"Amadeus" The Man, The Movie Trivia Quiz

Answer: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Vincent Schiavelli is a favorite actor of Forman's, appearing in "Man on the Moon" and "The People vs. Larry Flynt." "Amadeus" and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" were the only two Forman films to win Academy Awards for Best Picture.

Answer: His father choked to death

Salieri's father was a businessman who forbade his son from following in Mozart's footsteps. His death made it possible for Salieri to fulfil his dream... or at least to try.

Answer: 3

Mozart tries on three wigs, one of which is a decidedly unorthodox shade of pink. Indecisive, he asks his hairdresser, "Why don't I have three heads?" and then erupts in his annoying, high-pitched giggle.

Answer: He corrects and embellishes the march

After pointing out that a phrase "doesn't really work," he improves the phrase, and then plays variations on the march's theme. Salieri's face is wonderful as he seeths with rage while trying to look composed for the others in the room.

Answer: Choosing Mozart might look like the Emperor is playing favorites

Salieri tells the Emperor he wants to protect him from any appearance of showing favoritism. Princess Elizabeth rolls her eyes at this, seeing the truth much more clearly than her uncle. In the director's cut, Salieri also suggests that Mozart has taken advantage of female music students in the past.

Answer: They were originals, but had no errors or erase marks

Mozart never made a single error when writing his music. Everything was finished in his head before he wrote it down on paper.

Answer: Musical chairs

Mozart's penalty for failing to find a chair was to play a tune in the styles of Bach and Salieri. All are highly amused by Mozart's negative imitation of Salieri... except the composer himself, who watched behind a mask.

Answer: The space for his wedding bed

Mozart's passion for his work convinces the Emperor to lift the ban on the play and let Mozart proceed with his opera.

Answer: The Emperor yawns

As Salieri describes it to the priest, one yawn from the Emperor means that the opera will only run for nine performances.

Answer: Mozart's father

After Mozart's father Leopold dies, Mozart uses the opera to accuse himself of being an unfaithful son.

Answer: Gareth in "Four Weddings and a Funeral"

The other choices were roles played by other actors in the movie. Tom Hulce (Mozart) played Dominick, F. Murray Abraham (Salieri) played Omar, and Jeffrey Jones (Emperor Joseph) played Principal Rooney.

Answer: He says it's killing him

In real life, as in the movie, Mozart felt that the Requiem foreshadowed his own death. After Mozart died, a student of his finished the "Requiem," following instructions left by Mozart.

Answer: Salieri physically writes the "Requiem" while Mozart describes it

The dictation scene is one of the most fascinating in the movie. During filming, Tom Hulce would deliberately leave lines out so that F. Murray Abraham's confusion would make Salieri look like a lesser musician.

Answer: He thought Salieri did not care for him or his music

While Mozart is dying of illness, Salieri says that he knows no greater composer than Mozart. This, plus the fact that Salieri is the only colleague who came to "The Magic Flute," convinces Mozart that unlike the Emperor's lackeys, Salieri has a genuine respect for his music.

Answer: The Patron Saint of Mediocrities

Salieri ends his tale frustrated that God killed Mozart rather than let Salieri take credit for his work. With his music fading from memory while Mozart's music is growing beloved throughout the world, Salieri tells the priest, "I speak for all mediocrities... I am their patron saint."