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41 free Jingle All the Way trivia questions with answers. Jingle All the Way was panned in 1996 and has been on TV every December since. Arnold Schwarzenegger chasing a Turbo Man doll around Minneapolis is now a holiday tradition, and the story behind it is full of odd facts: Joe Pesci nearly played Myron, Sinbad missed his audition because he was on tour with Hillary Clinton, and Fox was once ordered to pay $19 million for stealing the idea. This quiz runs 100 questions on the plot (the reindeer contest, the criminal Santas, Dementor at the parade), the cast (Phil Hartman, Rita Wilson, a pre-Anakin Jake Lloyd, a giant future WWE star), the Twin Cities locations, the box office, the awards and the 2014 sequel nobody asked for. It starts easy and works up to questions for people who own the Family Fun Edition. Every answer has been checked against reference sources, shown under each question once you answer, so it works for a Christmas movie night or a holiday-film round at pub trivia.
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Q 01Which action star plays Howard Langston, the dad hunting for a Turbo Man doll?
Arnold Schwarzenegger
He was paid a reported $20 million and it was his fourth comedy lead after Twins, Kindergarten Cop and Junior.
Q 02Who plays Myron Larabee, the postal worker competing with Howard for the toy?
Sinbad
He improvised most of his lines, and Schwarzenegger improvised many of his replies.
Q 03Which actor did the producer originally want to play Myron?
Joe Pesci
The eventual choice was made partly because his height and build matched Schwarzenegger's.
Q 04What is the name of the must-have action figure in Jingle All the Way?
Turbo Man
The character, his TV show, commercials and packaging were all invented and shot for the film.
Q 05Which real US metro area is the film set in?
Minneapolis-Saint Paul
The film treats the Twin Cities as one city, and the police cars say 'Twin Cities Police'.
Q 06Who directed Jingle All the Way?
Brian Levant
He had made Beethoven and The Flintstones; Columbus produced and rewrote the script.
Q 07Where does the film's title come from?
A line in 'Jingle Bells'
Chris Columbus rewrote Randy Kornfield's script to sharpen the satire of Christmas commercialism.
Q 08Which producer rewrote the script and steered the film to 20th Century Fox?
Chris Columbus
He had failed to find a hot toy for Christmas 1995 and knew the feeling.
Q 09Which real-life toy did the film's producer fail to find for Christmas 1995, inspiring his rewrite?
A Buzz Lightyear
Screenwriter Randy Kornfield's own inspiration was watching his in-laws queue at dawn for a Power Ranger.
Q 10Which real toy craze coincided with the film's release in December 1996?
Tickle Me Elmo
Store mobbing for Elmo mirrored the film's Turbo Man scenes almost exactly.
Q 11What delayed Fox project freed up Schwarzenegger to make the film in early 1996?
A remake of Planet of the Apes
Columbus also left the Apes project to make Jingle All the Way.
Q 12Who plays Ted Maltin, the smug neighbour with a crush on Howard's wife?
Phil Hartman
It was the last film released in Hartman's lifetime, and his third with the film's co-star after Coneheads and Houseguest.
Q 13Who plays Howard's wife, Liz Langston?
Rita Wilson
Ted tries to seduce her after the parade drop-off, and she turns him down.
Q 21Which Saturday Night Live alumnus plays the Mall Santa?
Jim Belushi
Chris Parnell, another SNL name, appears as a toy store clerk.
Q 22What is the name of Turbo Man's archenemy, whom Myron dresses up as at the parade?
Dementor
Richard Moll plays the actor who normally wears the Dementor suit; Booster is Turbo Man's sidekick.
Q 23How does Howard end up in the Turbo Man costume at the parade?
He is mistaken for the actor while hiding
He then presents the special-edition doll to Jamie from the float.
Q 14Which child actor plays Jamie Langston, later famous as young Anakin Skywalker?
Jake Lloyd
He waited two years and auditioned twice for The Phantom Menace before George Lucas cast him.
Q 15Which TV veteran plays Officer Hummell, the cop who keeps crossing Howard's path?
Robert Conrad
He first pulls Howard over on the way to Jamie's karate graduation, and later has a package blow up in his face.
Q 16Who plays the ponytailed KQRS radio DJ running the Turbo Man contest?
Martin Mull
The prize turns out to be a gift certificate, not the doll itself.
Q 17What must the first caller do to win the radio station's Turbo Man contest?
Name all of Santa's reindeer
Howard and Myron both know the answer and race from Mickey's Diner to the station.
Q 18What is inside the first 'bomb' package Myron threatens the DJ with?
A music box
The second package, opened by Officer Hummell, really does explode.
Q 19Where does Howard try to buy a Turbo Man from a counterfeit ring, sparking a warehouse brawl?
From a gang of criminal Santas
He escapes arrest by pretending to be an undercover officer; the warehouse fight was shot in a Pasadena furniture warehouse.
Q 20Which future WWE giant plays the Giant Santa in the warehouse fight?
Paul 'Big Show' Wight
He was credited as Paul 'The Giant' Wight; Verne Troyer plays an uncredited Mini Santa.
Q 24What does Jamie ultimately do with the Turbo Man doll?
Gives it to Myron for his son
He tells his dad that his performance as Turbo Man was the best present he could get.
Q 25What is Howard's job?
Mattress salesman
Critics complained a successful mattress manufacturer would not behave like such a buffoon.
Q 26What is the film's name for the Christmas procession based on Minneapolis's real Holidazzle?
Wintertainment Parade
The real Holidazzle runs at night on Nicollet Mall; the film's version happens by day on 2nd Avenue.
Q 27Where was the climactic parade sequence actually filmed?
Universal Studios Hollywood's backlot
It took three weeks with 1,500 extras and three custom floats, stitched into helicopter shots of the real 2nd Avenue.
Q 28Which famous Minnesota shopping centre appears in the film and hosted its world premiere?
Mall of America
The premiere was on November 16, 1996, and Schwarzenegger donated memorabilia to the mall's Planet Hollywood.
Q 29At which real Saint Paul landmark does Howard stop to phone home, running on empty?
Mickey's Diner
He and Myron then hear the KQRS contest there over coffee.
Q 30How long did the Minnesota shoot last, at the time the largest film production ever in the state?
Five weeks
Filming began April 15, 1996, in unseasonable spring weather that the studio still found suitably wintry.