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  Average The Great Mouse Detective Quiz - 10 Questions    
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Released in 1986 and inspired by Eve Titus' "Basil of Baker Street" books, this delightful movie chronicles the first case on which Basil collaborated with Dr. David Q. Dawson. Let's take a brief overview of the film.
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  Multiple Choice Quiz about The Great Mouse Detective   popular trivia quiz  
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"The Great Mouse Detective" is perhaps my favourite Disney movie. Can you remember the story of Basil of Baker Street and his first case with Dawson? Good luck!
Average, 10 Qns, kyleisalive, Sep 04 07
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  10 Questions about The Great Mouse Detective   popular trivia quiz  
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This quiz is about my favorite movie--a unique mystery designed for children.
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  Follow the Clues with "The Great Mouse Detective"!    
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So you've seen "The Great Mouse Detective" a hundred times. How close did you really pay attention? Take my quiz and find out.
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trivia question Quick Question
Who does the voice of Professor Rattigan?

From Quiz "The Great Mouse Detective"





The Great Mouse Detective Trivia Questions

1. What country did Dawson return from in the beginning of the movie?

From Quiz
The Great Mouse Detective

Answer: Afghanistan

Dawson has just returned to London from military services in Afghanistan. He finds Olivia crying in a boot and helps her find her way to 221 Baker Street. When they arrive, Olivia plans to ask the famous mouse detective, Basil, if he can find her father. Basil recognizes Dawson as a doctor because of the Lambert stitch used to sew up the sleeve of his jacket and the pungent aroma found on the catgut used to sew the tear.

2. What is the name of the character who is eaten near the beginning of the movie?

From Quiz The Great Mouse Detective

Answer: Bartholomew

Bartholomew is a mouse and is voiced by Barrie Ingham, who also did the voice of Basil. Bartholomew is eaten by Felicia the cat because he accidently calls Rattigan a rat.

3. Basil lives under the house of which famous literary detective?

From Quiz Follow the Clues with "The Great Mouse Detective"!

Answer: Sherlock Holmes

Not only did Basil live under Holmes' Baker Street apartment, he was also a direct parody of the famous sleuth. With his neat (sometimes nauseating) cleanliness and order, Poirot doesn't seem like the kind of guy to have mice living anywhere near him.

4. What is the name of Ratigan's bat henchman?

From Quiz The Great Mouse Detective

Answer: Fidgit & Fidget

Fidgit was the peg-legged bat responsible for the kidnapping of Olivia Flaversham's father. When Olivia tells this to Basil, he decides to take the case because Fidgit works for Professor Ratigan. Basil has been in pursuit of Ratigan for years and has recently come to a dead end clue-wise. Ratigan has taken Flaversham in order to create a robot that resembles the queen.

5. Hiram Flaversham, Olivia's father, was voiced by Alan Young. What other Scottish-accented Disney character did Young voice?

From Quiz Follow the Clues with "The Great Mouse Detective"!

Answer: Scrooge McDuck & Scrooge & Scrooge Mc Duck & Uncle Scrooge

"Bless me bagpipes!" Scrooge McDuck is best know as the rich central character of "Duck Tales". Scrooge McDuck also became Ebenezer Scrooge in "Mickey's Christmas Carol".

6. When Dr. Dawson and Olivia find Basil, they have a very hard time getting his attention. What is Basil so busy doing?

From Quiz The Great Mouse Detective

Answer: He is engaged in forensic experiments.

Basil, voiced by Barrie Ingham, is very busy performing a series of rather bewildering experiments which, he explains, are designed to help him catch the master criminal Prof. Ratigan. When Olivia tells him her father was taken by a bat with a crippled wing and a peg leg, he suddenly becomes very interested.

7. What is not on the list of things that Ratigan asks his henchman to get?

From Quiz The Great Mouse Detective

Answer: Food

In order to get Flaversham to work on the robot queen, Professor Ratigan plans for Fidgit to capture Olivia. Ratigan reveals the plan to his cronies to get rid of the queen in order to become the ruler of all Mousedom. When one of Ratigan's cronies calls him a rat, he summons Felica the cat to eat him.

8. Who does the voice of Professor Rattigan?

From Quiz The Great Mouse Detective

Answer: Vincent Price

Rattigan is a very naughty rat. He has committed many crimes in London and is the sworn enemy of Basil.

9. Dawson says he "just arrived in London after lengthy service in Afghanistan." What regiment was he in?

From Quiz Follow the Clues with "The Great Mouse Detective"!

Answer: the Queen's 66th

Nigel Bruce is the most highly recognized screen Watson. Dawson is about as close as you could get to a mouse-like Nigel Bruce.

10. What upsets Prof. Ratigan more than anything else?

From Quiz The Great Mouse Detective

Answer: Being called a rat

Prof. Ratigan, voiced by Vincent Price, becomes terribly upset when anyone says he is a rat. He is, he insists, a large mouse, thank you very much! While his gang are singing to him, telling him how brilliant and devious he is, one hapless henchman, Bartholomew, accidentally calls him a rat. Ratigan summons Felicia, who eats poor Bartholomew. After that, there are no more mistakes of that kind.

11. What does Olivia feed to Toby?

From Quiz The Great Mouse Detective

Answer: A crumpet

When Fidgit arrives at 221 Baker Street, Basil and Dawson search for him, but all they find are tracks and his hat. Basil decides that Toby would be perfect for the job, so they all hop aboard Toby's back and head down the trail. Toby gets Fidgit's scent and races through the streets of London.

12. Basil is the mouse version of whom?

From Quiz The Great Mouse Detective

Answer: Sherlock Holmes

Basil also lives on Baker Street, and in one scene Sherlock Holmes' shadow can be seen through the upstairs window as he's speaking to Watson.

13. Prof. Ratigan isn't specific at first, but we know his latest dastardly plot involves removing an important person. Who is Ratigan's target?

From Quiz The Great Mouse Detective

Answer: The Queen of England

Ratigan plans to assassinate Queen Mousetoria and take over the government. And he needs Mr. Flaversham's skills to do it.

14. Where does Olivia get kidnapped?

From Quiz The Great Mouse Detective

Answer: A toy store

When they arrive at the toy store, Basil and Dawson search for Fidgit while Olivia goes off on her own. Meanwhile, Fidgit finishes obtaining his tools, gear, and uniforms. When Dawson finds a note that Fidgit dropped, the mechanisms and toys in the store start to turn on and Olivia gets distracted by some bubbles. When she goes to investigate, she finds Fidgit and gets taken. Fidgit manages to escape out of an open skylight.

15. What is the name of Basil's housekeeper?

From Quiz The Great Mouse Detective

Answer: Mrs. Judson

Mrs. Judson is modelled on the housekeeper/landlady in "Sherlock Holmes".

16. Which character from "Alice in Wonderland" makes a cameo appearance in "The Great Mouse Detective"?

From Quiz Follow the Clues with "The Great Mouse Detective"!

Answer: Bill the Lizard

He is in Ratigan's gang. He kind of stands out, because the rest of the gang is composed entirely of mice.

17. When Basil and his companions set out to find Mr. Flaversham, he enlists help. What kind of creature does Basil bring along?

From Quiz The Great Mouse Detective

Answer: A dog

In this film, Toby the Basset Hound belongs to Basil's upstairs human neighbor, Sherlock Holmes. In the Holmes canon, however, Toby is a half spaniel, half lurcher owned by one Mr. Sherman, a "bird-stuffer" and owner of a menagerie, who willingly lends him to Holmes whenever Holmes needs him. Basil's friend Toby is enthusiastic but not terribly well behaved. To Basil's chagrin it is sweet little Olivia that Toby obeys faithfully. The detective and his companions see Fidget outside the window and set out in pursuit. Toby leads them to a toyshop where Fidget is gathering supplies for Ratigan. They are close on the bat's trail when disaster strikes!

18. Where is Olivia stashed away while Flaversham completes the robot?

From Quiz The Great Mouse Detective

Answer: In a wine bottle

When Fidgit returns with Olivia, she reunites with her father, but gets stuffed into a wine bottle for the rest of the time. When Fidgit reveals that Basil is on the case and he lost the list, Ratigan summons Felica. Meanwhile, Basil and Dawson take the list to Baker Street and examine it. They find coal dust on the list and determine that the bat was near a sewer. Basil also determines that Fidgit was at a seedy pub when he had the list. They find a seedy pub where the sewer connects to the waterfront and they visit it.

19. What is Rattigan's greatest crime?

From Quiz The Great Mouse Detective

Answer: Replacing Queen Mousetoria with a robot.

In the song "The World's Greatest Criminal Mind", Rattigan tells us that his greatest crime is yet to come and this is soon revealed as his horrible plan to replace the Queen of England with a clockwork replica who then appoints him as her consort.

20. In the scene with the shadows of Holmes and Watson, what kind of music does Holmes say is "introspective, and I want to introspect"?

From Quiz Follow the Clues with "The Great Mouse Detective"!

Answer: German

This is a line from the Sherlock Holmes book "The Red-Headed League". In the book, Holmes went on to say that the German music was more to his taste than French or Italian.

21. What type of animal is performing on stage at the seedy waterfront pub when Basil and Dawson arrive?

From Quiz The Great Mouse Detective

Answer: Octopus

When they arrive, the octopus is juggling and tap dancing to a cheerful song. Basil and Dawson (in their sailor get-ups) ask about Ratigan, but the people in the bar deny seeing him. When a mouse starts singing a song for the customers, Basil notices the bartenders slip drugs into their drinks. Dawson drinks his, but Basil realizes what's happening just as Fidgit walks by. Soon, a chain reaction starts and the bar has a huge brawl which gives Basil and Dawson the chance to chase Fidgit through a trap door and into the sewers...right into a trap.

22. What is the name of the character who angers Rattigan by leaving a clue for his enemy?

From Quiz The Great Mouse Detective

Answer: Fidget

Fidget accidentally drops his list of things to get for Rattigan's scheme and Basil the Detective finds enough in this piece of paper to lead him to Rattigan's lair.

23. How many years has Queen Mousetoria been ruling at the time of the story?

From Quiz Follow the Clues with "The Great Mouse Detective"!

Answer: 60 years

It is her diamond jubilee.

24. What is not an object in Ratigan's mousetrap trap for Basil and Dawson?

From Quiz The Great Mouse Detective

Answer: A rolling pin

Ratigan has rigged a record player so that when a record ends, it releases a ball from the top of a wine jug. When it hits the mousetrap, it snaps back with Basil and Dawson tied up inside. This will trigger a gunshot, the crossbow will fire, and the axe and anvil will fall. Ratigan leaves in his blimp with the robot and when the song ends, Basil creates a way to set off the trap early and prevent anyone from getting hurt.

25. What is the name of the mouse who Basil helps to find her father?

From Quiz The Great Mouse Detective

Answer: Olivia

Olivia irritates Basil in the beginning by insisting on coming with the two men, but by the end of the movie, she has won him over.

26. What is the name of the seedy pub visited by Basil and Dawson?

From Quiz Follow the Clues with "The Great Mouse Detective"!

Answer: The Rat Trap

This is written on a sign right in front of the door of the pub.

27. When we finally learn the details of Prof. Ratigan's plot, we learn also why he needed the services of a master toymaker. What did he want Mr. Flaversham to build?

From Quiz The Great Mouse Detective

Answer: A clockwork replica of the queen of England

Ratigan and his gang kidnap Queen Mousetoria as she is preparing to celebrate her Diamond (sixtieth) Jubilee, replacing her with a clockwork replica that Mr. Flaversham is forced to operate. This ruse will, Ratigan thinks, allow him to usurp the throne and impose his tyrannical rule on the kingdom. But Basil has other ideas.

28. Where does the climactic scene of the film take place?

From Quiz The Great Mouse Detective

Answer: On and around the clock of Big Ben

Basil and his companions foil Ratigan's evil skeme and rescue both the queen and Mr. Flaversham. That's not the end of the adventure though, because Ratigan escapes. With Fidget as steersman, he grabs Olivia as a hostage and takes off in his dirigible. Ever resourceful, Basil improvises an airship of his own and sets off in pursuit. The ensuing battle carries the adversaries to the great clock, onto its face and even insides its massive works. The heart stopping fight culminates with the great clock striking ten. Ratigan falls off the clock face, disappearing into the fog below, never to be seen again. But the victory is bittersweet. Basil has fallen with him... or has he? The friends are in despair, until Basil reappears. He has saved himself by catching hold of part of the professor's dirigible. Back in Baker Street, The Flavershams thank Basil again and say goodbye. The doctor too makes ready to leave, much to the detective's dismay. But just then, a beautiful and elegant young lady mouse, who is in need of Basil's services, knocks on the door. The detective introduces Dr. Dawson as his associate with whom he conducts all his cases. And so, the doctor tells us as the conversation fades and the camera zooms out to show a wider view of London, he stayed and conducted many investigations with his friend Basil of Baker Street, the great mouse detective.

29. Where do Ratigan and Basil have their final showdown?

From Quiz The Great Mouse Detective

Answer: Big Ben

Basil, Dawson, and Flaversham rig up some balloons and follow Ratigan through the sky but they crash into Big Ben. Basil wakes up to the sound of winding gears and crashing cogs in the tower. Olivia warns Basil, but Ratigan knocks him down. Basil manages to save Olivia after catching Ratigan's cape in the gears, but Ratigan escapes. Basil passes Olivia up to her father, but Ratigan pushes him over the ledge. Luckily they land on the hands of Big Ben, and when the clock strikes nine, Ratigan falls off. Basil manages to survive by grabbing the propeller part of Ratigan's ship and pedaling to safety. In the end, Flaversham and Olivia are reunited and Basil and Dawson begin their next case.

30. How does Ratigan summon his pampered pet cat, Felicia?

From Quiz Follow the Clues with "The Great Mouse Detective"!

Answer: a bell

That is one FAT cat! How many of his henchmen has Ratigan fed her? If it wasn't for the big bow and those rolls of fat, Felicia might be almost scary.

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