The Pink Panther Trivia

1. What is the name of the princess?

From Quiz The Pink Panther

Answer: Dala

Princess Dala (Played by Claudia Cardinale) is the owner of the "Pink Panther" in the film.

From Quiz The Quiz of the Pink Panther

Answer: A Shot in the Dark

In this film we are introduced to Herbert Lom as Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus, Clouseau's long-suffering boss, and Burt Kwouk as Cato, Clouseau's trusty manservant (who is always sneak-attacking him, for fighting practice) -- both of whom became regulars in the series. Elke Sommer played Maria Gambrelli, but hers was a one-time role. The diamond and the animated panther do not appear, nor does Mancini's theme. The screenplay was originally written *without* Clouseau, as it was based on the French play "L'Idoiote" by Marcel Achard, but Blake Edwards decided to include the bungling lawman in the script. Released in the USA less than a year after "The Pink Panther", "Shot" grossed $12,368,234 -- $2 million more than its predecessor. Some critics, like Leonard Maltin, consider this the best "PP" film of all.

From Quiz The Pink Panther

Answer: Because it has an image in it that resembles a Pink Panther

The Pink Panther is the gem that everyone in the film wants!

From Quiz Which "Pink Panther" Movie Was It?

Answer: The Pink Panther Strikes Again

Hitmen, and hitwomen, from several different countries try unsuccessfully to kill Clouseau.

From Quiz The Quiz of the Pink Panther

Answer: Inspector Clouseau

This is a unique film in the original "Pink Panther" series of 1963-93. Not only was there no Peter Sellers acting in it, but also there was no Blake Edwards directing it, and there was no Mancini composing the score! Not to mention no diamond and no animated cat in the credits! Alan Arkin played Clouseau, Bud Yorkin sat in the director's chair, and Ken Throne composed the music. By and large, it is considered the worst film in the "PP" series. Yet it was influential in that Blake Edwards kept the costume design of this movie and other familiar elements in subsequent installments of the "Pink Panther" series, with Peter Sellers restored as the inept inspector.

From Quiz The Pink Panther

Answer: David Niven

David Niven played the "Cat" burglar Sir Charles, and Peter Sellers played the hilarious Jacques Clouseau. The other two played minor parts.

From Quiz Which "Pink Panther" Movie Was It?

Answer: Revenge Of The Pink Panther

This was the last "Pink Panther" movie that Peter Sellers starred in before his untimely death. While Peter Sellers is credited in "Trail of the Pink Panther", this movie was released two years after his death, and his role is made up of outtakes and unused footage of him from "The Pink Panther Strikes Again". Sellers didn't film a role for this movie.

From Quiz The Quiz of the Pink Panther

Answer: David Niven as The Phantom/Sir Charles

"The Return of the Pink Panther" is one of the few properly named films of the series because the Pink Panther diamond actually returns! Moreover, it is also the return of Clouseau, Cato, and Dreyfus played by Sellers, Kwouk, and Lom as you would expect -- not to mention the beloved cartoon cat and Mancini's familiar score! The only wrench in the works is that whilst The Phantom (of the first film) also returns, Christopher Plummer replaces David Niven as the gentleman jewel-thief. By the film's end, one of the main characters loses his mind after enduring one too many of Clouseau's maddening hijinks -- beginning a theme that runs through the rest of the original "PP" films. The poor lunatic even interacts with the animated Pink Panther during the closing credits of "Return"!

From Quiz Which "Pink Panther" Movie Was It?

Answer: A Shot In The Dark

Inspector Dreyfus, later promoted to Chief Inspector, was played by Herbert Lom. "A Shot In The Dark" was the second in the series, and Lom was in all subsequent "Pink Panther" movies.

From Quiz The Quiz of the Pink Panther

Answer: Chief Inspector Dreyfus

"Strikes" picks up right where "Return" left off. The former Chief Inspector Dreyfus is nearly cured of his insanity when an encounter with his old employee Clouseau puts him right back in the loony bin. Dreyfus escapes, however, and forces a scientist and his daughter-assistant to build a Doomsday Device. He then goes on worldwide satellite television and threatens to destroy the Earth unless Clouseau dies. The nations of the world send their assassins to kill the klutzy Clouseau, but through a series of mishaps caused by the Inspector's oblivious ineptitude, most of them end up killing each other! Peter Sellers' cardiac condition had grown worse during the filming, and his stunt double Jim Dunne stood in for the slapstick scenes, which were extensive. A female impersonator performs in this film, but his voice is overdubbed with Julie Andrews (the joke being she had recently made a hit movie about a phony female impersonator, "Victor/Victoria", also directed by Blake Edwards). Edwards makes a cameo, as does English comedian Graham Stark (who actually made a cameo in almost every "Pink Panther" film).

From Quiz The Pink Panther

Answer: A Tiger

It's a tiger skin rug that Dala lays on.

From Quiz Which "Pink Panther" Movie Was It?

Answer: Revenge Of The Pink Panther

Clouseau had to disguise himself because the bad guys thought they had killed him.

From Quiz The Pink Panther

Answer: He's Sir Charles' nephew

Robert Wagner actually ends up helping his uncle steal the gem.

From Quiz Which "Pink Panther" Movie Was It?

Answer: The Pink Panther Strikes Again

The castle, and Dreyfus, later disappear when the Doomsday Machine malfunctions. This is my favorite "Pink Panther" movie. Clouseau trying to get across the moat, and Clouseau as the dentist are hysterical scenes.

From Quiz The Pink Panther

Answer: A Knight

All the other costumes are there, but Clouseau's Knight costume is the most bizzare.

From Quiz Which "Pink Panther" Movie Was It?

Answer: The Pink Panther

Wagner played George Litton, Sir Charles Litton's nephew, in two "Pink Panther" movies. The first was in "The Pink Panther", and the second was in "The Curse Of The Pink Panther", which was made in 1983, after Sellers' death. In "The Pink Panther", the last name was spelled Lytton.

From Quiz Which "Pink Panther" Movie Was It?

Answer: The Return Of The Pink Panther

"The Phantom" has stolen the Pink Panther diamond and Clouseau is investigating.

From Quiz The Pink Panther

Answer: A small, white glove

He leaves these at all of his theft sites, and when his nephew discovers a bag of these in his closet, he discovers that his uncle is the thief.

From Quiz Which "Pink Panther" Movie Was It?

Answer: A Shot In The Dark

After there is a murder at the nudist camp where Clouseau and Maria are, they must make an escape. Naturally, being at a nudist camp, they are naked.

From Quiz Which "Pink Panther" Movie Was It?

Answer: The Return Of The Pink Panther

Sir Charles Litton is the prime suspect when the Pink Panther diamond is stolen from a museum in Lugash. Catherine Schell plays his wife, Claudine. Sir Charles is played by David Niven in other "Pink Panther" movies.

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