Q 01/05

In My Cousin Vinny, which word in Vinny's thick accent baffles Judge Haller?

A) Youths

B) Truth

C) Proof

D) Thieves

Answer · why

A) Youths

Youths: Vinny's 'two yutes' has the judge asking what a yute is, an exchange the director says he wrote in after Joe Pesci said it to him at one of th...

Q 02/05

After Vinny's one-line opening statement in My Cousin Vinny, what does Judge Haller leave on the record?

A) Only his name

B) Only 'thank you'

C) Only 'not guilty'

D) Only the first word

Answer · why

B) Only 'thank you'

Only 'thank you': woken up to follow the prosecutor's speech, Vinny tells the jury that everything they just heard is nonsense, and the rest is struck...

Q 03/05

Who plays Vinny's fiancée, Mona Lisa Vito, in My Cousin Vinny?

A) Lorraine Bracco

B) Mercedes Ruehl

C) Marisa Tomei

D) Annabella Sciorra

Answer · why

C) Marisa Tomei

Marisa Tomei was a little-known name at the bottom of the screenwriter's own casting list, and the studio pressed for someone more famous.

Q 04/05

Playing Mona Lisa Vito in My Cousin Vinny won which award?

A) A Golden Globe

B) A Critics' Choice Award

C) A BAFTA

D) An Oscar

Answer · why

D) An Oscar

An Oscar for Best Supporting Actress; the win later bred a false rumour that presenter Jack Palance had read out the wrong name.

Q 05/05

Which actor plays Judge Chamberlain Haller in My Cousin Vinny, his final film role?

A) Fred Gwynne

B) Charles Durning

C) Brian Dennehy

D) Hal Holbrook

Answer · why

A) Fred Gwynne

Fred Gwynne plays Haller as a stickler rather than a villain: one leading critic praised his dour reactions and noted that the judge is a civilised ma...