Q 01/05

Which 1964 Dean Martin single knocked the Beatles' A Hard Day's Night off the top of the US chart?

A) In the Misty Moonlight

B) Everybody Loves Somebody

C) Come Running Back

D) Little Ole Wine Drinker Me

Answer · why

B) Everybody Loves Somebody

Everybody Loves Somebody hit No. 1 in August 1964, after Dean told his Beatles-mad son he would knock the band off the charts. His pianist Ken Lane ha...

Q 02/05

Which drink often filled the glass Dean Martin carried while playing a tipsy playboy on his TV variety show?

A) Iced tea

B) Flat ginger ale

C) Apple juice

D) Cream soda

Answer · why

C) Apple juice

Apple juice was often all the glass held: the boozy act was borrowed from comic Joe E. Lewis, and Dean was usually the first to call it a night. His v...

Q 03/05

In which 1959 Howard Hawks Western did Dean Martin play Dude, a drunken ex-deputy helping John Wayne's sheriff?

A) El Dorado

B) Rio Lobo

C) Red River

D) Rio Bravo

Answer · why

D) Rio Bravo

Rio Bravo let Dean prove he could act: his shaky Dude was so convincing that it fed unfounded rumors about his own drinking. It was the highest-grossi...

Q 04/05

Which Dean Martin hit from the 1953 comedy The Caddy earned an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song?

A) That's Amore

B) Mambo Italiano

C) Arrivederci Roma

D) Innamorata

Answer · why

A) That's Amore

That's Amore lost the Oscar to Secret Love from Calamity Jane but outlasted it as a signature tune. Jerry Lewis said he secretly paid the writers $30,...

Q 05/05

Dean Martin refused to finish the 1962 film Something's Got to Give after the studio fired which co-star?

A) Elizabeth Taylor

B) Lee Remick

C) Marilyn Monroe

D) Kim Novak

Answer · why

C) Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe was replaced by Lee Remick, but Dean's contract gave him approval of his leading lady and he would work with no one else. The film was ...