It's A Wonderful Life Trivia Questions

Answer: George

George said this quote after the high school dance when he walked Mary home. He stepped on Mary's robe, which fell off her body. Mary quickly hid in the hydrangea bushes, but before tossing her robe back to her, George decided to have a little fun with her.

Answer: Bert

His name is mentioned numerous times throughout the movie.

Answer: Bedford Falls

Bedford Falls, of course.

Answer: Laura

'I've looked everywhere, even in the rooms that have been locked since I lost Laura.'

Answer: Harry Bailey

Harry saved a whole plane of soldiers.

Answer: Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer

It is at the dance that George meets Mary Hatch (played by Donna Reed) who will eventually become his wife. When we first see Mary Hatch, she is talking to an unnamed character (his name is Freddie in the script), played by Carl Switzer, who had earlier starred as Alfalfa in the famous "Our Gang" series. He is jealous when Mary leaves to dance with George, and opens the dance floor to reveal the swimming pool beneath it.

Switzer appeared in dozens of "Our Gang" shorts between 1935 and 1940. He was 12 years old when he left the series, and, like many child actors, had difficulty finding work as an adult. He was shot and killed in an argument over a hunting dog in 1959. He was 31 years old when he died.

Answer: Martini

Mr. Martini, who claims George Bailey to be his best friend, is played by William Edmunds (who was indeed born in Italy, despite his anglocized name). It is in Martini's bar that George Bailey prays for help, and receives it later on in the form of clumsy, cuddly Clarence.

Answer: Violet

Near the beginning of the film, George is talking to Bert and Ernie on a street corner. When Violet walks up and George compliments her dress, Violet responds with this quote.

Answer: Clarence

Clarence is a main character, and his name is heard a lot.

Answer: flavor

They also gave them a loaf of bread, that they might never know hunger, and a bottle of wine that prosperity would reign in their home forever.

Answer: 2 cents

'Two cents worth of shoelaces?' (Shoelaces being a variety of licorice.)

Answer: A warped, frustrated old man

Potter finds relish returning this line back to George later in the film after George is forced to crawl back to Potter in order to beg for help!

Answer: Ruth

We first meet Ruth when she and Harry are getting off the train. He introduces her as Ruth Dakin to George and Uncle Billy, but she corrects him: "Ruth Dakin Bailey, if you don't mind." George is upset, because he knows that since Harry is married, he won't be able to stay in Bedford Falls and manage the Building and Loan while George goes to college.

Ruth was played by Virginia Patton, a pretty and talented actress whose career included only 15 films. She retired from show business in 1949 at the age of 23 to marry and raise a family. She was the last surviving credited adult actor to appear in "It's a Wonderful Life".

Answer: Harry

At the high school dance, Harry Bailey announces the beginning of the Charleston contest. The other characters listed are George and Harry's friends who also attend the dance.

Answer: AS2

Clarence explains that his rank of AS2 means Angel 2nd Class.

Answer: A cold

Zuzu caught a cold walking home from school. She kept her coat unbuttoned to help protect the flower she had gotten as a prize at school.

Answer: Coconut

He piles on the coconut even though Mary says she doesn't like it.

Answer: Uncle Billy

Uncle Billy says this to George at a party right before George goes to call on Mary.

Answer: The old Granville house

Earlier in the film, both George and Mary had thrown rocks through the windows of the old Granville house; George had told Mary that if you broke a window, you got to make a wish. Mary made a wish, but wouldn't tell George what it was.

Later, after saving the Building and Loan, George receives a phone call telling him to come to 320 Sycamore, the address of the old Granville house, where he and Mary had thrown rocks through the windows on their way home from the high school dance. Bert and Ernie are putting up travel posters when George arrives. When he enters, Mary is waiting for him with a table set and chickens cooking in the fireplace. Bert and Ernie serenade the newlyweds by singing "I Love You, Truly." Mary tells George that when she broke the window years before, "This is what I wished for."

Answer: Nick

After George and Clarence get thrown out of Nick's bar, Nick repeatedly rings the cash register bell as a joke to "give out wings."

Answer: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

The name of the book is shown a couple times, once at the river house when Clarence is drying out his clothes and belongings, and again at the end of the movie when George opens the book to read the inscription.

Answer: The wooden ball from the banister came off in his hand

The wooden ball on the banister was loose and always came off in his hand.

Answer: 320 Sycamore

George asks Ernie to take him home to 320 Sycamore. This is the same house that George and Mary threw rocks at, the old Granville house.