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1.
  I'm Not a Bum, I'm a "Jerk"   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
This quiz is about Steve Martin's greatest role -Navin R. Johnson, "The Jerk". This is a classic comedy from 1979, and a great movie that everyone should see numerous times.
Average, 20 Qns, miamisammy29, May 04 06
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  Just a Quiz About "The Jerk"    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
"The Jerk" is a comedy movie that came out in 1979 and starred Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters. It is one of my favorite movies, so I decided to do a quiz on it.
Average, 10 Qns, Ilona_Ritter, Jun 22 22
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Jun 22 22
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  Steve Martin in 'The Jerk'    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
'I'm not a bum... I'm a jerk!' This quiz is about Steve Martin's first 'big movie'.
Average, 15 Qns, lordbehemoth, Apr 25 04
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The Jerk Trivia Questions
1. At the beginning of the movie, Navin (Steve Martin) celebrates his birthday with his family. Why is Navin different from his family?

From Quiz Just a Quiz About "The Jerk"

Answer: He is white; they are black

Navin runs into his bedroom upset, and his mother (Mabel King) follows him. Navin says he doesn't feel like he belongs, so his mother tells him someone left him on her doorstep. He is upset he will always be white, but his mother says she will always love him no matter his color.

2. The movie begins with Navin sitting among the bums on Skid Row. He says, "I'm not a bum; I'm a jerk. I once had wealth, power, and the love of a beautiful woman. Now, I only have two things...my friends and my _____________."

From Quiz I'm Not a Bum, I'm a "Jerk"

Answer: Thermos

Navin traded with a bum to get the thermos because it had sentimental value. He sang the "Thermos Song" for Marie when they were dating. "I'm picking out a thermos for you, not an ordinary thermos for you, but the extra best thermos you can buy, with vinyl and stripes and a cup built right in." He must have written the song himself, because I don't remember hearing it on any Zeppelin albums.

3. What is Steve Martin's character's name?

From Quiz Steve Martin in 'The Jerk'

Answer: Navin R. Johnson

4. When Navin sets out to find his purpose, what advice does his mother give him?

From Quiz Just a Quiz About "The Jerk"

Answer: "The Lord loves a working man."

His mother tells him, "The Lord loves a working man." His father (Richard Ward) tells him, "Don't trust Whitey." His brother Taj (Dick Anthony Williams) tells him, "See a doctor; get rid of it," when Navin says that he knows what he is looking for is out there. The family gives him advice because they know he's not very smart. "Never let them see you sweat" is a commercial for Dry Idea.

5. What is the name of the crazy guy who tries to kill Navin?

From Quiz Steve Martin in 'The Jerk'

Answer: Not revealed

'Die, Navin R. Johnson, die!'

6. What kind of animal is Stupid (this is his name in the TV modified version)?

From Quiz Just a Quiz About "The Jerk"

Answer: dog

Stupid is a mutt who alerts Navin to a non-existent fire. Navin wakes up all his neighbors to tell them about the fire. Navin yells that the dog is a lifesaver, so when a man from the fire department (Douglas S. Close) says it was a false alarm, another man tells Navin not to call that dog Lifesaver; he should call him Stupid.

7. Navin invents a 'handle' for eyeglasses, so that pressure is not put on the frames. This invention later makes him rich... but what does it come to be called?

From Quiz Steve Martin in 'The Jerk'

Answer: Opti Grab & OptiGrab & The Opti Grab & The OptiGrab & opti-grab & the opti-grab

He made it first for Stan Fox, a guy he met at the gas station whose glasses kept slipping.

8. When the car robs the gas station, what does Navin hook it to so they cannot drive away?

From Quiz Just a Quiz About "The Jerk"

Answer: a church

Navin reports the crime but says he can keep them there because he saw a trick in a movie. He hooks the car to the church nearby and then tells the men in the car they won a free oven mitt. They decide not to wait and drive, towing a church with them.

9. What was the first city in which Navin arrived, where he gained employment as a gas station attendant?

From Quiz I'm Not a Bum, I'm a "Jerk"

Answer: St. Louis

He hitch-hiked to St. Louis because that's where the radio station on which he heard his new music was broadcasting. He worked at Hartounian's Service Station for $1.10 an hour. "Dear folks, I got this great job in a gas station. I don't want to say how much I'm getting, but let's just say it's a lot." Heck, it's more than I make now.

10. How much does Navin get paid per hour at the gas station?

From Quiz Steve Martin in 'The Jerk'

Answer: $1.10

'Sorry, I don't work here.' 'Not even for $1.10 an hour?' 'Uh...'

11. Why is Navin excited when the phone books arrive?

From Quiz Just a Quiz About "The Jerk"

Answer: His name is in it.

He points out his name is on page 73, and because his name is in print, he says, "I'm somebody now." He then says that things will happen to him. A man (Emmet Walsh) randomly finds Navin's name in the phone book and decides to kill him. Instead, he shoots the paint cans, causing Navin to yell, "He hates these cans!"

12. The guys who stole Mrs. Neusebalm's credit card were driving what make of car?

From Quiz I'm Not a Bum, I'm a "Jerk"

Answer: Chevrolet

"They might not exactly be here when you get back, but it's a blue Chevy two-door and it'll be going south on Hertatto Street. No, I can't make out the license number, but it'll be pulling a small church. So, any blue Chevy pulling a small church, I'd figure that'd be the one."

13. Where does Navin get his first 'spontaneous publicity' ('The new ______ _______'s here!')?

From Quiz Steve Martin in 'The Jerk'

Answer: phone book & the phone book

'I'm somebody now!'

14. How does Navin fix the man's glasses?

From Quiz Just a Quiz About "The Jerk"

Answer: He puts a handle on them.

The man later patents this, and Navin becomes rich. Bill Macy, plays the man, Stan Fox. Fox offers to split the profits evenly with Navin if Navin allows Fox to sell Navin's invention.

15. Who said: "I wish I could get so excited about nothing."?

From Quiz I'm Not a Bum, I'm a "Jerk"

Answer: Harry Hartounian

Harry Hartounian (played by Jackie Mason) said this after Navin burst into jubilation when the new phone book arrived. He knew he was going to be somebody now. Little did he know, the somebody he was going to be was the "random, milk-face" that the mad sniper picked out of the phone book to shoot. Frosty was Navin's new boss at the carnival; he tells him that "There's a big future in weight guessing".

16. What kind of truck do Navin and his dog jump into when running from the guy shooting him?

From Quiz Just a Quiz About "The Jerk"

Answer: Carnival

The man shooting Navin thinks he had Navin trapped since Navin isn't in the carnival. He tries to reshoot Navin while Navin is on the truck but runs out of bullets.

17. Patty, the motorcycle stuntwoman, had Navin's last name tattooed on what part of her body?

From Quiz I'm Not a Bum, I'm a "Jerk"

Answer: Her buttock

"Gosh, you have my last name tattooed right there, under the J's. First I get my name in the phone book, and now I'm on your [butt]. You know, I bet more people see that than the phone book."

18. What skill does Marie take up, having learned it from a Mexican guy?

From Quiz Steve Martin in 'The Jerk'

Answer: Knife throwing

She tries to throw a knife at a balloon in Navin's mouth.

19. What instrument is Navin playing while singing "You Belong to Me" with Marie (Bernadette Peters)?

From Quiz Just a Quiz About "The Jerk"

Answer: ukulele

They sing "You Belong to Me" when outside by the fire at night. Marie plays the trumpet, and Navin tells her he wants to travel through her trumpet to her lips and kiss her, then says he doesn't want to get spit on him. At the AFI (American Film Institute) in 2009, Martin said that the crunch you hear when Navin stands up in that scene was the sound of him accidentally stepping on the ukelele when he stands up.

20. What was Marie's occupation?

From Quiz I'm Not a Bum, I'm a "Jerk"

Answer: Cosmetologist

"Really? A cosmetologist? That's unbelievable! That's impressive! It must be tough to handle weightlessness!"

21. What job does Navin get at the carnival?

From Quiz Steve Martin in 'The Jerk'

Answer: The guy at the booth who guesses your weight

'For one dollar, I'll guess your weight, height, or sex!'

22. What happens to the note Marie leaves for Navin when she leaves him in the scene where he proposes to her?

From Quiz Just a Quiz About "The Jerk"

Answer: It gets wet.

Navin takes a bath, and Maria slips the letter under the bathroom door. When the dog jumps out of the tub, the letter gets splashed with water causing the ink to run. Steve Martin reading the letter is one of the best scenes.

23. What happened to the old Cup O' Pizza guy?

From Quiz I'm Not a Bum, I'm a "Jerk"

Answer: He was run out of business by the new Cup O' Pizza guy

The new Cup O' Pizza guy makes "the best pizza in a cup ever. This is unbelievable. He ran the old Cup O' Pizza guy out of business. People come from all over to eat this." Navin also decorated his trailer with furnishings from the old Cup O' Pizza place before they tore it down.

24. Why does Navin stop at the gas station?

From Quiz Steve Martin in 'The Jerk'

Answer: To go to the bathroom

25. Near the end of the movie, Navin leaves the house with a bunch of random objects. What does he trade them all for?

From Quiz Just a Quiz About "The Jerk"

Answer: thermos

When he leaves Marie, he tells her, "I don't need anything." However, he then grabs an ashtray, a paddle game, a remote control, and other random items. Then he lives on the streets. He sees someone go past with a thermos and trades everything he brought with him and gets the thermos in exchange. Perhaps, it reminds him of Marie because he sang the "Thermos Song" he wrote for her earlier in the movie.

26. Finish the quote: "I know we've only known each other four weeks and three days, but it seems like ______________."

From Quiz I'm Not a Bum, I'm a "Jerk"

Answer: Nine weeks and five days

"The first day seemed like a week, and the second day seemed like five days, and the third day seemed like a week again, and the fourth day seemed like eight days. And the fifth day you went to see your mother and that just seemed like a day, and then you came back and later on the sixth day, in the evening when we saw each other, that started seeming like two days, so in the evening it seemed like two days spilling over into the next day and that started seeming like four days..." Etc., etc., etc. He had the rest written down somewhere.

27. Finish this quote (in a letter from Navin to his mother): "So, with my faithful dog leading the way, I'm off to win the hand of Marie. You'd love her, Mom; she's just like you, except she's_______________."

From Quiz I'm Not a Bum, I'm a "Jerk"

Answer: White and blonde

Navin was "raised a poor, black child". His entire family was black.

28. Who reads Navin's letters to the whole family at home?

From Quiz Steve Martin in 'The Jerk'

Answer: Grandma

29. After Navin received his first check for "two hundred and fifty donuts", (when he was still under the impression it was 250 dollars and not 250,000 dollars) how many of the donuts did he say he would take in cash?

From Quiz I'm Not a Bum, I'm a "Jerk"

Answer: 50 of the donuts

"I could take 50 of the donuts and deposit the other 200 beauties." Then his head spun around during the "filling out of the deposit slip", when he realized the check was actually for "two hundred and fifty thousand dolla..."

30. What instrument does Marie play?

From Quiz Steve Martin in 'The Jerk'

Answer: Cornet & Trumpet

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