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  Death By Murder    
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"Murder By Death" is a hilarious comedy, with many parodies of well known characters.
Average, 10 Qns, poseidenluver, Dec 05 09
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  Murder By Death   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
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Who remembers this 1976 movie spoof of classic detectives in literature? If you remember it, do you remember enough? Enjoy! If you haven't seen it, get it. You'll die laughing! !
Average, 10 Qns, creativedude, Jul 22 11
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  Mysterious "Murder by Death" !   great trivia quiz  
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"Murder by Death" is a Neil Simon movie that I've always loved. The premise involves a dark house in the middle of the country, where five detectives try to solve an impossible crime. Enjoy this short quiz on this funny film!
Average, 10 Qns, corne006, Sep 17 07
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  You'll Die Laughing - "Murder By Death"   popular trivia quiz  
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I laughed till I stopped... (WARNING: Here be spoilers. If you haven't seen the movie, and if you haven't read Agatha Christie's 'And Then There Were None', then please - and I can't believe I'm saying this - do not play this quiz!)
Average, 10 Qns, alkmene, Apr 28 17
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  'Murder By Death' - 2   popular trivia quiz  
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Another quiz for fans of 'Murder By Death.'
Average, 10 Qns, cheddartrix, Dec 06 07
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  'Murder By Death' - 1   popular trivia quiz  
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Trivia on the old classic spoof of murder mysteries. Different world famous fictional detectives are invited to a dinner party to solve the unsolvable, therefore, creating much embarrassment for them. Awesome movie!
Average, 10 Qns, cheddartrix, Jul 28 14
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trivia question Quick Question
Who played the butler Jamesir Bensonmum?

From Quiz "Murder By Death"





Murder by Death Trivia Questions
1. What is the maid's name?

From Quiz Death By Murder

Answer: Yetta

Yetta is a deaf-mute. When the butler is stripped of his clothes, the guests don't know Yetta's screaming.

2. What sound did the doorbell to the Twain mansion make?

From Quiz Murder By Death

Answer: A lady's blood-curdling scream

The detectives arrived at Twain's manor individually, with their side-kick (detective with wife, son, mistress, chauffeur, or maid), and they were greeted by a woman's blood-curdling scream. It was Sidney Wang who pointed out to his son that a more experienced ear heard a doorbell, not a real woman screaming. Later in the movie, Mrs. Charleston screamed at the sight of a rat in her room, and the butler thought it was the doorbell.

3. What odd physical deformity does Lionel Twain have?

From Quiz Mysterious "Murder by Death" !

Answer: He has no pinkie fingers.

Even more strange than Lionel Twain having no pinkie fingers is the fact that he still has ten fingers. Throughout the movie Twain is showed with ten fingers on his hand, but where his pinkie fingers should be there are two regular sized fingers.

4. Who wrote the screenplay?

From Quiz You'll Die Laughing - "Murder By Death"

Answer: Neil Simon

Simon dunnit again (and again - he wrote the sequel too)! Stoppard has written a couple of spoof mysteries, 'The Real Inspector Hound' and 'After Magritte', and Schaffer wrote the brilliant and engaging 'Sleuth' (one of only two films in history whose entire casts have been nominated for the Best Actor Oscar). Agatha Christie, of course, created Poirot and Miss Marple, on whom two of the characters in 'Murder By Death' are based.

5. This movie was actually a play production written by whom?

From Quiz 'Murder By Death' - 2

Answer: Neil Simon

Mel Brooks wrote 'The Producers', Arthur Laurents wrote 'West Side Story' and Jim Jacobs, along with Warren Casey, wrote 'Grease.'

6. What is Lionel Twain's address?

From Quiz 'Murder By Death' - 1

Answer: 22 Twain

7. What is strange about the butler, Bensonmum?

From Quiz Death By Murder

Answer: He is blind

When Bensonmum tries to stamp envelopes, he puts them on the table by mistake. His boss, Lionel Twain, doesn't do anything about it.

8. What was the address of the house that the detectives were going to?

From Quiz Murder By Death

Answer: 22 Twain

It was given on the invitations the detectives received and on a sign Sidney Wang pointed out.

9. What does Inspector Wang have a hard time saying?

From Quiz Mysterious "Murder by Death" !

Answer: his articles and prepositions

Inspector Wang has many problems with the English language. He forgets to use words like "is" and "the". This is strange since we find out later that he was raised in America.

10. What is the name of the blind butler played by Sir Alec Guiness?

From Quiz You'll Die Laughing - "Murder By Death"

Answer: Jamesir Bensonmum

Dora: 'Thank you, er...' Butler: 'Bensonmum.' Dora: 'Thank you, Benson.' Butler: 'No, no; Bensonmum. My name is Bensonmum.' Dick: 'And your first name?' Butler: 'Jamesir.' Dick: 'Jamesir? Jamesir Bensonmum?' Butler: 'Yes sir.' Dick: 'How odd.' Butler: 'My father's name, sir.' Dick: 'What was your father's name?' Butler: 'Howard Bensonmum. Ma'am...'

11. What was Milo Perrier's motive for killing Lional Twain?

From Quiz 'Murder By Death' - 2

Answer: Twain killed his poodle

12. According to Dick Charleston, what does it sound like when the phone wires have been snipped?

From Quiz 'Murder By Death' - 1

Answer: Snip

Dick: 'The line's been snipped!' Dora: 'Well what did it sound like?' Dick: 'Snip.'

13. Who does Jessica Marbles parody?

From Quiz Death By Murder

Answer: Jane Marple

Jane Marple was created by Agatha Christie. She is played by Elsa Lanchester. Jessica is a sassy middle aged woman, with a knack for solving mysteries.

14. Who played the butler Jamesir Bensonmum?

From Quiz Murder By Death

Answer: Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness was reading a script during the filming of "Murder By Death", that some of you may be familiar with - "Star Wars". He went on to play Obi Wan Kenobi. The other answers are actors who have all played Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot.

15. According to one of Sidney Wang's many 'Confuciusisms', in what sense is 'invitation to dinner and a murder like fresh mushroom'?

From Quiz You'll Die Laughing - "Murder By Death"

Answer: We don't know - he never gets to finish his metaphor

Peter Sellers is fantastic in this role. 'Idiot! Not finish mushroom story!' Lionel Twain (Truman Capote) is quite right in asking how one of the finest minds in detective history still cannot grasp the simplest grammatical concepts, such as prepositions and articles. Other Wangisms include 'Weather report like television set on honeymoon - unnecessary!' and 'Conversation like athlete's foot - after a while, very irritating!'

16. What was Alec Guiness's character's name?

From Quiz 'Murder By Death' - 2

Answer: Jamesir Bensonmum

When Milo Perrier later asks the butler what his name is, and he tells him it's Jamesir Bensonmum, he says, 'Your little jest escapes me.'

17. Willie and Sidney Wang were talking about who the murderer was. Willie kept talking, but Wang didn't want to discuss the matter. He said that 'conversation like television set on honeymoon.' How?

From Quiz 'Murder By Death' - 1

Answer: Unnecessary

18. Where does Lionel live?

From Quiz Death By Murder

Answer: 22 Twain's House

Sidney and his son see it on the way in. The address is said by Sidney Wang at the beginning when he first gets to the house..

19. What was odd about the butler?

From Quiz Murder By Death

Answer: He was blind.

"And those were my most funny of faces," said Inspector Milo Perrier after making faces at the butler to see if he really was blind. The blind butler allowed for many gags throughout the movie.

20. What does Jamesir Bensonmum, the butler, have to cook the guests for dinner?

From Quiz Mysterious "Murder by Death" !

Answer: franks and beans

When the cooks fails to come through with any dinner Jamesir hastily throws together a meal of franks and beans, much to M. Perrier's horror. Because Jamesir is blind, he cannot cook anything very elaborate.

21. In Lionel Twain's macabre house, what summons the guests to dinner in lieu of a gong?

From Quiz You'll Die Laughing - "Murder By Death"

Answer: A groaning death mask

The scream, of course, is the doorbell. This allows for much confusion.

22. What do all the detectives have in common?

From Quiz 'Murder By Death' - 2

Answer: They were all fictional

They are all takes on fictional detectives: Sam Spade, Charlie Chan, Nick and Nora, Jane Marple, and Hercule Poirot.

23. How many dining rooms are in the Twain Mansion?

From Quiz 'Murder By Death' - 1

Answer: 2

'Look! Dining room full of empty people!' -- Sidney Wang.

24. Who plays Lionel Twain?

From Quiz Death By Murder

Answer: Truman Capote

Lionel Twain is the owner of the mansion. Later on he scares the guests with a talking moose head. They are just sitting there when they look at a moose head. Twain is behind it talking for it.

25. The late, great, Peter Sellers played Sidney Wang, a spoof of Charlie Chan. What part of speech did Wang never use, which was commented on several times through the movie by host Twain?

From Quiz Murder By Death

Answer: pronouns, prepositions, and articles

Sidney Wang's speech was a running gag throughout the movie, as noted in the quotes below. Twain: "I will tell you, Mr. Wang, if you can tell me why a man who possesses one of the most brilliant minds of this century can't say his prepositions or articles! What *is the*, Mr. Wang! What *is the* meaning of this?" Milo Perrier: "What do you make of all of this, Wang?" Sidney Wang: "Is confusing."

26. Which character is almost killed by poisoned wine?

From Quiz Mysterious "Murder by Death" !

Answer: Inspector Wang

Mr. Twain tests Inspector Wang's detection skills by putting a tasteless and odorless oriental poison in his wine, which Inspector Wang almosts drinks. However, only Inspector Wang has his wine poisoned because only he could detect such a toxin.

27. Which Uber detective(s) is/are not parodied in the film?

From Quiz You'll Die Laughing - "Murder By Death"

Answer: Dr. Kay Scarpetta

Considering that the film was made in 1976 and Patricia Cornwell's first murder mystery, 'Postmortem', appeared in 1990, Chief Medical Examiner Scarpetta is the obvious odd-one-out. The spoofed characters are as follows: M. Milo Perrier - M. Hercule Poirot (Agatha Christie's 'The Mysterious Affair at Styles' et al) Miss Jessica Marbles - Miss Jane Marple (Agatha Christie's 'The Murder at the Vicarage' et al) Dick and Dora Charleston - Nick and Nora Charles (Dashiell Hammett's 'The Thin Man' et al) Sidney Wang - Charlie Chan (Earl Der Biggers's 'The House Without a Key' et al) Sam Diamond - Sam Spade (Raymond Chandler's 'The Maltese Falcon')

28. Sidney Wang told his son that there really was a crime, even though no one had been murdered. What was that crime?

From Quiz 'Murder By Death' - 2

Answer: 'Murder of a good weekend.'

On their way home from Lional Twain's house, each detective discovers things, like the fog machine and different things used to set the whole mystery up. But even though Dick is sure that the scorpion is fake, Dora isn't quite sure about that.

29. Milo Perrier exclaimed: 'I'm not a Frenchie! I'm a ________!'

From Quiz 'Murder By Death' - 1

Answer: Belgie

Just as Hercule Poirot would correct others when they'd call him a Frenchman, Milo Perrier would get all flustered and exclaim that he's a 'Belgie'.

30. What does Maggie Smith think, when her husband tells her what people can do with a naked and dead body?

From Quiz Death By Murder

Answer: "Tacky"

Maggie Smith play Prof. McGonagall, in "Harry Potter". She has also acted in "Sister Act". In this movie she plays Dora, a detective who is married to Dick, another detective.

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