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Quiz about My Fair Lady Movie Details
Quiz about My Fair Lady Movie Details

"My Fair Lady" Movie Details Trivia Quiz


Test your knowledge of these small details you might not have seen or remember from this classic movie-musical. Enjoy the quiz!

A multiple-choice quiz by kirkyt1. Estimated time: 7 mins.
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Author
kirkyt1
Time
7 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
102,308
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
25
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
15 / 25
Plays
1864
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
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Question 1 of 25
1. At the beginning of the movie, Eliza is trying to sell some flowers when it's starting to rain. What is the amount of money Eliza says she can change? Hint


Question 2 of 25
2. Fill in the blank with the correct answer to: Where does Professor Higgins say that Coronel Pickering is from? Cheltenham, Harrow, ______________, and India. Hint


Question 3 of 25
3. What job requires better English than a duchess at an Embassy Ball, according to Professor Higgins? Hint


Question 4 of 25
4. What was Colonel Pickering the author of? Hint


Question 5 of 25
5. What was Professor Henry Higgins the author of? Hint


Question 6 of 25
6. Which hotel was Colonel Pickering supposed to be staying at while visiting London? Hint


Question 7 of 25
7. Professor Higgins' address was mentioned a few times during the movie, what was it? Hint


Question 8 of 25
8. How much does Professor Higgins end up giving Alfred Doolittle, "one of the most original moralists in England"? Hint


Question 9 of 25
9. Professor Higgins tells Colonel Pickering during the visit by Alfred Doolittle that if they took him in hand in 3 months he could choose between a seat in the cabinet or a popular pulpit. Where was the popular pulpit in? Hint


Question 10 of 25
10. Who does Professor Higgins tell Mrs. Pearce to write to to say "that if he wants a lecturer, to get in touch with Mr. Alfred P. Doolittle,a common dustman, but one of the most original moralists in England."? Hint


Question 11 of 25
11. Which group, according to Professor Higgins, when they learn English, have a tendency to not only drop the letter G but use it where it doesn't belong? Hint


Question 12 of 25
12. What was Eliza trying to say with all the marbles in her mouth? Hint


Question 13 of 25
13. While Eliza is trying to say the phrase with the marbles in her mouth, Colonel Pickering asks Higgins if it's really necessary. Higgins answers that if they were necessary for ______________, then they're necessary for Eliza. For whom were they necessary? Fill in the blank with the correct answer. Hint


Question 14 of 25
14. Around what time does Eliza finally 'get it' and they all start singing "The Rain In Spain"? Hint


Question 15 of 25
15. Professor Higgins asks "Where does one buy a lady's gown?" They need to get Eliza a gown because they're going to the Ascot Races. Where do they say you can get a lady's gown? Hint


Question 16 of 25
16. Professor Higgins' mother greets him at the Ascot Races and later says hello to Mrs. Eynsford-Hill and another couple. What was the proper name of the couple (Lord and Lady ____________)? Hint


Question 17 of 25
17. Which family relative of Eliza died of influenza, according to her conversation at the Ascot Races? Hint


Question 18 of 25
18. How much time did Professor Higgins have between the Ascot Races and the Embassy Ball to finish training Eliza? Hint


Question 19 of 25
19. Yes or No: Did Professor Higgins end up drinking a glass of port before they went to the Embassy Ball?


Question 20 of 25
20. What was the name of the phonetics guru that was once a pupil of Professor Higgins? Hint


Question 21 of 25
21. Where was the Queen at the Embassy Ball from? Hint


Question 22 of 25
22. According to Professor Higgins' former pupil, Zoltan, what is the Greek Ambassador really? Hint


Question 23 of 25
23. What are the names of the couple who are introduced before Colonel Pickering and Eliza Doolittle? Hint


Question 24 of 25
24. What was name of the Prince (the Queen's son) that dances with Eliza first? Hint


Question 25 of 25
25. What are the last words that Rex Harrison, who played Professor Higgins, says to Eliza when she comes back? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. At the beginning of the movie, Eliza is trying to sell some flowers when it's starting to rain. What is the amount of money Eliza says she can change?

Answer: half a crown

Eliza: "Cheer up, captain. Buy a flower off a poor girl?"
Col. Pickering: "I'm sorry. I haven't any change."
Eliza: "Oh, I can change half a crown. Here, take this for tuppence."
Col. Pickering: "I told you, I'm awfully sorry. I haven't -- Oh, wait a minute. Oh, yes. Here's three ha'pence, if that's any use to you."
2. Fill in the blank with the correct answer to: Where does Professor Higgins say that Coronel Pickering is from? Cheltenham, Harrow, ______________, and India.

Answer: Cambridge

Street Man: "Hey, uh, tell him where he comes from, you want to go fortune telling."
Prof. Higgins: "Cheltenham, Harrow, Cambridge and, uh, India?"
Col. Pickering: "Quite right!"
Street Man: "Blimey, he ain't a "tec. He's a bloomin' busybody. That's what he is."
Col. Pickering: "If I may ask, sir, do you do this sort of thing for a living at a music hall?"
Prof. Higgins: "Well, I have thought of it. Perhaps I will one day."
Eliza: "He's no gentleman. He ain't, to interfere with a poor girl!"
Col. Pickering: "How do you do it, may I ask?"
Prof. Higgins: "Simple phonetics. The science of speech. That's my profession. Also my hobby."
3. What job requires better English than a duchess at an Embassy Ball, according to Professor Higgins?

Answer: both

Prof. Higgins: "You see this creature with her curbstone English, the English that'll keep her in the gutter 'til the end of her days? Well, sir, in six months, I could pass her off as a duchess at an Embassy ball. I could even get her a job as a lady's maid or a shop assistant...which requires better English."
4. What was Colonel Pickering the author of?

Answer: Spoken Sanskrit

Col. Pickering: "I, myself, am a student of Indian dialects."
Prof. Higgins: "Are you? Do you know Colonel Pickering, the author ofSpoken Sanskrit?"
Col. Pickering: "I am Colonel Pickering. Who are you?" Colonel Pickering was played by Wilfred Hyde-White.
5. What was Professor Henry Higgins the author of?

Answer: Higgins' Universal Alphabet

Prof. Higgins: "I'm Henry Higgins, author of Higgins' Universal Alphabet."
Col. Pickering: "I came from India to meet you."
Prof. Higgins: "I was going to India to meet you!"
Col. Pickering: "Higgins!"
Prof. Higgins: "Pickering!"
Cary Grant, Noel Coward, Michael Redgrave and George Sanders were all considered for the role of Higgins before Rex Harrison was finally chosen to reprise his Broadway role. This information was taken from www.imdb.com's trivia section of this movie.
6. Which hotel was Colonel Pickering supposed to be staying at while visiting London?

Answer: Carlton

Col. Pickering: "Higgins!"
Prof. Higgins: "Where are you staying?"
Col. Pickering: "At the Carlton."
Also according to www.imdb.com's trivia section, because of the way Rex Harrison sang & talked during musical numbers, they were unable to prerecord them and have him lip sync so one of the first wireless microphones was rigged up and hidden under his tie.
7. Professor Higgins' address was mentioned a few times during the movie, what was it?

Answer: 27-A Wimpole Street

First time it's mentioned is when Higgins tells Colonel Pickering that he's not staying at the Carlton, but with him: "No, you're not. You're staying at 27-A Wimpole Street." That's how Eliza found out his address, she overheard him. The second time is when Eliza's father, Alfred, stops by her old place and the guy at the window tells him: "She wants her things sent over...to 27-A Wimpole Street, care of Professor Higgins." And the last time is when Col. Pickering is calling Scotland Yard to report Eliza missing.
8. How much does Professor Higgins end up giving Alfred Doolittle, "one of the most original moralists in England"?

Answer: 5 pounds

Alfred: "Just one good spree for meself and the missus, giving pleasure to ourselves and employment to others. And satisfaction to you to know it ain't been throwed away. You couldn't spend it better."
Prof. Higgins: "Oh, this is irresistible. Let's give him ten."
Alfred: "No. The missus wouldn't have the heart to spend ten, governor. Ten pounds is a lot of money. Makes a man feel prudent-like,
and then good-bye to happiness. No, you just give me what I ask, governor. Not a penny less, not a penny more."
9. Professor Higgins tells Colonel Pickering during the visit by Alfred Doolittle that if they took him in hand in 3 months he could choose between a seat in the cabinet or a popular pulpit. Where was the popular pulpit in?

Answer: Wales

Prof. Higgins: "You know, Pickering, if we took this man in hand for three months, he could choose between a seat in the cabinet and a popular pulpit in Wales."
Gladys Cooper, who plays Mrs. Higgins (Henry Higgins' mother) in this film, played the same role in the 1963 Hallmark Hall of Fame television version of "Pygmalion", the play on which "My Fair Lady" was based. This is according to www.imdb.com's trivia section.
10. Who does Professor Higgins tell Mrs. Pearce to write to to say "that if he wants a lecturer, to get in touch with Mr. Alfred P. Doolittle,a common dustman, but one of the most original moralists in England."?

Answer: Mr. Ezra Wallingford

Prof. Higgins: "Mrs. Pearce, write to Mr. Ezra Wallingford..."
Julie Andrews, who played Eliza on Broadway, was offered the role of Eliza, but Jack Warner refused to hire her when Andrews refused to do a screen test.
11. Which group, according to Professor Higgins, when they learn English, have a tendency to not only drop the letter G but use it where it doesn't belong?

Answer: Slavs

Prof. Higgins: "Does the same thing hold true in India, Pickering? This peculiar habit of not only dropping a letter like the letter 'H,' but using it where it doesn't belong, like 'hever' instead of 'ever.' Why is it Slavs, when they learn English, have a tendency to do it with their 'G's? They say 'ling-er' instead of 'lin-ger'.

Then they turn right around and say 'sin-ger' instead of 'sing-er'."
12. What was Eliza trying to say with all the marbles in her mouth?

Answer: With blackest moss the flower pots were thickly crusted, one and all.

Prof. Higgins: "Now, I want you to read this, and I want you to enunciate every word...just as if the marbles were not in your mouth. 'With blackest moss, the flower pots...were thickly crusted, one and all.' Each word, clear as a bell."
Eliza: "With bla'est moss, the flower pots--I can't. I can't!"
Col. Pickering: "I say, Higgins, are those pebbles really necessary?"
13. While Eliza is trying to say the phrase with the marbles in her mouth, Colonel Pickering asks Higgins if it's really necessary. Higgins answers that if they were necessary for ______________, then they're necessary for Eliza. For whom were they necessary? Fill in the blank with the correct answer.

Answer: Demosthenes

Prof. Higgins: "If they were necessary for Demosthenes, they are necessary for Eliza Doolittle. Go on, Eliza."
Eliza: "With bla'est moss, the flo'er pots...were thik'ly 'usted one and--"
Prof. Higgins: "I can't understand a word. Not a word!"
Eliza: "With bla'est moss, the flo'er pots...were thik'ly 'usted, one and 'ah."
Col. Pickering: "Higgins, perhaps that poem's a little too difficult for the girl. Why don't you try something simpler like 'The Owl and the Pussycat'? Oh-ho, yes, that's a charming one!"
Prof. Higgins: "Well, Pickering, I can't hear a word the girl is saying! What's the matter?"
Eliza: "I swallowed one."
Prof. Higgins: "Oh, it doesn't matter. I got plenty more."
14. Around what time does Eliza finally 'get it' and they all start singing "The Rain In Spain"?

Answer: 3:00 a.m.

Eliza: "I'm so tired! I'm so tired!"
Col. Pickering: "For God's sake, Higgins, it must be 3:00 in the morning. Do be reasonable."
Prof. Higgins: "I am always reasonable. Eliza, if I can go on with a blistering headache, you can. I've got a headache too. Oh, here. I know your head aches. I know you're tired. I know your nerves are as raw as meat in a butcher's window. But think what you're trying to accomplish. Just think what you're dealing with. The majesty and grandeur of the English language; it's the greatest
possession we have. The noblest thoughts that ever flowed through the hearts of men...are contained in its extraordinary, imaginative and musical mixtures of sounds. And that's what you've set yourself out to conquer, Eliza. And conquer it you will."
15. Professor Higgins asks "Where does one buy a lady's gown?" They need to get Eliza a gown because they're going to the Ascot Races. Where do they say you can get a lady's gown?

Answer: Whiteley's

Prof. Higgins: "Well, let's not buy her anything too flowery. I despise those gowns with sort of weeds here and weeds there. We ought to buy something sort of simple and modest and elegant, is what's called for, perhaps with a, with a bow. Yeah, I think that's just right."
16. Professor Higgins' mother greets him at the Ascot Races and later says hello to Mrs. Eynsford-Hill and another couple. What was the proper name of the couple (Lord and Lady ____________)?

Answer: Boxington

Prof. Higgins: "I told Pickering we should've taken her with us. Oh, goodness! Ah!"
Mrs. Higgins: "Mrs. Eynsford-Hill."
Mrs. Eynsford-Hill: "Good afternoon, Mrs. Higgins."
Mrs. Higgins: "You know my son, Henry."
Prof. Higgins: "Oh, how do you do?"
Mrs. Eynsford-Hill: "I've seen you somewhere before."
Prof. Higgins: "I don't know. Oh, it doesn't matter. You better sit down."
Mrs. Higgins: "Lady Boxington."
Prof. Higgins: "Where the devil can they be?"
Mrs. Higgins: "Uh, Lord Boxington." Prof. Higgins: "Ah!"
Mrs. Higgins: "Colonel Pickering, you're just in time for tea."
Col. Pickering: "Thank you, Mrs. Higgins. May I introduce Miss Eliza Doolittle?"
Mrs. Higgins: "My dear Miss Doolittle."
Eliza: "How kind of you to let me come."
17. Which family relative of Eliza died of influenza, according to her conversation at the Ascot Races?

Answer: aunt

Eliza: "My aunt died of influenza, so they said, but it's my belief
they done the old woman in."
Audrey Hepburn's singing was dubbed by Marni Nixon, despite Hepburn's lengthy preparation for the role.
18. How much time did Professor Higgins have between the Ascot Races and the Embassy Ball to finish training Eliza?

Answer: 6 weeks

Col. Pickering: "Do you realize what you've got to try and teach this poor girl within six weeks? You've got to teach her to walk,
talk, address a duke, a lord, a bishop, an ambassador. It's absolutely impo--Higgins, I'm trying to tell you that I want to call off the bet. I know you're a stubborn man, but so am I. This experiment is over, and nothing, short of an order from the King,
could force me to recant. Now, if you'll excuse me. You understand, Higgins? It's over! Higgins. Higgins!"
19. Yes or No: Did Professor Higgins end up drinking a glass of port before they went to the Embassy Ball?

Answer: Yes

He drinks it in hiding right before they leave. According to www.imdb.com's trivia section, Julie Andrews was the first choice for the role of Eliza Doolittle, but Warner Brothers, who had paid $5.5 million for the rights to the Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe musical, didn't want to risk having a stage actress in the central role of a $17-million film, despite lobbying from Lerner himself.
20. What was the name of the phonetics guru that was once a pupil of Professor Higgins?

Answer: Zoltan Karpathy

Theodore Bikel is the actor's name that played the role of Zoltan Karpathy. He is actually hungarian and ends up saying that Eliza was a Hungarian Princess. Also, Isobel Elsom, one of the choices, is the actress that played Mrs. Eynsford-Hill.
21. Where was the Queen at the Embassy Ball from?

Answer: Transylvania

Zoltan Karpathy: "The Queen of Transylvania is here this evening; I'm indispensable to her at these official international parties."
22. According to Professor Higgins' former pupil, Zoltan, what is the Greek Ambassador really?

Answer: son of a Yorkshire watchmaker

Zoltan: "The Greek ambassador. Greek, my foot. He pretends not to know any English, but he cannot deceive me. He's the son of a Yorkshire watchmaker."
Prof. Higgins: "Oh!"
Zoltan: "He speaks English so villainously...that he cannot utter a word without betraying his origin. I help him pretend, but I make him pay through the nose. I make them all pay."
23. What are the names of the couple who are introduced before Colonel Pickering and Eliza Doolittle?

Answer: Lord and Lady Clandon

This is the list in the order they were introduced: Viscount and
Viscountess Saxon. Baron and Baroness of Yalstir. Sir Guy and Lady Scot Ackland. The Count and Countess Demereau. Viscount and Viscountess Hillyard. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lanser. Lord and Lady Clandon. Miss Eliza Doolittle, Colonel Pickering.
24. What was name of the Prince (the Queen's son) that dances with Eliza first?

Answer: Gregor

Person doing the introductions: "Her Majesty, the Queen of Transylvania...and His Royal Highness, Prince Gregor."
25. What are the last words that Rex Harrison, who played Professor Higgins, says to Eliza when she comes back?

Answer: Where the devil are my slippers?

It's a beautiful ending. After realizing that he's "Grown Accustomed to Her Face" and listening to the only thing he had left of her: the recordings, she comes back. He looks surprised, "Eliza?" and then he states the classic Professor Higgins line: "Where the devil
are my slippers?"
Some of the information for this quiz was taken from www.imdb.com's trivia section. Thank you for taking the quiz, hopefully you enjoyed taking it as much as I did in making it, and learned as much as I did, also. Thank you and be sure to take more of my quizzes!
Source: Author kirkyt1

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