Shall We Dance Trivia

1. Why does Bobbie go to Miss Mitzi's Dance School?

From Quiz Shall We Dance?

Answer: Miss Mitzi lets her practise as much as she wants for free.

Bobbie tells us that the hottest dance school in town is called "Doctor Dance", and that the trendy people don't go to Miss Mitzi's Dance School. Later in the movie, Link takes John out to "Doctor Dance" for one of their dance party nights. Link has an incident there where one of the other dancers takes his wig off him, and his dance partner criticizes his fake tan.

From Quiz Shall We Dance?

Answer: Mitzi

She is at a dance club, talking with John, when the song starts playing. She exclaims, "Finally, a song I know!" and begins singing along. The song was written by Oscar Hammerstein and Richard Rodgers and is from their musical "The King and I".

From Quiz Shall We Dance?

Answer: Paulina

Paulina is working at Miss Mitzi's Dance School after having failed to win the Blackpool dance contest with her partner. John first decides to go for dancing lessons after seeing Paulina standing in the window of the school as he rides the train home from work. At the end of the movie, we see Paulina once again competing at Blackpool, with a new passion for dance.

From Quiz Shall We Dance?

Answer: two

He has a son, Evan, and a 14-year-old daughter, Jenna.

From Quiz Shall We Dance?

Answer: Saks Fifth Avenue

We see Beverly talking with one of her staff about a husband who is having an affair. This gives Beverly the idea that John might be doing this as well. Just before this scene, we see the outside of the building, clearly showing that the department store is Saks Fifth Avenue.

From Quiz Shall We Dance?

Answer: two

He decides to dance the waltz and the quick-step, and asks Link to be Bobbie's partner for the Latin dances.

From Quiz Shall We Dance?

Answer: The Chicago Taittanger Trophy

Miss Mitzi enters all of the 'beginners' (John, Vern and Chic) into The Chicago Taittanger Trophy. John's wife and daughter come to watch John do his dances. When his daughter calls out, John hears her and desperately searches for his wife and daughter, tripping up and ending the dance for he and Bobbie.

From Quiz Shall We Dance?

Answer: September

Turns out he hadn't actually asked his fiancee to marry him yet. He was going to wait until he lost a few pounds and then ask her. At the very end of the movie, the two end up married.

From Quiz Shall We Dance?

Answer: Omar Benson Miller

Vern is taking dancing lessons at Miss Mitzi's Dance School to lose some weight so that he can propose to the woman he loves. Vern has a scene dancing with Bobbie where Bobbie criticises him for sweating profusely while dancing. However, the fact that Vern and his partner make it through the semifinals of the dance competition is fantastic.

From Quiz Shall We Dance?

Answer: his hands are orange from self-tanning lotion

Poor Link keeps getting rejected by girls, but at the end he and Bobbie end up together.

From Quiz Shall We Dance?

Answer: Lawyer

In a couple of spots in the movie, John compares his clients at work with what he is doing in learning to dance. Right at the beginning, John describes clients he has created wills for. When the clients ask if that's all that is required, he says "That's it for the paperwork, but the rest is up to you (in life)".

From Quiz Shall We Dance?

Answer: Cake

So John goes out and buys her some cake, which she eats as she walks along with him.

From Quiz Shall We Dance?

Answer: He is seen going into Miss Mitzi's Dance School for lessons.

As the private investigator follows John around, we see him becoming greatly impressed with what John is doing at the dance school, and in the competition. It's a nice touch at the end of the movie to see him at the door of the dance school. Chic is the one shown dancing with a man at the end of the movie.

From Quiz Shall We Dance?

Answer: football

He's afraid he'll be humiliated if anyone finds out he does ballroom dancing.

From Quiz Shall We Dance?

Answer: he was unfaithful

He attempts to hit on Beverly, but she doesn't let him.

From Quiz Shall We Dance?

Answer: She drinks alcohol from a bottle in her cupboard.

Miss Mitzi steels her nerves by taking a little drink from her private cupboard before putting on a smile and greeting the three men attending the beginners' class. She asks the men if they are disappointed that their teacher is an older women, to which Chic first responds with "yes", and then changes his answer to be polite.

From Quiz Shall We Dance?

Answer: rhumba

She dances with Bobbie, talking about how sensual the rhumba is and how that should come across in your dancing. Everyone is a little surprised by this.

From Quiz Shall We Dance?

Answer: They pretend that Link has fainted and ask the colleague to call 911.

This is one of the funniest scenes in the movie. The dance contest is getting close and Link is helping John to get his steps right, as Link is more experienced. However, as no one in the office knows that they are into ballroom dancing, the two men come up with this quick reaction when their colleague comes in.

From Quiz Shall We Dance?

Answer: to follow John

She thinks John might be cheating on her and is somewhat relieved to find out he's just taking dancing lessons.

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