Showgirls Trivia

1. The beginning of the film sees Nomi, a girl with a mysterious past, hitching a ride to what city, also the main setting of the movie?

From Quiz Showgirls

Answer: Las Vegas

Still several hundred miles out from the lights of Vegas, Nomi gets a ride from the driver of a pick-up truck and proves to be a bit antisocial, especially when she pulls out a knife to protect herself at a moment's notice. A lot of swerving on the road ensues; it's all really dangerous. Nomi gives her name (it's Italian...) and says that she's going to Vegas to become a dancer. They're there by that night. When they stop off to visit a casino - the Riviera - Nomi gets her things stolen by her driver who leaves her in front of the slots. This event proves weirdly traumatic. She starts hitting someone's car (who arrives to tell her) before she vomits all over the sidewalk and wanders into oncoming traffic. This bonding experience allows her to fall into the car owner's (Molly's) arms and cry. After a cryptic conversation at a nearby restaurant, Molly decides to let her live with her. Because that's what happens in real life.

From Quiz "Showgirls" Part 2

Answer: Nomi Malone as the headliner of "Goddess"

As Nomi is riding off into the sunset at the end of the film, an image with her face as the headliner of "Goddess" can be seen on the billboard to the side of the highway. The image is a reminder of Nomi's ambitious rise and dramatic fall from the bright Las Vegas spotlight.

From Quiz Showgirls

Answer: The Riviera

When Nomi and the man who pickes her up on the highway arrive in Las Vegas, he tells her that his uncle is a host at the Riviera. He instructs Nomi to leave her suitcase in his truck, and then they go into the hotel to see his uncle. He distracts Nomi by giving her ten dollars to play the slots. By the time Nomi realizes she's been had, the guy drives off with her stuff and she is left helpless.

From Quiz "Showgirls"!

Answer: The Cheetah

When Nomi first came to Las Vegas, she got a job as a stripper at The Cheetah run by Al Torres. As Cristal said, "I don't know what you do darlin', but if it's at the Cheetah, it ain't dancin'."

From Quiz Showgirls

Answer: Nomi Malone

We find out at the end of the movie that this isn't her real name. Nomi's real name is Polly Ann Costello. The director of the show calls her Pollyanna and Nomi freaks out.

From Quiz Showgirls

Answer: The Cheetah

Six weeks after her arrival in Vegas, Nomi lives with Molly in her trailer. Molly asks Nomi to come with her to work before heading off to her own recently-acquired job, even if only to show off her nails. Molly works for a major Vegas show, specifically in costume design, and it's a popular one - one Nomi aspires to be a part of. When they arrive, Molly is immediately called to work while Nomi watches the elaborate choreography. Also, there's a lot of nudity. Despite being one of the biggest shows in all of Vegas, advertized on billboards, most of it is performed in next to no clothing. This is Nomi's cup of tea. She's already getting the moves down at this point. When the new star, Cristal Connors, arrives onstage, it's clear that Nomi idolizes her. After the show, Molly brings Nomi in to meet Cristal; unfortunately, Cristal turns out to be a bit mean, insulting Nomi's current place of employment, the Cheetah, a local strip club. She does, however, compliment her nails, so there's that. Nomi, however, is already going off in the parking lot. Drop of a hat, eh? To ease the tension, Molly brings her to a hip dance club where she flails a whole lot. James, a bouncer, tries to dance with her (or maybe alongside her; her moves are extremely aggressive for a leisure dancer). She ends up being responsible for starting a fight, spending the night in jail; James bails her out.

From Quiz "Showgirls" Part 2

Answer: Jeff

When Nomi jumps in the truck to hitch a ride to Las Vegas, the driver asks Nomi for her name, then introduces himself as Jeff. Nomi becomes increasingly difficult to deal with, as Jeff asks her more questions about herself, and she even pulls out a knife to tell him to chill out!

From Quiz Showgirls

Answer: Walk Into the Wind

Andrew Carver's hit song "Walk Into the Wind" can be heard towards the beginning of the film, when Nomi is painting her nails in the trailer. The song can be heard again when Molly pulls into the front entrance of the Stardust to pick up Nomi after her first performance in "Goddess".

From Quiz "Showgirls"!

Answer: Heather

Penny was the "new girl" whose stage name was Hope. Nomi went by "Heather" while at The Cheetah, a name and job that Cristal would always remember to berate Nomi for.

From Quiz Showgirls

Answer: Penny

Nomi ends up at work the next night where she's introduced to a new girl, the shy and naive Hope. The boss, Hal, has renamed her; her real name is Penny (but, allegedly, no one wants to sleep with a 'Penny'; they want class). Her story alone is enough for a sequel. Oh wait... that happened. (See: "Showgirls 2: Penny's From Heaven"... yeah.) Soon, Nomi takes to the stage with her nonsensically angry dance style, all to the music of Prince. It's surprising she doesn't take someone's eye out. That's when she discovers Cristal and her boyfriend, Stardust Casino's entertainment director, Zack, in the crowd. Cristal asks Zack if he likes Nomi; she decides to buy her for him. That's how people talk in Vegas. The cost? $500 and a bit of dignity. Cristal watches creepily from the sidelines as Nomi flails around her boyfriend for a few minutes. The magic of Vegas. The bouncer from the dance club, James, is there too, but in the background, watching from a doorway - because that's allowed apparently.

From Quiz Showgirls

Answer: Crave Club

Nomi goes to the Crave Club to show off her dance moves, and to stir up a little trouble! She gets arrested after starting a fight, which results in her spending a night in jail.

From Quiz "Showgirls"!

Answer: Goddess

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Stardust proudly presents Miss Nomi Malone!"

From Quiz Showgirls

Answer: Al Torres

What a slime!

From Quiz Showgirls

Answer: Versace

James finds out where Nomi lives (not creepy), tells her that she can't go around sleeping with people ("Er'rybody got AIDS..."). He has high hopes for her and wants to teach her how to dance. She won't have any of this though; her outbursts on the dance stage will get her to the top. He leaves. Molly and Nomi later go out shopping and Nomi buys herself a brand new dress with her extra income - it's a Versace. During their trip out, Molly admits how much she likes singer-songwriter Andrew Carver who, as it turns out, is also coming to Vegas. Lucky her. This pertinent fact only makes sense about two hours into the movie. That night, Nomi is approached at the Cheetah by a talent scout for the Stardust; she believes that Cristal sent the scout to have her audition for their chorus line. She's likely not wrong.

From Quiz "Showgirls" Part 2

Answer: Versace

Nomi purchased the black dress she wears to the Stardust at Versace, located in the Forum shops at Caesar's Palace. As you may recall from the film, Nomi also has trouble pronouncing the designer's name until she is corrected by Zack.

From Quiz Showgirls

Answer: Texas

Before landing the lead in "Goddess", Cristal Connors was a "gawky little girl with an itty-bitty chest" back in her native Texas. Cristal can be heard saying, "I'm a little farm girl from Del Rio myself", as she signs an autograph while having lunch at Spago with Nomi.

From Quiz "Showgirls"!

Answer: Henrietta Bazoom

Nomi was the only girl who could get Henrietta's dress to properly open when she was telling jokes to warm up the crowd at The Cheetah.

From Quiz Showgirls

Answer: Goddess

'Nakedness and explicit acts of sexuality are rampant in this production, but 'Goddess' is nonetheless a classy, respected show, expansive in its scope, concept and set design. Volcanoes erupt, motorcycles fly off ramps, and giant stone pillars seem to rise into infinity.'

From Quiz Showgirls

Answer: Goddess

Nomi heads to the audition the next day, taking off her clothes and presents herself to the hypercritical jerk who produces the show at the Stardust, 'Goddess'. Making it through the preliminary cuts (consisting of insulting the dancers for a few moments), the choreographer has the girls 'run through' some dance moves, which is a bit absurd since they haven't actually been shown a routine. Cristal comes out to watch the performances and the field is narrowed down to three. Taking off their outfits (of course, the crux of the show), the girls dance yet again and Nomi is criticized for her body (while Cristal watches). She decides to run off the stage in disgust, as one probably should've done hours earlier, and Cristal admits to getting her the audition because she actually LIKES the way she dances. I guess there's a type for everyone. On her way out of the Stardust, Nomi runs into James, now a bellhop (though not for long), and he tries to encourage her to aspire to a higher dream. They head to his place and start dancing together - apparently he wrote a dance number about her, and they can put it on at a new club. She leaves almost immediately after, angry again. It never takes much. When Nomi gets home, it turns out that she's gotten the job in "Goddess". She quits the Cheetah job ASAP, mainly by sarcastically burning bridges. When she goes to tell James, it turns out he's sleeping with Penny/Hope. It's probably her name.

From Quiz "Showgirls" Part 2

Answer: Heather

When the manager of the Club Cheetah introduces a new dancer to the other girls, he introduces Nomi as "Heather". He then proceeds to explain that he always chooses a new stage name for all the dancers. The stage names he picks out are meant to be more appealing to the club's male clientèle.

From Quiz Showgirls

Answer: A boating convention

Nomi accepts an offer to perform at a boating convention, for which she is paid $1,000. Nomi and the other Goddess dancer preforming at the convention are also propositioned by the Stardust's marketing director to "sing" with a Japanese high-roller. Nomi refuses, and soon after she realizes that the incident was another one of Cristal's evil concoctions.

From Quiz "Showgirls"!

Answer: Julie

Julie was the dancer that vouched for her when Cristal "fell" down the stairs and said that she saw the whole thing. Nomi's roommate Molly, however, knew that Julie couldn't have seen the whole thing because she was in front of them. Penny was another dancer at The Cheetah. Nicky was another dancer in "Goddess" that brought her two kids with her one night and got into with Julie. Gay was the choreographer for "Goddess".

From Quiz Showgirls

Answer: $500

Al breaks the Club rules and makes Nomi perform the dance for both Cristal and Zack.

From Quiz "Showgirls" Part 2

Answer: She pushes Cristal down a steep flight of stairs between dance numbers

As you may recall from the film, the dancers had to climb up and down a very steep flight of stairs between each dance number. During one fateful trip down the stairs, Nomi lets her anger and resentment toward Cristal get the better of her. She pushes Cristal down the stairs, leaving her seriously injured. Soon after Cristal's "accident", Nomi's ambitions and dreams are realized when she is awarded the lead in "Goddess".

From Quiz Showgirls

Answer: New York, New York

Nomi becomes visibly nervous when she is asked to provide human resources with information about her past. She claims her birthplace to be New York, NY, but it's revealed later in the film that Nomi lied about her true birthplace and identity. She created a new identity in order to prevent anyone from finding out about her ugly past.

From Quiz "Showgirls"!

Answer: $500

Although it was a club rule that dances be done for only one customer at a time, Al made Nomi break the rules when Cristal offered $500 for a dance for Zack while she watched.

From Quiz Showgirls

Answer: Versace

From Quiz "Showgirls" Part 2

Answer: She waits until they're alone, then severely bludgeons him with her boot heels

Andrew and his buddies take advantage of Molly during the party following Nomi's premiere as the "Goddess" headliner. After witnessing the horror her friend goes through, Nomi is shocked back into the reality of how ugly show business can be. She pleads with Zack to call the police, but since Andrew is a big star and money-maker for Las Vegas, Zack isn't about to turn him in. Instead, he blackmails Nomi to keep quiet by threatening to expose her dark past. Nomi knows she can't just let the situation slide, so she decides to take care of Andrew herself. She arranges a meeting alone with him, making him believe her intention is to sleep with him. Then when they're alone, she severely bludgeons him by kicking him with her boot heels.

From Quiz Showgirls

Answer: 6 Months

One of the most memorable lines in the movie is when Molly said she couldn't thread a needle with her right hand because she hadn't been with a man for 6 months! You can guess what she was eluding to.

From Quiz "Showgirls"!

Answer: Doggie Chow

"I've had dog food. Long time ago. Doggie Chow. I used to love Doggie Chow."

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