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1 How did Tarzan's mother and father end up on the island with the gorillas?
Answer: The ship caught fire and they used a boat to get to the island.

The movie began with the ship carrying Tarzan's mother and father sinking while on fire. Tarzan's parents used a boat to get to the island. Together, they built a treehouse to live in.
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What did Tarzan use to destroy Sabor?




2 Weissmuller had a long run with the Tarzan series. In total, he made eleven Tarzan movies. However, he was not the first actor to play Tarzan. Who played Tarzan in the first movie in 1918?
Answer: Elmo Lincoln

His real name was Otto Elmo Linkenhelt. He played Tarzan in three silent movies: "Tarzan of the Apes" (1918), "The Romance of Tarzan"(1918) and "The Adventures of Tarzan"(1921).
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3 Which continent is the film set in?
Answer: Africa

Tarzan's real parents ended up in Africa after a ship they were traveling on burned. They built themselves a house up in a tree, but were killed soon after by a leopard.
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4 The first movie about Tarzan was titled what?
Answer: Tarzan of the Apes

This first movie came out in 1918 and starred Elmo Lincoln.
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5 Who provides the voice for Terk?
Answer: Rosie O'Donnell

When the movie was coming out in theatres, Rosie gave her studio audience Terk dolls from the movie.
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6 Tarzan's mother and father were killed by what?
Answer: Leopard

Tarzan's parents had built the treehouse to live in. Kala, a female gorilla, found Tarzan and saved him from a leopard named Sabor after hearing his cries in the treehouse. Kala took him back to other gorillas and raised him as her child, naming him Tarzan.
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7 The character of Jane was intelligent, adventurous and sexy. Which actress played the part of Jane to Weismuller's Tarzan in the first six movies?
Answer: Maureen O'Sullivan

Maureen O'Sullivan played the part as an independent character ahead of her time, who only needed help when wild animals were attacking. Some people found it appealing that she was able to boss around the "man of the jungle", others found her character annoying.
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8 What kind of animal killed Tarzan's real parents?
Answer: Leopard

Tarzan's parents were killed by a leopard named Sabor. The Disney studio didn't want to create a character that had so many spots, so at one point they considered doing a panther instead, but thought it would be too much like "The Jungle Book".
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9 In 1927, 'Tarzan and the Golden Lion' came out starring James Pierce. How was he related to the creator of Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs?
Answer: son-in-law

Besides playing Tarzan in this silent movie, Jim Pierce also played Tarzan on the radio.
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10 What is Terk's full name?
Answer: Terkina

Terk's mother calls her that after Terk says about baby Tarzan,'Yeah its freaky looking ok.'
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11 When a young Tarzan was swimming in the lake, for what did the elephants mistake him?
Answer: A piranha

In order to play with the young gorillas, Tarzan was dared to pull an elephant hair from an elephant's tail. Tarzan swam up behind the elephants. Tantor, a young elephant, tried to warn the others that there was something behind them but they didn't believe him. When Tarzan pulled the hair from an elephant's tail, the elephants went crazy and began to charge. The leader of the gorillas, Kerchak, saved a young gorilla from being trampled by the elephants. Tarzan was admonished by Kerchak for what he did, but showed Terk that he got the elephant hair.
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12 What does Tantor think Tarzan is, when he's swimming in the water?
Answer: a piranha

Of course, piranha's are found in South America, not Africa. This is a funny scene, where Tarzan and Terk meet Tantor. Terk tells Tarzan that to "convince the guys" he has to get an elephant hair, so he jumps into the river to get one, making all the elephants think he's a piranha.
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13 Johnny Weismueller was probably the most well-known of all actors to play Tarzan. Which year did he make his first appearance as the ape man?
Answer: 1932

'Tarzan, the Ape Man' was remade twice, in 1959 and 1982.
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14 What did Tarzan use to destroy Sabor?
Answer: Tip of his spear

The tip breaks off his spear and he uses it to kill him while in a hole.
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15 Tarzan grew up quickly in the animated movie. Which actor---known for playing a president---voiced Tarzan as an adult?
Answer: Tony Goldwyn

Alex Lindz voiced Tarzan as a child. When Tarzan grew up on screen, Tony Goldwyn voiced him as an adult throughout the remainder of the movie. Brendan Fraser had auditioned for the voice of Tarzan, but went on to play George in "George of the Jungle".
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16 The first Weissmuller movie was called "Tarzan, The Ape Man" (1932). In this great adventure film, the safari team are captured by a tribe of Pygmies. Which group of animals helps to rescue them from the tribe?
Answer: Elephants

The safari team were searching for an elephant graveyard for the ivory. In the movie, Tarzan calls to the elephants in the area. They arrive at the pygmy camp and rescue the group by trampling the walls of their prison.
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17 At the beginning of the song, "Son Of Man", who helps Tarzan to climb the tree, when he is struggling?
Answer: Terk

The song is a montage of when Tarzan's five years of age to when twenty years old. It shows how he tries to learn how to be an ape and fit in. Terk really starts being Tarzan's best friend in this sequence.
Question Reference: Quiz: Disney's "Tarzan".
18 What is the first picture that Jane shows Tarzan?
Answer: Gorilla

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19 When Jane Porter and her father were seen on the island with their guide, Clayton, for what were they searching?
Answer: Gorillas

Jane and her father, Professor Porter, arrived on the island to study the gorillas. Their guide, Clayton, was using the expedition as a way to capture the gorillas. When Jane and Tarzan met, she showed him things about the human world. Soon, they began to fall in love.
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20 In the second Tarzan movie, called "Tarzan and His Mate" (1934), Tarzan is shown wrestling for the first time with a vicious animal. Which animal is it?
Answer: Crocodile

This is the first time anybody wrestled with a crocodile. It was a big hit with audiences.
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21 What animal takes Jane's drawing pad?
Answer: a baboon

Jane saw a baby baboon and started drawing it, but the vain monkey took it, as he liked himself so much.
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22 What recognizable characters can be found at the campsite?
Answer: Mrs. Potts and Chip

There are a few other characters from Disney movies that are in Tarzan as well. Little brother from Mulan as well as chip and Mrs. potts. I have also been told that the skeleton in the campsite is actually a disney animated short of some kind.
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23 The fourth Tarzan movie with Weissmuller is titled "Tarzan Finds a Son" (1939). In this movie a baby boy is found inside a crashed plane in the jungle. Who actually finds Boy?
Answer: Cheetah

Cheetah actually rescues the baby right after the plane has crashed in the jungle. The baby is the only survivor of the crash. Cheetah brings the baby to Tarzan's Treehouse. Jane and Tarzan raise him as their own.
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24 How many times does Jane say "oh dear", when Tarzan has her listen to his heartbeat?
Answer: 4

An emotional moment for Tarzan, as it's the first time he sees someone exactly like him.
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25 How many times did Weismueller play Tarzan?
Answer: 12

After 1948's 'Tarzan and the Mermaids', Weismueller went on to play Jungle Jim in 16 movies.
Question Reference: Quiz: Tarzan of the Movies.
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