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1. In the opening scene of "The Scarlet Pumpernickel", we see a Hollywood movie studio from above, and hear Daffy Duck screaming, "You're killing me! I'm being murdered! You're typecasting me to death." He is trying to pitch his dramatic script to 'J. L.', who responds with "Well, I..." This is all Daffy needs to begin reading the script. In the title we find it is written by Daffy himself, who reveals his middle name (real or imagined). What is Daffy's middle name?
2. Daffy Duck continues to read his "Scarlet Pumpernickel" script, introducing the Lord High Chamberlain who is 'simply furious' about the Scarlet Pumpernickel. Who plays the Lord High Chamberlain?
3. In "The Scarlet Pumpernickel", the Lord High Chamberlain gets an idea while having his powdered wig curled. He'll marry M'Lady Melissa to the Grand Duke and therefore get the upper hand on the Scarlet Pumpernickel. "Quick! A messenger!" Who plays the part of the diminutive messenger?
4. The Grand Duke receives the message from Henery Hawk of his impending marriage to Melissa in "The Scarlet Pumpernickel". Who plays the Grand Duke?
5. In "The Scarlet Pumpernickel" an English gentleman arrives on a coach at Ye King's Nostril Inn. Who plays the role of the innkeeper?
6. After accidentally calling the innkeeper a pheasant instead of peasant, the disguised Scarlet Pumpernickel then asks for his room because he's 'pooped'. What other rustic, rural name does he call the innkeeper?
7. In the cartoon "The Scarlet Pumpernickel", after hearing the marriage of the Grand Duke and the fair Melissa is to take place at once, the Scarlet Pumpernickel returns to his room in The King's Nostril Inn to get into his Pumpernickel disguise. He jumps out the window and crash lands next to his horse. What does the battered Daffy say?
8. In "The Scarlet Pumpernickel", Daffy Duck is outside the castle as the wedding of Melissa and the Grand Duke begins. Staring up at the tall wall, he produces a small box labeled "Ye Little Olympic High Jumper". What is inside?
9. After Daffy Duck 'saves' Melissa from the marriage, he and the Grand Duke engage in a sword fight. There is no clear victor, although the Scarlet Pumpernickel says, "Ha-ha! I'm the hero of this picture, and you know what happens to the villain." The sword fight doesn't finish because the storm breaks. And the dam busts. And the volcano erupts. What is the final result of all the disasters?
10. "Is that all?" J. L. asks as Daffy Duck's "Scarlet Pumpernickel" script is finished. "Is that all?" an exhausted Daffy repeats sarcastically. "There was nothing left for the Scarlet Pumpernickel to do but blow his brains out, which he did." Daffy produces a gun and shoots himself, though obviously through his hat. Then, rising back up, what does he say, which pertains to what he had just been through?
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