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Quiz about Odd Couple Oddities
Quiz about Odd Couple Oddities

"Odd Couple" Oddities Trivia Quiz


A quiz on Neil Simon's hilarious play/movie, "The Odd Couple," created by me and my mother, who played Cecily in a stage production in 1977!

A multiple-choice quiz by GabriellaGal. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
GabriellaGal
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
321,319
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
447
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 24 (9/10), Guest 67 (8/10), Guest 108 (9/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Which lead male actor was in both the play and the movie? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Neil Simon wrote the play and screenplay. Another famous Neal wrote the music for the movie. (Note the different spelling!) Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. What are the first names of The Pigeon Sisters? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. What does Felix ask his poker buddies to please make sure to use? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. After Oscar throws the spaghetti - I mean, the linguine - on the wall, what does he say it is now? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. What does Oscar do for a living? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. What are Felix and Oscar's ex-wives' names, respectively? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. The poker-playing cop's name is Murray.


Question 9 of 10
9. "We're all out of _____, FU". What's missing? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Finally - In "The Odd Couple," the guys play poker. In the FEMALE version, originally starring Sally Struthers and Rita Moreno, the girls play what? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Which lead male actor was in both the play and the movie?

Answer: Walter Matthau

Walter Matthau portrayed Oscar Madison in both the movie and the stage play, and on Broadway was later replaced by Jack Klugman, who reprised the role in the "The Odd Couple" TV series.
2. Neil Simon wrote the play and screenplay. Another famous Neal wrote the music for the movie. (Note the different spelling!)

Answer: Hefti

Neal Hefti wrote the music, and received two Grammy nominations for his work on the television series of the same name. Neal Innes was another composer, Neil Patrick Harris is a prominent actor onstage and onscreen, and Neil Armstrong is an astronaut!
3. What are the first names of The Pigeon Sisters?

Answer: Gwendolyn and Cecily

Is it Cecily and Gwendolyn or Gwendolyn and Cecily?
4. What does Felix ask his poker buddies to please make sure to use?

Answer: coasters

It leaves little rings on the table!
5. After Oscar throws the spaghetti - I mean, the linguine - on the wall, what does he say it is now?

Answer: garbage

To which Felix replies: "I'm not cleaning that up."
6. What does Oscar do for a living?

Answer: Sportswriter

Felix is a newswriter, and finds yet another way to irritate Oscar by phoning him in the middle of a triple-play at a baseball game. It was "an emergency."
7. What are Felix and Oscar's ex-wives' names, respectively?

Answer: Frances and Blanche

"Goodnight, Frances."
"...Goodnight, Blanche."
8. The poker-playing cop's name is Murray.

Answer: True

In the movie, Murray was played by Herb Edelman, perhaps best known as Dorothy's ex-husband Stan on "The Golden Girls."
"Hi, it's me, Stan!"
9. "We're all out of _____, FU". What's missing?

Answer: corn flakes

"It took me three hours to figure out 'FU' meant 'Felix Ungar!'"
Oscar really can't stand little notes on his pillow.
10. Finally - In "The Odd Couple," the guys play poker. In the FEMALE version, originally starring Sally Struthers and Rita Moreno, the girls play what?

Answer: Trivial Pursuit

Trivial Pursuit was at the height of its popularity at the time. Neil Simon also wrote the female version of his play considerably later than the original - in 1981, post-women's liberation.
Source: Author GabriellaGal

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