'M*A*S*H' - 'Movie Tonight' Trivia Quiz

Answer: Cleaning the operating room

Nothing can cheer up a crowd quicker than a good spring cleaning session...and that's just what the crew at the M*A*S*H 4077th is engaged in during the opening of this episode. As usual, Frank is bickering with Hawkeye and BJ, who in turn parse his words for the usual stupidities. Margaret engages herself in nitpicking everyone to death and Klinger complains about everyone tromping across his newly mopped floor. Colonel Potter seeks something to break up this bitter monotony, and soon he will find it.

Answer: Dutch apple crumb pie

After Hawkeye tries the apple crumb pie he suggests that is 'really crummy'. BJ responds, 'Yeah, I know.' Hawkeye answers back, 'No, I mean it's awful!' He then asks Frank for some of his shoe polish so he can 'get this rotten taste out of [his] mouth.' BJ is offended enough to complain about a shirt Hawkeye bought him from Seoul that clearly has one arm longer than the other.

The anomie continues!

Answer: Pilots

The nurses allude to their dates during the 'Army Song' later in the episode: 'The surgeons in the Army, they're bright, they are profound, but we'll take chopper pilots they'll get you off the ground.' Of course, they must not value the pilots that much, as they jilt their dates in favor of the movie that evening.

Answer: Henry Fonda

The film stars Fonda, Linda Darnell and Victor Mature (the names featured before the title). John Ford directs 'My Darling Clementine', and the film also includes Cathy Downs, Walter Brennan, Tim Holt, Ward Bond, Alan Mowbray and John Ireland. Surprisingly, this classic film (from 1946) was nominated for no Academy Awards!

Answer: The Tennessee Waltz

The first verse of the song goes:



'I was waltzing with my darlin' to the Tennessee Waltz,
When an old Friend I happened to see,
Introduced him to my loved one and while they were waltzing,
My friend stole my sweetheart from me.'



During the singing, some of the cast members get the lyrics wrong. Potter replaces 'loved one' with 'true love' and Hawkeye sings 'dancing' instead of 'waltzing'.

Answer: Father Mulcahy

Father Mulcahy's verse goes: 'A chaplain in the Army has a collar on his neck, if you don't listen to him you'll all wind up in heck.' He also plays piano for this very rousing and imaginative song. He is followed by Hawkeye, BJ, Potter, the nurses, Radar, Klinger and Margaret. After a break, Frank sings the final, hilarious verse.

Answer: Jack Benny

Radar's impersonation of John Wayne includes these lines:



'Well it looks like you've got some people around here pretty mad at ya son. But I'm not gonna hit ya. I'm not gonna hit ya. Like hell I'm not!'



After being teased for this imitation Radar follows up in his best Jack Benny voice:



'Now cut that out! (Klinger, impersonating Benny's sidekick Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson: 'Okay, Mr. Benny!') Rochester, now how many times have I told ya, ya see, never to interrupt me when I'm doing the show. Oh, Don. Oh, Mary. Oh, Dennis.'

Answer: Potter

Several individuals take their turns imitating Father Mulcahy, including Hawkeye, Klinger, Frank, Margaret, Radar and Potter. Radar's impression is the best, in my opinion, followed by Frank. The worst is the Colonel's impression. After all the impressions, Father Mulcahy takes back his cap and says, 'Now let me just say this about all these impersonations...' The entire camp boos him for what they suggest is a terrible impression of himself.

Answer: C'est Magnifique

Margaret performs 'C'est Magnifique', a song written by Cole Porter. Here are the lyrics:



'When love comes in and takes you for a spin,
Oo la la la, c'est magnifique.
When every night, your loved one holds you tight,
Oo la la la, c'est magnifique.
But when one day, your loved one drifts away,
Oo la la la, it is so tragique.
But when once more she whispers "Je t'adore"
C'est magnifique.'

Answer: Yes

In fact, the song is featured twice, once at the beginning of the movie and once at the end of the episode when the M*A*S*H-ites are in the operating room. One only hears the chorus of the song in each instance. Thank you for playing this quiz, I hope you enjoyed it and will try some of my other stuff.