Q 01/05

In which year was Blazing Saddles released?

A) 1974

B) 1975

C) 1976

D) 1979

Answer · why

A) 1974

It opened on 7 February; Brooks released Young Frankenstein the same year.

Q 02/05

Which stand-up comedian co-wrote Blazing Saddles and was originally intended to play Sheriff Bart?

A) Redd Foxx

B) Richard Pryor

C) Bill Cosby

D) Flip Wilson

Answer · why

B) Richard Pryor

Richard Pryor stayed in the writers' room: Brooks says the studio refused to insure him as its star, an account others dispute, and the lead went to a...

Q 03/05

Who plays Sheriff Bart in Blazing Saddles?

A) Yaphet Kotto

B) Richard Pryor

C) Cleavon Little

D) Billy Dee Williams

Answer · why

C) Cleavon Little

Cleavon Little's Bart rides in to find the whole town aiming guns at him, so he points his own pistol at his head and takes himself hostage to escape.

Q 04/05

Gene Wilder plays the Waco Kid, a gunslinger with what problem?

A) Blindness

B) Amnesia

C) A fear of horses

D) Alcoholism

Answer · why

D) Alcoholism

Alcoholism has not ruined Jim's aim: the drunk Bart finds sleeping in his jail was once the fastest gun in the West, and he later sets off the dynamit...

Q 05/05

Which actor was first cast as the Waco Kid in Blazing Saddles but collapsed during his first scene?

A) Gig Young

B) Dan Dailey

C) Lee Marvin

D) Dean Martin

Answer · why

A) Gig Young

Gig Young collapsed on the first day of shooting, so Brooks sent for Gene Wilder, who was flown in to take over the part.