'Harold and Maude' (Part 3) Trivia Quiz

Answer: Oat straw

Maude mentions organic food during a time long before it came into vogue. Her diet consists of simply eating right, and she assigns this (and her early morning breathing exercises) as the reason for her amazing longevity.

Answer: Rainbow With Egg Underneath and an Elephant

In her 'The Rape of Rome' she has depicted Leda and the Swan (Zeus), which she claims to be a self-portrait. It's very much a representative piece. 'Rainbow With Egg Underneath and an Elephant' is more abstract, and quite surrealistic, and actually quite a nice work of art! Maude also is a practitioner of 'odorifics', which is a rather arcane and eccentric topic for this neophyte.

Answer: 80

And then she says something quite revealing for those who know the end of the film, namely, 'It's all going to be over on Saturday'. Harold, caught up in the moment, fails to question this comment by Maude.

Answer: Sunflower

Maude would love to be a sunflower, because 'they're so tall and simple'. Harold chooses to be one of thousands of tiny white flowers that are 'all the same', according to the young man. Maude denies this, suggesting that, though on the surface they may appear the same, they are all subtly different. Maude is teaching Harold about the beauty of life one lesson at a time. One of her best quotes: 'I feel that much of the world's sorrow comes from people who are *this*, yet allow themselves to be treated as *that*.'

Answer: A tree

While driving madly through town (she makes a full 360 degree turn at one intersection), Maude notices a little tree in distress. The plan is to dig it up and then plant it in a nearby forest. They are able to execute the plan shortly afterward.

Answer: An umbrella

Maude claims to have used her umbrella for defense. She also claims to have been 'dragged off by police' and 'attacked by the thugs of the opposition'. When asked what she was fighting for, Maude lists 'liberty, rights and justice'. She sounds like a true revolutionary, except that she does 'miss the kings'.

Answer: Banjo

Maude has an entire closet full of musical instruments, but specifically chooses a banjo for Harold. How fitting! She instructs him to 'be impulsive' and 'fanciful' in his playing, and to 'let the music flow out' of him.

Answer: Jaguar

Much to Harold's chagrin, his mother has had his hearse towed away, and in its place she has purchased a very sporty looking Jaguar. Harold makes quick work of this gift. Using his technical expertise with a blowtorch, he turns it into another hearse!

Answer: Tom Skerritt

Tom Skerritt played the role, though you wouldn't know it from the credits. He is credited under the name 'M. Borman', and I don't know why. Skerritt, like actors G. Wood (the psychiatrist) and Bud Cort (Harold), appeared in the film 'M*A*S*H' the previous year.

He went on to much greater fam with his role in the television series 'Picket Fences' and in films like 'Top Gun' and 'Steel Magnolias'.

Answer: Reckless driving

Surprisingly, the most obvious offense of 'reckless driving' is not listed, nor is 'exceeding the speed limit' or 'failing to stop at a toll booth'! The charges also include 'possession of a stolen tree'. While the officer checks the inside of the stolen truck in which Harold and Maude have arrived, they steal is motorbike and make a clean getaway. I think it's safe to say that Maude is an anarchist. Please feel free to take a look at the previous two installments of this quiz, and I invite you to try the next installment as well...thank you for playing!