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2 Bob Hope quizzes and 20 Bob Hope trivia questions.
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  A Real Class Act   popular trivia quiz  
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Bob Hope Quotes
The definition of "a real class act" is someone who is very good at what they do, while remaining fair, polite and admirable. Bob Hope could certainly be described in those terms, especially regarding his lifelong devotion to entertaining the troops.
Tough, 10 Qns, spanishliz, Oct 11 24
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This quiz contains ten questions about the films of Bob Hope.
Difficult, 10 Qns, professorjon, Nov 21 04
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In which movie does Bob first sing "Thanks For the Memory"?

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Bob Hope Trivia Questions
1. "Once I bit my tongue and I tasted awful." Which Bob Hope film included this line?

From Quiz A Real Class Act

Answer: The Road to Morocco

A favourite of the "Road" pictures for many, "The Road to Morocco" featured Bob, Bing Crosby, and Dorothy Lamour. The plot revolved around Bing selling Bob into slavery and both of the heroes wooing the Princess, played by Anthony Quinn, er I mean Dorothy Lamour. In the opening scene Bob and Bing were adrift at sea, with little hope of rescue and running low on food and water. Bing flipped a coin to see which of them would be the survivor and who would make the great sacrifice. Bob protested by telling Bing that he would not like him, because he tasted really bad.

2. In which Bob Hope movie does he travel into space?

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Answer: The Road to Hong Kong

"The Road to Hong Kong" features Bob and Bing Crosby becoming involved in international intrigue and rocket ships.

3. "I hate to interrupt, but your straitjacket is showing." Bob said this, but in which movie?

From Quiz A Real Class Act

Answer: Where There's Life

The 1947 movie "Where There's Life" starred Bob with Signe Hasso and William Bendix. Bob played a DJ named Michael Valentine, who on the eve of his marriage found out that he was the new King of Barovia (a tiny country no one had heard about) and that he would have to deal with the country's enemies. In this scene, the general (Signe Hasso) is trying to explain that Bob really is the King, but Bob thinks it's a gag and he replies to her that "her straitjacket is showing".

4. "That's kidnapping. You can't do that to me. Do you have a permit?" What movie featured a scene in which Bob asked about a kidnapping permit?

From Quiz A Real Class Act

Answer: The Princess and the Pirate

"The Princess and the Pirate" (1944) starred Bob as 'The Great Sylvester', an actor, and Virginia Mayo as the Princess. The two were on the lam running from pirate Victor McLaglen and the villainous governor played by Walter Slezak. Walter Brennan co-starred and there was a surprising cameo at the end. Bob was kidnapped by the governor and he protested in vain, since most crimes were legal if one had a permit.

5. What is Bob Hope's character's name in "The Ghost Breakers?"

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Answer: Larry Lawrence

His middle name was Larry too. Hope quips, "My parents had no imagination".

6. In which Bob Hope film does he fight a duel with Bing Crosby?

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Answer: The Road to Rio

In the 1947 film "The Road to Rio" Bob and Bing are hypnotized and forced to face each other in a duel. Right before the duel, a loud noise awakens Bob from his hypnotic state, but he is unable to wake Bing, who shoots Bob.

7. "The girls call me Pilgrim, because every time I dance with one I make a little progress." Bob was trying to make a little time in which movie?

From Quiz A Real Class Act

Answer: The Ghost Breakers

The 1940 film "The Ghost Breakers" starred Bob and Paulette Goddard. Bob and Paulette investigated an eerie Cuban house that she had inherited. In the scene, Bob was dancing with Paulette and trying to reassure her because she was frightened from threats on her life.

8. In which of the folloing Bob Hope movies does he play the heir to the throne?

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Answer: Where There's Life

"Where There's Life" there is Hope. Bob plays an American radio jockey named Michael Valentine, who unbeknownst to him, is the son of the ailing King of Barovia. The Barovians arrive in New York to take Michael back to his country, and make him their King, while at the same time, an evil organization known as the Mordia is trying to kill him and take over the country. And all of this is occurring on Michael's wedding day!

9. "You wouldn't be seen in those kind of places." Bob tried to be a gentleman in which movie?

From Quiz A Real Class Act

Answer: The Road to Utopia

"The Road to Utopia" (1946) was the fourth in the series and featured Bob and Bing in Alaska looking for a lost gold mine and fighting over Dorothy. In this scene, Dorothy Lamour was pretending to romance Bob so she could get her hands on the map to the goldmine. She suggested to Bob that perhaps they had met before, perhaps in his dreams. Bob replied that Dorothy wouldn't be seen in those kind of places.

10. "Brave men run in my family." Did Bob really mean what he said, in this movie?

From Quiz A Real Class Act

Answer: The Paleface

The 1948 film "The Paleface" starred Bob as a dentist who went to the old west. There he hooked up with federal agent Jane Russell, who used Bob as a decoy while she searched for the people responsible for selling guns to the Indians. In this scene Bob had just been proclaimed a hero for killing 15 Indians (okay, it was 11) and he bragged about his heroics and that it was nothing because "brave men run in my family". "The Paleface" was remade in 1968 as "The Shakiest Gun in the West" and starred Don Knotts and Barbara Rhodes.

11. "Look, why don't you just run for Congress and let us alone, eh?" Bob was upset with someone, but in which film?

From Quiz A Real Class Act

Answer: The Road to Rio

The fifth of the seven "Road" pictures, the 1947 film, "The Road to Rio" starred Bob, Bing and Dorothy Lamour. Bob and Bing were musicians who stowed away aboard a ship headed for Rio. They met Dorothy, who was being controlled by her evil 'aunt' (Gale Sondergaard) through hypnosis. One minute Dorothy was helping Bob and Bing and the next moment she was turning them in. Dorothy tried to apologize to Bob for turning them in to the captain, but he would have none of it and he told her off with his Congress remark. "Rio" also featured the Wiere Brothers, the Andrew Sisters and Jerry Colonna.

12. In which movie does Bob first sing "Thanks For the Memory"?

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Answer: The Big Broadcast of 1938

"The Big Broadcast of 1938" stars W. C. Fields and Martha Raye. Bob co-stars, making his film debut as radio emcee Buzz Fielding, and he sings "Thanks For the Memory" with his ex-wife. The song won an Oscar for Best Song. Dorothy Lamour also appears in the film marking her first appearance with Bob. And by the way, every wrong answer in this quiz is a movie that starred Bob Hope.

13. "Well corn my pone and chit my chitlins."

From Quiz A Real Class Act

Answer: The Lemon Drop Kid

"The Lemon Drop Kid" (1951) starred Bob as a race track tout who owed big money to a gangster and must pay up or else. Marilyn Maxwell co-starred as Bob's girlfriend and the two of them introduced a new song titled "Silver Bells". In this scene, Bob pretended to be southern so he could appeal to a southern woman who had a load of cash. Bob convinced her to put a lot of money on a certain horse. However that horse came in last and then Bob found out that the little southern belle was the girlfriend of the local crime boss. Whoops!

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