they did it! Nyuk, Nyuk, Nyuk, who were these characters with funny haircuts? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. A famous American TV show of the 1990s, featured four silly people, one of the sincerest airheads was named George. His friends, Jerry, Elaine and Cosmo, also didn't seem so bright at times. What was George's last name? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. She was one of the great blonde bombshells and ditzy blondes of 1950s and 60s
Hollywood movies. Married to a prominent body-builder, she was also mother of a girl who became a TV star on one of the "Law and Order" TV series.
Among her best known movies were, "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter" (1957), and "The Girl Can't Help It" (1956).

Who was the star who died too soon in a car accident?
Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. The unforgettable star known as "The Platinum Blonde" was also in a 1931 movie of that name, platinum being a beautiful shade of white-blonde hair. She didn't
always play an air-head, but in one of her most famous roles, she did. She was hilarious in 1933's, "Dinner at Eight" as gold-digger, Kitty. She starred in many movies, but her career was cut short by her death in 1937.
Do you remember her name?

Answer: (Two Words, four and six letters)
Question 10 of 10
10. One of the earliest and greatest ditzy (but not a blonde) stars was originally in vaudeville, first with her sisters, and then with her husband. The husband and wife team's comedy was based on the daffy wife and the straight-man husband (he realized early that she was much funnier than he). Their team was known by both of their last names, and they later became popular in movies and on radio and television. Their famous sign-off line was George saying, "Say good night, Gracie", to which she would simply say, "Goodnight". Who was this famous team? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. This dumb-blonde played her character on a major 1960's TV show. Her character even admitted to Dean Martin, on his show, that she really was dumb; not such a dumb move! The show that Goldie Hawn was such a hit on, was a weekly show consisting of sketches by regular characters, played by the cast, and also featured guest stars. Goldie Hawn was on which show?

Answer: Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In

Goldie Hawn's appearances on "Laugh-In" made her a star. But in her career she proved many times that it was just an act; one at which she was very good!

Among her accomplishments were a Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1969 for "Cactus Flower", and a Best Actress nomination in 1980, for "Private Benjamin", which she also produced. She also published an autobiography in 2005,
"A Lotus Grows in the Mud".
2. TV sit-com, "Three's Company", included a dizzy blonde named Christmas Snow. She was usually known by a nickname, and was played by a newcomer who became very famous. She played dumb very well, but later authored several books. Can you name her?

Answer: Suzanne Somers

Before "Three's Company", Suzanne tried to break into show business by playing minor roles, finding fame as Chrissy Snow on the aforementioned show, in 1977.
That ended 5 years later in a feud with producers over money, and she moved on.

She was on many talk shows and in magazines ("Playboy"), was a Las Vegas entertainer, an infomercial spokesperson, and was on other TV shows. She wrote many books which brought controversy along with more fame and money - books such as "Ageless, The Naked Truth about Bioidentical Hormones", 2006, Crown Publishing Group.
3. Do you remember "My Friend Irma"? It was a very popular radio show in the late 1940s. It was so popular, in fact, that it became a TV show as well as two movies. It was about a dim-witted girl, her boyfriend and her girlfriend, who narrated the shows. What unforgettable actress played Irma?

Answer: Marie Wilson

That face! That voice! Who could ever forget them! Marie was a
beautiful woman with a knack for playing dumb blondes. She started in small movie parts as early as 1934, and progressed through the later 30s with bigger
roles. Then came her chance to perform on radio and TV, and the stage. Her last movie role was a memorable one in, "Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation", with Jimmie Stewart, a 1962 release.

Marie was awarded 3 stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one each for Radio, Television, and Motion Pictures.

Although she had a successful career, she was known to sometimes say that she regretted that she had been type-cast as a dumb-bunny, when really, she wasn't!
4. Not only women play dumb, plenty of men do too. These two, a comedy star and a usually dramatic actor, made one of the funniest movies ever seen. This movie's title perfectly described the two character's mental abilities. Who played "Dumb and Dumber"?

Answer: Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels

The main question many people had about this movie was, "Which one was dumb and which one was dumber"? As far as I'm concerned, it was a toss-up. The movie was a road trip movie about two mentally-challenged buddies, and the hilarious situations that surrounded them.

We could expect such shenanigans from the comedy of Jim Carrey, but the usually more dramatic Jeff Daniels was a surprise - he did comedy very well.

Among many Jim Carrey movies are "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" (1994), and "The Mask" (1994). Jeff Daniels has also made many movies, two of which are "Gettysburg" (1993), and "Something Wild" (1994).
Together they made "Dumb and Dumber" (1994) and "Dumb and Dumber To" (2014).
5. Another pair who starred in many movies, were a grouchy straight man and a happy-go-lucky comic who appeared brainless. The straight man was tall and thin, while his partner was shorter and tubby. Two of their movie titles read "_______ and ________ meet the____". They were popular in 1940's movies and had a radio and a TV show . Enough hints? What comic team's most famous routine was, "Who's on First"?

Answer: Abbott and Costello

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were a perfect comedy team, but some fans were surprised to find out that they didn't get along in their private lives. They didn't let that affect their professional partnership, though.

Both partners came from a burlesque background to become the best-loved comedy team in the 1940s and early 50s. They had many comedy routines they performed regularly. "Who's on First" is one of their best, with many versions of varying lengths. The routine was first played for a radio audience in 1938 and in burlesque before that. It was first seen in a movie in "One Night in the Tropics" (1940).

Many hit movies later, they made "Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein" (1948), and "Abbot and Costello meet the Invisible Man" (1951). Costello had a ball in both, acting scared in his silly way.

After health and other problems, the team dissolved their partnership in 1957.
6. Here was a zany trio to tickle your funny bone! Of the three characters in the act, two seemed a little smarter than the third, but they were all pretty stupid. Theirs was mostly physical comedy with fingers in eyes, bopping of heads, and falling/pushing into some kind of mess (ink, buckets of water etc,), you name it - they did it! Nyuk, Nyuk, Nyuk, who were these characters with funny haircuts?

Answer: The Three Stooges

The Three Stooges was a popular act from 1930 to 1975, Over the years. the first two Stooges were played by Moe Howard (with bangs) and Larry Fine (with wild curly hair). The third comic changed from time to time, with Shemp Howard and Jerome (Curly) Howard as the best known. Later, Joe Besser played the third man as well as Curly Jo DeRita. Other temporary comics were used at times for the role of the third Stooge.

Although they had success in many areas of show business, their greatest popularity was in the movie two-reeler shorts of the 1940s. The Howard boys were all deceased by 1975 when Moe and also Larry Fine, died.
7. A famous American TV show of the 1990s, featured four silly people, one of the sincerest airheads was named George. His friends, Jerry, Elaine and Cosmo, also didn't seem so bright at times. What was George's last name?

Answer: Costanza

On "Seinfeld", poor George Costanza couldn't catch a break. First, he had odd parents who he was embarrassed by, yet he lived with them. Also, his romances always turned sour. In one romance, George inadvertently killed his fiancée with bad glue - well, you had to be there. He was pretty much a loser.

George's portrayer was Jason Alexander, who was proficient in many areas of show-business; he wrote, he directed, he produced, as well as acted.
As an actor, I was particularly impressed when Jason played a very nasty creep in the TV show, "Criminal Minds". He was truly creepy. No loser was Jason Alexander!
8. She was one of the great blonde bombshells and ditzy blondes of 1950s and 60s Hollywood movies. Married to a prominent body-builder, she was also mother of a girl who became a TV star on one of the "Law and Order" TV series. Among her best known movies were, "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter" (1957), and "The Girl Can't Help It" (1956). Who was the star who died too soon in a car accident?

Answer: Jayne Mansfield

Jayne Mansfield won the Golden Globe award in 1957 for New Star of the Year. She was also a singer and, as her Hollywood star faded in the 1960s, she had successful nightclub acts and appeared on TV game shows, comedy and drama
shows.

Her famous child was Mariska Hargatay, whom Jayne had with second husband,
body-builder Mickey Hargatay. Jayne died in a 1967 car accident at the young age of 34.
9. The unforgettable star known as "The Platinum Blonde" was also in a 1931 movie of that name, platinum being a beautiful shade of white-blonde hair. She didn't always play an air-head, but in one of her most famous roles, she did. She was hilarious in 1933's, "Dinner at Eight" as gold-digger, Kitty. She starred in many movies, but her career was cut short by her death in 1937. Do you remember her name?

Answer: Jean Harlow

Jean Harlow, after some small parts in the late 1920s, became a star in Howard Hughes' film, "Hell's Angels" (1930)), then became a major star at MGM, starting in 1932. In her career at MGM, she won much acclaim and co-starred
with the studio's biggest male stars; three movies with Spencer Tracy, and six with Clark Gable. She was making "Saratoga" with Clark Gable in 1937 when she fell ill. At first, her condition was misdiagnosed and her condition became worse. She died in 1937 of cerebral edema caused by kidney failure, at age 26.
"Saratoga" was finished with three doubles and it became a big hit, it's popularity was increased by her death.
10. One of the earliest and greatest ditzy (but not a blonde) stars was originally in vaudeville, first with her sisters, and then with her husband. The husband and wife team's comedy was based on the daffy wife and the straight-man husband (he realized early that she was much funnier than he). Their team was known by both of their last names, and they later became popular in movies and on radio and television. Their famous sign-off line was George saying, "Say good night, Gracie", to which she would simply say, "Goodnight". Who was this famous team?

Answer: Burns and Allen

George and Gracie met in 1922, formed a team and married in 1927. They were a loyal team and stayed together until her death, and beyond. The loveable pair excelled in all major areas of show business. The pair was honored by a star
on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and were inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1988.

Gracie died of heart disease in 1964, and George died 32 years later, at age 100. After Gracie died George remained loyal, flowers were placed on her grave every day and George visited every week. After George died, he was interred next to her, and their headstone reads, "Gracie Allen and George Burns - Together Again".
Source: Author mpkitty

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