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A Quiz Called Wanda

The 1988 classic hit comedy 'A Fish Called Wanda' had, according to John Cleese, 'Americans, masses of sex and loads of violence'. It was consequently a massive hit on both sides of the Atlantic...

A multiple-choice quiz by alkmene. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
alkmene

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
159,506

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
11 / 20

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1748

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Question 1 of 20

1. Who were the four major stars of the film? Hint

John Cleese, Terry Jones, Jamie Lee Curtis and Wanda the Fish

John Cleese, Michael Crichton, Maria Aitken and Tom Georgeson

John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline and Michael Palin

Eileen Coady, Archie Leach, Otto von Bismarck and Calvin Klein

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Question 2 of 20

2. Whom did Otto assume was Belgian (until Wanda set him straight)? Hint

Plato

Buddha

Nietszche

Aristotle

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Question 3 of 20

3. When Otto and Wanda visit George in prison, Otto asks George, 'Who squealed? Was it Kevin Delaney?' Who is Kevin Delaney?

Answer: (One or Two Words - last or both names)

4. Each time that Ken attempts to do away with Mrs. Coady, he manages only to kill one of her dogs. This recurring event is followed twice by a funeral (the third time Mrs. Coady has a heart attack, finally putting herself out of the picture), at which a song is sung in Latin. What do the words, 'Miserere Dominus, Canis Mortuus est' mean? Hint

Have mercy, Lord, the dog is dead.

Lord, why did you kill the dog?

Oh, Miserable Lord, can you kill me too?

Ding-Dong, the pooch is gone.

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Question 5 of 20

5. Who directed this fine picture? Hint

Terry Jones

Michael Crichton

Charles Crichton

John Cleese

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Question 6 of 20

6. What are Wendy's final words to Archie? Hint

"I'll see you in court."

"You can shove this marriage up your bum!"

"You can stick this marriage right in your bottom!"

"I want a divorce."

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Question 7 of 20

7. Aside from his unkind and obscene epithet for Britishers who dare drive on the left, and his constant reiteration of 'What was the middle thing?', what is Otto's catchphrase? Hint

"Disappointed!"

"Mussolini... nada... niente."

"Limey cement!"

"Don't call me stupid!"

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Question 8 of 20

8. Whose father really did suffer from a debilitating stutter? Hint

John Cleese's

Michael Palin's

Jamie Lee Curtis's

Charles Crichton's

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Question 9 of 20

9. Where did John Cleese come up with the character name of Archie Leach? Hint

This is Cleese's own real name

This was Cary Grant's real name

It just came to him

The church in which he married first wife Connie Booth is located in Arch Leach Close

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Question 10 of 20

10. What fake name and occupation does Otto give Wendy when she catches him in her house? Hint

Kevin Delaney, pipe-fitter

Harvey Manfrenjinsinjen, CIA operative

Oscar Manfredjinsinjen, MI5 agent

James Bond, plumber

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Question 11 of 20

11. Apart from Ken accidentally killing cute little dogs and Otto eating all of his fish, another running gag was included in the original script but edited out of the final version (it was decided that enough cruelty to animals had been exhibited). What was it? Hint

Mrs. Coady hates rats, which Ken tries to use in one of his assassination attempts.

Wanda (the person) accidentally stands on Wanda (the fish) in stiletto heels.

Otto's hobby is shooting the tails off cats.

Archie's daughter tries endlessly to 'accidentally' kill her horse, Phantom.

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Question 12 of 20

12. Whom does Otto try (unsuccessfully) to kiss? Hint

Wanda

Wendy

Archie

Ken

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Question 13 of 20

13. What is Archie's daughter's name? Hint

Portia

Bima

Mercedes

Ethel

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Question 14 of 20

14. Which delightful star of 'Peter's Friends' (and novelist) plays a cameo role?

Answer: (One or Two Words - surname of the character is Hutchison)

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Question 15 of 20

15. The second of Ken's fish Otto eats is green. What does he name it? Hint

Lunch

Limey fish

Wanda

Brian (in memory of Graham Chapman)

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Question 16 of 20

16. According to Wanda, she and Otto are the best brother-and-sister team since whom? Hint

Eric Idle and Terry Jones

Bonnie and Clyde

Romeo and Juliet

Sonny and Cher

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Question 17 of 20

17. With whom does Wendy complain of having had to play 'three rubbers' (of bridge)? Hint

Margery Brooks

Millicent Sanderson

Philippa Hunter

Archie's mother

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Question 18 of 20

18. In the dubbed Italian release of the film, what language does Otto speak when romancing Wanda? Hint

English

Italian

Spanish

Russian

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Question 19 of 20

19. Which English town other than London was used as a location for the film? Hint

Sheffield

Weston-Super-Mare

Cambridge

Oxford

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Question 20 of 20

20. According to the epilogue-subtitles, which of the following did NOT happen after the film ended? Hint

Archie and Wanda formed a leper colony in Rio

Otto emigrated to South Africa and became Minister of Justice

Ken became Master of Ceremonies at London Sea World

Wendy married Hutchison and was crowned Queen

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who were the four major stars of the film?

Answer: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline and Michael Palin

Writing the film took John Cleese and director Charles Crichton six years. Cleese had worked with Kevin Kline on Lawrence Kasdan's hilarious parody Western 'Silverado' together (in which Cleese played the unlikely Sheriff John T. Langston); Palin was every Python's favourite Python and, after seeing 'Trading Places', Cleese was determined to land Jamie Lee Curtis for the non-title role of Wanda Gershwitz.

2. Whom did Otto assume was Belgian (until Wanda set him straight)?

Answer: Aristotle

Otto, who can barely speak English - never mind Italian - reads a lot of philosophy under the misguided apprehension that he is a genius. Among his other misconceptions are that the central credo of Buddhism is 'Every man for himself' and that the London Underground is a subversive political movement. Wanda: 'I've worn dresses with higher IQs!'

3. When Otto and Wanda visit George in prison, Otto asks George, 'Who squealed? Was it Kevin Delaney?' Who is Kevin Delaney?

Answer: Kevin Kline

Kline's first two names are Kevin Delaney.

Answer: Have mercy, Lord, the dog is dead.

In spite of her central role in the film, the first of Patricia Hayes's only two lines as Eileen Coady is 'That's him, officer! He's the one who tried to murder my dogs!' For the most part, she just wails a lot.

5. Who directed this fine picture?

Answer: Charles Crichton

This was Charles Crichton's first film in twenty-five years, and his last. He was seventy-seven when filming began, and had trouble directing through his false teeth. John Cleese did much un-credited directing of the actors during rehearsal.

6. What are Wendy's final words to Archie?

Answer: "I'll see you in court."

Although Archie has yet to commit technical adultery, he has just called his potential mistress 'Darling' in open court. While Maria Aitken's scintillating delivery of 'You can stick this marriage right in your bottom!' is one of the film's most excruciatingly funny and memorable moments, her final line is, in fact, 'I'll see you in court' (ironically, they are in court at the time).

7. Aside from his unkind and obscene epithet for Britishers who dare drive on the left, and his constant reiteration of 'What was the middle thing?', what is Otto's catchphrase?

Answer: "Don't call me stupid!"

Otto honestly believes he is neither stupid nor jealous. Ahem, (no comment).

8. Whose father really did suffer from a debilitating stutter?

Answer: Michael Palin's

Watch any one of Tony Curtis's films and you can be pretty certain it wasn't him. In spite of (or perhaps in tribute to) his father's plight, Michael Palin was delighted to play the role of stuttering Greenpeacer Ken. Palin went on to found the London Centre for Stammering Children.

9. Where did John Cleese come up with the character name of Archie Leach?

Answer: This was Cary Grant's real name

Cleese and Grant were both born (albeit decades apart) in the small town of Weston-Super-Mare, near Bristol, U.K. Cleese said this was the closest he'd ever get to actually being Cary Grant.

10. What fake name and occupation does Otto give Wendy when she catches him in her house?

Answer: Harvey Manfrenjinsinjen, CIA operative

Wendy, of course, sees through it - who wouldn't? Her father worked for the Secret Service and she is perfectly aware that one does not 'go around telling everyone when one is debriefing a KGB defector in a safe house.'

Answer: Otto's hobby is shooting the tails off cats.

In the DVD outtakes, we discover that Otto keeps the cats' tails in a basket in his apartment. Quite pretty, really.

12. Whom does Otto try (unsuccessfully) to kiss?

Answer: Ken

In order to throw Ken off the scent of his suspicions about Wanda and her 'brother', Otto feigns being gay. Michael Palin's wonderful response line cannot be included here for reasons of decency.

13. What is Archie's daughter's name?

Answer: Portia

'Why'd they name her after a car?'

14. Which delightful star of 'Peter's Friends' (and novelist) plays a cameo role?

Answer: Stephen Fry

Stephen Fry, author of 'The Liar', 'The Hippopotamus' and 'Making History' - all highly recommended by this quiz-maker ('The Stars' Tennis Balls' will just annoy anyone who has read 'The Count of Monte Cristo') - receives a knock over the head in the airport. 'Oh, look: the Queen!' 'Where?' Bonk!

15. The second of Ken's fish Otto eats is green. What does he name it?

Answer: Lunch

Monty Python member Chapman actually passed on (a massive loss to the comedic world) the following year, in 1989.

16. According to Wanda, she and Otto are the best brother-and-sister team since whom?

Answer: Romeo and Juliet

Wanda's stated feelings for Otto cannot be included here for reasons of decency (they're not actually related, by the way: 'even if you were my brother, I'd still want to...').

17. With whom does Wendy complain of having had to play 'three rubbers' (of bridge)?

Answer: Philippa Hunter

Margery Brooks complained all through lunch about her husband and Sanderson's (the florist) sent the wrong flowers. Poor Wendy, at least Archie's mother didn't feature.

18. In the dubbed Italian release of the film, what language does Otto speak when romancing Wanda?

Answer: Spanish

Of course, Otto doesn't actually 'speak' Italian in the English version. He recites a menu, rattles off a couple of phrases and says 'Mussolini' once or twice.

19. Which English town other than London was used as a location for the film?

Answer: Oxford

Archie's house (well, Wendy's, actually) is in the famous university town of Oxford.

20. According to the epilogue-subtitles, which of the following did NOT happen after the film ended?

Answer: Wendy married Hutchison and was crowned Queen

While the demise of Apartheid makes Otto's fate a little out-of-date, back in the 1980s he'd probably have made a superb National Party Minister of Justice (an absolute oxymoron, of course - although he'd probably say 'Don't call me a moron!').

Source: Author alkmene

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