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43 free Mrs. Doubtfire trivia questions with answers. Mrs. Doubtfire made $441 million in 1993 on the strength of one man in a latex mask, and the stories behind it are as good as the film: Robin Williams walking San Francisco in full costume unrecognised, a director who ran out of film because the improvising would not stop, and British censors fighting Fox over three lines. This quiz runs 50 questions on the plot (the cayenne pepper, the surname from a headline, Euphegenia's House), the casting stories (Tim Allen, Warren Beatty, a young Blake Lively), the San Francisco locations, the Oscar and Golden Globes, Anne Fine's original novel and the Broadway musical. It starts with the basics and works up to questions for people who own the deleted scenes. Every answer has been checked against reference sources, shown under each question once you answer, so it works for a family movie night, a 90s film quiz or a Robin Williams tribute round.
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Q 01Who plays Daniel Hillard, the divorced dad who becomes Mrs. Doubtfire?
Robin Williams
He also produced the film with his then wife Marsha Garces Williams; Tim Allen turned down both Daniel and Stu.
Q 02Who directed Mrs. Doubtfire?
Chris Columbus
He came to it straight off Home Alone and Home Alone 2, and went on to direct the first two Harry Potter films.
Q 03Mrs. Doubtfire is based on a 1987 novel by which English author?
Anne Fine
The book is called Madame Doubtfire in the UK and Alias Madame Doubtfire in the US; her first choice for Daniel was Warren Beatty.
Q 04What is Daniel Hillard's job at the start of the film?
Voice actor
He quits after refusing to voice a cartoon that glamorises smoking, then uses his voices to sabotage Miranda's nanny applicants.
Q 05What are the names of the three Hillard children?
Lydia, Chris and Natalie
They are 14, 12 and 5; Mara Wilson beat a young Blake Lively to the role of Natalie.
Q 06What is Mrs. Doubtfire's first name?
Euphegenia
In Anne Fine's novel she is Iphigenia and Scottish; the film's version is English and takes her surname from a newspaper headline.
Q 07Where does Daniel get the surname 'Doubtfire'?
A newspaper headline
He is glancing at the paper while inventing the character on the phone to Miranda.
Q 08Who plays Miranda Hillard?
Sally Field
Columbus wanted Catherine O'Hara from Home Alone, but she was busy with The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Q 09Who plays Stu Dunmeyer, Miranda's handsome new boyfriend?
Pierce Brosnan
Daniel Stern was another choice but was busy with Rookie of the Year; Tim Allen declined the role.
Q 10Who transforms Daniel into an old woman with makeup and prosthetics?
His brother Frank and Frank's partner Jack
Harvey Fierstein plays Frank, a makeup artist; the real makeup took four hours to apply each day.
Q 11How long did the Mrs. Doubtfire makeup take to apply each day?
Four hours
He liked to walk around San Francisco in full costume, once visiting a sex shop without being recognised.
Q 12How do Lydia and Chris discover that Mrs. Doubtfire is their father?
They catch him standing up to urinate
They agree to keep his secret so they can keep seeing him; Natalie is not told.
Q 13At the restaurant, what does Daniel secretly put on Stu's jambalaya, knowing his allergy?
Cayenne pepper
When Stu chokes, a guilty Daniel does the Heimlich and his mask slips off, exposing him to Miranda.
Q 21Which Golden Globes did Mrs. Doubtfire win?
Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) and Best Actor for Williams
Critics were lukewarm, but the Globes were not; Roger Ebert wondered how the family could fail to recognise him.
Q 22Mrs. Doubtfire was the second-highest-grossing film of 1993 worldwide. Which film beat it?
Jurassic Park
It made $441 million on a $25 million budget and was Fox's highest-grossing film internationally at the time.
Q 23What was Mrs. Doubtfire's approximate production budget?
$25 million
Q 14Why is Daniel at the same restaurant as Miranda's birthday party that night?
He is meeting a TV executive about a show
CEO Jonathan Lundy wants to discuss a new children's show, so Daniel keeps switching between his suit and the costume.
Q 15What is the name of the children's TV show Daniel ends up hosting as Mrs. Doubtfire?
Euphegenia's House
Miranda watches an episode at the end and decides that things were better with 'her' around.
Q 16In which city is Mrs. Doubtfire set and filmed?
San Francisco
The Hillard home is a real Painted Lady at 2640 Steiner Street, which became a memorial after Williams's death in 2014.
Q 17What is the address of the Hillard family house, which became a fan memorial in 2014?
2640 Steiner Street
The street signs at Steiner and Broadway are visible on screen; fans left tributes on the steps in August 2014.
Q 18Which legendary animator directed the 'Pudgy and Grunge' cartoon Daniel is voicing in the opening scene?
Chuck Jones
The Looney Tunes director was 80 at the time; Daniel quits when the script has the bird start smoking.
Q 19Where was the famous jambalaya dinner scene filmed?
Bridges in Danville, California
An extended version of the scene turned up among the deleted scenes on later home releases.
Q 20Which Oscar did Mrs. Doubtfire win?
Best Makeup
Greg Cannom, Ve Neill and Yolanda Toussieng took the award at the 66th Academy Awards.
Against that it grossed $441 million and sold an estimated 52.6 million tickets in the US alone.
Q 24How did the director capture the cast's reactions to the star's improvising?
Multiple cameras at once, documentary-style
They shot so much improvisation that, according to Columbus, they literally ran out of film.
Q 25In 2021 online articles claimed an NC-17 cut existed. What did the director say?
Enough outtakes for an R cut, but NC-17 is absurd
Mara Wilson also debunked the rumour.
Q 26Why did British censors initially give Mrs. Doubtfire a 12 certificate rather than PG?
Fox refused to cut three controversial lines
A compromise removed thirteen seconds of innuendo for a PG; the 12 was reinstated for the uncut version in 2012.
Q 27Which future star unsuccessfully auditioned to play little Natalie Hillard?
Blake Lively
Mara Wilson got the part and went on to Matilda and Miracle on 34th Street.
Q 28Which actor was the novelist's first choice to play Daniel Hillard?
Warren Beatty
Tim Allen was also offered the role and declined.
Q 29Which actress plays Daniel's nosy neighbour Gloria Chaney in a subplot cut from the final film?
Polly Holliday
Deleted scenes released later also include a spelling-bee argument and a post-restaurant confrontation.
Q 30Which TV station's studios in Oakland were used for the station scenes?
KTVU
It is where Daniel works in the shipping department before CEO Lundy spots him playing with props.