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Quiz about Ray Bolger Ozs Scarecrow
Quiz about Ray Bolger Ozs Scarecrow

Ray Bolger, Oz's Scarecrow Trivia Quiz


The Scarecrow is my favorite of Dorothy's companions on the yellow brick road. This is my tribute to the life of Ray Bolger, the wonderful actor who gave the Scarecrow life in MGM's 1939 classic film "The Wizard Of Oz".

A multiple-choice quiz by LindaC007. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
LindaC007
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
86,710
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Very Difficult
Avg Score
4 / 10
Plays
2355
Awards
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Question 1 of 10
1. Where was Ray Bolger born? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. True or False: When Bolger was thirteen years old, he quit school and took a full-time job working for a bookmaker to help support his family?


Question 3 of 10
3. How many times was Bolger married? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. In 1936, Bolger made his film debut playing himself in which MGM film about the life of Billie Burke's husband? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Which of the following actors was paid the same salary as Bolger ($3,000.00 per week) for making the 1939 MGM film "The Wizard Of Oz"? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. What thing did Bolger notice after he finished filming "The Wizard Of Oz"? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. In the 1940's, Judy Garland (Dorothy in "The Wizard Of Oz") and Bolger starred in another MGM musical together. What was the name of the film? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Bolger played the villainous Barnaby in this 1961 Disney film based on the Victor Herbert operetta all about the world of Mother Goose. What was the film's name?

Answer: (Three Words-- also starred Annette Funicello)
Question 9 of 10
9. Which of these television shows did Ray Bolger never guest star on? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. A question for all you that are "Young In Heart". What is the name of the farmhand that Bolger played in "The Wizard Of Oz"? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Where was Ray Bolger born?

Answer: Dorchester, Massachusetts

He was born Raymond Wallace Bulcano on January 10, 1904, in Dorchester, Massachusetts.
2. True or False: When Bolger was thirteen years old, he quit school and took a full-time job working for a bookmaker to help support his family?

Answer: False

Bolger said that 'while his family was poor, he remembered growing up on a nice street in Boston'. He finished high school, attending school in the mornings and working in the afternoons. Bolger may have never worked for a bookmaker, but he did enjoy playing the ponies.

He said he 'always had five or six horses running while he was making "The Wizard Of Oz"'. He said he 'just got up one morning, decided it wasn't fun anymore, and quit'.
3. How many times was Bolger married?

Answer: 1

The Bolger's had one of the happiest Hollywood marriages around. He married Gwendolyn Pickard on July 9, 1929, and they were together until his death in 1987--almost 58 years.
4. In 1936, Bolger made his film debut playing himself in which MGM film about the life of Billie Burke's husband?

Answer: 'The Great Ziegfield'

Bolger signed a contract with MGM, and he made his film debut in 1936, playing himself in "The Great Ziegfield". Florenz Ziegfield, Jr. was the producer of the extravagant stage revue the "Ziegfield Follies". William Powell played the part of Flo Ziegfield and Mryna Loy starred as Ziegfield's wife, Billie Burke. "Sweethearts" (1938) starred Bolger and Jeanette MacDonald. James Cagney starred in the other two films. "Man Of A Thousand Faces" was on Lon Chaney's life, and "Yankee Doodle Dandy" was on the life of James M. Cohan.
5. Which of the following actors was paid the same salary as Bolger ($3,000.00 per week) for making the 1939 MGM film "The Wizard Of Oz"?

Answer: Jack Haley

Jack Haley, who replaced Buddy Ebsen as Tin Man, was paid $3,000.00 per week. Frank Morgan and Bert Lahr were both paid $2,500.00 a week, and Billie Burke was paid $766.67 a week. If Buddy Ebsen had not gotten ill from the Tin Man makeup, he would have been paid $1,500.00 a week.
6. What thing did Bolger notice after he finished filming "The Wizard Of Oz"?

Answer: He had permanent lines in his face from the Scarecrow mask.

Bolger sat every morning for two hours in the makeup chair to become the Scarecrow. A latex sack, which had been made from a plaster cast of Bolger's head, was pulled down over his face and head. The sack was wrinkled up to look like burlap and glued onto his face and head. Bolger said that on the last day of filming, he noticed permanent lines in his face where the wrinkled latex had been glued on so many times.
7. In the 1940's, Judy Garland (Dorothy in "The Wizard Of Oz") and Bolger starred in another MGM musical together. What was the name of the film?

Answer: Harvey Girls

All these are wonderful films, but the one that reunited Garland and Bolger was MGM's musical set out West, "Harvey Girls" in 1946.
8. Bolger played the villainous Barnaby in this 1961 Disney film based on the Victor Herbert operetta all about the world of Mother Goose. What was the film's name?

Answer: Babes In Toyland

"Babes In Toyland" which opened in December of 1961, starred Ed Wynn as the Toymaker, Annette Funicello as Mary Contrary, and Tommy Sands as Tom Piper, and Ray Bolger as Barnaby.
9. Which of these television shows did Ray Bolger never guest star on?

Answer: 'Star Trek'

He starred in the episode "Greetings From Home". In the 1960's and 70's. Bolger was very active in television. He guest starred on "Battlestar Galactica" as Vector in the episode "Greetings From Home". Bolger starred in at least three episodes of "The Partridge Family" as Grandpa, "The Mod Father", "Whatever Happened to the Old Songs", and "Forty Winks". Bolger was in two sentimental episodes of "Little House On The Prairie" as Toby Noe in "Dance With Me" and "There's No Place Like Home".
10. A question for all you that are "Young In Heart". What is the name of the farmhand that Bolger played in "The Wizard Of Oz"?

Answer: Hunk

Hunk was the name of the farmhand who was played by Bolger in his dual role. Remember when Hunk says "Now Lookit, Dorothy--you ain't using your head about Miss Gulch. Think you didn't have any brains at all!", and "Well, your head ain't made of straw, you know!".

Then of course, Hunk is cast in Dorothy's dream as the Scarecrow who needs a brain. Ray Bolger passed away in Los Angeles, CA on January 15, 1987. Of the three actors who played Dorothy's companions, Bolger was the one who always remembered the role mostly fondly, and actively lobbied to play the role. Maybe that's why he gave the Scarecrow so much humanity, and why I like him the best.
Source: Author LindaC007

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