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  10 Thoroughly Modern Millie Questions    
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This is a quiz about the 1967 musical film 'Thoroughly Modern Millie' which I have always enjoyed watching due to the slightly slapstick humour.
Average, 10 Qns, Doenutty, Mar 10 21
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  10 Questions on Thoroughly Modern Millie    
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Let's find out how much you know about this not-so-well-known movie!
Average, 10 Qns, maribo19, Feb 11 15
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Thoroughly Modern Millie Trivia Questions
1. Millie is a woman who is determined to fully embrace the times and goes to such lengths as cutting her hair, changing her wardrobe and even her behaviour at times in order to be 'Thoroughly Modern'. Who plays Millie?

From Quiz Thoroughly Modern Millie

Answer: Julie Andrews

Made a Dame in 2000, Julie Andrews embarked upon a film career with her movie debut in 1964. Before this she was a successful stage actor. Her performance in "Thoroughly Modern Millie" earned her a third Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress, but she lost to Anne Bancroft in "The Graduate". Several of her films are musicals and showcase her singing talents. Another of my favourite films which she stars in is 'Victor/Victoria' which I recommend watching, again for its humour and music.

2. Who is the star of the film?

From Quiz Thoroughly Modern Millie

Answer: Julie Andrews

Julie Andrews is the star, and she has quite a lovely voice!

3. Millie and her new friend Miss Dorothy meet at an all female boarding house where they both reside. What is the name of it?

From Quiz Thoroughly Modern Millie

Answer: Priscilla Hotel

The hotel is run by a woman who is not all she appears to be... although seemingly concerned for the welfare of the girls in her hotel, especially the ones who have no family, this is not the case. Her increasingly desperate actions form a lot of the humour throughout the film.

4. What decade is this movie set in?

From Quiz Thoroughly Modern Millie

Answer: 1920's

It's the roaring twenties. 'This is 1922...'

5. What food item do Millie and Jimmy make up a dance for?

From Quiz Thoroughly Modern Millie

Answer: tapioca pudding

They do the Tapioca at the friendship dance.

6. There is a particular machine which routinely fails to function throughout the film and usually requires additional effort on the part of the character trying to use it. What is it and how is it activated?

From Quiz Thoroughly Modern Millie

Answer: Elevator/Lift - Dancing

Built into the musical theme of the film the lift refuses to work unless someone is dancing away in it. Personally I would have taken the stairs!

7. What sort of wedding does Millie sing at?

From Quiz Thoroughly Modern Millie

Answer: Jewish

Miss Dorothy is very suprised! 'It's Jewish!'

8. At the Friendship Dance near the beginning of the film Millie has an accessory which doesn't always stay in place. What is it?

From Quiz Thoroughly Modern Millie

Answer: Beauty Spot

Although the beauty spot manages to stay in place for the dance, a wild drive through the streets and a cuddle with the male lead leaves the spot on his face rather than hers until she retrieves it.

9. In Millie's terms, what sort of business is Jimmy in?

From Quiz Thoroughly Modern Millie

Answer: paper clips

She wants to marry her boss, but we all know that she's going to marry Jimmy and get the paper clips too!

10. Millie is driven in her job by a particular ambition. What is it that she wants to achieve?

From Quiz Thoroughly Modern Millie

Answer: To marry her boss

Maybe it is because I don't know a lot about the twenties but I was never sure why it was Millie's desire to marry her boss. It did set up some amusing scenes though such as when singing 'Baby Face' and the added friction in her relationship with Miss Dorothy. A personal highlight is her boss being hit by a tranquiliser dart and nobody noticing the difference.

11. What word does Mr. Graydon say very often?

From Quiz Thoroughly Modern Millie

Answer: swell

Swell, just swell!

12. The male lead played by James Fox dresses as a woman to help uncover the mystery disappearances at the boarding house. What is his character's name?

From Quiz Thoroughly Modern Millie

Answer: Jimmy

Although Jimmy pretends to be an unambitious paperclip salesman he is actually a millionaire who has gone out into the world to find someone who can love him for who he is rather than what he is worth. Guess who that turns out to be?

13. What does Mrs. Meers always say when things aren't going her way?

From Quiz Thoroughly Modern Millie

Answer: pook

14. What does Mrs. Meers always say to the girls who are orphans living in her building?

From Quiz Thoroughly Modern Millie

Answer: It's sad to be all alone in the world.

It is this phrase that points to her guilt of kidnapping young ladies.

15. Other than a landlady, what does Mrs. Meers do to make a little money?

From Quiz Thoroughly Modern Millie

Answer: sells young women into slavery

In the beginning it shows a newspaper headline addressing the new problem of white women being sold into slavery. Mrs. Meers is part of that.

16. Although the film is overall a comedy the subplot is anything but... what is the primary activity of Mrs Meers with regards to the girls at the hotel?

From Quiz Thoroughly Modern Millie

Answer: Human Trafficking

Although the trafficking is treated humorously throughout the film such as the repeated unsuccessful efforts by Mrs Meers to subdue Miss Dorothy, the end scenes clash a little by showing a fairly scary situation of women locked in cages waiting to be moved out.

17. What does Jimmy say that Ms. Flannery has in order to flatter her and escape?

From Quiz Thoroughly Modern Millie

Answer: lovely elbows

'They come from my father's side of the family.'

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