Trading Places Quiz for Experts | Movies

Answer: Two people find themselves in each other's position

The film "Trading Places" is a comedy about two people - a commodities broker and a small time crook, who get a chance to experience each other's lifestyle, after they become the subjects of a bet. It is a very lively and funny movie. It was released in 1983, and starred Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy in the roles of the commodities broker and small time crook respectively.

It also starred Kristin Holby in the role of Penelope, Dan Aykroyd's fiancee, Jamie Lee Curtis in the role of Ophelia, Denholm Elliot in the role of Dan's servant, Coleman, and Paul Gleason in the role of Clarence Beeks, along with other actors.

It was a hit.

Answer: The Prince and the Pauper

"Trading Places" is based on "The Prince and the Pauper", which is a famous novel written by Mark Twain. The movie is a modern version of the novel, which was published in the 19th century and tells the story of two people - a prince and a beggar, who experience each other's lifestyle by changing positions for some time.

The prince leads the life of a poor person, as the beggar was leading, while the beggar leads a very royal and rich lifestyle. "Trading Places" also has a similar plot, with some changes.

Answer: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

"Trading Places" is set in Philadelphia, which is the largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

The movie is set in Philadelphia, so to that extent, this city is important. In the movie, Dan Aykroyd's character, Louis Winthorpe III worked for a commodities brokerage firm in Philadelphia, owned by the Duke brothers, Randolph Duke and Mortimer Duke, and the entire story of the movie takes place in Philadelphia. Eddie Murphy's character Billy Ray Valentine was also living in Philadelphia. Most of the action of the movie takes place in Philadelphia.

Answer: Louis and Billy

The Duke Brothers, Randolph Duke and Mortimer Duke, held different views about the role played by nature and nurturing in shaping a person's life. So they decided to make a bet and conduct an experiment by changing the social positions of two people and putting each of them in the position of the other person and see the outcome of their experiment.

They decided to use Louis and Billy for their experiment after they saw Louis and Billy arguing with each other, when Louis suspects that Billy has tried to rob him.

However, Louis and Billy didn't know that they were being used for the experiment.

Answer: Louis lost everything, while Billy benefitted for some time

The bet and experiment of conducted by the Duke Brothers had a significant impact on the lives of Louis and Billy. Louis loses his job, his house, access to his money, and also his reputation, since the Duke brothers frame him for crimes and actions that he didn't commit. On the other hand, Billy benefits for some time from this experiment.

The Duke brothers appoint him to take up Louis Winthorpe's job, allow him to stay in Louis Winthorpe's home, as a result of which Billy becomes adept in business, and achieves considerable success.

His social skills also improve.

Answer: Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche

In the movie "Trading Places", Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche played the roles of the Duke Brothers, Randolph Duke and Mortimer Duke respectively.

Ralph Bellamy was a famous actor during the Golden Age of Hollywood who began his acting career as a theater actor. He began his film career in 1931 with the film "The Secret Six". Some of his well known films are: "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" (1932), "The Awful Truth" (1937), and "His Girl Friday" (1940). He also acted in a number of television shows such as "Man Against Crime", from 1949-1956, "The Eleventh Hour", from 1963-1964, "Wheels" and "The Winds Of War".

Don Ameche was also a well known actor, who acted in theater, films and television. He made his debut in films in 1935 with the film "Clive of India". Some of his other well known films are: "Ramona" (1936), "Ladies in Love" (1936), "Love Is News" (1937) "Slightly French" (1949) and many other films. He acted in TV shows such as "The Polly Bergen Show" and "The Greatest Show on Earth"

Answer: Because he realised that he and Louis were the subjects of the bet and experiment

Louis feels very unhappy about the way the Duke Brothers have treated him, and he also feels like getting even with Billy, who he knows benefitted after Louis was fired by the Duke Brothers and framed even though he was innocent. To get even with Billy, Louis plants some drugs in Billy's cabin when Billy isn't in the room, so that Billy is arrested and jailed.

In order to escape, Louis also uses a gun. Later on, he also tries to commit suicide. However, Billy quietly overhears Randolph and Mortimer discussing their experiment and bet and their plan to remove him from his position and letting him resume his previous lifestyle, and so he decides to help Louis Winthorpe.

He meets Louis and first he helps him regain his health, together with Ophelia and Louis's servant.

After Louis recovers his health, Billy, Ophelia and his servant tell him about the bet and experiment of the Duke Brothers.

Answer: Louis and Billy get hold of the original report of the USDA on orange crops

While listening to the news on a TV set, Louis, Billy, Ophelia, and Louis's servant, Coleman, hear that Clarence Beeks is trying to get hold of a USDA report on orange crops, for Randolph and Mortimer, who wanted to have control over the orange juice market so that they could make the maximum possible profit.

Therefore, the four of them get on the train by which Clarence Beeks is travelling. Their aim is to get hold of the original report and send a false report to the Duke Brothers, but Clarence realises what they are trying to do and he tries to kill them, but they escape.

After escaping, they send the false report to the Duke Brothers, and go to New York City.

Answer: Because they had made a bet between themselves

Louis and Billy exchanged the reports because they had made a bet between themselves about whether they could become wealthy and make the Duke Brothers poor and their plan works successfully, because the Duke Brothers invest all their profits on buying orange juice contracts, and many other traders also do the same. Consequently, the prices of the contracts increase very fast, and Louis and Billy sell their contracts at the high price, and after this, the real report is shown on TV, and according to this report, the orange crop production will be normal, so the price of the orange juice contracts decline sharply. Louis and Billy buy their future contracts at the lower price from all the traders except the Duke Brothers, thus causing them heavy losses, as a result of which the Duke Brothers are very frustrated and disappointed.

Answer: Louis, Billy, Ophelia and Coleman take a vacation to celebrate their success

The movie "Trading Places" has a happy and lively ending. Louis, Billy, Ophelia and Coleman make huge profits and become very rich and successful. Therefore, they celebrate their success by going for a vacation. The movie ends at the point where the four characters are shown enjoying the fruits of their hard work and their vacation.