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"Auntie Mame" Mania! Trivia Quiz

She's everybody's favorite aunt! How much do you know about the making of "Auntie Mame"?

A multiple-choice quiz by Robertogee. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Robertogee

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
201,120

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
1325

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What author is credited with the original book, "Auntie Mame"? Hint

Edwin Dennis

Patrick Dennis

Edward Everett Tanner

Edward Dennis

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Question 2 of 10

2. Morton DaCosta not only directed the film, "Auntie Mame", but also played two brief roles. What were they? Hint

Party guest in opening party and taxi driver.

Actor in "Midsummer Madness" with Vera Charles, and Michael Dennis.

Man in elevator with Mame and Lindsey Woolsey, and guest at fox hunt.

Edwin Dennis and radio announcer.

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Question 3 of 10

3. "Auntie Mame" was released by what studio? Hint

Columbia

Warner Brothers

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

20th Century Fox

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Question 4 of 10

4. What author team received credit for the screenplay for "Auntie Mame"? Hint

Jerome Lawrence and Robert Gelbart

Cy Gelbart and Larry Gelbart

Adolph Comden and Betty Green

None of these

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who wrote the score and lyrics for "Mame"? Hint

Stephen Sondheim

Robert Wright

Cy Coleman

Jerry Herman

6. Jan Handzlik, who played young Patrick Dennis on Broadway and in the film, was 13 years old when "Auntie Mame" was released. How old was Patrick Dennis supposed to be when he first met Mame? Hint

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Question 7 of 10

7. Where was Mame's dearest friend, British-accented stage diva Vera Charles, born? Hint

Brooklyn

Philadelphia

Pittsburgh

Cleveland

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Question 8 of 10

8. Mame is initially perplexed by Agnes Gooch. What does Agnes say she is? Hint

sponge

dictaphone

thermometer

secretary

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Question 9 of 10

9. "Auntie Mame" and "Mame" both went from Broadway to films. Rosalind Russell originally starred in both the stage and film versions of "Mame".

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. At the end of "Auntie Mame", who is Mame married to? Hint

Acacious Page

Lindsey Woolsey

Beauregard Burnside

Brian O'Bannion

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What author is credited with the original book, "Auntie Mame"?

Answer: Patrick Dennis

"Patrick Dennis", author of the book and Auntie Mame's fictional nephew, is a pseudonym for author Edward Everett Tanner, III.

2. Morton DaCosta not only directed the film, "Auntie Mame", but also played two brief roles. What were they?

Answer: Edwin Dennis and radio announcer.

Morton DaCosta plays Edwin Dennis in the opening voice-over, reading and signing his will. He is also the radio announcer who says, "Merry Christmas, from Manny, Moe and Jack's credit clothiers", as Mame and household leave for dinner with Beauregard Burnside.

3. "Auntie Mame" was released by what studio?

Answer: Warner Brothers

Warner Brothers released "Auntie Mame", shot in a process called Technirama, which was W-B's proprietary name for its wide-screen process.

4. What author team received credit for the screenplay for "Auntie Mame"?

Answer: None of these

Betty Comden and Adolph Green wrote the screenplay for "Auntie Mame". Among their long line of credits are "On the Town", "Wonderful Town", and "Singin' in the Rain".

5. Who wrote the score and lyrics for "Mame"?

Answer: Jerry Herman

Jerry Herman also wrote the score and lyrics for "Hello, Dolly".

6. Jan Handzlik, who played young Patrick Dennis on Broadway and in the film, was 13 years old when "Auntie Mame" was released. How old was Patrick Dennis supposed to be when he first met Mame?

Answer: 9

On a "bright blue October day," Mame explains to Lindsey Woolsey in the elevator, "Don't you realize I've had to pick up for Patrick's ten neglected years in a matter of months? Dr. Spock says it's an impossibility." They are to learn shortly on this same day that the stock market has crashed. It's 1929. Since Nora Muldoon introduces Patrick to Mame on October 1, 1928, it has been over 12 months since his arrival -- during which time he has to have had a birthday and turned 10. Thus, he was 9 when he first met Mame.

Jan Handzlik dropped out of acting entirely and went on to become an Assistant U.S. Attorney, and later a celebrated criminal defense attorney in Los Angeles.

7. Where was Mame's dearest friend, British-accented stage diva Vera Charles, born?

Answer: Pittsburgh

Patrick thinks Vera sounds British, but Mame explains, "When you're from Pittsburgh, you have to do something".

8. Mame is initially perplexed by Agnes Gooch. What does Agnes say she is?

Answer: sponge

Lindsey Woolsey suggests Agnes soak up everything Mame says, like a "sponge". Upon meeting Agnes, Mame asks, "What's THAT"? Agnes says, "I'm your SPONGE!"

9. "Auntie Mame" and "Mame" both went from Broadway to films. Rosalind Russell originally starred in both the stage and film versions of "Mame".

Answer: False

Angela Lansbury starred in "Mame" on Broadway and Lucille Ball starred in the film. Rosalind Russell starred in "Auntie Mame" both on Broadway and film.

10. At the end of "Auntie Mame", who is Mame married to?

Answer: Lindsey Woolsey

Mame is married to "Uncle Lindsey" as she refers to him in her telegram to Patrick and Pegeen, just prior to her brief return from India, where Lindsey is studying yoga. Mame's only other marriage in the film was to Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside, or "Uncle Beau".

Source: Author Robertogee

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