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1 In the movie, "Young Frankenstein", who utters the line, "Walk this way"?
Answer: Igor

Dr. Frankenstein has just arrived in Transylvania and has met his new assistant, Igor. As Igor and Dr. Frankenstein depart the train station and walk to the wagon, Igor instructs the Doctor to "Walk this way", using Igor's short cane.
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2 "Pardon me boy, is this the Transylvania station?" Who says this?
Answer: Frederick Frankenstein

He says this when he is on a train going to Transylvania. He meets Igor while here. "Yah, Yah, track 29. Oh, can I give you a shine?"
3 Who directed "Young Frankenstein"?
Answer: Mel Brooks

Mel also co-wrote the screenplay with Gene Wilder.
4 The person who brought Dr. Frankenstein the will was Gerhardt _______?
Answer: Falkstein

The will was from the Doctor's great grandfather, Baron Bofort Von Frankenstein.
5 When the Doctor accidentally stabbed himself during a lecture with a scalpel, where was the stab wound?
Answer: Thigh

A student had the gall to suggest that his grandfather's work on dead bodies had merit, and the Doctor learned a valuable lesson about waving a knife around while on a rant.
6 Who directed 'Young Frankenstein'?
Answer: Mel Brooks

Mel Brooks also directed (and starred in) the 'Star Wars' movie spoof 'Spaceballs'.
7 The movie "Young Frankenstein" is full of double-entendres. Who says, "What knockers"?
Answer: Frederick Frankenstein

As Dr. Frankenstein helps Inga out of the cart, Igor is using huge doorknockers to announce their arrival at the Castle. The Doctor utters, "What knockers." Inga replies, "Oh, thank you Doctor."
8 Who says, "My grandfather used to work for your grandfather"?
Answer: Igor

He says this when they meet at the station. "It's pronounced Eye-gor."
9 What year was the movie released?
Answer: 1974

The exact release date escapes me.
10 Which character asked the Doctor if he 'would like to have a roll in the hay'?
Answer: Inga

It was very smart of Herr Falkstein to realize that the Doctor would need a laboratory assistant.
11 What was the track number that the train stopped on at the Transylvania Station?
Answer: 29

The dialogue in the scene was a play on words taken from the Glenn Miller hit 'Chattanooga Choo Choo', complete with a shoeshine boy at the stop for the Doctor to ask where the train was.
12 Who wrote the screenplay for 'Young Frankenstein'?
Answer: Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder

Gene Wilder came up with the idea of a Frankenstein spoof first, but Brooks helped with the script.
13 In the movie, "Young Frankenstein", one of the stars actually suffered from a thyroid condition known as Graves' disease. This provides a perfect opportunity for someone to say, "Damn your eyes." Who says it?
Answer: Frederick Frankenstein

Dr. Frankenstein, Igor, and Inga are exploring the castle. They enter a dark room. After Igor notices two lightswitches, Dr. Frankenstein flips one of them causing a shower of sparks. The Doctor then damns Igor's eyes, to which Igor replies, "Too late."
14 Who says, "Suit yourself, I'm easy"?
Answer: Igor

He says this when they are approaching the castle. "There wolf. There castle."
15 Here's some dialogue from the movie : 'Now listen to me very carefully. Don't put the candle back. With all of your might, shove against the other side of the bookcase. Is that perfectly clear?' Who said it?
Answer: The Doctor

The Doctor said this in a pained voice following a poorly thought out attempt to block the door to the secret passage with his body.
16 What part of Igor's body kept changing during the movie?
Answer: Hump

The Doctor never could quite figure out what was going on with that hump.
17 What was unusual about Igor's hump?
Answer: it moved from one side to the other

Surely one of the funniest scenes in the movie is when Fredrick realizes Igor's hump has changed sides!
18 The movie, "Young Frankenstein", gives the actors ample opportunty to impersonate other comedians. Who says, "Certainly. You take the blonde, I'll take the one in the turban," in a Groucho Marx voice?
Answer: Igor

When Elizabeth arrives at the castle, Dr. Frankenstein asks Igor to help him with the bags. Igor responds with the quoted line, then attacks Elizabeth's fox wrap.
19 Who says, "Destiny! Destiny! No escaping this for me! Destiny! Destiny! No escaping this for me!"?
Answer: Frederick

When he's dreaming, he screams this. Then he wakes up and finds Inga. They hear a strange noise from "behind ze bookcase".
20 Which character smoked cigars?
Answer: Frau Blucher

When the others were searching in the lab for the person who was playing music, she barely had time to put out her cigar and get away before they could find her.
21 Whose last name, when spoken, caused lightning and thunder to occur, and scared the horses?
Answer: Blucher

The effect even worked indoors away from the horses, when the Doctor asked her to leave after turning down an offer of a late evening drink of Ovaltine.
22 Who plays the old blind man who invites the Monster into his cottage?
Answer: Gene Hackman

When Hackman found out about the movie, he asked to be given a part in it.
23 In the movie, "Young Frankenstein", there are interesting discussions around the dinner table. During one discussion, who says, "He vould have an enormous schwanzstucker."?
Answer: Inga

After discussing how the monster's proportions would be larger, Inga utters, "He vould have an enormous schwanzstucker." The Doctor responds, "That goes without saying."
24 Who says, "I...ain't got nobody...and nobody cares for me!"?
Answer: Igor

When Inga and Frederick find an odd room, they look at skulls. They keep looking until they find one named "Freshly Dead", and right away, Igor sings this. It is one of the funniest parts of the movie. Frederick: "Igor!" Igor: "Frederick!" Then they find his grandfather's library and they want to make the monster.
25 OK. Here's the hard one. Mel Brooks wanted to use the original equipment from the original "Frankenstein" movie. Who was the man that he had to find for the equipment?
Answer: Kenneth Strickfaden

This is interesting. Mel Brooks wanted authenticity for his film so he called up 75-year-old Kenneth Strickfaden, who just happened to have the equipment collecting dust in his garage. He even made some new equipment exclusively for the movie.