I Smell a Rat Trivia Quiz

Answer: Trying to win back their girlfriends

Brodie (Jason Lee) was dumped by his girlfriend Rene because she was tired of sneaking in and out of house only to watch him play video games all night. TS (Jeremy London) and his girlfriend Brandi broke up because of tensions between TS and Brandi's father.

The two girlfriend-less friends headed to the mall to drown their sorrows, and while there, began working on plans to win back their girls. They succeeded after appearing on a game show, "Truth or Date", that was being filmed in the mall.

Answer: Ratt

Ratt, from California, was a popular band in the 1980s, and has tried to keep its success going over the years. "Wanted Man" was from the album "Out of the Cellar"(1984) and was used in the film "Weird Science"(1985). "Round and Round" was the band's most successful single, and was also originally found on "Out of the Cellar".

It won a spot on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of the '80s" list, at number 51.

Answer: Pickles

"Rugrats" premiered on Nickelodeon in 1991 and aired until 2004. The show, its spinoffs "All Grown Up!" and "Angelica and Susie's Pre-School Daze", and three theatrical films, featured a toddler named Tommy Pickles and his friends, and his parents, Stu and Didi Pickles, and their friends.

Other regular characters on the show included Chuckie Finster and his father Chaz, Tommy's cousin Angelica Pickles and her parents Drew and Charlotte, Tommy's baby brother Dil, Susie Carmichael, and the twins Phil and Lil DeVille

Answer: Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Brian Backer played Mark "Rat" Ratner in the 1982 film "Fast Times at Ridgemont High". Mark Ratner was one of the main male characters in the film, a young 'good guy' type who worked hard at his part-time job and was in love with Stacy Hamilton (played by Jennifer Jason Leigh).

His budding relationship with Stacy went a little haywire when she became involved with Rat's friend Mike Damone, but they sorted it out and got together by the end of the film.

Answer: Told someone what he did

To rat someone out, or to rat on them, means that you tattle-tell on them. A 'rat' can also be a slang term for a police informant. These terms date back to the Prohibition era.

Answer: False

Mice belong to the genus Mus. They are taxonomically similar and both mice and rats (of the genus Rattus) belong to the superfamily Muroidea and the family Muridae. Generally speaking, rats tend to be bigger than mice but this is not necessarily true of every species of each (i.e. some species of rat may be smaller than certain species of mice).

In Ancient Rome, there was not a word to differentiate between the two rodents, and they were called Mus Maximus and Mus Minimus.

Answer: True

There are twelve animals in the Chinese Zodiac. In blocks of twelve years, each of these animals represents one year. The Year of the Rat occurs first in the cycle. People who are born in a Year of the Rat are said to have some of the same characteristics as rats, including being hardworking, scheming, and meticulous.

Answer: The Summit

By the mid-1960s, the media referred to the group, including Joey Bishop and Peter Lawford, in addition to Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr., as 'the Rat Pack'. However, they called themselves 'the Summit' or 'the Clan'. Some titles of their albums reflect this preference: "The Clan in Chicago, Live at the Villa Venice, Chicago 1962"(released 1993) and "Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr. - The Summit in Concert 1962"(released 1999).

Answer: Stewed vegetables

Common ingredients in the French Provençal side or main dish include tomatoes, zucchini, garden peppers, eggplant and herbs (often basil). There is debate among French chefs, even the traditionalists, as to how ratatouille should be prepared. Many believe that all the vegetables may just be thrown into a pot and stewed together then dished out, while others feel that the dish must be presented as a layered casserole.

Answer: Helen Hunt

John Cleese played Donald Sinclair, a man with more money than things to spend it on. He created the race as a form of entertainment for himself and his Las Vegas buddies--they were betting on which participant would reach the money, locked in a train station locker in another town, first. Whoopi Goldberg and Rowan Atkinson played two of the racers, Vera Baker and Enrico Pollini. Vera had the help of her biological daughter (whom she'd just met shortly before the race) and Enrico was hindered by the fact that he had narcolepsy--he in fact reached the train station first, but fell asleep before he could unlock the cash.

Some of the other racers were played by Jon Lovitz, Kathy Najimy, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Seth Green and Breckin Meyer.