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Quiz about Things You Should Never Say to a Gorilla
Quiz about Things You Should Never Say to a Gorilla

Things You Should Never Say to a Gorilla Quiz


A quiz on funny, insulting things people have said, that, if said to a gorilla, could result in severe trauma. And not on the part of the gorilla.

A multiple-choice quiz by MusicalMan90. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
MusicalMan90
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
326,462
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
6 / 10
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688
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Question 1 of 10
1. Who described Buddy Holly as "The biggest no-talent I ever worked with"? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Charles Laughton, the English stage and film actor with a film career spanning four decades, once described his face as looking like what? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Tony Curtis described kissing who as like "kissing Hitler"? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Which of the Marx Brothers famously said "I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it"? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Which funny man was always considered to be less funny than his siblings, with his mother once saying "Don't try to be so funny, Michael!"? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. While casting for a movie, this well-known actor was approached by the directing team and told, "We wanted your character to be one of the dumbest ever- and we thought of you!" Who were the two parties involved, and what movie was it? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Which rock star defied career advisers, saying "I never completed high school, and I am rich and very successful"? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Which famous traveller once said, "Germans are flummoxed by humor, the Swiss have no concept of fun, the Spanish think there is nothing at all ridiculous about eating dinner at midnight, and the Italians should never, ever have been let in on the invention of the motor car"? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. About which country did Richard Brenner say, "It is so square that even the female impersonators are women"? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. And which psychiatrist said about the Irish, "They are a race of people for whom psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever"? Hint



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1. Who described Buddy Holly as "The biggest no-talent I ever worked with"?

Answer: Paul Cohen

Paul Cohen was a country music producer who worked for Decca records. Holly was signed to them on a one-year contract in 1956, which was not renewed a year later, though he did sign for a subsidiary company, Coral Records in 1957.

All the others were collaborators with Holly, Berry and Montgomery as performers, and Owen Bradley was the producer on his track "That'll Be the Day"
2. Charles Laughton, the English stage and film actor with a film career spanning four decades, once described his face as looking like what?

Answer: An elephant's behind

Born on July 1, 1899, Laughton starred in such films as "Les Miserables" (1935), "Mutiny on the Bounty" (1935), and "Spartacus" (1960). Though initially renowned for his stage work, he was an early pioneer into other media, such as radio and television at a time when film actors were not taken particularly seriously.
3. Tony Curtis described kissing who as like "kissing Hitler"?

Answer: Marilyn Monroe

Tony Curtis was born Bernard Schwartz on June 3, 1925, in New York. He has appeared in over 100 films, including "The Defiant Ones" (1958), "Some Like it Hot" (1958), and "The Count of Monte Cristo" (1975)

He had a brief relationship with Marilyn Monroe in 1949, which he details in his autobiography "American Prince: A Memoir", and has been married to Janet Leigh and Christine Kaufmann.
4. Which of the Marx Brothers famously said "I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it"?

Answer: Groucho

Groucho Marx was the third oldest of the Marx brothers, born Julius Henry Marx on October 2, 1890. After a "hopelessly average" career as a boy singer, his mother joined him and his brothers together as a vaudeville singing group, known as "The Four Nightingales". They were the first vaudeville act to perform on the Broadway circuit.

Groucho was distinctive for his heavy greasepaint eyebrows and moustache, ever-present cigar, and rapid-fire wisecracks.
5. Which funny man was always considered to be less funny than his siblings, with his mother once saying "Don't try to be so funny, Michael!"?

Answer: Mike Myers

Mike Myers, creator of Austin Powers and voice of Shrek, was a long-time cast member of "Saturday Night Live" in the 1980's and 1990's, before moving into films. He was born on May 25, 1963 to English parents in Ontario, Canada.

He later described the moment where he first made his house laugh, at the age of 11, as one of the "best moments of his life".
6. While casting for a movie, this well-known actor was approached by the directing team and told, "We wanted your character to be one of the dumbest ever- and we thought of you!" Who were the two parties involved, and what movie was it?

Answer: The Coen Brothers, George Clooney, "O Brother, Where Art Thou"

George Clooney starred in this loose parody of Homer's Odyssey. He has also starred in such films as "Batman and Robin" (1997), Out of Sight (1998), and "Ocean's 11" (2001), as well as turning his hand to direction in recent years.

The Coen Brothers are known in the industry as "The two-headed director" as it is said that actors can approach either brother with a question and get the same answer.
7. Which rock star defied career advisers, saying "I never completed high school, and I am rich and very successful"?

Answer: Tre Cool

Tre Cool, drummer with Californian punk band "Green Day", was born with the rather less "cool" name of Frank Edwin Wright III, on 9 December, 1972. The son of a Vietnam veteran, who also served as the driver on Green Day's first three tours, Cool is the only man to have scaled the Universal Globe outside Universal Studios, after Green Day won a "Moon Man" trophy in 1998.

He is famous for burning his drum kit, live on stage, after every show on the band's "Warning" tour, and for giving away as trophies any cymbals he cracks during live shows.
8. Which famous traveller once said, "Germans are flummoxed by humor, the Swiss have no concept of fun, the Spanish think there is nothing at all ridiculous about eating dinner at midnight, and the Italians should never, ever have been let in on the invention of the motor car"?

Answer: Bill Bryson

Bill Bryson is an American travel writer who lived for a great deal of time in the UK. He has published such books as "Notes from a Small Island" (1995), "I'm a Stranger Here Myself" (1999), and "Down Under" (2000)

A similarly humorous quote comes from David Frost and Anthony Jay, "There have been many definitions of hell, but for the English the best definition is that it is the place where the Germans are the police, the Swedish are the comedians, the Italians are the defense force, Frenchmen dig the roads, the Belgians are the pop singers, the Spanish run the railways, the Turks cook the food, the Irish are the waiters, the Greeks run the government, and the common language is Dutch."
9. About which country did Richard Brenner say, "It is so square that even the female impersonators are women"?

Answer: Canada

Richard Brenner produced the 2006 film "Final Destination 3", and currently resides in the UK.

Henry David Thoreau also said about Canada, in 1853, "I fear that I have not got much to say about Canada, not having seen much; what I got by going to Canada was a cold."
10. And which psychiatrist said about the Irish, "They are a race of people for whom psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever"?

Answer: Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist who founded the psychoanalytic method of psychiatry. He is perhaps best remembered for his theories about the unconscious mind, from where we get the term "a Freudian slip".

Despite this, Ireland has produced some very famous figures, such as George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde, and Samuel Beckett.
Source: Author MusicalMan90

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