To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
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40 free To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar put some of the 1990s' most bankable leading men in wigs, heels and sequins and sent them across America in an open-top convertible. Reviews were mixed in 1995, but the film was a box-office hit and has been a cult favourite ever since, especially with LGBTQ+ audiences. This quiz covers the whole journey: Vida, Noxeema and Chi-Chi and the actors who played them, the townspeople they win over, the famous faces in the cameos, the songs on the soundtrack, and the stories from behind the camera, including how the film got its unusual title. It is written for fans who know the film by heart, for anyone planning a drag-themed or 1990s movie trivia night, and for viewers who have just watched it and want to know more. Every answer comes with a short explanation.
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Q 01Which actor, one of the last to audition, won the role of Vida Boheme in To Wong Foo?
Patrick Swayze
Patrick Swayze had his own makeup people transform him into a woman to win the part. The Dirty Dancing star beat a long list of contenders that included Mel Gibson and Johnny Depp.
Q 02Julie Newmar, the star thanked in To Wong Foo's title, played which role in the 1960s Batman TV series?
Catwoman
Catwoman was Julie Newmar's role for two seasons of Batman, and her costume now belongs to the Smithsonian. She appears as herself in To Wong Foo.
Q 03Which sport's Hall of Famer sued the studio because a To Wong Foo character shares his name?
Golf
Golf great Juan "Chi-Chi" Rodríguez, the first Puerto Rican in his sport's Hall of Fame, objected to a drag queen carrying his name. The case was settled out of court.
Q 04Which comedian read the To Wong Foo script aloud on a plane, then took an uncredited cameo in the film?
Robin Williams
Robin Williams liked the script but did not want to distract from the three leads. He settled for a brief unbilled turn as John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt.
Q 05Which famous director, whose company developed To Wong Foo, offered to take over the shoot himself if needed?
Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg loved the script when an executive at his company, Amblin Entertainment, passed it to him. Several male directors then turned the project down.
Q 06Which fast-food chain had a To Wong Foo dining scene scrapped because it wanted no link to drag culture?
McDonald's
McDonald's told the producers it did not want the association, so the scene of the trio eating there was cut. Another big brand happily took a billboard in the finished film.
Q 07Which action star said yes at once to playing the drag queen Noxeema Jackson in To Wong Foo?
Wesley Snipes
Wesley Snipes accepted immediately, three years before he first played the vampire hunter Blade. He was better known then for Passenger 57 and White Men Can't Jump.
Q 08Which drag star, famous for the hit single Supermodel, has a cameo as Rachel Tensions in To Wong Foo?
RuPaul
RuPaul was one of dozens of New York drag performers given small parts in the film, 14 years before RuPaul's Drag Race began.
Q 09The title To Wong Foo comes from a signed photo its writer saw on the wall of what kind of place?
A Chinese restaurant
A Chinese restaurant near Times Square displayed the autographed Julie Newmar picture that writer Douglas Carter Beane spotted in the mid-1980s. Advertisers later failed to get the long title shortened.
Q 10For which actor was the role of the young drag queen Chi-Chi Rodriguez in To Wong Foo specifically written?
John Leguizamo
John Leguizamo, born in Bogotá, Colombia, had the part of Chi-Chi tailored to him. Each of the three leads was given a drag mentor to help build the character.
Q 11In To Wong Foo, what kind of yellow 1967 convertible do the queens buy for their cross-country drive?
A Cadillac DeVille
A Cadillac DeVille carries the trio west with its top down. The model had been restyled for 1967, and the range had only offered a convertible since 1964.
Q 12In To Wong Foo, which city are the three queens driving to for the Drag Queen of America pageant?
Los Angeles
Los Angeles is the goal because the national final is held in Hollywood. The queens take the long road there so that the novice Chi-Chi can come too.
Q 13Which Grease star plays the abused innkeeper who befriends Vida Boheme in To Wong Foo?
Stockard Channing
Q 21In To Wong Foo, how do Vida Boheme and Noxeema Jackson finish in New York's Drag Queen of the Year contest?
They tie for first
They tie for first, so both queens earn a place in the bigger national pageant. The opening contest was filmed with real New York drag performers among the extras.
Q 22Much of To Wong Foo's small-town footage was shot on location in which Midwestern state?
Nebraska
Nebraska supplied the locations, around Loma, Lincoln and Omaha. A welcome mural painted for the film's fictional town was left behind in Loma.
Q 23In To Wong Foo, which small-town celebration do the three queens help the local women to organise?
A Strawberry Social
Stockard Channing, who played Rizzo in Grease, is the innkeeper whose violent husband Vida throws out. She went on to play the First Lady in The West Wing.
Q 14In To Wong Foo, what do Vida and Noxeema cash in to buy a car so Chi-Chi can come along?
Their plane tickets
Their plane tickets go to a friend called John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt. The cash pays for a 1967 convertible, so all three queens can travel together.
Q 15In To Wong Foo, what does the innkeeper say told her all along that Vida Boheme was a drag queen?
Her Adam's apple
Her Adam's apple gave Vida away from the start, the innkeeper reveals late in the film. By then the two have become close friends.
Q 16The To Wong Foo scene where townspeople each claim to be a drag queen echoes which Roman epic film?
Spartacus
Spartacus has captured rebels each claim the hero's name to shield him. In To Wong Foo the townspeople do the same to protect the queens from a vengeful sheriff.
Q 17To Wong Foo was often compared with Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, a 1994 drag road movie from which country?
Australia
Australia produced Priscilla, which won the Oscar for costume design. To Wong Foo was already in production when the outback comedy came out.
Q 18Which of her 1980s hits did Cyndi Lauper remake in a reggae style, as heard on the To Wong Foo soundtrack?
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Girls Just Want to Have Fun became Hey Now when Cyndi Lauper re-cut it for a 1994 greatest-hits album. Its use in To Wong Foo a year later gave the single a second push.
Q 19What does Julie Newmar do in her cameo as herself at the end of To Wong Foo?
Crowns the winner
Julie Newmar crowns the winner of the national drag pageant in the final scene. Until then she has been present only as a signed photograph.
Q 20In To Wong Foo, why are the three queens stranded in a small town for a whole weekend?
Their car breaks down
Their car breaks down at a rest stop, and the replacement part takes the weekend to arrive. A passing local drives them to the nearest inn.
A Strawberry Social is the town's big gathering. The queens prepare the local women for it with makeovers, using 1960s fashions found in the town's clothing store.
Q 24At the end of To Wong Foo, which small-town friend does Vida Boheme give the signed Julie Newmar photo?
Carol Ann
Carol Ann receives the picture as a token of their friendship. Earlier, Vida throws Carol Ann's violent husband out of the house.
Q 25Which awards nominated the actors behind both Vida Boheme and Chi-Chi Rodriguez for To Wong Foo?
The Golden Globes
The Golden Globes shortlisted Vida's performer for best actor in a comedy or musical and Chi-Chi's for best supporting actor. The film was also up for Outstanding Film at the GLAAD Media Awards.
Q 26What did To Wong Foo's director do immediately after completing the film's long and difficult shoot?
Gave birth
She gave birth right after the cameras stopped, having been pregnant when she accepted the job. Cast and crew later described the production as a tough shoot.
Q 27To Wong Foo's writer first imagined the story in which form, before turning it into a screenplay?
A stage play
A stage play was the original plan until Douglas Carter Beane decided a car on stage might not work. He kept the theatrical rights and later reworked the story as a musical.
Q 28According to its writer, the unseen Wong Foo of the title To Wong Foo is a metaphor for what?
God
God is what the name stands for, writer Douglas Carter Beane has said, because people should stop and give thanks for everything in life. A scene explaining the idea was filmed and then cut.
Q 29In To Wong Foo, which fictional small town takes in the three queens for a weekend?
Snydersville
Snydersville is the small town where the queens wait out the weekend. Its women get makeovers, and its bullies get a lesson in manners from Noxeema.
Q 30Which Reservoir Dogs actor plays Sheriff Dollard, who hunts the queens across country in To Wong Foo?
Chris Penn
Chris Penn, the younger brother of Sean Penn, was Nice Guy Eddie in Reservoir Dogs. His sheriff is mocked by colleagues who think a woman beat him up.