My Fair Lady Trivia Quiz

Answer: Audrey Hepburn

Although Julie Andrews was playing the part of Eliza Doolittle on Broadway at the time when this movie was cast, however Audrey Hepburn was cast in the part instead. This was because Audrey was better known than Julie.

Answer: Sells Flowers

Answer: Colonel Pickering

Wilfrid Hyde-White plays the part of Colonel Pickering. It is Colonel Pickering who pays for Eliza's education.

Answer: Pygmalion

"My Fair Lady" is a musical adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's 1912 play "Pygmalion" that had played successfully on Broadway from 1956 to 1962. Shaw's plot was derived from Latin poet Ovid's story (in the Metamorphoses) about a character named Pygmalion who fell in love with a beautiful ivory statue of a woman.

In later Greek tradition, his prayers to Venus that the beloved statue - Galatea - would come to life came true so that they could marry.

Answer: Alfred P. Doolittle

Alfred learns that Eliza has moved in with the Professor and decides that he could earn himself some money by blackmailing Professor Higgins. As Alfred leaves with his five pound note, he hardly recognizes his cleaned-up daughter. The Professor recognises that Alfred is somewhat of a "philosophical genius," he instructs Mrs. Pearce (the house keeper)to write to an American philanthropist & millionaire Mr. Ezra D. Wallingford. Mr Wallingford dies shortly after this and leaves money for Alfred making him 'respectable' and thus has to marry to keep up appearances.

Answer: Spain

The line used in the movie is "The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain". It is after a very late night of hard work that Professor Higgins gives an eloquent speech which inspires Eliza to speak properly.

Answer: Ascot Races

It is at the races that Eliza meets Freddie Eynsford-Hill - who is instantly smitten with Eliza and spends the rest of the movie hanging around outside the Professor's residence hoping to catch a glimpse of Eliza.

Answer: Hungarian Princess

Zoltan reminds Professor Higgins that he was his pupil. "Your first, your greatest, your best pupil...I made your name famous throughout Europe. You teach me phonetics, you cannot forget me...The Queen of Transylvania is here this evening. I'm indispensable to her at these official international parties. I speak thirty-two languages. I know everyone in Europe. No impostor can escape my detection."

Answer: Cecil Beaton

Cecil Beaton won an Oscar for Best Color Costume Design for this movie. Amusement park trams were rented to carry ballroom scene extras across the studio lot, in order to prevent their makeup and costumes from getting dirty or damaged.

Answer: Marni Nixon