Hope and Crosby; The Road Movies Quiz

Answer: Paradise

Paradise was never a location for the comic duo. The destinations for Hope and Crosby are (in order) Singapore, Zanzibar, Morocco, Utopia (Utopia was set in the Klondike), Rio, Bali, and Hong Kong.

Answer: Joan Collins

Dorothy Lamour does appear, however, and just in time to save Hope and Crosby, who are running from killers who want the rocket formula stored in Bob's head.

Answer: a camel

In "The Road to Morocco" Hope and Crosby play two adventurers swept ashore by a shipwreck. Destitute and in need of funds, Bing hits upon a scheme where he sells Bob to Dorothy Lamour. The camel adds a bit of humor with his line and his unscripted entrance in which, while the cameras are rolling, he licks Bob and Bing. The director decided to leave the shot in.

Answer: Utopia

In "The Road to Utopia" Bing is separated from Bob and Dorothy by a crevice in the ice and he urges them to leave him and save themselves. However, many years later he shows up at their and they reminisce, telling the story of "Utopia' in flashback. Bob also winds up with Dorothy in "The Road to Rio", by using hypnosis. Bob also gets the girl in the "Road to Morocco," it just isn't Dorothy.

He manages to snag Mihirmah (played by Dona Drake) or as Hope puts it, "Guess who's also bringing home the bacon"?

Answer: The Road to Bali

The 1952 film "The Road to Bali" was made in color. In the film Bob and Bing flee Melbourne to avoid marriage proposals. Landing in Bali they sign on as divers and help discover treasure and save Dorothy.

Answer: a sarong

Dorothy Lamour was forever known as the "sarong girl".

Answer: The Road to Rio

The Wiere brothers (Harry, Herbert and Sylvester) came to America from Germany in the late thirties. They were a talented team of singers, musicians, dancers, and acrobats. In "The Road to Rio" they play Brazilian musicians who Bing and Bob are are trying to pass off as Americans, despite the fact that the three cannot speak English.

Answer: human cannon ball

Later their act would include Bob taking electrical volts and fighting an octopus. Chuck Reardon (Bing) is the brains and Hubert 'Fearless' Frazer (Bob)does all the work. He is the one who is supposedly shot out of the cannon. However, something always goes wrong and when their aim goes astray they flee to Africa where they get involved with Dorothy, her friend Julia (Una Merkel) and a diamond mine.

Answer: George Cochran

Hope is Ace Lannigan in "The Road to Singapore." He plays Chester Hooten in "The Road to Utopia", and Harold Gridley in "The Road to Bali". Bing plays George Cochran in "The Road to Bali". Other characters by Bing include Josh Mallon (Singapore) Jeff Peters (Morocco) Duke Johnson (Utopia) Scat Sweeney (Rio) and Harry Turner (Hong Kong).

Answer: Robert Benchley

Robert Benchley (and Parker, Woollcott, and Kaufman) was a part of the Algonquin Round Table, a social group of writers and humorists (whose members also included Harpo Marx) who met for lunch regularly at the Algonquin hotel. Benchley appears uncredited in "The Road to Utopia" as the on-screen narrator.

The actor, writer, and humorist appeared in many films in the late thirties and forties including "The Major and the Minor", "You'll Never Get Rich" and Alfred Hitchcock's "The Foreign Correspondent". Benchley was known for his drinking, and as a writer on the wonders of modern life.

He also wrote his own lines in "The Foreign Correspondent". Benchley is the grandfather of Peter Benchley, the author of "Jaws".