Q 01/05

What does a stranger at the dance hall offer Marty Piletti five dollars to do in the film Marty?

A) Lend him a tie

B) Take his date home

C) Leave the dance floor

D) Watch his car

Answer · why

B) Take his date home

Take his date home is the callous request Marty turns down, saying no woman should be treated that way. Moments later he asks the abandoned Clara to d...

Q 02/05

Marty star Ernest Borgnine later voiced the superhero Mermaid Man on which cartoon?

A) Dexter's Laboratory

B) The Fairly OddParents

C) SpongeBob SquarePants

D) The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron

Answer · why

C) SpongeBob SquarePants

SpongeBob SquarePants cast Borgnine as Mermaid Man from 1999 until his death in 2012. His old sitcom partner Tim Conway voiced the sidekick, Barnacle ...

Q 03/05

Which dancing movie star, then Betsy Blair's husband, pressed the studio to keep her in Marty?

A) Gene Kelly

B) Fred Astaire

C) Donald O'Connor

D) Danny Kaye

Answer · why

A) Gene Kelly

Gene Kelly reportedly threatened to pull out of his MGM musical It's Always Fair Weather unless his wife got the part of Clara. The studio backed down...

Q 04/05

In the film Marty, what trade does Ernest Borgnine's lonely bachelor Marty Piletti work at?

A) Baker

B) Barber

C) Bartender

D) Butcher

Answer · why

D) Butcher

Butcher Marty spends his working day fending off customers who want to know why he is still single. Their nagging sets the whole story in motion.

Q 05/05

Which 2019 film was the first since Marty to win Best Picture and the top prize at Cannes?

A) Joker

B) Parasite

C) Knives Out

D) Uncut Gems

Answer · why

B) Parasite

Parasite ended a 64-year wait when Bong Joon-ho's Korean-language film repeated the double. Before Marty, only one 1945 drama had managed it.