Q 01/05

Who directed Coming to America, reuniting with Eddie Murphy five years after their first film together?

A) John Landis

B) Ivan Reitman

C) Martin Brest

D) Walter Hill

Answer · why

A) John Landis

John Landis directed it, five years after their first film together; the two fell out badly on set, yet reunited for Beverly Hills Cop III in 1994.

Q 02/05

To test his arranged bride Imani, Prince Akeem first orders her to imitate which animal?

A) A lion

B) A dog

C) A snake

D) A rooster

Answer · why

B) A dog

A dog: Imani, trained since childhood to please him, barks on command and then hops on one leg, which convinces Akeem to go looking for a bride with o...

Q 03/05

How does King Jaffe expect Akeem to spend his 40 days abroad?

A) Studying law

B) Sowing royal oats

C) Finding a bride

D) Touring embassies

Answer · why

B) Sowing royal oats

Sowing royal oats is all King Jaffe thinks the trip is for, and when he later tells Lisa exactly that, adding that Akeem cannot be serious about her, ...

Q 04/05

In which New York borough do Akeem and Semmi settle, posing as ordinary students?

A) Brooklyn

B) The Bronx

C) Queens

D) Staten Island

Answer · why

C) Queens

Queens: Akeem reasons that a place with that name must be where a future queen lives, so he and Semmi ask a landlord there for the shabbiest room he h...

Q 05/05

Lisa's boyfriend Darryl Jenks is heir to which hair-care fortune?

A) Soul Glo

B) Jheri Redding

C) Afro Sheen

D) Ultra Wave

Answer · why

A) Soul Glo

Soul Glo is the Jheri-curl product Darryl's father invented, and Darryl, who lives off it, lets Lisa believe that the wad of cash Akeem slipped into t...

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