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  Black And White Heroes   best quiz  
Collection Quiz
 16 Qns
Laurel and Hardy or Chaplin?
Laurel and Hardy and Charlie Chaplin all successfully made the transition from silent to talking pictures. But can you pick out the sixteen Laurel and Hardy films from this list, while avoiding the seven Chaplin ones?
Easier, 16 Qns, stedman, Mar 02 24
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Mar 02 24
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  A Laurel and Hardy Miscellany   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A miscellaneous set of questions about one of the best loved comedy teams in the history of the cinema.
Average, 10 Qns, Jim_J, Nov 24 23
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Nov 24 23
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  Laurel & Hardy - A Tribute to the Boys   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
This is a quiz about one of the greatest comedy teams ever! It deals mostly with their films. I'll give you a plot and you tell me which film it's from. Good luck!
Average, 15 Qns, kennell, Sep 26 19
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Sep 26 19
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  The Lives and Movies of Laurel & Hardy   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz covers the lives and movies of comedy duo Laurel and Hardy. Good luck!
Tough, 10 Qns, Velvet_Rain, Dec 31 07
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  Life and Times of Laurel and Hardy    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz has questions pertaining to the lives of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy aka 'Stan and Ollie', 'Laurel and Hardy'. Have fun!
Tough, 10 Qns, NalaMarie, Jun 27 08
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  Laurel and Hardy Movies    
Multiple Choice
 5 Qns
I'll briefly describe a Laurel and Hardy movie, you choose which movie it is, hope you like it!
Average, 5 Qns, gamemaker, Feb 03 07
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trivia question Quick Question
What was Stan Laurel's birth name?

From Quiz "The Lives and Movies of Laurel & Hardy"





Laurel & Hardy Trivia Questions
1. What was Stan Laurel's birth name?

From Quiz The Lives and Movies of Laurel & Hardy

Answer: Arthur Stanley Jefferson

Stan Laurel was born Arthur Stanley Jefferson on the 16th of June 1890 in Ulverston, England. His parents (Arthur and Margaret) were both active in the theatre.

2. In which film did our heroes think that they were drunk, when they really drank cold tea?

From Quiz Laurel & Hardy - A Tribute to the Boys

Answer: Blotto

Stan & Ollie want a night on the town. Stan lies to his wife about having to attend an important meeting, but she listens in on telephone and overhears their plans, including Stan's plan to sneak a bottle of liquor out of the house. His wife dumps the liquor and replaces it with cold tea. At the nightclub, the boys drink the whole bottle and think that they're drunk! They get into a laughing fit, until Stan sees his wife, shotgun in hand, sitting at the table behind them. She ends up chasing them down the street with the shotgun after shooting at the cab they tried to escape in.

3. This was Laurel & Hardy's first starring feature film which came out in 1931. The story deals with Stan and Ollie trying to escape from prison where they're held for selling home-brewed beer during the Prohibition.

From Quiz Laurel and Hardy Movies

Answer: Pardon Us

"Pardon Us" was originally less than an hour in length.

4. Where did Stan Laurel make his theatrical debut?

From Quiz A Laurel and Hardy Miscellany

Answer: Glasgow

Stan Laurel's father was a theatre owner in the north of England and Scotland. The family moved to Glasgow in 1905, and Laurel made his stage debut in a Glasgow music-hall called the Britannia Panopticon a month before his 16th birthday.

5. Where was Oliver Hardy born and in which year?

From Quiz The Lives and Movies of Laurel & Hardy

Answer: Georgia, USA. January 18, 1892

Oliver Hardy was born Norvell Hardy on January 18, 1892 in Georgia. His parents were of English and Scottish descent. Oliver's father died less than a year after he was born.

6. In which film did our heroes play themselves as well as their own children?

From Quiz Laurel & Hardy - A Tribute to the Boys

Answer: Brats

Stan & Ollie Juniors are constantly getting into trouble. (Just like their dads!)

7. This 1934 film was also known as "Wooden Soldiers" and "Laurel and Hardy in Toyland".

From Quiz Laurel and Hardy Movies

Answer: Babes in Toyland

"Babes in Toyland" was known by five names "Babes in Toyland", "Wooden Soldiers", "March of the Wooden Soldiers", "Laurel and Hardy in Toyland", and "Revenge is Sweet".

8. Where was Stan Laurel from originally?

From Quiz Life and Times of Laurel and Hardy

Answer: England

Stan was originally from Ulverston, Cumbria, England and Oliver was from Harlem, Georgia.

9. In which state of the USA was Oliver Hardy born?

From Quiz A Laurel and Hardy Miscellany

Answer: Georgia

Oliver Hardy was born Norvell Hardy on January 18, 1892 in Harlem, Georgia. For his stage name he took his father's first name, Oliver.

10. Laurel and Hardy became a duo in 1927. Their first official film together was what?

From Quiz The Lives and Movies of Laurel & Hardy

Answer: The Second Hundred Years

"The Second 100 Years" (1927) starred Laurel and Hardy as convicts who tried to escape from prison. Both of their heads were shaved for this film.

11. In which film did our heroes play themselves as well as each other's wives?

From Quiz Laurel & Hardy - A Tribute to the Boys

Answer: Twice Two

This film is hilarious! Stan is married to Ollie's sister, and Ollie is married to Stan's! The voice dubbed over for Stan's sister is a scream! Their double anniversary dinner ends up in a fight between the girls and total disaster!

12. From 1938, Stan and Ollie are broke mousetrap salesmen in Switzerland and in one scene, have to move a piano across a rickety rope bridge with a gorilla on it.

From Quiz Laurel and Hardy Movies

Answer: Swiss Miss

"Swiss Miss" was rumored to have been made in color but was never released that way.

13. Between the two, how many different women were they once married to?

From Quiz Life and Times of Laurel and Hardy

Answer: 7

Oliver was married three times. First to Madelyn Sadoshin (1913-1920); she was a pianist whom he met when he was in Jacksonville, then to Myrtle Lee Reeve (1925-1937) and to Virginia Lucille Jones (1940-1957). Stan was married 5 times but one woman he married twice; Lois Nelson (1926-193444), Virginia Ruth Rogers (1934-1936), Vera Ivanova Shuvalova (1938-1939), Virginia Ruth Rogers, again, (1941-1946) and his last wife was Ida Kitaeva (1946-1965).

14. What role did Oliver Hardy play in the 1925 silent version of "The Wizard of Oz"?

From Quiz A Laurel and Hardy Miscellany

Answer: The Tin Man

Oliver Hardy played the dual roles of a Kansas farmhand and the Tin Man. The plot of the film differs from that in the books, with the main character in this film being Larry Semon's Scarecrow. Other differences are that the Scarecrow, Tin Man and Cowardly Lion are disguises worn by three farm hands who are carried into Oz by a tornado and that Dorothy in the film is 18 years old, considerably older than the Dorothy in the books.

15. Between 1927 and 1940 Laurel and Hardy starred in 62 film shorts and 13 full length movies. Which studio producer did they work for?

From Quiz The Lives and Movies of Laurel & Hardy

Answer: Hal Roach

Hal Roach was born on January 14, 1892 in New York. He died at age 100 at his home in California.

16. In the film "Pardon Us", why were our heroes sent to prison?

From Quiz Laurel & Hardy - A Tribute to the Boys

Answer: For illegal brewing of alcohol

Their first full feature film. Stan has a bad tooth that causes him to blow raspberries, but it helps him to befriend the toughest inmate in the prison! (Played by Walter Long). This is one funny movie! Ollie's rendition of "Lazy Moon" is enjoyable.

17. In this 1939 film, Stan and Ollie are on vacation in Paris, wind up in the Foreign Legion and later, try to escape in an airplane. The song "Shine on Harvest Moon" was featured.

From Quiz Laurel and Hardy Movies

Answer: The Flying Deuces

"Shine on Harvest Moon" was later released as a 45 rpm single.

18. During which war did the duo perform shows to the USO?

From Quiz Life and Times of Laurel and Hardy

Answer: World War II

The legendary Groucho Marx was their roommate.

19. What was the first movie that both Laurel and Hardy appeared, although not as a team?

From Quiz A Laurel and Hardy Miscellany

Answer: The Lucky Dog

In 1921, they both appeared in the movie "The Lucky Dog", starring Stan Laurel, with Hardy in a supporting role, playing the part of a robber trying to hold up Stan. The dog of the title is a stray that befriends Laurel and leads him on a series of adventures, culminating in a scene where it fetches a lighted stick of dynamite and lays it at the feet of a thief.

20. Which movie am I describing? Stan and Ollie head for the town of Brushwood Gulch to deliver a deed for a gold mine, to Mary Roberts.

From Quiz The Lives and Movies of Laurel & Hardy

Answer: Way Out West

"Way Out West" (1937) was directed by James W. Horne and produced by Stan Laurel. It included the famous song "On The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine", which was sung by Laurel and Hardy.

21. In this film, our heroes pretend Ollie is ill and needs a vacation in Hawaii, but they really go to a convention. Which film is this?

From Quiz Laurel & Hardy - A Tribute to the Boys

Answer: Sons of the Desert

Stan and Ollie want to go their convention but Mrs. Hardy won't let Ollie go. Stan has more luck with his wife, but Ollie needed a plan. He pretends to be ill, and Stan arranges for a doctor to come around and recommend a trip to Honolulu. All goes to plan and Ollie's wife swallows the story from Stan's hired veterinarian that Ollie must go away. ("Why did you get a veterinarian?" Ollie asks. "Well I didn't think his religion would make any difference." Stan replies). The boys go to California and enjoy their convention. Meanwhile, the return ship from Honolulu sinks. The wives anxiously wait for news, ill with worry. They go to a movie theater to try and take their minds of it and see news footage of the convention, with Stan and Ollie featured waving happily at the camera, never realizing that the wives will see the film. A classic line from Stan is "we ship-hiked our way home!" This is my favorite film!

22. From 1940, Laurel and Hardy's last film for Hal Roach involves Stan and Ollie trying to relax on a rented boat with an escaped murderer hiding aboard.

From Quiz Laurel and Hardy Movies

Answer: Saps At Sea

"Why Girls Love Sailors" and "Sailors Beware" were all silent films made by Laurel & Hardy in the 1920s. "Duck Soup" was a Marx Brothers film from 1933.

23. How old was Stan's son when he passed away?

From Quiz Life and Times of Laurel and Hardy

Answer: 9 days

24. Which film is generally accepted as being Laurel and Hardy's first one with them appearing as a comedy team?

From Quiz A Laurel and Hardy Miscellany

Answer: Putting Pants on Philip

"Putting Pants On Philip", made in 1927, was their first film together as a team, rather than as individual comedians, although they had not yet begun to use their own names for the parts they played. Laurel plays the part of Philip, a kilt wearing Scotsman newly arrived in the United States, and Hardy plays the part of his uncle, Piedmont Mumblethunder, who sets about the task of getting his nephew to wear trousers.

25. How many times was Stan Laurel married?

From Quiz The Lives and Movies of Laurel & Hardy

Answer: 5

His wives were Lois Neilson, Virginia Ruth Rogers (whom he married twice), Vera Ivanova Shuvalova, and Ida Kitaeva.

26. In which film does Stan take a blow to the head and become very smart?

From Quiz Laurel & Hardy - A Tribute to the Boys

Answer: A Chump at Oxford

Having unwittingly foiled a bank robbery, the boys are offered any reward they want. They choose an education at Oxford University. After the usual pranks of being given the Dean's room and getting lost in the maze, Stan receives a blow to the head which makes him take on the role of Lord Paddington, a thoroughly English genius. Ollie is engaged as his servant, much to his displeasure. (Stan is very aggravating, and insults poor Ollie to no end!) Ollie eventually rebels, leading to another blow on the head for Stan, who reverts to his normal behavior.

27. Which movie or short film got them an Oscar?

From Quiz Life and Times of Laurel and Hardy

Answer: The Music Box

Although 'Tit for Tat' was nominated in the same category (Best Short Subject), it was 1932's 'The Music Box' that landed them an Oscar.

28. Oliver Hardy's favourite pastime was what?

From Quiz The Lives and Movies of Laurel & Hardy

Answer: Golf

Among Oliver's golfing buddies were Bing Crosby and Chico Marx. He also loved horse racing, and had a stable of many race horses.

29. In which film do our heroes rent a boat only to be boarded by an escaped convict?

From Quiz Laurel & Hardy - A Tribute to the Boys

Answer: Saps at Sea

While working at a horn factory, Ollie develops 'hornophobia', where the sound of horns brings him into a violent rage. Recommended by the doctor to take a sea trip, the boys prefer to hire a boat and spend time on it safely tethered to the harbor. Unfortunately, an escaped convict hides on board and sets it loose. Commanded by the escapee to make him dinner, they find they have no food and do the best with what household items are available. (A string mop for spaghetti, tobacco for meatballs, red paint for sauce and shaved soap for cheese!) The convict is wise to this, however, and makes them eat it.

30. Which Laurel and Hardy film won the first Academy Award for Best Live Action Short (Comedy) in 1932?

From Quiz A Laurel and Hardy Miscellany

Answer: The Music Box

"The Music Box" was a short film in which Laurel and Hardy attempt to move a piano up a long flight of steps. In 1997, the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The plot revolves around the pair's difficulties in delivering a piano that they have to carry up a long flight of steps.

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