53 Mrs. Doubtfire Trivia Questions & Answers

Answer: Rossini's "Largo al factotum"

Daniel Hillard, played by Robin Williams is first shown recording the vocal track for a cartoon character known as Pudgy the Parrot. His first task is to make the bird sing the iconic operatic piece from "The Barber of Seville". However, he quits his job after finding out that the character is going to be shown having a smoke.

Answer: Robin Williams

He also starred in "Night at the Museum" as Teddy Roosevelt and in "Jumanji" as Alan Parrish, as well as a lot more movies. When Robin Williams was born he was called Robin McLaurim Williams.

Answer: Dick Van Dyke

"But we always watch Dick Van Dyke..." argues Daniel's daughter. This precedes all three children doing manual labor around the house while Mrs. Doubtfire enjoys iced tea on the sofa. The kids then surrender and agree to do homework. A scene from "Dick Van Dyke" about wigs is seen on the television first, then they tell what the show is.

Answer: 12

After Daniel picks the kids up at school, he says to Chris, "Hey dude, congratulations on your 12th birthday".

Answer: 39

Mrs Doubtfire replied '39, my age!'.

Answer: 3

Daniel and Miranda have three children: Lydia, Chris and Natalie.

Answer: Bob's Mobile Petting Zoo

You can see this written on the side of the petting zoo's van when they first show the Hillard's house. What a zoo it is with ponies, lambs, geese and even a rabbit! Unfortunately for Daniel, he didn't know that it was illegal to have barnyard animals in a residential area. This prompts his neighbor to call his wife, Miranda who is furious when she gets home.

Answer: Lydia, Chris and Natalie

Lydia is the oldest, Chris is 12 and Natalie is 5. Natalie's favorite book is "Stuart Little" and Chris likes football. Lydia hated Mrs Doubtfire being their nanny the most at the beginning of the movie.

Answer: hot flashes

This is in the scene where Daniel must make a home-cooked meal for the family on the first day on the job. He burns the meal badly (along with his body suit) and ends up ordering take-out from a fancy restaurant, putting it on a plate to make it look as if he'd made it himself.

Answer: Pony

After Miranda sets the cake down on the table, a pony comes over and starts eating it.

Answer: Melting like a snowcone in Phoenix

The cream was dripping in the tea!

Answer: Mara Wilson

Mara Wilson also starred in the movies, "Matilda", "A Simple Wish" and "Miracle on 34th Street."

Answer: toxic waste

He says this while Miranda is yelling at him for messing up the house. She then tells Daniel that she is tired of putting up with his negligence and wants a divorce.

Answer: She tells Daniel that she wants a divorce.

Miranda says that she wants a divorce after she sees the party that Daniel throws for Chris. She has wanted one for a while but this is the last straw, because Daniel always wants to do things bigger and better than her.

Answer: Newspaper headline

Daniel sits on his bed, phone in hand, playing his wife like a fiddle with his flawless acting and accent...then his wife asks for his name. Oops! Lucky there is a newspaper on the bedside table, headline quoting "...Doubt fire was accident.."

Answer: London

When Mrs Doubtfire first met Stu, he said that he had a home in London. By the way Dover, London and Bristol are in England and Edinburgh is in Scotland.

Answer: San Francisco

The Golden Gate Bridge can be seen throughout the movie and www.imdb.com suggests San Francisco as the setting.

Answer: Charlotte's Web

Natalie: "You can't leave now; we're right in the middle of 'Charlotte's Web'!"
Daniel: "Grandma will finish it for you".
Natalie: "She's not as good; she always skips parts, doesn't do the voices and she smells kinda funny!"

"Charlotte's Web" was written in 1952 by E.B. White who also wrote "Trumpet of the Swan" and "Stuart Little".

Answer: Doing the voices for a TV show

He walks out because he didn't think that it was right for children to see smoking on TV. He then gets a job as a shipping clerk and also becomes Mrs Doubtfire.

Answer: "Whaling"

"I'd be reenacting the Titanic"... is among the funny lines Mrs. Doubtfire delivers while Stu tries to get her to join them for a swim, but is not what is mentioned to be "outlawed". "Isn't there enough flesh to feast your eyes on..." is the other defense she makes. The family finally lets Mrs. Doubtfire alone and she takes to the bar for a beer.

Answer: Winston

When she is in the kitchen helping Miranda put groceries away, Mrs. Doubtfire tells her that holding the cold meat reminded her of Winston, her husband who had died 8 years earlier.

Answer: 2640 Steiner St.

They live at 2640 Steiner St. Miranda tells Mrs. Doubtfire this when they set up an interview to meet.

Answer: Joan Collins

After being told that Miranda will be hiring a housekeeper to look after their children after school, Daniel decides that he will have his gay brother who is a makeup artist transform him into an old woman so that he may have the position. After some failed attempts at finding the right look, Daniel decides that he should resemble Joan Collins who is famous for her role as Alexis Colby on the soap opera "Dynasty".

Answer: Miranda

Daniel can see his children every Saturday; he has three months to get a job and somewhere to live. Miranda gets custody because Daniel has no place to live and no job.

Answer: Scotch

Wearing that bright red blazer, which he changes in and out of in exchange for a dress suitable for an elderly woman, Daniel fakes liking Scotch to impress Lundi. This leads to drunkeness and his self-destructive unveiling later.