Q 01/05

Which cartoon star, created six years after It Happened One Night, copied Clark Gable's mannerisms?

A) Daffy Duck

B) Bugs Bunny

C) Woody Woodpecker

D) Porky Pig

Answer · why

B) Bugs Bunny

Bugs Bunny's creators said his carrot-chewing style came from a scene where Gable munches carrots while talking fast. Animator Friz Freleng counted th...

Q 02/05

Sales of which men's garment reportedly fell after Clark Gable undressed in It Happened One Night?

A) Undershirts

B) Neckties

C) Suspenders

D) Dressing gowns

Answer · why

A) Undershirts

Undershirts supposedly slumped in sales after Gable took off his shirt for bed and revealed a bare chest. The tale is usually told as an urban legend.

Q 03/05

What biblical name does Peter Warne give the blanket between the beds in It Happened One Night?

A) Tower of Babel

B) Veil of the Temple

C) Walls of Jericho

D) Pillar of Salt

Answer · why

C) Walls of Jericho

Walls of Jericho is Peter's joke name for the blanket he strings up as a room divider. It stays in place until the final scene, when it at last drops ...

Q 04/05

How does Ellie Andrews stop a car in It Happened One Night after Peter Warne's thumb fails?

A) Waving a banknote

B) Pretending to faint

C) Standing in the road

D) Showing her leg

Answer · why

D) Showing her leg

Showing her leg stops a car on Ellie's first try, after Peter's boasted thumb techniques all fail. Claudette Colbert first refused the shot, then did ...

Q 05/05

Which director bought Clark Gable's It Happened One Night Oscar for $607,500, then gave it away?

A) Steven Spielberg

B) George Lucas

C) Martin Scorsese

D) Francis Ford Coppola

Answer · why

A) Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg won the 1996 auction and donated the statuette to the Motion Picture Academy. When Claudette Colbert's Oscar for the same film went o...