History of the World: Part I Trivia

1. How did the cavemen make music?

From Quiz History of the World: Part 1

Answer: Hitting men with rocks until they screamed

"... liked the sound, and asked the man to repeat it, but he could not." The chief caveman, conducted an orchestra by having women hit men on their feet and in the stomach with large rocks. They then sang "Hallelujah."

From Quiz Another Lesson In "History of the World"

Answer: raisins

The French Revolution segment was my favorite. Count de Monet was played by the very funny Harvey Korman, and Bearnaise was played by Andreas Voutsinas. Count de Monet bought raisins for both of them, but when de Monet had finished all of his, he wanted Bearnaise's as well. And, since de Monet had bought the raisins, Bearnaise was forced to hand them over to de Monet.

From Quiz History of the World

Answer: Bob

Madeline Kahn gives us the answer in the scene in which she is on the litter, "Oh Bob, do I have any openings that this man might fit?" Any scene that has Madeline Kahn in it is sure to bring a laugh. She also starred in "Young Frankenstein" alongside Gene Wilder.

From Quiz History of the World: Part 1

Answer: An Ethiopian Jew

Josephus claimed to be a Jew because he heard that the lions at the Coliseum only ate Christians. When performing his Ethiopian sand dance, Josephus said that he came from Ethiopia.

From Quiz Another Lesson In "History of the World"

Answer: Spartacus

This movie spoofed a lot of other great movies. Some of them were "Ben Hur", "Spartacus", "The Ten Commandments", and "The Greatest Story Ever Told". Comicus had made a joke poking fun at Caesar's weight, and Josephus spilled wine on Caesar because he was not paying attention. Caesar got upset and ordered both of them to fight to the death. Neither of them won, because together they decided to fight their way out of the palace.

From Quiz History of the World

Answer: 107

"What's a matter Pierre, cat got your tongue?" You can see the prison number in the scene when his daughter goes to the tower to free her father. During the French Revolution, the peasants rebelled against King Louis and Marie Antonette, who reportedly said "Let them eat cake." I'm sure she did not eat anything after they chopped off her head.

From Quiz History of the World: Part 1

Answer: Miracle

The horse's name was Miracle. Miriam and Comicus saved Miracle from her owner when her owner was whipping her. Miracle always happened to be around when the main characters needed a quick getaway. Miriam: "Only a Miracle can save us now."

From Quiz Another Lesson In "History of the World"

Answer: Count the Money

Count de Monet was the king's adviser, and told King Louis that the peasants were revolting against him. Count de Monet was the person who came up with the idea of substituting a double for the king. King Louis loved the idea, and said, "I like it, a double in case of trouble". Count de Monet had a team of people make over Jacques so that he looked exactly like the king, right down to the mole on King Louis' cheek. This is the second movie where Harvey Korman's character had to correct people on how to pronounce his name, the first movie was "Blazing Saddles".

From Quiz History of the World

Answer: 7

"You made some very big decisions today." Madeline Kahn was one funny lady, she also starred in "Blazing Saddles" as Lily Von Stup.

From Quiz History of the World: Part 1

Answer: Chess

In the beginning of the French Revolution scene, King Louis was playing human chess. Eventually, every piece jumped the queen along with King Louis himself.

From Quiz Another Lesson In "History of the World"

Answer: Mel Brooks

Mel Brooks also wrote the screenplays for "Dracula: Dead and Loving It", "Robin Hood: Men in Tights", "Life Stinks", "Spaceballs", "Young Frankenstein", and "Blazing Saddles".

From Quiz History of the World

Answer: Bea Arthur

"I'm on my wine break." Bea Arthur is a wonderful actress who was excellent on daytime TV as well as the big screen, as shown in "Maude" and my personal favorite, "The Golden Girls." Betty White was also in "The Golden Girls", Madeline Kahn played the role of Empress Nympho, and Mary-Margaret Humes played the role of Miriam, the Vestal Virgin.

From Quiz History of the World: Part 1

Answer: Here we go

This musical scene included dancing monks, singing prisoners, and synchronized swimming nuns. They were singing while trying to convert the Jews and Muslims to Christianity. It's my favorite scene in the entire movie!

From Quiz History of the World

Answer: 5

Mel Brooks had 5 roles: Comicus, Moses, Torquemada, King Louis, and the "double in case of trouble," during the French Revolution. Mel is one of the greatest actors and a very funny man, well at least he makes me laugh.

From Quiz History of the World: Part 1

Answer: Beggars begging from beggars

Madam DeFarge was a hilarious character that was played by Cloris Leachman. She knitted continuously throughout her scenes. In this scene, she was sitting in a bar with the "scum of Paris" after watching people on the streets.

From Quiz Another Lesson In "History of the World"

Answer: the art critic

The first scene in the movie was the Prehistoric era, which was narrated by Orson Welles. The caveman artist, played by Sid Caesar, painted an animal on the wall of the cave. Soon after, the art critic came by and urinated on his painting. This was way before the era of thumbs up or thumbs down.

From Quiz History of the World

Answer: 1 million BC

The answer can be found in the caveman scene. It came after the first homo sapian marriage, according to the movie. This scene also showed the birth of the artist as well as the critic.

From Quiz Another Lesson In "History of the World"

Answer: seven & 7

Torquemada had tried everything he could think of to try to get the Jewish men to convert. So in the end, he had to resort to calling in the nuns. The scene was done like a game show, with Mel Brooks playing Torquemada. This was ironic because the Spanish Inquisition was a Catholic entity, and Mel Brooks was not Catholic. To get the effects shown, this scene was filmed entirely in reverse.

From Quiz History of the World

Answer: 9

"For mankind, it began by an accident." They say that music is a universal language, but this is one choir I would not want to be a part of, seeing as how the conductor hit the people to make them "sing".

From Quiz History of the World: Part 1

Answer: He urinated on it.

This depicted the first artist ever, followed by the first ever art critic. The critic did not like the horse painting very much. The artist acted upset and his friends patted him on the back.

From Quiz Another Lesson In "History of the World"

Answer: a treasure bath

Marcus Vindictus (played by Shecky Greene) first brought Caesar an alabaster bathtub. Caesar was not totally impressed with it and said, "nice, not thrilling, but nice". Then Marcus Vindictus brought Caesar treasure from the Orient. When Caesar saw both of the gifts together, he got the idea for a treasure bath. Caesar jumped in the tub and had a bath, but when he got out he had to pull a scepter from his backside.

From Quiz History of the World

Answer: 3

"He is a eunuch." "He is a eunuch." "He is dead." Eunuchs were "made" to protect the harems of kings and emperors, since they had no desire to romance the women. The answer can be seen when Comicus and Josephous are hiding in the room containing the Vestal Virgins. Josephous is pretending to be a eunuch and the guards bring in a belly dancer to make sure all of the men are indeed eunuchs.

From Quiz History of the World

Answer: Temple of Eros

"First Served First Come" which is stated on the banner at the beginning of the Roman Empire scene, the Romans were well known for their orgies and baths...wonder how the two were connected.

From Quiz History of the World: Part 1

Answer: Mel Brooks

Mel Brooks wrote and directed "History of the World: Part 1." Brooks wrote and directed many other movies, including "Blazing Saddles" (1974) and "Spaceballs" (1987). He played a cameo in every one of his movies.

From Quiz Another Lesson In "History of the World"

Answer: no entry

Vestal virgins were the priestesses of Vesta. It was important that they kept their virginity intact. During the Roman segment, when the Roman soldiers came into their private room, Empress Nympho ordered the virgins to put on their signs. The soldiers went in there looking for Comicus and Josephus, who had gone in there to hide. Comicus hid behind the curtain, and Josephus tried to blend in with the eunuchs. One of the officers pointed out to Empress Nympho that he was not large like the other eunuchs. Empress Nympho told the officer that Josephus had just become a eunuch, and that he needed time to plump up.

From Quiz History of the World

Answer: 16

This is one of my favorite scenes in the movie, imagine Torquemada played by a Jewish actor, Mel Brooks, what an oxymoron. All the information, the questions, the answers, and the extra stuff, including the title and names of the actors and actresses came directly from the movie.

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