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  Rosalind Russell's 'Auntie Mame'   great trivia quiz  
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 10 Qns
Once a stage play, 'Auntie Mame' was adapted to the silver screen and starred Rosalind Russell. This quiz takes keen knowledge of the movie's witty one liners and character personalities. Let's see how much you know.
Easier, 10 Qns, emoryc, May 30 17
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  "Auntie Mame" Starring Rosalind Russell   popular trivia quiz  
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These are questions from the 1958 version of "Auntie Mame" starring Rosalind Russell.
Average, 10 Qns, elisamay, Feb 19 05
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  "Auntie Mame" Mania!   popular trivia quiz  
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 10 Qns
She's everybody's favorite aunt! How much do you know about the making of "Auntie Mame"?
Tough, 10 Qns, Robertogee, Oct 05 07
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When Mame was working at the department store she met a man named Beauregard Burnside. What did he want to buy?

From Quiz ""Auntie Mame" Starring Rosalind Russell"





Auntie Mame Trivia Questions
1. What author is credited with the original book, "Auntie Mame"?

From Quiz "Auntie Mame" Mania!

Answer: Patrick Dennis

"Patrick Dennis", author of the book and Auntie Mame's fictional nephew, is a pseudonym for author Edward Everett Tanner, III.

2. Where does Mame Dennis live?

From Quiz "Auntie Mame" Starring Rosalind Russell

Answer: New York City

She lives at #3 Beekman Place, in New York City.

3. Complete this quote: 'Life is a banquet __________'?

From Quiz Rosalind Russell's 'Auntie Mame'

Answer: and most poor suckers are starving to death

Although Lucille Ball also starred in a version of 'Auntie Mame', her flare for this famous line could not nearly match the enthusiasm of Rosalind.

4. Morton DaCosta not only directed the film, "Auntie Mame", but also played two brief roles. What were they?

From Quiz "Auntie Mame" Mania!

Answer: Edwin Dennis and radio announcer.

Morton DaCosta plays Edwin Dennis in the opening voice-over, reading and signing his will. He is also the radio announcer who says, "Merry Christmas, from Manny, Moe and Jack's credit clothiers", as Mame and household leave for dinner with Beauregard Burnside.

5. What is Patrick's father's first name?

From Quiz "Auntie Mame" Starring Rosalind Russell

Answer: Edwin

His name is mentioned at the very beginning of the movie in the last will and testament.

6. What was Auntie Mame's last name (before she married)?

From Quiz Rosalind Russell's 'Auntie Mame'

Answer: Dennis

Her name would later change when marrying a man from Georgia.

7. "Auntie Mame" was released by what studio?

From Quiz "Auntie Mame" Mania!

Answer: Warner Brothers

Warner Brothers released "Auntie Mame", shot in a process called Technirama, which was W-B's proprietary name for its wide-screen process.

8. Who is Patrick's trustee?

From Quiz "Auntie Mame" Starring Rosalind Russell

Answer: Dwight Babcock

His name is also listed in the last will and testament.

9. What was the name of the boys' school that Mr. Babcock sent Patrick to after he found out that Mame had not enrolled him in Bixby?

From Quiz Rosalind Russell's 'Auntie Mame'

Answer: St. Boniface Academy

There really was a St. Boniface Academy at the time that the movie was shot.

10. Who is Mame's dearest female friend?

From Quiz "Auntie Mame" Starring Rosalind Russell

Answer: Vera Charles

Patrick would call her "Auntie Vera". She would spend the night in Mame's guest room after Mame's parties.

11. What was the name of the oil tycoon Mame married?

From Quiz Rosalind Russell's 'Auntie Mame'

Answer: Beauregard Jackson Pickett-Burnside

Mame and Beau first meet when Mame is flat broke and working at Macy's during Christmas in the middle of The Depression.

12. Who wrote the score and lyrics for "Mame"?

From Quiz "Auntie Mame" Mania!

Answer: Jerry Herman

Jerry Herman also wrote the score and lyrics for "Hello, Dolly".

13. What department store did Mame work at during the depression?

From Quiz "Auntie Mame" Starring Rosalind Russell

Answer: R.H. Macy and Company

She found this job in the newspaper. She worked during the pre-Christmas period.

14. What was the name of the horse that Mame nearly gets killed riding, when she is at her hubby's ranch?

From Quiz Rosalind Russell's 'Auntie Mame'

Answer: Meditation

Mame joins a fox hunt at Beau's ranch with no clue on how a horse is ridden. She becomes stuck and eventually gets thrown from Meditation, destroying the local sheriff's car and catching the fox at the same time.

15. Jan Handzlik, who played young Patrick Dennis on Broadway and in the film, was 13 years old when "Auntie Mame" was released. How old was Patrick Dennis supposed to be when he first met Mame?

From Quiz "Auntie Mame" Mania!

Answer: 9

On a "bright blue October day," Mame explains to Lindsey Woolsey in the elevator, "Don't you realize I've had to pick up for Patrick's ten neglected years in a matter of months? Dr. Spock says it's an impossibility." They are to learn shortly on this same day that the stock market has crashed. It's 1929. Since Nora Muldoon introduces Patrick to Mame on October 1, 1928, it has been over 12 months since his arrival -- during which time he has to have had a birthday and turned 10. Thus, he was 9 when he first met Mame. Jan Handzlik dropped out of acting entirely and went on to become an Assistant U.S. Attorney, and later a celebrated criminal defense attorney in Los Angeles.

16. When Mame was working at the department store she met a man named Beauregard Burnside. What did he want to buy?

From Quiz "Auntie Mame" Starring Rosalind Russell

Answer: Roller Skates

He wanted to buy 24 skates for orphans.

17. How does the oil tycoon hubby end up dying?

From Quiz Rosalind Russell's 'Auntie Mame'

Answer: He falls off a cliff

After Beau's death, Mame travels the world revisiting the places she and Beau went. He meets his doom while trying to snap a picture of Mame on the Matterhorn.

18. Where was Mame's dearest friend, British-accented stage diva Vera Charles, born?

From Quiz "Auntie Mame" Mania!

Answer: Pittsburgh

Patrick thinks Vera sounds British, but Mame explains, "When you're from Pittsburgh, you have to do something".

19. In college, Patrick met a girl and got engaged. Auntie Mame didn't like her. What was her name?

From Quiz "Auntie Mame" Starring Rosalind Russell

Answer: Gloria

Gloria and Patrick met through Dwight Babcock. She calls Mr. Babcock, "Uncle Dwight."

20. What is the name of Mame's best friend who is the 'English Lady' from Pittsburgh?

From Quiz Rosalind Russell's 'Auntie Mame'

Answer: Vera Charles

Vera Charles would later exclaim, at the announcement of the publishing of Mame's memoirs, '...Such wonderful parties...and now I'm going to find out how they all ended.'

21. Mame is initially perplexed by Agnes Gooch. What does Agnes say she is?

From Quiz "Auntie Mame" Mania!

Answer: sponge

Lindsey Woolsey suggests Agnes soak up everything Mame says, like a "sponge". Upon meeting Agnes, Mame asks, "What's THAT"? Agnes says, "I'm your SPONGE!"

22. What were the names of Mame's two secretaries for her memoir project?

From Quiz Rosalind Russell's 'Auntie Mame'

Answer: Agnes Gooch and Pegeen Ryan

Agnes Gooch would later marry the book's co-author, Bryan O'Banyon. Pegeen would go on to marry Mame's nephew, Patrick.

23. Who was Auntie Mame's collaborator (or ghostwriter according to Mame) when she was writing her autobiography?

From Quiz "Auntie Mame" Starring Rosalind Russell

Answer: Brian O'Bannion

Patrick's friend from school arranged for Mr. O'Bannion to work with Mame.

24. What was the secret ingredient in Claude Upson's daiquiris?

From Quiz Rosalind Russell's 'Auntie Mame'

Answer: Strained Honey

Gloria and Patrick would break off their engagement after Mame's intimate family dinner goes awry. Vera: "Spirits!" Mame: "Can I interest you in a drink?" Vera: "Anything but rum. I've just come from this dreadful party where they served daquiries made with honey." Claude: "What!?"

25. At the end of "Auntie Mame", who is Mame married to?

From Quiz "Auntie Mame" Mania!

Answer: Lindsey Woolsey

Mame is married to "Uncle Lindsey" as she refers to him in her telegram to Patrick and Pegeen, just prior to her brief return from India, where Lindsey is studying yoga. Mame's only other marriage in the film was to Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside, or "Uncle Beau".

26. Through what years does this movie take place (from the year Patrick came to live with Mame to the year the movie closes)?

From Quiz "Auntie Mame" Starring Rosalind Russell

Answer: 1928 - 1946

1928 is shown in the last will and testament, as well as in the newspaper Norah and Patrick were reading on the way to Mame's apartment after his father's death. 1946 is shown in the letter that Mame wrote Patrick and his wife, Pegeen, from India.

27. What is the address of the apartment that Mame lives in and where most of the movie takes place?

From Quiz Rosalind Russell's 'Auntie Mame'

Answer: 3 Beekman Place

Mame re-decorates her place in every new phase of Patrick's upbringing with the exception of her time in The Great Depression. Her strangest decor was during her hosting of the intimate family dinner mentioned above. The decor was created by the designer Yule Oolu and included live goldfish in the hanging lamps at the front door.

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